Zana Mody

Socio-Ecologist. PhD Student @UBCIRES @SSHRC_CRSH Researching interconnections of Coastal Ecosystems, Communities, Biodiversity, and the Climate Crisis.

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Transitioning over to BlueSky 👋🏽https://t.co/8pxiM15jh5

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Thank you to everyone that has supported my project and research thus far! @simondonner @danfriess @BugSalome @radb06 @ubcires @KaiChanUBC ! 🙏🏽🌊🌳🌎

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Excited to share my @lets_experiment fundraiser has just wrapped up! This directly support my fieldwork in Colombia on equitable #climatesolutions and #bluecarbon for coastal communities through #mangrove conservation and restoration. More info: https://t.co/xDRWGMPuIC

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

@RebeccaSolnit Thanks for sharing - few folks know how versatile heat pumps are for cooling and heating!

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Mangroves are incredibly diverse and critical ecosystems that deserve more attention than they receive! If you're interested in learning more - check out the link above @lets_experiment @ubcSPPGA @UBCoceans

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

For #MangroveMonday I'm raising funds for a community-based #bluecarbon mangrove research project in Colombia! I'm a PhD student @UBC @ubcires and a climate researcher, and my goal is to investigate equitable and effective natural climate solutions. https://t.co/xDRWGMPuIC

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

My research will identify socio-cultural factors and policy measures that can help support inclusive governance and diverse coastal livelihoods through protecting and regenerating mangrove forests. This section of my fieldwork takes place in a #MPA within coastal Colombia

[Simon Donner @simondonner]

While I hope this year's record temperatures inspire climate action, we've made the mistake in the past of assuming THIS will be the storm, heat wave, flood that does it.
We need things to run toward, not just to run from. That’s why it is so important to talk about solutions.

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Happy to share that I’ve joined the @UBCGradSchool Public Scholars Initiative! Excited to collaborate with academics working with communities around the world to bring their research to broader applications. https://t.co/s02Uuidojn

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

The photo exhibit will be on for all of September at the UBC Liu Institute for Global Affairs - check it out!

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Thank you to everyone who came out to the exhibit opening yesterday! So lovely to see many colleagues and meet new faces working in this space. Special thank you to @DrRashidSumaila @simondonner @ubcSPPGA @ubcires @UBCoceans for supporting my work!! 🙏🏽

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Happening this evening at 5pm PT at the @ubcSPPGA UBC Liu Institute for Global Affairs! Come pop by to hear @DrRashidSumaila and I speak about fisheries and socio-economics of coastal communities, and enjoy some food and photography! @UBCoceans @ubcires

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Completed installing my photos at the Liu Lobby Gallery @ubcSPPGA for the exhibit! RSVP here for the opening reception this Wed Aug 30 at 5pm PT:

https://t.co/qET9dgvH0w

@UBCoceans @ubcires

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

A huge climate justice victory decades in the making - and we over-consumers in rich countries still owe Ecuadorians a climate debt. https://t.co/YauMytcou5

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

The sheer number of avian fauna and diversity that depend on mangrove habitats never fails to amaze me

[Laura Michie @LauraAMichie]

🪶Wow. Just wow. Never imagined we would see this many frigate birds nesting in the #mangroves of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Absolutely thousands of birds living in the trees 🌿

#birdwatching #birding #wildlife #Ecuador

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

@simondonner Thanks for sharing Simon!

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

My photography exhibit will be held for all of Sept at the @ubcSPPGA Liu Lobby Gallery! The opening reception is on Aug 30th from 5-7pm PT, with a talk by @DrRashidSumaila from @UBCoceans, my mentor for the Liu Scholars program. RSVP and share! https://t.co/qET9dgvH0w @ubcires

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

harrowing. this is the north. the world upside down.

[Zana Mody @ZanaMody]

Further to the point of natural + climate scientists needing to understand and expose deep rooted issues against “political action on climate change”

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

Things I find upsetting 🙃🧵:
1. absolutely stubborn lack of engagement with political economy & historical evidence by natural scientists and engineers/tech types, resulting in them giving policy advice that is not only useless but actually wrong ("need political will" 🤣🤬🤦‍♀️)

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

This is mind-boggling. Ontarians are being told that one political staffer was able to take over the machinery of government and override civil servants to remove land from the cherished, protected Greenbelt, increasing the value of developers’ - who are key donors to the Conservative party - property by billions of dollars. And neither the minister nor the Premier knew?

Yeah, that is believable.

If this was true, it would be the most remarkable failure of leadership.

There are now three reasons for the Minister to resign:

1) violation of the Planning Act, in removing these lands without due process as established in regulation
2) the breach of public trust, in serving the interests of a handful of developers instead of the public
3) lying about doing so

https://t.co/zL8t3dDmqw