Len Necefer, Ph.D.

@lennecefer.bsky.social

Creative Agency Founder @NativesOutdoors & Exemplifying an off label use of a doctorate through film, humor, and advocacy. Carnegie Mellon EPP & UWC-USA Alumni RT = Endorsement for President

New piece: THE COLORADO RIVER DOES NOT REACH 2030 8,000 words of near-future climate fiction built from today. Every element drawn from published science or political dynamics already in motion. It's about snow, heat, a dam, a grid, and a 74-year-old woman who couldn't afford her electricity bill.

Just dropped a dispatch from the NPR-A—America’s biggest public land unit, and arguably its first petroleum sacrifice zone. We packrafted 140 miles through thawing permafrost, ancient trade routes, and the edge of a storm system that nearly stranded us.

A Dispatch from America's First Petroleum Sacrifice Zone

Inside the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska where Indigenous sovereignty, fossil fuels, national security, and climate change converge on America’s largest public lands.

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Recently stepped away from all Meta platforms to create a space for deeper, more meaningful engagement online—and to build a more cohesive political and environmental movement through my work. To old friends: great to see you here. To new connections: welcome.

How bad is the drought in the northeast? Here’s the Youghiogheny River Lake Reservoir, at the PA/MD border. Notice the high water line on the bridge piers. Water level is so low it revealed a stone bridge in decent shape on the National Road built in 1813 & submerged when reservoir was built in 1944

A bridge over a very dry lake bed with a little water. The dark part of the bridge piers is the normal high water lineA dry lake bed with a stone arch bridge in the distance that was built in 1813

Part of my work is in the media in the environmental world. In the last few years I’ve had to sit and watch right wing actors take control and set the narrative on important environmental topics - all while non profits and their funders seemingly haven’t took the issue seriously.

Months Ago, We Warned of Right-Wing Media's Control Over the Online Narrative On Envirionmental Issues. Here’s How We Change It.

We're available for hire as consultants (hint hint)

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Hey new follows figured I’d do an intro: I'm an entrepreneur (NativesOutdoors), I have a PhD in Engineering Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon, l've worked in govt & acad. and saw the anti establishment wave moving across this country. Part filmmaker, part meme lord, and part political organizing.