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Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

47K followers 2.1K following 14K posts

Director, Agriculture Initiatives, World Resources Institute. Working with colleagues around the world to create a sustainable food future. DC-based. Own views.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Oct 21

The world is facing a global land squeeze as food, feed, fiber and fuel demand rises. How to manage it? 🧪

- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands

How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

By 2050, an area of land twice the size of India will be converted to agriculture. A four-pillared approach can ensure the world meets growing demand for food and fuel without destroying the environme...

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 11h

Tomorrow it rises at 7:26 #progress

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12h

I’m pretty sure it wasn’t. I think each number was its own segment that aired on a different episode. This video strings them all together.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12h

12345, 678910, 1112 youtu.be/IC7l3V1nhWc?...

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12h

When I watched it now I actually remembered how he pronounced “mixer” about halfway through the video

Looks like it aired in early 1987, I would have been 5

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12h

Not quite as catchy of a song but still satisfying: youtu.be/aor9uWp-lHE?...

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12h

A nice thing: it was still sort of light outside at 5:30 this evening. I’ll take it

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 13h

mood

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 13h

Hmm, wanting to count up the benefits but without fully counting the costs, where have I heard that one before

#carbonaccounting

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DioneNYC @dionenyc.bsky.social · 14h

And here's a version with Mr. Rogers soothingly explaining the process, pronouncing "crayon" like a one-syllable word, as Pennsylvanians will.

pbskids.org/videos/watch...

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - How People Make Crayons Video | PBS KIDS

A classic factory tour -- How people make crayons.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 15h

this still slaps youtu.be/ZQ_MEFVx5jM?...

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 17h

Rock Creek

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 19h

My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.

Mine is the Patuxent.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 19h

My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.

Mine is the Patuxent.

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World Resources Institute @worldresources.bsky.social · 1d

From influencers to governments, everyone is telling us to eat more protein. The latest to join the fray is the U.S. dietary recommendations.

But here's an indisputable fact: plant-forward meals have much less impact on the planet than animal-based options.

Learn more: go.wri.org/plant-protei...

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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 1d

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Yes an awesome policy suggesters list

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Some of these things are too bad to be offset, I’m afraid

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Idea: do more good things and fewer bad things

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 1d

Look I know that “diversity is our strength” is cringe but: diversity is our strength. People who come from distinct cultural practices actively serving in community with one another. What a blessing to live in a world where that happens.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about all these people they hate — the Somalis, the Haitians — are some of the most generous people you’ve ever met. Whose cultures are predicated on hospitality, whose kindness is entirely unmatched.

Sarah.M.L.Engineer @galaxyinfernocodes.bsky.social · 1d

Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about all these people they hate — the Somalis, the Haitians — are some of the most generous people you’ve ever met. Whose cultures are predicated on hospitality, whose kindness is entirely unmatched.

Sarah.M.L.Engineer @galaxyinfernocodes.bsky.social · 1d

Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

$246 per gallon

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

and traffic
and (get this) food production

Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 2d

This is a cartoon about housing.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

“Your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable”

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“They’re grrrrrreat”

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa did not know that!

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1d

Castilleja haydenii, our Hayden's Indian Paintbrush, blooming on West Spanish Peak. These plants are only four or five inches tall #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 11 🌿

Pink Indian Paintbrush

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thattommyhall @thattommyhall.com · 1d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurl_R... tony the tiger was voiced by the guy who sings in the old Grinch cartoon I found out the other day

Thurl Ravenscroft - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

That said, I have seen through Tony the Tiger and his simplistic labeling of Frosted Flakes as “Grrrrreat” for several decades

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

Me: I am a discerning consumer and can see through the gimmicks; your marketing has no effect on me

Also me: has kinda believed or at least wanted to believe since the 1990s that Snapple is made from the best stuff on Earth

PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Worldwide Annually @tkovach.bsky.social · 2d

I'm watching "The Diplomat," and I find myself craving toast

Garfield the cat's head on a blue background. Black text reads You Are Not Immune To Propaganda

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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Worldwide Annually @tkovach.bsky.social · 2d

I'm watching "The Diplomat," and I find myself craving toast

Garfield the cat's head on a blue background. Black text reads You Are Not Immune To Propaganda

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

Yep. Seems important as agriculture is one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change and ecosystem degradation 🤷‍♂️