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Writing the Anthropocene: Barry López and Kim Stanley Robinson

December 2, 2019November 8, 2017

We are living in the Anthropocene epoch. A report published last week by the US government would seem to confirm that. They found that climate … Read more

Tags Anthropocene, Barry Lopez, capitalism, clifi, climate change, climate fiction, environment writing, ethics, Kim Stanley Robinson, literature, nature writing, writing

A science communicator and a science journalist walk into a bar…

December 2, 2019September 27, 2017

…but wait. Given their divergent views on communicating science, would they even hang out with each other? What’s the backstory behind this relationship? This is … Read more

Tags constitution, cswa, ethics, NASW, scicomm, science communication, science journalism, science writing, scijourno, sciwri, SWCC

Wednesday on the Web – 19 July edition

December 2, 2019July 19, 2017

It’s been a tough week. I’ve had to spend more days in bed than I’d like to, and am feeling the gloomy fingers of depression … Read more

Tags anxiety, biology, bipolar, climate change, depression, doomsday, ethics, mental health, ocd, problems, science writing, scientists, sixth extinction, water, west, writers

On science being broken – and some ideas to help fix it

December 2, 2019June 18, 2015

I just had a two part blog series posted on the Canadian Science Publishing blog, looking at whether or not science is broken – and … Read more

Tags ethics, media, outreach, research, retractions, scicomm, science, science and the media, science communication, science culture

Bridging the communication gap: researchers vs. residents in environmental science

December 2, 2019January 18, 2015

In the far southwestern corner of Alberta, tucked up against the eastern flanks of the Rocky Mountains, is the Star Creek watershed. Seen from the … Read more

Tags Crowsnest Pass, environment, Environmental science, ethics, fish, forests, hydrology, logging, research, risk vs reward, scicomm, values

Finding your science ‘voice’

December 2, 2019May 31, 2014

I’ve just finished reading Terry Tempest Williams’ When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice. In it she talks about finding our voice – whether … Read more

Tags cost benefit analysis, ethics, philosophy of science, science, science culture, voice
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