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How does addressing the complex issue of climate change start with empathy? A feeling so basic to who we are as people? Find out in the first episode of Small Planet Hero Podcast with Kai Chan: cosphere.net/podcast #ClimateAction

📢 📄 Abstracts are now open for SSWG's Conservation Social Science Conference. Submit yours by filling out the form. 🍃 buff.ly/4a07zxx ⏰ Deadline: May 30, 2024. #ConSocSci #SSWG

Environmental issues are often social issues. That's what alum Dr. Alejandra Echeverri Ochoa (@OrnithoAle) learned on her unique path to IRES, and why she combined the social and ecological sciences during her PhD. Read more! ires.ubc.ca/alum-alejandra…

When the Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction, Turn to Documentary. Climate scientist Simon Donner’s closing quote sums it up: “Addressing climate change is not about optimism or pessimism.... It is about courage.” via The Tyee UBC Geography (also at @ubcgeography.bsky.social) UBC IRES • bsky.app/profile/ires.ubc.ca UBC Media Relations thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/0…

Are you an #undergraduate #international student? Want to hang out in #Vancouver for a month, learning how to be an #oceans leader? Join us through the oceans.ubc.ca/courses/vancou…

NEW PAPER re: catering to diverse audiences in messaging about conservation People were equally motivated by positive messages of system change as by negative impacts of the pet trade. Relational values like care were key, but sometimes opposing action. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

On CoSphere 's Small Planet Heroes podcast, Derek Strokon talks about pivoting away from materialism + How his young son helped him re-think what it means to be a hero open.spotify.com/episode/3vAXxr…

Want to give a recommendation for the new podcast Small Planet Heroes, hosted by my colleague Kai Chan. The latest episode features Johnny Trinh, who among many other more important things, helped me prepare for my TEDx talk. open.spotify.com/episode/7lb3ai…

Dr. Kai Chan's five feasible ways to save the world: Go deep, update tradition, embrace uncertainty, seek widespread solidarity, and engage science. Kai Chan UBC IRES • bsky.app/profile/ires.ubc.ca nationalobserver.com/2024/05/24/opi…

Opinion: Individuals should demand that systems change towards sustainability, and not depend on governments in the fight against climate change, writes UBC IRES • bsky.app/profile/ires.ubc.ca professor Dr. Kai Chan (Kai Chan). via Canada's National Observer nationalobserver.com/2024/05/24/opi…

How do we combine art and listening to overcome divides? An amazing conversation with Johnny Trinh on CoSphere's Small Planet Heroes podcast. Including Johnny's original poem, "In my hand a matchbook". Yet another brilliant leader from TEDxSurrey open.spotify.com/episode/7lb3ai…

Sam Blackwell, an undergraduate member of our team, has won the 2024 President's Medal for "making an outstanding contribution to campus activities while maintaining a superior academic record." Congratulations Sam Blackwell (she/her)! 👩‍🎓🐦🍾 Read about Sam here: uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2024…

📢Commissioning Editor wanted📢 We are looking for someone with a grounding in interdisciplinary ecological research to solicit direction-setting articles for the journal. Apply by 24 July: bit.ly/PANeditor

At #NACCB2024 and concerned about the risks of carbon and biodiversity offsets for nature and people? Join CoSphere for a Thu lunch workshop, featuring David Suzuki FDN Panos Grames Paige Olmsted Rumi Naito Zana Mody Dr. Hisham Zerriffi. Pre-reg NOT required. SCB North America