Earth Week x Astrobites
Earth Week x Astrobites 2024
In 2024, our Earth Week theme centered around the intersection of Indigenous science and Western science, specifically focusing on our relationship to nature as scientists and students of nature.
Earth Week x Astrobites 2023
Our theme for 2023 focused on the question: How do I as a [student / educator / science enthusiast] talk to people about climate change?
Earth Week x Astrobites 2022
For our first annual Earth Week, we considered how to transfer our (astro)physical skills for broader climate advocacy work?
Climate Advocacy Writing
Solastalgia
Narrative I wrote about the feeling of solastalgia on a California road trip for Smith College magazine Emulate (see page 37 in the magazine, page 19 in the PDF!)
Teaching Change: The Importance of Climate Communication
Article I wrote for the SPS Observer on the importance of climate literacy across fields, and of my climate change education at Smith College
Comatose in Climate Catastrophe
Perspective I wrote on the psychological distance of climate change for The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook by David E. Newton (not open access)
Climate Literacy Research
Blog post I wrote translating my paper on climate literacy in adult education programs to a general audience
Climate Change Concentration
Local news article on a Smith program I was involved in, the Climate Change Concentration
Hilltowns Municipal Vulnerability Program
Article covering a project I did with a team of Smith students on human climate migration. We compiled and presented our research to four nearby Western Massachusetts hilltowns as they prepared for the statewide Municipal Vulnerability Program.