Kate O’Neill
@kmoneill.bsky.social
Professor of global environmental governance and waste and discard studies, UC Berkeley
A very helpful guide to terms we hear a lot these days....
My Stop the Presses newsletter defines some terms to help you navigate the current chaos. They include:
Self-coup
Brandolini’s law
Agent provocateur
False flag
Streisand effect
Concern trolling
Toxic empathy
Uncanny Valley
Red pill
and Accelerationism.
But I can’t help you with "6-7."
Self-coup
Brandolini’s law
Agent provocateur
False flag
Streisand effect
Concern trolling
Toxic empathy
Uncanny Valley
Red pill
and Accelerationism.
But I can’t help you with "6-7."
12 helpful terms to understand American chaos
Want to know what ‘agent provocateur’ and ‘Streisand effect’ mean? Read on.
www.stopthepresses.news
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A very helpful guide to terms we hear a lot these days....
Excited to read Decolonizing Environmentalism @pkashwan.bsky.social !
February 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Excited to read Decolonizing Environmentalism @pkashwan.bsky.social !
This time I got to talk about holiday decorations! (another helpful hint - hold on to your decoration donations till October - Goodwill et al don't want to store them for the year for us!)
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How to make your home merry and bright in an environmentally friendly way
Metallic tinsel, glittery ornaments, plastic holly that really stays green forever – they look good on your Christmas tree, holiday table, mantel or front door. They’re not such a good look for the pl...
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December 24, 2024 at 5:36 PM
This time I got to talk about holiday decorations! (another helpful hint - hold on to your decoration donations till October - Goodwill et al don't want to store them for the year for us!)
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
Life Cycle Analysis of edible coffee cups: as long as they are delicious! #nosingleuse #plastics
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A tasty solution to packaging waste? Life cycle assessment of edible coffee cups
Edible cups have been proposed as a solution to littering and plastic pollution arising from disposal of 500 billion beverage cups each year. We appli…
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December 17, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Life Cycle Analysis of edible coffee cups: as long as they are delicious! #nosingleuse #plastics
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Crucial reading for students too
❗New OA paper❗Does artificial intelligence bias perceptions of environmental challenges?
We find systematic biases in chatbot responses to questions about the causes, consequences, and solutions to environmental challenges.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
We find systematic biases in chatbot responses to questions about the causes, consequences, and solutions to environmental challenges.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
Does artificial intelligence bias perceptions of environmental challenges? - IOPscienceSearch
Does artificial intelligence bias perceptions of environmental challenges?, Hamish van der Ven, Diego Corry, Rawie Elnur, Viola Jasmine Provost, Muh Syukron, Niklas Tappauf
doi.org
December 11, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Crucial reading for students too
Preprint, just in time for #INC5 of the #UNEP #plasticstreaty #plastictreaty negotiations, from @moon-sc.bsky.social and colleagues, on unpacking #plastic credits!
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Unpacking plastic credits: Challenges to effective and just global plastics governance
Amid growing concerns over plastic pollution and ongoing efforts to develop a global plastics treaty, this paper critically examines plastic credits as a compensatory measure for addressing plastic po...
zenodo.org
November 22, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Preprint, just in time for #INC5 of the #UNEP #plasticstreaty #plastictreaty negotiations, from @moon-sc.bsky.social and colleagues, on unpacking #plastic credits!
zenodo.org/records/1413...
zenodo.org/records/1413...
I was interviewed for this piece on PBS Newshour, on the trade in discarded electronics:
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How 'donations' from the West are inundating Ghana with toxic waste
When Americans no longer want a car, laptop or clothes, where do some of those goods go? Most end up in the Global South, where millions of people depend on repairing, dismantling or selling them for ...
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November 16, 2024 at 4:49 PM
I was interviewed for this piece on PBS Newshour, on the trade in discarded electronics:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
For COP attendance nerds...
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who’s Attending COP29, the International Climate Summit?
The U.N.’s annual climate conference has swelled over three decades, with governments, fossil fuel interests and others vying for influence.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:47 PM
For COP attendance nerds...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Welcome to BlueSky everyone - really good to see new folks who aren't 'bots (!!). In the meantime, I am taking suggestions for a new grad course syllabus on Waste & Society #discardstudies #wastestudies
November 12, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Welcome to BlueSky everyone - really good to see new folks who aren't 'bots (!!). In the meantime, I am taking suggestions for a new grad course syllabus on Waste & Society #discardstudies #wastestudies
Recycling Class, by Manisha Anantharaman, just out from @mitpress.bsky.social
December 11, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Recycling Class, by Manisha Anantharaman, just out from @mitpress.bsky.social