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Insights from Montréal, Québec and Richmond, BC, leading 🇨🇦 w/ their transition toward circular systems: We cannot achieve climate goals w/ linear economies. Cities can bringing businesses and residents on board. "A circular economy is not a new way of recycling. It's the origin of better systems."

A: Address 4 frictions of change.
1. Size of change- reduce to smaller, progressive changes
2. Effort of change- lead with stories to reduce perceived effort
3. Emotion of change- switch from - to + attachment
4. Push to pull- pull people toward change

Morning Keynote by Tom Wujec. Key takeaway:
Q: How to tackle wicked problems involving human behavior?

The two-eyed approach can help us overcome some challenges in waste management.

Zero Waste Conference 🇨🇦 started w/ a welcome from Alec Guerin, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Councillor. He encouraged us to use two-eyed seeing. With one eye see through the academic lens and w/ the other see through the Indigenous lens. Musqueam have been strategic with materials for thousands of years.

Checking in for Canada's National Zero Waste Conference here in Vancouver, BC! Looking forward to a day of engaging talks about waste management and circular systems.

P.S. it's been a while since I've been on Bluesky 👋🏼

The Shines and Temples of Nikko, a perfect blend of natural and cultural heritage. What a lovely UNESCO site.

Hi Bluesky, I'm a freelance writer focusing on regenerative / sustainable tourism, biodiversity, nature, ecology and more. I'm looking for some starter packs, so I can follow editors looking for pitches, DMOs looking for creators, and other SciComm pubs.

Oh thank you for this! I'll add it to my resources. I'm originally from the States but have dual citizenship and recently moved to Canada. I wondered what would happen to programs like this as US government services deteriorate; it is good to know what we have here in CAN <3

How to Become a Citizen Scientist Curious how you can become a citizen scientist? Discover 20 ways to help save the planet and get involved as a citizen scientist.

If you felt that earthquake in Vancouver, you can report your experience and how it felt. This is part of the USGS' ongoing citizen science project for seismic activity.

Add your report while it's still fresh! It's in my guide under the USGS heading! curiositysavestheplanet.com/how-to-becom...

I'll be sharing updates here throughout the week!

I’m proud to be a speaker at IMPACT Sustainability Travel and Tourism Conference! It unites tourism and environmental leaders to take action towards a more sustainable future. I'll be speaking on nature-based solutions in tourism.
www.impactnational.ca Jan 26-29, 2025, Victoria, BC, Canada

In case it wasn't clear, Tambo was an actual live human being. He died a year later in O frickin Hio, USA of all places. His remains were displayed until they were returned to his land in 1994.

Me researching for a presentation: "climate change costs the world $16 million per HOUR (WE Forum, 2023)."

I'm sorry what?!? How people make this not an economic issue is just baffling. Also curious if the LA fires altered that statistic, due to the loss of assets from very wealthy people.

Humans and circuses are so cruel in ways I can't even fathom... This is why truth, reconciliation, and Land Back are so important. Also, all travel content creators should be doing land acknowledgments, IMHO.

I write land acknowledgments for blog posts about places with Indigenous history. I have a guide covering the Wulgurukaba People (AUS). I read this: "Tambo was shipped to the USA in 1883, responding to P.T. Barnum's call for specimens of' savage races' to be displayed in his traveling circus act."

Said goodbye to 2024 with forest bathing. Said hello to 2025 with a snowy hike. Sometimes I'm sad Metro Vancouver doesn't see mods snow, and other times it's quite nice to have snow-free low elevation hikes and snowy adventures in the mountains. Happy New Year!

Happy Winter Solstice from the land of polar nights and the midnight sun (Alaska). Rest easy knowing the light is returning little by little, day by day.

Show of hands... (Like button) Who has heard of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism?

My 1st manuscript has been in peer review status for a LONG time. I finally got an update that a few peer reviewers missed deadlines and/or failed to stick to their commitments. It is unfortunate that peer reviewing is unpaid. Is this common across academia and publishing or only in certain fields?

Always been team real tree, but this year I'm team "keep a potted tree alive year after year." From a downtown apartment to a bigger home I didn't see the need for a new tree. This is the 2nd year I've had this tree let's see how long it lasts! Ornaments are wood from our time living in Germany.

This happened to me when I moved from Alaska, US to Munich, Germany. It was so wild to just safely walk outside at night along a darker alley. It took a while for it to turn off, but when it did... Amazing. I now live in Canada and enjoy the same general peace of mind.

I visited 5 UNESCO sites in Japan. I've been to 50ish globally & thought Japan's were well-managed. However, tourism threatens 60% of UNESCO's natural sites w/ many cultural sites listed "at risk" from tourism. Responsible travel is a must. Have you been to a UNESCO site? Was your experience + or -?

A white feathery fungus grows on a decaying log

A clear gelatinous fungi grows onj a decaying log

A collection of mushrooms grow inside the bark of a tree

a unique brown fungus grows up from the mossy ground

Fungi Friday! Is that a thing? It is now. Which one of these from Olympic NP is your favorite? I can't decide between the clear jelly-like ones or the brown tentacles growing upright (those are my very scientific descriptions 😂). Is it mushroom season where you are? Share photos of your finds!

Ohh fun, you'll love it!

As a notoriously wordy communicator (I consistently max out the word count on every Instagram post and write long, detailed blog posts), I love the word count of Bluesky's bio! I can finally dump my education, what I do for work, my random smattering of interests, and the places I've lived.

thick mosses cover treeks

a winding rural road through a lush forest

A woman in a blue rain jacket walks across a bridge into a forest.

A little forest therapy from the old-growth forest in Olympic National Park. Have you hugged a tree today?

The Epiphytes, or the collection of ferns, mosses, and lichens growing on trees here in Olympic, are breathtaking—truly mindboggling.

I am loving it! I just downloaded my first book and the clarity of the book cover and maps is excellent. It's light weight, auto rotates, and has everything and more I loved about my old Kindle that broke and has been discontinued. The next step is to import some books from my Amazon library.

Sure do! I have two for the North Vancouver and Vancouver public libraries 🇨🇦

After my Kindle broke, I decided to try something new. I'm now the owner of a Canadian product called Kobo e-reader. The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri came out yesterday - can't wait to dig in!