"The museum is facing a growing campaign, not just from climate groups, but also from schools and teachers’ unions, over its fossil fuel links"
#CultureUnstained #Sci4XR
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/16/bp-accused-of-insidious-influence-on-uk-education-through-science-museum-links

via #StephanieWilliamson of #Sci4XR: PAN Ethiopia have published success in adapting the 'food spray' method to attract more natural enemies of insect pests into vegetable crops and reduce use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides. With a set of good agroecologically sound pest management methods, participatory farmer training and convinced and confident field staff, colleagues now doing trials on zero fungicides and have had great results with replacing synthetic fertilisers
https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2025.1674996

Valuable resource: an interactive map of global #climatestories
https://www.climatestorieslibrary.com/
via friends in #Sci4XR

Prof.Jeff Waage (OBE), London School of Hygiene + Tropical Medicine, has been advisor to DEFRA and Natural England. In the face of climate and ecological breakdown, in 2019 he joined Scientists for XR in pursuit of changes not achieved by research and report-writing. He'll lead an online discussion next Monday Oct 13th (19:00) and all scientists are encouraged to join; established, late-career scientists *who want to do more* may find it particularly illuminating. #Sci4XR
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IJ4sv0tWR8ey8ZxQpzqcWg

Trying to protect small and fragmented populations of rare species or habitat is a doomed strategy because it overlooks the complex web of interactions and processes that make ecosystems work.
"This reframing of conservation goals was first proposed 50 y ago, but the concept has struggled to gain traction..."
Co-authored by #Sci4XR activist James Bullock
#ecologicalemergency
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2410936122