Eric Nost
@ericnost
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Geographer interested in the practice and praxis of environmental data. Associate Professor @GuelphGeography, member @enviroDGI
Joined June 2012
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In our new article, “Actually Existing Smart Forests,” Jennifer Gabrys, @colombinary and @yutiariani revisit the analytic of “actually existing” to consider how speculation is a critical component of how smart environments are composed and realized: https://t.co/aE0SFlR0Ad.
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EDGI’s @EEW_Network is hosting a 5 part workshop series exploring the alternative tools we’re building to contextualize EPA data. Building Civic Technologies for Environmental Data Justice. Starting July 31st. 📅 Register: https://t.co/Dp7s8ffHx7
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I am pleased to share that the federal Environmental Racism/Justice private members bill (Bill C-226) was approved at Senate yesterday. It becomes the first environmental justice law in Canada. Statement from my organizations ENRICH and the CCECJ https://t.co/pWN7z7NOMy
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Today's @UNEP report on the environmental destruction in Gaza is just brutal. Water, air quality, and exposure to toxics have all catastrophically degraded over the course of the genocide, creating serious longterm challenges for human health + rebulding
unep.org
This Preliminary Assessment was prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in response to an official request from the State of Palestine for an assessment of the environmental...
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AI in higher ed clearly means "do more with less." Instructors are asked to re-design assessments to be more authentic at the same time their capacity to do so is undermined by growing class sizes, cuts to teaching assistant allocations, shifts to sessional appointments, etc.
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For more on why stopping the genocide in Palestine is a climate justice issue, see our @cpluscp statement, Ceasefire Now, Ceasefire Forever
climateandcommunity.org
Climate crisis in Palestine cannot be detached from the Israeli occupation. The brutal and extensively documented apartheid regime that Israel imposes and maintains over Palestinians is …
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That would be shifting from one form of climate destruction to another. It's hard to know because the University doesn't disclose the # of shares it holds.
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UoGforPalestine notes that the University of Guelph may have "accelerated its investments in arms (e.g. Northrup, Lockheed, Raytheon) to make up for the discrepancies in their divestment from fossil fuels"
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I am putting together a 'Palestinian liberation-political ecology-climate/environmental justice' reader for our students' encampment in Groningen, any ideas (articles/book chapters - not books) on what to include all the way from basics to more recent engaged scholarship?
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Meaningful engagement is the key to achieving Bill C-226’s goal of ending environmental racism in Canada
theconversation.com
The federal government’s proposed Bill C-226 could be an important first step in addressing environmental racism, but only if communities are involved.
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Open letter to boycott and call for the censure of UCalgary. "Academic institutions must be places that encourage dialogue in the pursuit of understanding and knowledge. There is no justification for police crackdowns on peaceful assemblies on campus.” https://t.co/O1QoTGELMt
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***MAY 29, 2024: THIS STATEMENT IS NOW CLOSED FOR SIGNATURES AND IS BEING SENT TO CAUT AND TO THE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY AND UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA *** On Thursday, May 9,...
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🌏New #OpenAccess paper in Geo!🌍 'Can political ecology be decolonised? A dialogue with Paul Robbins' by @ishfaqmalik2502 In this dialogue piece, Malik & @PaulRobbins15 interrogate issues of decolonisation, environmental justice & sovereignty. https://t.co/q74mCwk6kA
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Looking forward to moderating this panel with @ahSHEEK, @hebahkassem, and @patrickmbigger tonight, with opening comments from @DeliaRamirezIL:
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📢 New episode 📢 @ritodhi_c discusses Decolonizing the Climate Discourse with Uma Pal. They talk about the critique of mainstream #climate discourse, the role of #IndigenousKnowledges, reimagining #ClimateGovernance, and positionality and ethical research.
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🖥️#OpenAccess commentary in Geo🖥️ 'Governing AI, governing climate change?' by @ericnost This piece considers the parallels and intersections between #AI and climate change governance in the context of 'AI for Good' initiatives. https://t.co/LnTnhqsMGT
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Introduction to the special issue of Digital Geography and Society on "Digital Natures: Reworking Epistemologies, Ontologies and Politics" w/ @InfraGeography @RuthMachen
https://t.co/yRj6JLdfvg The six papers in the special issue are open access here:
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Very excited to share a new paper from Sarah Hackfort, myself and @KellyBronson12!! It’s called Harvesting Value: Corporate strategies of data assetization in agriculture and their socio-ecological implications. 🎉🎉🎉 Read here:
journals.sagepub.com
The global food system is characterized by market concentration and oligopoly. In our article, we focus on the most powerful input supply and machinery companie...
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What are the challenges & opportunities facing Geography as a discipline globally? At Transactions, we have asked that question in two collections. See pieces from Cambodia, the Philippines, China, Sri Lanka, India, Brazil, Colombia, Italy, South Africa, Australia, & the US...1/2
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