Cognitive neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin. Uses neuroimaging to study 🧠 development. Increasingly teaching, thinking, & advocating on the climate & ecological crisis 🌍
Come for the occasional neuro content, stay for the righteous cyclist outrage, #waroncars, #ClimateCrisis, and #AcademicDoughut (see https://elifesciences.org/articles/84991).
Views are my very own.
A united and unwavering front of the staff at #MaynoothUniversity defended the right to democratically elect all 5 internal members of the #GoverningAuthority for months. Today we prevailed!
I am delighted with the outcome and very proud of all of us and of the #union and colleagues in the committee that defended our rights relentlessly 👏👏👏👍💪💪
This September, millions of people around the world will take to the streets to demand a rapid, just, and equitable end to fossil fuels as world leaders gather at the UN in New York.
Will you be part of this historic event?
LEARN MORE -- https://fightfossilfuels.net/
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #ClimateAction
@bicycletting @SimonB @sinabhfuil @IBIKEDublin @dublincyclingcampaign I know there's a lot of work going on in making submissions on these.
My own focus has shifted to the broader issue of car-dependency and urban planning both here in Dublin and in Galway, and especially in the context of the Climate Emergency. The bike lane actions served a purpose, and are still a useful tool from time to time, but keeping that momentum going over a longer period can be challenging.
@bicycletting @SimonB @sinabhfuil @IBIKEDublin @dublincyclingcampaign I also think that the Critical Mass cycles serve a useful purpose as a regular meet up for cycling advocates and to normalise the idea of large numbers of people cycling through the city.
They're also great fun!
An entire country of 88 million people, over 1% of the world population, is shutting down for two days because of climate change.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/iran-shuts-down-two-days-because-unprecedented-heat-3669416
DUBAI: Iran has announced that Wednesday (Aug 2) and Thursday this week will be public holidays because of "unprecedented heat" and told the elderly and people with health conditions to stay indoors, Iranian state media reported. Many cities in southern Iran have already suffered from days of exceptional h
"A common confusion is that to decarbonise, the world will need to produce the equivalent of coal, oil & gas in the form of low-carbon energy.
That's not true.
Most fossil energy gets wasted. In the US, just one-third gets turned into useful services. The rest is wasted as heat."
--Hannah Ritchie
#ClimateEmergency #Renewables #ClimateActionNOW #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg
https://twitter.com/_HannahRitchie/status/1686037194291531776?s=20
“A common confusion is that to decarbonise, the world will need to produce the equivalent of coal, oil & gas in the form of low-carbon energy. That's not true. Most fossil energy gets wasted. In the US, just one-third gets turned into useful services. The rest is wasted as heat.”
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