Director of Pathways to Planetary Health @GarrisonInst | Integrating science and contemplative traditions to build a more compassionate, resilient, just world.
Vermont, USA
Joined February 2015
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When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order. - Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize-winning chemist
How does this apply to sustainable thinking? Read @Stephen_Posner's new blog.
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Can Traditional Activism Truly Birth a New and Better World if it is Fraught with the Very Flaws it Seeks to Amend?
Join us on 6/16 to learn the answer with @bayoakomolafe and @drangelacosta:
events.blackthorn.io/en/5f7F…
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We're excited to discuss "Connected Consciousness for Planetary Health" w/ amazing speakers incl. Terry @TempestWilliams of @ph_alliance's Constellation Project and @GarrisonInst's @Stephen_Posner -- see you around the Campfire!
Still time to register: bit.ly/3LyDQls
Join us NEXT WEEK, 5/24 @ 11 am ET, for the next Nova Campfire! Along with @ph_alliance and @GarrisonInst, we'll explore #PlanetaryHealth through spirituality, connection, inner development, Indigenous knowledge, and much more.
Register now: ow.ly/ESB050OiLl6
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Exciting news! The UVM Institute for #Agroecology has officially launched! Join us to seed just and sustainable food systems through participatory action research, equity-centered work, and global connections. #FoodSovereignty #SoilHealth
uvm.edu/agroecology/announci…
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The Garrison Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of @Stephen_Posner as the new Director of our Pathways to Planetary Health initiative.
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🚨JOIN OUR TEAM!🚨
The @GundInstitute at @UVMVermont is hiring two key leadership positions:
➡️Director of Policy & Partnerships
➡️Director of Operations & Programs
📩APPLY NOW: go.uvm.edu/1v750 #uvm #greenjobs #vtpoli #highered #vt
ALT Promotional image for job opportunities at the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont (UVM). The image consists of the words "Now Hiring" on top of a photo that features a historic campus building and red fall foliage.
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Our co-founder @jonathanfprose was recently joined by @soulfirefarm's Leah Penniman, for a conversation on how #farming and living in #deepconnection with the land can heal and fortify the planet and ourselves.
Read + watch more: garrisoninstitute.org/blog/l…
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Interested in #EcosystemServices? The draft A-4 (doc that guides federal benefit-cost analysis) mentions them 17x! OMB is taking public comments the next 60 days whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upd…
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At the 2022 @WhiteHouse Tribal Nations Summit, @WHOSTP and @WHCEQ released first-of-its-kind government-wide Guidance on Indigenous Knowledge. Now agencies are working to elevate Indigenous Knowledge across Federal research, policy, and decision making. whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upd…
ALT Photo of Tribal Nations Summit session releasing the guidance with Bad Rive Tribe Chairman Mike Wiggins, CEQ Chair Mallory and OSTP Director Prabhakar
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The Earth is calling for justice. BIPOC farmers and environmentalists are answering.
On 3/31, join Leah Penniman @blkfarmer of @soulfirefarm + @JonathanFPRose as they discuss cultivating communities based on #sustainability, #foodsovereignty, and #Earthwisdom.
Registration⬇️
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Announcing exciting new additions to our Senior Leadership Team: Karen Doyle Grossman, incoming Executive Director, @Stephen_Posner, Director of the Institute’s Pathways to Planetary Health Initiative; and Christa M. Tinari, Director of the Contemplative Based Resilience Project.
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What's the state of nature in the US? Out today, I have a new @ESAFrontiers Editorial with @htallis46 and Allison Crimmins on the open opportunity for the public to help shape the @usgcrp's first-ever National Nature Assessment. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi… #NNA
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To what degree is #Vermont's electric grid dependent on fossil fuels?
As it turns out, the answer is ... complicated!!
A few takeaways🧵⬇️
New episode! @AbagaelGiles
makes an electrifying BLS debut ⚡️⚡️⚡️
vermontpublic.org/podcast/br…
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A new 'Vermont Bee Team’ is launching to help protect our vital pollinators.
Supported by Apis Fund, the #UVM-@VTEcostudies effort will prioritize:
🐝Research on #bee-harming pesticides
🐝Farmer-centered ‘Know Your 5’ #pollinators campaign
🚨STORY: shorturl.at/fkmAZ #vt
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An idea whose time has come: National #Nature Assessment! We’re hearing fabulous ideas from civil engineers about how to engineer with nature and how the NNA can be most helpful. THANK YOU!
Huge thank you to a fantastic set of speakers - @JaneLubchenco46 ASCE President Maria Lehman @ASCETweets & Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Mike Connor @USACEHQ - for highlighting #nature as critical for people and planet, #climate, & #equity #NNA @usgcrp @WHOSTP
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If you are in DC next week, join @WHOSTP and @USGCRP for two important in-person opportunities to inform the first ever National Nature Assessment: eventbrite.com/cc/nna-public… 🧵
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Yesterday at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, the Biden Administration unveiled the U.S. strategy to include natural capital in our national accounting.
What is natural capital and why is this plan needed? A thread 🧵 1/
whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upd…
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Thrilled to make two big announcements: 1) I'm at WWF now! 2) We're hiring! I'm looking for a talented postdoc passionate about understanding the values of nature & how to apply them to improve environmental problem solving. careers-wwfus.icims.com/jobs…
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Americans are flocking to climate danger, new #UVMresearch says.
Looking at a decade of migration, the study reveals a concerning trend: people are moving to areas with the greatest wildfire—and rising heat.
🚨Story: go.uvm.edu/zic36
🔥Study: go.uvm.edu/k4jqi
