Anthropologists and climate researchers in Western institutions are increasingly turning to Indigenous people to ask what they have observed about the world around them.

In the process, these scientists are learning that Indigenous communities have been cataloging, in their own way, data about change at a hyper-local level — insights that Westernized climate science might miss — and also how that change is affecting people.

Read more: https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2023/leaning-into-indigenous-knowledge-on-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=originals

#KnowableMagazine
#longreads

Do you consider yourself a nerd? (Definition: a person who is extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a particular subject, especially one of specialist or niche interest)

In this context I’m talking about the word in its positive meaning, it can be tech, board games, movies, etc. It’s usually if you are a problem solver, a thinker, a techie.

They say Mastodon is a niche platform for nerds so I just want to see the numbers. Don’t let this influence your decision. If you think you’re even a slightest bit nerdy, it’s a yes. Otherwise no. Boosts appreciated.

I've been an academic for over a decade and I still cannot convince my family that:

- Yes, I do actually work on non-teaching days; and

- Yes, my articles really DO take that long to write

#AcademicLife #AcademicChatter

A little green

#Nature #Photography #photo

Nothing prettier in the avian world, imho, than seeing a Great Egret in flight or preparing to land. There’s just something about those ethereal, angel-like wings spread open wide that makes me think of what a real, heavenly angel must look like. Oh, and it gets even better when they put on their breeding plumage. A closer peek is HERE: https://hhphotography.pixels.com/featured/egret-in-the-clouds-hh-photography-of-florida.html

#greategret #egret #ardeaalba #birds #avian #birdart #art #FediArt #MastadonArtists #photography #MastoPhotography #AYearForArt