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Carly Ziter
@carlyziter.bsky.social

Urban & landscape ecologist thinking about nature-based solutions for biodiversity, people, and climate in the cities we live in. Prof @ Concordia. Probably talking about trees on the radio. Potter. Knitter. Baker. Gardener. Year-round cyclist. 🇨🇦 (she/her) .. more

Environmental science 72%
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Hi, Bluesky! 🇨🇦 urban & landscape ecologist here - tweeting at the intersection of ecology and urbanism + mentorship and work-life balance. Based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal

On the off-hours: pottery, knitting, all-weather cycling, & the embarrassment and enjoyment of learning a new language as an adult!

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Begging PhD programs to agree on a common app with only letters of rec that writers upload once. These inane likert scales when students are applying to 15-20 programs is destroying my soul

Love these little cats. Now that I’m studio-less for a while I’ve mostly switched to knitting

I am! Our initial plan was to come right to Edinburgh, but then we thought about Dec weather and figured maybe a couple weeks hiding in the south of France first wouldn’t hurt…

Would love to connect at BES!

Rough cold + jet lag = a slooooow start to the European leg of sabbatical. But it sure is nice on this side of the ocean.

What have you been creating lately??
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

New mug off to a good home with a colleague 🥰. Really had fun with this one!

For me, it’s a mountain bike with soft/grippy tires (vs my summer road bike). Also bar mitts and a winter helmet have been super helpful for me

Another thing that brings me joy: learning to mend things. I bought a tiny loom (speedweve) a few years ago, & am practicing my invisible mending too. It's a silly little thing, but I cannot overstate how happy it makes me to repair and re-wear the things I love (goodbye, destructive fast fashion!)

"okay but, you live in Montreal". Yes, & that's a choice that made a lot of other low carbon choices easier (attached small-ish footprint housing, no car ownership...). But SO many people could replace *some* car trips by bike or transit, or one car with an e-bike. Perfect is enemy of good, etc.

We got a heat pump! It's great! Absolutely love our induction stove,too.

Other things that make my life better (irrespective of their climate impact): bicycles! I got a winter bike a few years back, partner got an e-bike. Both game changers re: time outside, daily joy, and reduced car time.
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
Reconnecting people to nature is key for biodiversity action. Our new study identifies 5 ways people relate to #Natura2000:
🐾 Learning
🏞️ Heritage
🪴 Care
🧑‍🌾 Multifunctionality
👭 Collaboration
Revealing such narratives can build new alliances & place PAs at the heart of society.
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com

Amazing the difference a little greenery makes
Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute

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Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪

If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

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Sounds funny today, but not long ago, the use of bicycles by women was considered *extremely* radical & dangerous--to be discouraged, even by supporters of women's right to vote.
All bc bicycles allowed women a tiny bit of freedom & mobility, without needing things a male guardian could withhold.
Suffragist and educator Frances Willard riding her bicycle, Gladys (because it made her glad).

“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."

And with that, we wrap the 3rd thesis defence in the lab in one month! Sad to see these amazing students go, but SO excited to see what they all do next, and to keep collaborating in new ways.

But first time for a little break for them and for me I think 😂
Proud of @emmasbacon.bsky.social who defended yesterday (co-advised @paqlab.bsky.social). 6 months of fieldwork, countless doors knocked on, 28000+ trees IDd, & an incredible MSc thesis on Montréal’s urban forest! While playing in an orchestra & publishing 3 side projects 🤩. Someone hire her ASAP! 😉

Proud of @emmasbacon.bsky.social who defended yesterday (co-advised @paqlab.bsky.social). 6 months of fieldwork, countless doors knocked on, 28000+ trees IDd, & an incredible MSc thesis on Montréal’s urban forest! While playing in an orchestra & publishing 3 side projects 🤩. Someone hire her ASAP! 😉
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
academicjobsonline.org
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"

My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)

The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?

Because Greta is right ..

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"The impact was dramatic. Water use fell by more than 55% in under two years, from 1.2 billion liters per day to about 500 million.When rains finally returned in 2018, the reservoirs refilled. But the deeper lesson endured: transparent, collective action can shift behavior on a massive scale"
Can Tehran use the Cape Town model to escape a water crisis 'Day Zero'?
As Iran’s capital Tehran endures its worst water crisis in living memory, few recent global cases offer clearer lessons than Cape Town in South Africa in 2018.
www.iranintl.com

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#bikeHFX

Flexipost being removed on Bell Road.

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Urban nature based solutions are critical - but often hampered by a lack of collaboration across sectors. How can we do better?

This was such a rewarding project to lead, alongside great colleagues from @environmentca.bsky.social, @treecanada.bsky.social, and many many others.
New 📰| Improving cross-sectoral collaboration towards urban nature-based solutions: insights from a participatory workshop 👥 https://ow.ly/F20T50Xqzgg

📷 facets-2025-0035, Box 1, the "fishbowl" exercise.
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
New 📰| Improving cross-sectoral collaboration towards urban nature-based solutions: insights from a participatory workshop 👥 https://ow.ly/F20T50Xqzgg

📷 facets-2025-0035, Box 1, the "fishbowl" exercise.
Looking to acquire portable soil temp/moisture and pH probes for our fieldwork

Figured I'd ask if anyone had suggestions or strong feelings about what to get!

🧪🌎🌳🍁
@sgradywelsh.bsky.social (lab manager) would greatly appreciate any input!