@jasondovemark

Lily's Dad. Author of Satellites in the High Country. Writing a book about shifting baseline syndrome. Former EIC of Sierra & former editor Earth Island Journal

 Bellingham, WA
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Joined April 2010
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Some personal news, as the kids say ... I'm beyond psyched to announce that I'll be working with @MattWeiland and the good folks @wwnorton on a book (a manifesto no less!) about the shifting baseline syndrome and antidotes to environmental amnesia -->
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James and journalist Jason Dove Mark explain the roadless rule, national forests, and the Trump administration's attempts to strip protections from tens of thousands of acres of public land. @jamesstout @jasondovemark iheart.com/podcast/1119-natu…
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We talked about the larger concerns that the Cornell case has brought up on this week's #FakeTheNation with the wonderful @NerdFromTheFuture & @jasondovemark. What are we missing when we talk about sex, and how can we fix it? Subscribe wherever you get your pods.
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We talk about the GOP's midterm pitch on this week's #FakeTheNation... such as it is. Does it work with voters?? I'm joined by the very smart @jasondovemark & @NerdFromTheFuture. Plus, we ask, should you bring a coffee to a job interview??? Listen wherever you pod!
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Many thanks to the good folks @TheDailyClimate for reposting my latest commentary therevelator.org/al-gore-was…

Al Gore Was Right • The Revelator

How changing lightbulbs helped change the world.

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In the decades since An Inconvenient Truth, Americans swapped out their lightbulbs. As they did, they helped to check US electricity growth and avoided the release of many hundreds of millions of tons of heat-trapping carbon pollution. @jasondovemark therevelator.org/al-gore-was…

Al Gore Was Right • The Revelator

How changing lightbulbs helped change the world.

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My latest, for the good folks @Revelator_News: " @algore Was Right" when it came to the power (and power savings!) of changing lightbulbs therevelator.org/al-gore-was…

Al Gore Was Right • The Revelator

How changing lightbulbs helped change the world.

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~RECENT EPISODE~ Remembering the Earth in a Time of Environmental Amnesia 🎙️: bit.ly/4yVcbmv In our latest, we talk with environmental author @jasondovemark about his new book "The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet."
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@hausfathAug 11
Non-hydro renewables (primarily wind and solar) are on track to pass gas this year as the second largest source of electricity generation globally. The rapid over the past 10 years is pretty remarkable! Hat tip to Michael Liebreich for the plot idea.
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Shot --> WaPo climate columnist @MJ_Coren re-ups his piece on #shiftingbaselines for this week's newsletter washingtonpost.com/climate-e…

Advice | Why you should tell your children about vanishing fireflies

Accepting climate-related disasters as the new normal will make it harder to restore the environment back to health.

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Chaser --> I've written a whole book about the dangers of shifting baseline syndrome and the antidotes to ecological amnesia! wwnorton.com/books/978132411…

The Earth Said Remember Me

A rallying cry and resistance manual from one of the leaders breathing new life into the environmental movement., The Earth Said Remember Me, How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet, Jason...

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My book appears to have accomplished something of an environmental movement parlor trick. Both Alex Trembath and Bill McKibben say it's worth reading!
Jason Mark@jasondovemarkAug 10
Big thanks to my longtime ideological frenemy, @atrembath, for this thoughtful review of The Earth Said Remember Me breakthroughjournal.org/p/de…

Decoupling Syndrome

A Review of "The Earth Said Remember Me" by Jason Mark

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Big thanks to my longtime ideological frenemy, @atrembath, for this thoughtful review of The Earth Said Remember Me breakthroughjournal.org/p/de…

Decoupling Syndrome

A Review of "The Earth Said Remember Me" by Jason Mark

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~NEW EPISODE~ Remembering the Earth in a Time of Environmental Amnesia 🎙️: bit.ly/4yVcbmv In our latest, we talk with environmental author @jasondovemark about his new book "The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet."
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The technical name is “shifting baseline syndrome.” The term was coined by fisheries scientist, Daniel Pauly, to describe a kind of ecological amnesia he had witnessed among fishers. @SeaAroundUs earthisland.org/journal/inde…

Are We At Least as Smart as a Frog in Hot Water?

As the aberrant becomes the ordinary, we can’t let our instinct for adapting lead to climate change acceptance.

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Literary Hub » Why “Shifting Baseline Syndrome” Makes It Harder to Save the Planet lithub.com/why-shifting-base…

Why “Shifting Baseline Syndrome” Makes It Harder to Save the Planet

When she was growing up, Mia Monroe remembers, monarch butterflies were a natural part of the rhythm of life. This was in the 1960s, and Mia and her family lived in San Carlos, California, at that …

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"It shows a classic shifting baseline problem," said Dr. William Cheung. "It's really important we have a proper baseline and understanding of the trends, to inform our current actions for conservation and for climate adaptations." @coru_ubc @ubcscience cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…

Kelp forests once covered part of the northern Salish Sea, UVic study finds | CBC News

Research from the University of Victoria shows that an area of the Georgia Strait near Comox and Denman Island was once covered in 5.5-million square metres of bull kelp forests, ten times the amount...

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#UCANR climate scientist Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) has become one of the nation’s most trusted voices on weather and climate. Read why @jasondovemark of @TheAtlantic says the media keeps calling on him: theatlantic.com/science/2026…

Why the Media Keep Quoting the Same Climate Scientist

Daniel Swain has a knack for breaking down the complexities of climate and weather into precise but accessible ideas.

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Pam Kan-Rice@UCANRpamJun 11
The success of @ucanr climatologist Daniel Swain @Weather_West rests on a simple foundation: His specialty has long been how global climate change messes with local weather, writes @jasondovemark @TheAtlantic
Ag&Natural Resources@ucanrJun 11
#UCANR climate scientist Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) has become one of the nation’s most trusted voices on weather and climate. Read why @jasondovemark of @TheAtlantic says the media keeps calling on him: theatlantic.com/science/2026…

Why the Media Keep Quoting the Same Climate Scientist

Daniel Swain has a knack for breaking down the complexities of climate and weather into precise but accessible ideas.

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“A hopeful manual for staying engaged in protecting the planet.” Thanks to the good folks @PublishersWkly for this review of my forthcoming book, The Earth Said Remember Me publishersweekly.com/9781324…

The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet by undefined

Citing inaction as a major factor in perpetuating the climate emergency, journalist Mark (Satellites in the High Country) offers...

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Pinch me! My forthcoming book, The Earth Said Remember Me, has earned a Starred Review from @KirkusReviews : "An urgent manifesto about what it takes to hold onto memories of a livelier world ... his greatest tool against forgetting is language" kirkusreviews.com/book-revie…

THE EARTH SAID REMEMBER ME | Kirkus Reviews

An urgent manifesto about what it takes to hold onto memories of a livelier world.

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