Lauren E. Oakes
@OakesLE
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scientist & science writer | climate change & forest-related issues | books: in search of the canary tree (2018) and treekeepers (2024) | views are my own
Bozeman, MT
Joined June 2017
Ad running in the latest edition of The New York Times Book Review. Thank you @BasicBooks and @HachetteBooks for sharing the climate of hope. Let's see some action! #thecanarytree @TJ_Kelleher @jkpapin
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Excited to share my new website! Special thanks to Elliot Olson for her beautiful design work. Feel free to reach out if you have interest in a speaking event after the launch of TREEKEEPERS this fall. https://t.co/5yf8YSTBTk
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Barnes & Noble is offering 25% on pre-orders through Friday. Check out Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future. Grab some holiday gifts in advance! @BasicBooks
@BNBuzz #BNPreorder
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Silver medalist, Nautilus Book Awards “A frank, probing, but ultimately hopeful book” (Elizabeth Kolbert) that shows how the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world’s...
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7 Books by Women Writers About Humanity’s Relationship to Trees https://t.co/EV1ohahQer via @electriclit Delighted to spot The Arbornaut by @canopymeg @fsgbooks and In Search of the Canary Tree by @OakesLE @BasicBooks in this excellent roundup by @SnowHydro @DGandBTweets
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Scientists, artists, and philosophers on the role of trees in our ecosystem and as a touchstone for our cherished memories
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1-2 spots left in our climate writing retreat! This summer. Chamonix, France. July 17-24.
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Headed to Colorado today to visit a very special vault, the “Fort Knox of the World’s Seeds”. Of course, I will be asking about trees. Write Write Writing a new book... #treekeepers @BasicBooks
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Our new study is out!
New study in @ConservationSP offers improved pathways for monitoring and evaluation of #climateadaptation conservation initiatives @thewcs @DorisDukeFDN @wcsAdapts @OakesLE @IUCN_CCSG @ubcforestry
https://t.co/AZ85ik8rCw
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I wrote a little summary about the 5 best books to inspire climate action for Shepherd. Shepherd is a new platform where authors recommend books by theme/best of. Check it out! @BasicBooks @HachetteUS
https://t.co/EFA3lkafKN
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Lauren E. Oakes shares the 5 best books on to inspire climate action. Have you read All We Can Save?
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Congratulations to Lia Purpura on her Emergence essay being selected for the @PushcartPrize “Best of the Small Presses” annual collection for 2022! Read the essay “The Creatures of the World Have Not Been Chastened” by @LiaPurpura.
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As she bears witness to the decomposing body of a deer, Lia Purpura considers the forces of restoration at play: the processes which transform bodies from one state to another and the beginnings that...
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"The #NewClimateWar: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet" | Really thoughtful review in the @FriendsJournal by @RuahSwennerfelt :
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Sneak Preview: Weather Reports — The Climate of Now — a fall online series of conversations on climate chaos at the Harvard Divinity School. Won’t you join me? Stunning guests, a kaleidoscope of topics. Mondays beginning September 20 from 7 to 8:30 pm EST
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You will forgive me for not having a lot of patience when some of my colleagues in the Senate tell me that we can’t afford to act on climate change. Really? The question that we must be asking, as loudly as possible, is how we can afford not to act?
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📅 Mark your calendar and join our #TrillionTrees #SER2021 symposium Q&A on 🌳 quality restoration 🌳 true costs to deliver sustainable restoration 🌳 what is needed and 🌳 how we can succeed 24 June at 11:15 -12:00 US Eastern (GMT-4) #GenerationRestoration
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Want to make conservation efforts and nature-based solutions more robust to future climate? Yes, please; now! New perspective article out today in Conservation Science & Practice.
Our newly #published 5Ws framework offers #conservation practitioners initial steps to make their work more climate-resilient. By considering the "what, when, where, why, & who" of their project, they can ensure their work will withstand #climate impacts: https://t.co/t9VKwssPji
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Very happy to see Erika Zavaleta appointed to the California Fish and Game Commission. An excellent choice to represent #biodiversity in the state. Congrats Erika!
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SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Thuy Mascorro, 47, of Chula Vista, has been reappointed Home Administrator of the Veterans Home of California…
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We are in first place for “Best Writing (Editorial)” in @TheWebbyAwards! Help us spread the word and bring attention to these essential stories exploring ecology, culture, and spirituality. RT and vote here: https://t.co/ZKVXzq0P0X
#Webbys Illustration by @jasonlyon_
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Tuesday, in honor of Earth Day, join us for a conversation about about Rescuing the Planet and more. Looking forward to this event with Tony Hiss, former staff writer @NewYorker. @BasicBooks
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Explore the frontiers of conservation with Tony Hiss and his new book Rescuing the Planet, along with Lauren Oakes and Adventure Scientists
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Take only what you need. Share with others. Work hard and cooperate. Care for one another. These are values held by a remote, Arctic community that I have never visited; a culture I am only starting to know.
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As she reflects on what will be needed to build resilience in the face of an uncertain future, Lauren Oakes considers the meeting place of scientific knowledge and Indigenous ways of knowing.
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This site will eventually house a dozen stories about the research that has underpinned society's response to COVID and the importance of funding basic science. My story on the vast viral world just launched. Check it out--
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