Maria Vamvalis, PhD

Amazing news coming out of New York! I want to encourage a courageous and visionary education that addresses root causes and centers regenerative and relational futures. www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-...

Unmasking Petro-Utopias in Iran: Searching for Acts of Refusal and Solidarity in the British Petroleum Archives - Ajam Media Collective Oil has a residual effect on memory for those who have lived in proximity to it. Archive is a verb: it sees and it silences. Now more than ever, we need to start by weaving and reading through these s...

"The blueprint of our current fossil fuel dependency has a long colonial background whose ecological ruination and social inequalities are still haunted by the specters of its colonial legacies." ajammc.com/2023/08/04/u...

I am so appreciative of Dr. Greger's deep knowledge, ethics, values, and approach to holistic health. This is one of the best sources of information to support your overall health and well-being, and address specific health issues. Highly recommend. nutritionfacts.org

Patriarchy as a System of Male Dominance Created at the Intersection of the Control of Women, Private Property, and War, Part 1 by Carol P. Christ Recently feminist scholar Vicki Noble commented that this is the best definition of patriarchy she has read–but she hadn’t read it earlier. I am reposting it now in the hopes that all o…

Carol Christ has an excellent conceptualization of patriarchy and women's oppression.

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Season 5, Episode 13: Fostering “Good Mind”: Teaching for Climate Change with Maria Vamvalis — Climate Change and Happiness Maria Vamvalis designs learning environments that strengthen collective well-being that help people rediscover their capacity to act together in conditions of uncertainty, through promoting critical t...

I really enjoyed my conversation with Thomas Doherty and Panu Pihkala on their Climate Change and Happiness podcast. I had the opportunity to discuss regenerative and relational educational approaches to climate change.
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‘We can see that courage’: Greece recovers long-lost photos of Nazis’ May Day executions Culture ministry hails ‘exceptional historical importance’ of prints that show resistance fighters’ final moments

"Until the collapse of military dictatorship in 1974, successive rightwing governments marginalised the role played by the leftist-led resistance during the second world war."
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This is glorious.

We need to deepest shift in collective consciousness imaginable to respond to what is unfolding in ways that are life-affirming.

We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct

"Minnesota may be the first test of whether constitutional limits on domestic military force still hold – or whether the United States is about to cross a line from which it cannot easily return." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight

”We’ve been so bombarded by climate disinformation from fossil fuel companies that it is hard to imagine what our life would be like without them, but there are examples of cities, towns and communities doing it.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sharing a talk now publicly available on EcoAnxiety in Youth from 2024. I was grateful to part of this collaborative conversation and engage questions from community members and environmental organizations taking this issue seriously. ecoanalyticscanada.org/documents/op...

Springing Into Climate Action - Climate Camp Alumni YouTube video by TDSB EcoSchools

We collaboratively created a meaningful professional learning experience in climate justice education for Canada's largest school board. Check out this webinar video for some inspiration around our learning design and hear from educators on the impact of this work.

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Daiqing Tana - Ongmanibamai YouTube video by Mongolian Music

Beauty break and news cycle cleanse.

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So grateful for @aljazeera.com. The most credible and thoughtful news analysis that you cannot get elsewhere. Educative, informative, critical, and in-depth.

Love is what you give back to the Earth after it teaches you who you really are.

Beyond Sustainability: AI, Education and Regenerative Futures | ETFO Voice Meagan Perry in conversation with Dr. Maria Vamvalis.

I appreciated the opportunity to discuss the intersections between climate justice, artificial intelligence, and transformative pedagogy with @etfoeducators.bsky.social. etfovoice.ca/feature/beyo...

This made me laugh out loud! 😄

Class Size is Not Just a Number | ETFO Voice Cynthia Roulston’s powerful account of overcrowded classrooms lays bare the human cost of underfunding our public schools.

"The issue of class size is not just about numbers, it is a reflection of our values – of who and what we are willing to invest in. Right now, it’s clear that the government is not valuing the students, educators or communities that sustain public education."

Why DEI needs depth, not death The future of equity in Canada depends on moving beyond simply counting racialized people in power and instead examining how power works, upholds injustice and can be transformed.

Right-wing leaders here want to continue courting disaffected white men to further a movement built on a politics of resentment. We need a deep, regenerative approach to equity. theconversation.com/why-dei-need...

Thank you for your leadership, Steven!

The epistemic and ontological delusions are reaching peak levels here. Given that they spent years heavily resourcing epistemic doubt, they are now going all in, like this planet’s metabolic health is their poker game.

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

I've also been piecing the reality of these horrible, predatory shadow networks together through independent media for over five years. I am so glad to have your voice on this. But yes, mainstream media will not touch this and it is critical for breaking through deep structural impasses right now.

Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say

A must-read for folks in education. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Howard University AI Panel YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley

I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ

My brilliant friend Ellis Scott is releasing his gorgeous debut novel next year. This is an unexplored archive of stories of grief about men who endured the AIDS crisis in the 80s and 90s. Stunning prose. Please consider pre-ordering to support a luminous writer.

www.ellisscott.ca/new-page

In her book, @jenniecstephens.bsky.social "insists that higher education reckon with its complicity in addressing the intersecting crises of systemic abandonment and ecological collapse."

Read Dr. @mariavamvalis.bsky.social 's full review here: bit.ly/48ioTQS
@hopkinspress.bsky.social

Thanks, Jackie! After Twitter blew up, we all scattered. Please check out my website in my bio and we can keep in touch.

Just reviewed @jenniecstephens.bsky.social excellent book, Climate Justice and the University. She names so clearly what’s at stake and how post-secondary institutions could be mobilizing for climate justice, equity, and community well-being.

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#climatejustice

Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"The promise of democracy was that the lives of all would steadily improve as knowledge spread: we would turn our gathering understanding of the world into social progress. For a while, in some places, we did. But that era now seems to be coming to an end."
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