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Lee Beavington, PhD
@wildethic.bsky.social
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Eco-social justice. Biologist, poet, place-based educator. Indigenous wisdom. Nature photographer. Peter Gabriel music video creator.
My LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/leebeavington
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Join us next week as we discuss the fascinating book Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social. How did a river in India get erased? How do cloud forests carry rivers in the earth, land and sky? What does it mean to be enrivered?

www.kpu.ca/library/book...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social #wildspaces
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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"Accessibility in the Wild" - I want to highlight this great post by Seanna Takacs. What does accessibility look like outdoors?

"Accessibility is the most genuine of human witnessing, being together as quintessential thinkers and feelers."

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@kwantlenu.bsky.social
Accessibility in the Wild – Wild Spaces
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November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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A conversation between Robin Wall Kimmerer and Björk inspired me to write this blog post. "If we want to address the climate emergency long-term, a foundational first step is for teachers and students to learn to live in a place as if it matters."

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#wildspaces
To Live in a Place as if it Matters – Wild Spaces
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October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Still a few spots left for next week's event, The Body as Geography with KPU geographer Parthi Krishnan!

Sign up here:
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@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

#wildspaces #geography #education #university
A group of participants are walking over a grass field. Text: Wild Spaces. The Body as Geography. Open to students, staff and faculty. November 6th, 12pm, KPU Surrey.
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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All four KPU libraries just turned into art galleries with 49 original works by KPU students on display!

Swipe to see some of what students are creating ➡️ then go see them in person next time you’re on campus.
Visit https://bit.ly/4ocF9bK to learn more about the initiative.
A modern waiting area featuring a large picture of a forest on the wall, with a wooden panel background, a red sofa, and an analogue clock. A display of framed black and white photographs on a wooden slat wall, each accompanied by a descriptive plaque for the artist Emilee Stewart Painting by Susan Pellaers showing a person standing at an open door inside a room, looking out.
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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What a wonderful Fungi Forest Walk with KPU lab biology technician (and marvellous mycologist) Emily Betz!

Sign up for upcoming Wild Spaces events here:
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October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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The Mayne Island Conservancy is hosting three fantastic speakers this fall, starting with the wonderful Nancy Turner this Saturday. Check it out!

mayneconservancy.ca/event/three-...

#nancyturner #ethnobotany #mayneisland
#joniolsen #Thomashomer-dixon
Conservancy 2025 Speaker Series - Mayne Island Conservancy
Series tickets on sale now! 2025 Speaker Events Maybe you’ve read their books, or seen them interviewed, but now’s your chance to hear from them in person! The Conservancy has an incredible line-up of...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Only a couple spots left! Fungi Forest Walk next Tuesday at KPU Surrey.

Register:
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@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

#wildspaces #education #nature #university #fungi
Poster showing a mushroom in hand. Text: Wild Spaces, Fungi Forest Walk. Open to students, staff & faculty. October 21, 3pm, KPU Surrey.
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Dr. Lee Beavington: Holistic Teaching and Creative Exploration seechangemakers.ca/people/lee-b...
Dr. Lee Beavington: Holistic Teaching and Creative Exploration < See Change MAKERS
Dr. Lee Beavington is a highly-rated professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), known for his holistic-based teaching philosophy.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Fall Wild Spaces events:
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October 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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This semester's book club choice is very close to my heart: Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social.
www.kpu.ca/library/book...
October 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🔥 Sept 9 | 6:30pm ET: Join Seniors for Climate & author John Vaillant (Fire Weather) for a talk + Q&A on wildfires, fossil fuels & climate chaos. 700 signed up—help us hit 1,000!🌎

👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@johnvaillant.bsky.social
#DrawTheLine #LaterIsTooLate #Seniorsforclimate
September 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Kristina Gardner of The Runner wrote an article on my latest venture into music video creation for Peter Gabriel.

runnermag.ca/2025/08/kpu-...

#petergabriel #musicvideo #io #music #video #i/o
KPU instructor creates music video for Peter Gabriel’s latest song – The Runner
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August 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site #BritishColumbia 😓

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First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site
SECHELT — The shishalh First Nation says 41 “additional unmarked graves” have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school. The nation on...
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August 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Yep, I made a music video for Peter Gabriel.
univcan.ca Universities Canada / Universités Canada @univcan.ca · Jul 18
Interdisciplinary teaching. Ecological storytelling. Global recognition.

@kwantlenu.bsky.social‬ instructor @wildethic.bsky.social‬ captured years of ecological fieldwork — and turned it into the music video for Peter Gabriel’s i/o.

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Lee Beavington interview
An interview with KPU instructor Lee Beavington on his collaboration with Peter Gabriel.
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July 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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My profile on Peter Gabriel's 50:50 website:
www.5050.dev/creators/lee...

@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
(photo by Justine Marie Photography)

#petergabriel #musicvideo #io
Lee Beavington — 50:50
Dr. Lee Beavington has been a Peter Gabriel fan since he was nine. He works in eco-social justice, and is a biologist, storyteller, university instructor, and creative artist. The song i/o aptly alig...
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July 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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A new music video released by @itspetergabriel.bsky.social was created by @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Dr. Lee Beavington.

“I’m still processing this. I've been mega fan since I was nine years old and have a shelf dedicated to his albums,” he says.

Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/07...
July 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Peter Gabriel (@itspetergabriel.bsky.social) just released my music video for his song i/o.

As an ecologist and nature photographer that researches and teaches about the interconnection of all life, this song was a perfect fit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Ic...

#petergabriel #musicvideo #i/o
Peter Gabriel - i/o (Dark-Side Mix) (Lee Beavington video)
YouTube video by 5050 VIDEO
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July 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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I made a music video for @itspetergabriel.bsky.social. He will release it tomorrow, July 17.

Here’s a screenshot of the creative process from Final Cut Pro.
Screenshot from Final Cut Pro, showing a still of a slug eating in the top right corner. The clips that comprise the music video are shown (without detail) in the bottom portion of the screenshot.
July 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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When you're a mega fan of Rivers, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, @stanleydonwood.bsky.social, and @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social.
July 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I wrote a tribute for Peter Gabriel's OVO album, for the occasion of its 25th anniversary.

www.wildethic.com/ovo

#petergabriel #ovo #millenniumdome
Peter Gabriel's OVO — Lee Beavington
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July 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Stoked to have submitted our book draft to the publisher for Poetry as Environmental Geography. Thanks to co-editor Adam Vincent for the invite. He started this Poetic Inquiry Atlas series, which began with Vol 1, A Survey of Rigorous Poetics (linked here).

vernonpress.com/book/2115

#poeticinquiry
Poetic Inquiry Atlas Vol. 1: A Survey of Rigorous Poetics
Explore the diverse roles of poetry in research and scholarship, illustrating its impact across disciplines and cultures in this edited volume.
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July 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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This Climate+ Challenge blog post is inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass. This post outlines ways to incorporate Braiding Sweetgrass into five disciplines, including an activity for each.

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social

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Teaching with Braiding Sweetgrass in Higher Education – Climate+ Challenge
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June 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Now online! Indigenous Pedagogies, today at noon.

Join Shannon Leddy, author of Teaching Where you Are, for a talk on Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies.

Open to all. Message me for link.

#Indigenous #decolonize #education #university #teaching @kwantlenu.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Article by The Runner, written by Mariia Potiatynyk, on Wild Spaces and our two upcoming walk and talks.

The amazing artwork was made by Sofia Jain-Schlaepfer for Wild Spaces.

runnermag.ca/2025/05/kpu-...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social

#wildspaces #nature #education #placebased
KPU Wild Spaces hosts walks to connect learning and nature – The Runner
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May 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM