Associate Professor of Environmental Studies @SCUEnviro Fellow: @switzernetwork @ej_scu, Agroecology, Climate Resilience and Food Justice Lab

Joined May 2013
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(1/8) New article assessing household food and water security as farmers adapt to drought, climate change, & other hazards in Central America just published in Development. Access it: bit.ly/3mxTJeK Bill Sundstrom, Stewart-Frey, Maurer, @LisaCKelley and I find:

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If you have a moment to support the Environmental Studies and Sciences Department, please consider a donation of any size to support internships and more, etc.... givingday.scu.edu/giving-day…

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Great to be at this conference today to learn from innovative basic needs work linked to campus farm & gardening programs @ucscagroecology @ucsb, listen to inspiring keynote from @Senlaphonza, and share it w/ 4 amazing @SantaClaraCAS student researchers SCU's basic needs team
Student researchers and @ChrisMBacon from SCU’s Food Justice on Campus project will present at the CA Higher Education Basic Needs Alliance Summit Feb 21-22. Expecting 1500 people from academia and community groups! See bit.ly/3wpcE4w, #CHEBNA24, bit.ly/49H6s6b.
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Outstanding and well deserved.
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thanks to @DustinMulvaney sharing is knowledge to create better policy, advance environmental justice and protect the common good as he testified to U.S. Congress today
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Here in the Dept. of Environmental Studies & Sciences (@SCUEnviro, @SCUEnviro), we are stepping up our #EnvironmentalJustice work and hiring a new assistant professor Race, Justice and Environment. Apps by Oct. 30, 2023. Pls share widly @AAG, @CAPE_AAG, tinyurl.com/SCUTTRaceJustice…
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Looking forward 2 this webinar with a stellar group of scientists about our recent paper.
Are you interested to understand the linkages b/w women's #empowerment & crop #diversity? Join us next week as we host @rbeznerkerr @ProfSeraYoung @ConnorsKaela @LindsayJaacks @AnanyaAvasthi 📅 25th August ⏰ 6:00 pm IST/1:30 pm BST/8:30 am EST 🔗 shorturl.at/uvAIV
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I agree that of the peer reviewed evidence from researchers broadly supports this critique. More attention to expanding (and carefully assessing) social and environmental impact with producer and worker partners - would be welcome.
Researchers: Certifications don't live up to their promises News: There are BILLIONS of dollars to be made in certifications & that number is going up faster than your wages or other measures of well-being. finance.yahoo.com/news/food-…
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Just finished sharing research seed & knowledge exchange w/ 50 in #Esteli. We focused on using #agroecology to guide diversification & foster #ClimateResilience #FoodSecurity and prep for #ElNino. Great participation at ASDENIC, #unagnicaragua, Co-ops, GPAE, y otros...
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Congrats to @Agroecology_UVM on launching this institute.
Exciting news! The UVM Institute for #Agroecology has officially launched! Join us to seed just and sustainable food systems through participatory action research, equity-centered work, and global connections. #FoodSovereignty #SoilHealth uvm.edu/agroecology/announci…
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RT @_jadebegay: Yours truly standing right behind @POTUS making sure there was no slip of the pen when signing the new Executive Order: Rev…
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Looking forward to this event......
Join Indigenous leaders at #santaclarauniversity to advance university-community partnerships for #environmentaljustice in the face of #climatechange. Free hybrid online and in-person event. Info - bit.ly/3HlA5ig. Registration - bit.ly/3iQ0snb.
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Friends, register now to join us as we seek to build diverse alliances and deeper action-oriented dialogue using #engagedresearch for #ClimateJustice & #environmentaljustice at #santaclarauniversity
Join us at #santaclarauniversity to advance university-community partnerships for #environmentaljustice in the face of #climatechange. Free hybrid online and in-person event. Present your poster! Info - bit.ly/3iQ0snb. Registration - bit.ly/3iQ0snb
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Check out this report by colleagues @scu_ej, analyzing permit history and impacts of an animal rendering plant in SF's #bayviewhunterspoint. Authors used legal research and community-engaged EJ approaches in partnership w/ @Greenaction_EJ and local community.
See this new report (bit.ly/3VDXoII) on noxious emissions from the Darling animal rendering plant in San Francisco’s #bayviewhunterspoint, produced by our Law and Advocacy Lab for Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice @Greenaction_EJ
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This is a great opportunity- we sent one of our from @SantaClaraCAS students here and she is loving it.
Interested in what a masters in #EnvironmentalJustice could be like? Informational event about studying environmental justice at University of Michigan. Join us on December 5 2022 at 3-4pm eastern time for a brief conversation about our program.
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Anyways everyone make sure you vote early and find your polling place 😌: iwillvote.com

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We’re presenting at UCSC’s All-In Conference Oct 26-27 in Santa Cruz. bit.ly/3sn81mm
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Another hurricane heads over Nicaragua — getting reports of flooding, falling trees, and other damage from Managua now…stay safe friend.
10 AM CDT Sunday, October 9 Key Messages for Tropical Storm #Julia. nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphic…
We just read this for my new methods and qualitative environmental research class for undergrads. Found it very useful to show contributions of qualitative work to climate adaptation.
Climate services promise better decisions but mainly focus on better data Our new @NatureClimate paper finds that norms and institutions of science limit climate ‘services’ as a transformation of climate science w Sophie Webber @mKandlikar @simondonner doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-0…