Susan Prichard

@susanprichard.bsky.social

Sound familiar? At times of uncertainty and conflict, “we look for a ‘strong’ leader. Then, in position, they can create more chaos, more instability, which actually makes us more likely to vote, again, for someone with these traits. We can end up going round and round.”

‘Charismatic and extremely confident’: how to recognise – and handle – a psychopath

Psychologist Leanne ten Brinke has spent decades studying toxic personality traits. What are the red flags to look out for among workmates, politicians and potential partners?

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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, and 17 of the 20 “top emitters” are state owned - the same countries that opposed a proposed fossil fuel phaseout at #COP30 in #Belem, Brazil. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows

Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

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″ ‘Hooray! shouted Yertle. ‘I’m king of the trees! I’m king of the birds! And I’m king of the bees! I’m king of the butterflies! King of the air! Ah, me! What a throne! What a wonderful chair! I’m Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me! For I am the ruler of all that I see!’ ”

This much needed commentary explains why forest carbon offsets programs are 🐂💩. "... carbon storage as a nature-based solution will merely serve as a feel-good action and a distraction from meaningful efforts to reduce fossil based carbon loading of the atmosphere" 🔥🧪🌏

Perspectives. Forests, Carbon, and Climate Change: Why our obsession with monetizing forest carbon may be counter productive

Storing carbon in forest ecosystems is commonly promoted as a nature-based solution to climate change in which increases in forest carbon storage are …

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AFE beat me to the post! Excited to share this paper. We lived through these massive wildfires in 2014 and 2015 and can now share some lessons from them, including areas that have started to reburn.

Association for Fire Ecology@afe-fireecology.bsky.social · last yr.

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Nicholas A. Povak, @susanprichard.bsky.social, Paul F. Hessburg, Vivian Griffey, R. Brion Salter, Tucker J. Furniss, @ginarosa.bsky.social & @firebobbc.bsky.social #SNFECO 🔥 @tmtspringer.bsky.social Read it here: ow.ly/nxax50VLepN

I don't know why it took me so long to make the switch, but after painfully slow Google searches resulting in sponsored results and trying to work with add-ons to resolve the issues, I moved to Mozilla Firefox. Fast, specific searches have returned!

Stoked to have contributed to this new paper in BioScience - "Conserving landscape dynamics, not just landscapes". "Within protected areas, there is an urgent need to rethink what we are protecting: the current landscape conditions or the landscape dynamics that generate those conditions" 🧪🌍

Conserving landscape dynamics, not just landscapes

Abstract. Protected areas form the backbone of modern conservation. However, the current policies and practices in protected areas reinforce a static view

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Been working on this story and paintings for months, and following this industrial road proposal for years. At last, here's a brief tale of tribes' generations-long fight to preserve the integrity and connectivity of their ancestral lands and waters, and the wild foods that they sustain.

Sierra Magazine@sierramagazine.bsky.social · last yr.

The case for the Ambler Road had been settled. Regulators would not cleave through Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. However, with President Trump in office, a community that fought to keep the road out of their traditional homelands may find themselves back to square one.

Baked my Grandma's recipe for bread pudding today. Comfort food was called for after another brutal week in the news. Sharing for all of you bread pudding and raisin lovers out there. Others should probably pass on this one.

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