Maru
@drprescott.bsky.social
Professor and nonprofit leader by day—dreamer of fluffy cows, paddling ducks, and adorable sheep by heart. Passionate about sustainability, social justice, and growing both gardens and communities.
There’s work happening now: river restoration, a new state park coming in 2026, and baby-tooth testing to understand historical lead exposure. #EnvironmentalJustice #Sustainability
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
There’s work happening now: river restoration, a new state park coming in 2026, and baby-tooth testing to understand historical lead exposure. #EnvironmentalJustice #Sustainability
Flint wasn’t just a chemistry failure — it was a community crisis.
Huge thanks to @nkingsley.bsky.social for sharing the science, policy story, and his experience living and teaching through it with my Greener by Design class.
#WaterJustice #GreenChemistry
Huge thanks to @nkingsley.bsky.social for sharing the science, policy story, and his experience living and teaching through it with my Greener by Design class.
#WaterJustice #GreenChemistry
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Flint wasn’t just a chemistry failure — it was a community crisis.
Huge thanks to @nkingsley.bsky.social for sharing the science, policy story, and his experience living and teaching through it with my Greener by Design class.
#WaterJustice #GreenChemistry
Huge thanks to @nkingsley.bsky.social for sharing the science, policy story, and his experience living and teaching through it with my Greener by Design class.
#WaterJustice #GreenChemistry
🌱 This season, I’m grateful for the seeds of possibility — including a new one I’m excited to grow.
I’ve received a UNH Sustainability Seed Grant to advance systems-level sustainability education and expand green chemistry pathways across #STEM. #Sustainability
I’ve received a UNH Sustainability Seed Grant to advance systems-level sustainability education and expand green chemistry pathways across #STEM. #Sustainability
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🌱 This season, I’m grateful for the seeds of possibility — including a new one I’m excited to grow.
I’ve received a UNH Sustainability Seed Grant to advance systems-level sustainability education and expand green chemistry pathways across #STEM. #Sustainability
I’ve received a UNH Sustainability Seed Grant to advance systems-level sustainability education and expand green chemistry pathways across #STEM. #Sustainability
🍂 From acorns to lignin — chemistry, creativity, and a dash of twine.
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🍂 From acorns to lignin — chemistry, creativity, and a dash of twine.
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
Life’s been busy with fall course prep, but I finally wanted to share this: we got to help at least 7 tiny painted turtle hatchlings cross the road safely after they hatched near our mailbox. 🐢💚 A magical summer moment. #sustainability #wildlife #EverydayJoy
September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Life’s been busy with fall course prep, but I finally wanted to share this: we got to help at least 7 tiny painted turtle hatchlings cross the road safely after they hatched near our mailbox. 🐢💚 A magical summer moment. #sustainability #wildlife #EverydayJoy
Apples need pruning work, ducks are happy with a clearer pond, and I’m grateful for the food + lessons this year. Onward to Maru’s Meadows. 🌱💚
September 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apples need pruning work, ducks are happy with a clearer pond, and I’m grateful for the food + lessons this year. Onward to Maru’s Meadows. 🌱💚
Tried fruit bags on peaches to keep pests out… accidentally hosted an ANT PARTY. 🐜😂 Lesson learned.
September 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tried fruit bags on peaches to keep pests out… accidentally hosted an ANT PARTY. 🐜😂 Lesson learned.
Peaches were the stars — so many that I had to thin them mid-season. Flash frozen for winter PEACH CRISP (better than apple crisp, fight me). 🍑🔥
September 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Peaches were the stars — so many that I had to thin them mid-season. Flash frozen for winter PEACH CRISP (better than apple crisp, fight me). 🍑🔥
This season’s garden experiments had wins, fails, & surprises. Tomatoes thrived this year (drought & all) — heirlooms from local plant sales. Even got some yummy yellow ones! Pickle-palooza: sweet, dill, garlic-dill, & my grandmother’s sour (mustard) pickles. (Only I eat those… but it’s tradition.)
September 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This season’s garden experiments had wins, fails, & surprises. Tomatoes thrived this year (drought & all) — heirlooms from local plant sales. Even got some yummy yellow ones! Pickle-palooza: sweet, dill, garlic-dill, & my grandmother’s sour (mustard) pickles. (Only I eat those… but it’s tradition.)
💬 What’s your main thing?
Whether or not you were at BIOME, we’d love to hear what grounds you as an educator, leader, or changemaker. Drop a reply—we’re building together.
#CatalyzingChange #BioQUEST #STEMed
Whether or not you were at BIOME, we’d love to hear what grounds you as an educator, leader, or changemaker. Drop a reply—we’re building together.
#CatalyzingChange #BioQUEST #STEMed
July 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
💬 What’s your main thing?
Whether or not you were at BIOME, we’d love to hear what grounds you as an educator, leader, or changemaker. Drop a reply—we’re building together.
#CatalyzingChange #BioQUEST #STEMed
Whether or not you were at BIOME, we’d love to hear what grounds you as an educator, leader, or changemaker. Drop a reply—we’re building together.
#CatalyzingChange #BioQUEST #STEMed
🧭 “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” @travisyork.bsky.social
Travis York’s keynote helped us reflect on our center, and our word cloud said it all: community, collaboration, learning.
#TheMainThing #BIOME2025 #Equity
Travis York’s keynote helped us reflect on our center, and our word cloud said it all: community, collaboration, learning.
#TheMainThing #BIOME2025 #Equity
July 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🧭 “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” @travisyork.bsky.social
Travis York’s keynote helped us reflect on our center, and our word cloud said it all: community, collaboration, learning.
#TheMainThing #BIOME2025 #Equity
Travis York’s keynote helped us reflect on our center, and our word cloud said it all: community, collaboration, learning.
#TheMainThing #BIOME2025 #Equity
🌈 Tie Dyed Tuesday brought the color and the energy! Our Bonfire shop’s still open if you want to rep the spirit year-round: lnkd.in/ef2SKtv8
📰 Don’t miss future events: qubeshub.org/news/newslet...
#TiedyedTuesday #BioQUEST
📰 Don’t miss future events: qubeshub.org/news/newslet...
#TiedyedTuesday #BioQUEST
July 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🌈 Tie Dyed Tuesday brought the color and the energy! Our Bonfire shop’s still open if you want to rep the spirit year-round: lnkd.in/ef2SKtv8
📰 Don’t miss future events: qubeshub.org/news/newslet...
#TiedyedTuesday #BioQUEST
📰 Don’t miss future events: qubeshub.org/news/newslet...
#TiedyedTuesday #BioQUEST
🌀 BIOME 2025 (organized by @bioquest.bsky.social ) was one of the most energizing events of my summer. Educators across disciplines came together to catalyze change through inclusive, sustainable, community-centered STEM education. #BIOME2025 #CatalyzingChange #STEMed #CommunitiesOfPractice
July 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🌀 BIOME 2025 (organized by @bioquest.bsky.social ) was one of the most energizing events of my summer. Educators across disciplines came together to catalyze change through inclusive, sustainable, community-centered STEM education. #BIOME2025 #CatalyzingChange #STEMed #CommunitiesOfPractice
Back on our Maine land. Orchard’s hanging in—but the MVP? The murder hat. 🧢🟦
Blue cup + stick-em = deerfly doom. Before/after in pics.
No bees harmed.
Just weird, wonderful DIY pest control. You're welcome.
#MarusMeadows #DeerflyDefense #RegenerativeAg #BugNerdsUnite #NatureHacks
Blue cup + stick-em = deerfly doom. Before/after in pics.
No bees harmed.
Just weird, wonderful DIY pest control. You're welcome.
#MarusMeadows #DeerflyDefense #RegenerativeAg #BugNerdsUnite #NatureHacks
July 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Back on our Maine land. Orchard’s hanging in—but the MVP? The murder hat. 🧢🟦
Blue cup + stick-em = deerfly doom. Before/after in pics.
No bees harmed.
Just weird, wonderful DIY pest control. You're welcome.
#MarusMeadows #DeerflyDefense #RegenerativeAg #BugNerdsUnite #NatureHacks
Blue cup + stick-em = deerfly doom. Before/after in pics.
No bees harmed.
Just weird, wonderful DIY pest control. You're welcome.
#MarusMeadows #DeerflyDefense #RegenerativeAg #BugNerdsUnite #NatureHacks
This little patch of land is teaching us about systems, slowness, and long-game joy.
Certified Conservation Landscape + Wildlife Habitat—and always in progress. 🌾🌼🌧️
#MarusMeadows #RegenerativeLiving #SystemsThinking
Certified Conservation Landscape + Wildlife Habitat—and always in progress. 🌾🌼🌧️
#MarusMeadows #RegenerativeLiving #SystemsThinking
June 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This little patch of land is teaching us about systems, slowness, and long-game joy.
Certified Conservation Landscape + Wildlife Habitat—and always in progress. 🌾🌼🌧️
#MarusMeadows #RegenerativeLiving #SystemsThinking
Certified Conservation Landscape + Wildlife Habitat—and always in progress. 🌾🌼🌧️
#MarusMeadows #RegenerativeLiving #SystemsThinking
First strawberry harvested, pollinators hard at work, and orchard trees now netted and fertilized for the next stretch. Some wilt, some resilience. 🌱
Also experimenting with interplanting annual veggies among native shrubs to see who plays nice.
Also experimenting with interplanting annual veggies among native shrubs to see who plays nice.
June 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
First strawberry harvested, pollinators hard at work, and orchard trees now netted and fertilized for the next stretch. Some wilt, some resilience. 🌱
Also experimenting with interplanting annual veggies among native shrubs to see who plays nice.
Also experimenting with interplanting annual veggies among native shrubs to see who plays nice.
Back at Maru’s Meadows this weekend, where the projects keep multiplying and the clover keeps thriving.
Highlights:
– Transplanted fir trees
– Native perennials
– Three Sisters planting (shovel-only version)
– Pumpkin trials + sunflowers
– New habitat signs!
Highlights:
– Transplanted fir trees
– Native perennials
– Three Sisters planting (shovel-only version)
– Pumpkin trials + sunflowers
– New habitat signs!
June 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Back at Maru’s Meadows this weekend, where the projects keep multiplying and the clover keeps thriving.
Highlights:
– Transplanted fir trees
– Native perennials
– Three Sisters planting (shovel-only version)
– Pumpkin trials + sunflowers
– New habitat signs!
Highlights:
– Transplanted fir trees
– Native perennials
– Three Sisters planting (shovel-only version)
– Pumpkin trials + sunflowers
– New habitat signs!
American redstart coming straight at us before banking left on repeat = birding magic.
Also: Baltimore oriole, black-throated green warbler, yellow warbler, great crested flycather, 2 great egrets (one we mistook for a swan 😄).
Spring migration never misses.
#birding #ParkerRiver #AmericanRedstart
Also: Baltimore oriole, black-throated green warbler, yellow warbler, great crested flycather, 2 great egrets (one we mistook for a swan 😄).
Spring migration never misses.
#birding #ParkerRiver #AmericanRedstart
June 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
American redstart coming straight at us before banking left on repeat = birding magic.
Also: Baltimore oriole, black-throated green warbler, yellow warbler, great crested flycather, 2 great egrets (one we mistook for a swan 😄).
Spring migration never misses.
#birding #ParkerRiver #AmericanRedstart
Also: Baltimore oriole, black-throated green warbler, yellow warbler, great crested flycather, 2 great egrets (one we mistook for a swan 😄).
Spring migration never misses.
#birding #ParkerRiver #AmericanRedstart
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And on Memorial Day, we paused with coffee and a flag-staked pastry (Obi wanted both). Grateful for those who gave everything.
Trying to build something peaceful in their honor.
(end)
And on Memorial Day, we paused with coffee and a flag-staked pastry (Obi wanted both). Grateful for those who gave everything.
Trying to build something peaceful in their honor.
(end)
May 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
5/
And on Memorial Day, we paused with coffee and a flag-staked pastry (Obi wanted both). Grateful for those who gave everything.
Trying to build something peaceful in their honor.
(end)
And on Memorial Day, we paused with coffee and a flag-staked pastry (Obi wanted both). Grateful for those who gave everything.
Trying to build something peaceful in their honor.
(end)
Blackburnian mid-song. Scarlet tanager playing peek-a-boo. Warblers everywhere — redstarts, towhee, yellow, blackpoll.
Just one morning at Parker River. Wild joy. 🌿🐦✨
#birding #springmigration #warblers
Just one morning at Parker River. Wild joy. 🌿🐦✨
#birding #springmigration #warblers
May 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Blackburnian mid-song. Scarlet tanager playing peek-a-boo. Warblers everywhere — redstarts, towhee, yellow, blackpoll.
Just one morning at Parker River. Wild joy. 🌿🐦✨
#birding #springmigration #warblers
Just one morning at Parker River. Wild joy. 🌿🐦✨
#birding #springmigration #warblers
also made time for porch sitting, fluffy cow sightings, and a sky that showed off at sunset. sometimes the best strategic planning session is the one you do with your hands in the soil.
#sustainability #regeneration #systemschange #slowwork
#sustainability #regeneration #systemschange #slowwork
May 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
also made time for porch sitting, fluffy cow sightings, and a sky that showed off at sunset. sometimes the best strategic planning session is the one you do with your hands in the soil.
#sustainability #regeneration #systemschange #slowwork
#sustainability #regeneration #systemschange #slowwork
planted an orchard row, a few dozen firs, and some good intentions last weekend. climate-hardy apples, a couple of stone fruits, and a windbreak that’ll double as a wildlife corridor once it fills in.
the goals?
🍎 biodiversity
🌲 resilience
🐝 pollinators
🌀 systems thinking in action
the goals?
🍎 biodiversity
🌲 resilience
🐝 pollinators
🌀 systems thinking in action
May 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
planted an orchard row, a few dozen firs, and some good intentions last weekend. climate-hardy apples, a couple of stone fruits, and a windbreak that’ll double as a wildlife corridor once it fills in.
the goals?
🍎 biodiversity
🌲 resilience
🐝 pollinators
🌀 systems thinking in action
the goals?
🍎 biodiversity
🌲 resilience
🐝 pollinators
🌀 systems thinking in action
