Pete Harvey
@peterharveydigital.bsky.social
Literary Linguist, exploring narrative, memory and climate fiction.
Digital Producer, specialising in adult education and public engagement.
Worried human, trying to navigate the Climate Emergency.
Digital Producer, specialising in adult education and public engagement.
Worried human, trying to navigate the Climate Emergency.
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nQuire – Remembering literary descriptions
Do different readers remember literary texts in different ways?
nquire.org.uk
Do you have ten minutes to help my research?
I'm looking for volunteers to complete a survey about reading. You don't have to be a bookworm - and I explain more about my research questions at the end.
If you can take part or share it would be much appreciated.
nquire.org.uk/mission/reme...
I'm looking for volunteers to complete a survey about reading. You don't have to be a bookworm - and I explain more about my research questions at the end.
If you can take part or share it would be much appreciated.
nquire.org.uk/mission/reme...
Completely agree.
In a world where the 'everyone has one long-term, full-time job' model is changing, it's a real pity that its so hard to keep up an academic interest between academic posts.
In a world where the 'everyone has one long-term, full-time job' model is changing, it's a real pity that its so hard to keep up an academic interest between academic posts.
As someone who is in between full-time jobs at the moment and is therefore an independent researcher, I just want to highlight how difficult it is to do research without an institutional affiliation. From data collection through to literature reviews and publication.
January 29, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Completely agree.
In a world where the 'everyone has one long-term, full-time job' model is changing, it's a real pity that its so hard to keep up an academic interest between academic posts.
In a world where the 'everyone has one long-term, full-time job' model is changing, it's a real pity that its so hard to keep up an academic interest between academic posts.
"It is scary. So let's talk about it."
Exactly.
Exactly.
We ask teachers to hold the emotional weight of the future —
often without the language, support, or permission to be honest.
Today, Climate Courage Schools is launching The Hardest Lesson, a short film about that quiet pressure inside the classroom. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H-5...
often without the language, support, or permission to be honest.
Today, Climate Courage Schools is launching The Hardest Lesson, a short film about that quiet pressure inside the classroom. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H-5...
The Hardest Lesson | Climate Majority Project
YouTube video by Climate Majority Project
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
"It is scary. So let's talk about it."
Exactly.
Exactly.
Reposted by Pete Harvey
@pala.bsky.social 📢A reminder that the deadline for abstracts for PALA 2026 at Uppsala University is 30th Jan. 2026!! Submission of abstracts is via: easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/P... (A link to this is also available on the PALA 2026 conference website). Look forward to seeing you there!🎉
PALA 2026 – Department of English – Uppsala University
www.uu.se
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
@pala.bsky.social 📢A reminder that the deadline for abstracts for PALA 2026 at Uppsala University is 30th Jan. 2026!! Submission of abstracts is via: easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/P... (A link to this is also available on the PALA 2026 conference website). Look forward to seeing you there!🎉
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My report - Effective Communication for the Modern Industrial Bioeconomy - is now available open-access here: bb-reg-net.org.uk/resource-hub/ The report is the result of 2 years’ work with the amazing Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network.
@granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
@granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Resource Hub - BB-REG-NET
[...]Read More... from Resource Hub
bb-reg-net.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
My report - Effective Communication for the Modern Industrial Bioeconomy - is now available open-access here: bb-reg-net.org.uk/resource-hub/ The report is the result of 2 years’ work with the amazing Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network.
@granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
@granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
19th Century critics worried that book illustrations would prevent readers from imaging scenes themselves. But not everybody experiences mental pictures when they read...
Fascinating article:
Fascinating article:
‘That’s not how I pictured it’ – why book-to-film adaptations so often disappoint
When film adaptations disappoint, it’s not bad filmmaking necessarily but a clash with the private images we create when we read.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
19th Century critics worried that book illustrations would prevent readers from imaging scenes themselves. But not everybody experiences mental pictures when they read...
Fascinating article:
Fascinating article:
Great to see plans for more climate education in the curriculum.
But why the focus on Geography, Science and DT? The humanities have a key role to play in exploring how we understand the past, how we imagine different futures, and how we work out how to live meaningful lives in difficult times:
But why the focus on Geography, Science and DT? The humanities have a key role to play in exploring how we understand the past, how we imagine different futures, and how we work out how to live meaningful lives in difficult times:
Climate education proposals will prepare young people in England for changing careers and society
Ensuring that all young people develop strong climate and nature literacy will be essential for both personal resilience and national prosperity.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Great to see plans for more climate education in the curriculum.
But why the focus on Geography, Science and DT? The humanities have a key role to play in exploring how we understand the past, how we imagine different futures, and how we work out how to live meaningful lives in difficult times:
But why the focus on Geography, Science and DT? The humanities have a key role to play in exploring how we understand the past, how we imagine different futures, and how we work out how to live meaningful lives in difficult times:
On placed-based writing:
“When someone writes about a familiar hill or a particular stretch of coastline, they are not claiming universal insight... They are showing how climate data connects to a concrete place, which makes the discussion more accessible”
theconversation.com/how-writing-...
“When someone writes about a familiar hill or a particular stretch of coastline, they are not claiming universal insight... They are showing how climate data connects to a concrete place, which makes the discussion more accessible”
theconversation.com/how-writing-...
How writing about places people know makes the climate crisis less abstract
The connection between place and writing shapes reasoning and can change how people think about climate issues.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:36 AM
On placed-based writing:
“When someone writes about a familiar hill or a particular stretch of coastline, they are not claiming universal insight... They are showing how climate data connects to a concrete place, which makes the discussion more accessible”
theconversation.com/how-writing-...
“When someone writes about a familiar hill or a particular stretch of coastline, they are not claiming universal insight... They are showing how climate data connects to a concrete place, which makes the discussion more accessible”
theconversation.com/how-writing-...
Interesting framing:
"A blanket of carbon smothering the Earth has begun to jeopardise the stable conditions in which humanity has thrived"
As @dfenton.bsky.social has argued, "the pollution blanket" is a powerful metaphor for talking about climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"A blanket of carbon smothering the Earth has begun to jeopardise the stable conditions in which humanity has thrived"
As @dfenton.bsky.social has argued, "the pollution blanket" is a powerful metaphor for talking about climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Met Office: 2026 will bring heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels
Forecast is slightly cooler than the record 1.55C reached in 2024, but 2026 set to be among four hottest years since 1850
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Interesting framing:
"A blanket of carbon smothering the Earth has begun to jeopardise the stable conditions in which humanity has thrived"
As @dfenton.bsky.social has argued, "the pollution blanket" is a powerful metaphor for talking about climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"A blanket of carbon smothering the Earth has begun to jeopardise the stable conditions in which humanity has thrived"
As @dfenton.bsky.social has argued, "the pollution blanket" is a powerful metaphor for talking about climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Peer review isn’t always painless - so I just wanted to note that I've had some incredible peer review feedback this year: constructive, detailed input that's led to better work.
Thank you, anonymous academics, for helping me raise my game in 2025.
Thank you, anonymous academics, for helping me raise my game in 2025.
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Peer review isn’t always painless - so I just wanted to note that I've had some incredible peer review feedback this year: constructive, detailed input that's led to better work.
Thank you, anonymous academics, for helping me raise my game in 2025.
Thank you, anonymous academics, for helping me raise my game in 2025.
"For centuries, nature has been the backdrop to human drama: a stage humanity dominates, exploits, or saves. But what if the planet isn’t just a setting, but a character in its own right."
Interesting piece on genre and climate fiction:
theconversation.com/why-we-need-...
Interesting piece on genre and climate fiction:
theconversation.com/why-we-need-...
Why we need weird stories for a warming world
New Weird fiction imagines worlds where humans are no longer in control.
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"For centuries, nature has been the backdrop to human drama: a stage humanity dominates, exploits, or saves. But what if the planet isn’t just a setting, but a character in its own right."
Interesting piece on genre and climate fiction:
theconversation.com/why-we-need-...
Interesting piece on genre and climate fiction:
theconversation.com/why-we-need-...
Reposted by Pete Harvey
I am excited to announce "Language and Ecology in the Anthropoce: A Symposium on Ecolinguistics" on February 5-6, 2026. The event (3 keynotes & 20 presentations) is free and online. Register using the QR code below to receive updates on the schedule and links for attending.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I am excited to announce "Language and Ecology in the Anthropoce: A Symposium on Ecolinguistics" on February 5-6, 2026. The event (3 keynotes & 20 presentations) is free and online. Register using the QR code below to receive updates on the schedule and links for attending.
"How climate change is narrated is fundamentally important for climate politics, as contained within each story of climate change are the causes of the problem and therefore implied solutions and implied futures."
Really interesting article:
Really interesting article:
Today is my first day in my new job at the Uni of Manchester, and I have a new article to share!
‘Operation Hurricane’: Narrating Climate Change as Imperial Mess.
This article is something a bit different, playing with format to explore why climate storytelling matters.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
‘Operation Hurricane’: Narrating Climate Change as Imperial Mess.
This article is something a bit different, playing with format to explore why climate storytelling matters.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"How climate change is narrated is fundamentally important for climate politics, as contained within each story of climate change are the causes of the problem and therefore implied solutions and implied futures."
Really interesting article:
Really interesting article:
If I was a news editor, this would have been my front page story:
Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If I was a news editor, this would have been my front page story:
Interesting climate metaphor:
“It’s cold today—so much for global warming!”
Weather is like your mood, while climate is your personality. One cold day doesn’t disprove global trends. In fact, warming can even disrupt weather patterns and cause some of the wild swings we see today!
Weather is like your mood, while climate is your personality. One cold day doesn’t disprove global trends. In fact, warming can even disrupt weather patterns and cause some of the wild swings we see today!
Climate vs Weather | Global Weirding
YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Interesting climate metaphor:
‘Climate change is often framed as a scientific or diplomatic issue, but before it becomes environmental or political, it is profoundly human. The way we communicate... during global summits and in everyday life needs to reflect this reality through stories.’
theconversation.com/how-stories-...
theconversation.com/how-stories-...
How stories of personal experience cut through climate fatigue in ways that global negotiations can’t
Human stories filled Cop30’s corridors but not its headlines. Climate fatigue, not apathy, drives disengagement. Storytelling can help people feel connected again.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘Climate change is often framed as a scientific or diplomatic issue, but before it becomes environmental or political, it is profoundly human. The way we communicate... during global summits and in everyday life needs to reflect this reality through stories.’
theconversation.com/how-stories-...
theconversation.com/how-stories-...
“Let us be clear. The conference was a failure… capital assets built up around fossil fuels must be stranded – that is to say, abandoned and not used – if warming was to be limited to 2C. But the Cop30 decision text ignores all this. Indeed, it never even mentions fossil fuels.” 👇
My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Let us be clear. The conference was a failure… capital assets built up around fossil fuels must be stranded – that is to say, abandoned and not used – if warming was to be limited to 2C. But the Cop30 decision text ignores all this. Indeed, it never even mentions fossil fuels.” 👇
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Attention to the local and specific helps people process how social and environmental violence are intimately linked. Arts activism, working directly with people’s lived experiences of change, can offer ... alternatives to spectacular climate soundbites."
theconversation.com/apocalyptic-...
theconversation.com/apocalyptic-...
Apocalyptic images of melting glaciers and sinking islands won’t help anyone imagine a better future
How activists and artists across the world are challenging popular, generalised climate memes, such as those of melting and sinking.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Attention to the local and specific helps people process how social and environmental violence are intimately linked. Arts activism, working directly with people’s lived experiences of change, can offer ... alternatives to spectacular climate soundbites."
theconversation.com/apocalyptic-...
theconversation.com/apocalyptic-...
How can narratives contextualise climate predictions?
‘climate storylines [...] should always come in packs: collections of narratives that together reflect the uncertainty of what could happen in a specific region or for a particular type of climatic event’
aeon.co/essays/today...
‘climate storylines [...] should always come in packs: collections of narratives that together reflect the uncertainty of what could happen in a specific region or for a particular type of climatic event’
aeon.co/essays/today...
Today’s complex climate models aren’t equivalent to reality | Aeon Essays
The immense complexity of the climate makes it impossible to model accurately. Instead we must use uncertainty to our advantage
aeon.co
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How can narratives contextualise climate predictions?
‘climate storylines [...] should always come in packs: collections of narratives that together reflect the uncertainty of what could happen in a specific region or for a particular type of climatic event’
aeon.co/essays/today...
‘climate storylines [...] should always come in packs: collections of narratives that together reflect the uncertainty of what could happen in a specific region or for a particular type of climatic event’
aeon.co/essays/today...
Really exciting - we need more undergraduate degrees like this:
Very excited to take up this role at @sussex.ac.uk & look forward to working with colleagues & students to help amplify the hugely important work the University is doing on climate, nature and environmental sustainability eg the very first undergraduate degree in climate justice starting in 2026 💚
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party and MP for Brighton Pavilion, as the University's first Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability at the Sussex School for Progressive Futures (SSPF).
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Really exciting - we need more undergraduate degrees like this:
Another great Zooniverse project:
You can help catalogue historical weather data from across Africa as a vital step towards making it available for climate research here 👇
www.zooniverse.org/projects/hea...
www.zooniverse.org/projects/hea...
Weather Archive Africa | Zooniverse - People-powered research
Help catalogue vital meteorological data from across Africa as a vital step towards making it available for climate research.
www.zooniverse.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another great Zooniverse project:
This is a great project on language and sustainable materials. Do sign up to take part if you can!
I’m seeking volunteers to take part in some online focus groups about biobased and biodegradable materials. Please complete this form if you can spare an hour of your time for the BB-REG-NET project. tinyurl.com/vmdxru4a
Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network (BB-REG-NET) Focus Groups
The Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network (BB-REG-NET) is a one-year project, funded by Innovate UK. The network unites experts from academia, industry, policy, regulatory bodies, and NGOs. To...
tinyurl.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is a great project on language and sustainable materials. Do sign up to take part if you can!
It was a privilege today to present my work on how Annie Proulx’s Barkskins might help us understand the climate crisis, and what online reviews can tell us about conceptualising environmental destruction. Thanks to all the panellists for inspiring papers.
humaniora.ucu.edu.ua/en/events/in...
humaniora.ucu.edu.ua/en/events/in...
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It was a privilege today to present my work on how Annie Proulx’s Barkskins might help us understand the climate crisis, and what online reviews can tell us about conceptualising environmental destruction. Thanks to all the panellists for inspiring papers.
humaniora.ucu.edu.ua/en/events/in...
humaniora.ucu.edu.ua/en/events/in...
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“We are facing a planetary emergency. The breach of the Ocean Acidification boundary is a stark scientific warning and a moral call to action. Without healthy oceans, peace, prosperity & stability are at risk everywhere. We must act now...to safeguard this life-support system for future generations"
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone
24.09.2025 - A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been b...
www.pik-potsdam.de
September 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“We are facing a planetary emergency. The breach of the Ocean Acidification boundary is a stark scientific warning and a moral call to action. Without healthy oceans, peace, prosperity & stability are at risk everywhere. We must act now...to safeguard this life-support system for future generations"
Note to politicians: Physics doesn't care whether or not extra CO2 emissions break manifesto promises: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ed Miliband looking into more North Sea drilling despite Labour pledge
Exclusive: Energy secretary examining ways to allow oil and gas exploration without breaking manifesto promise
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Note to politicians: Physics doesn't care whether or not extra CO2 emissions break manifesto promises: www.theguardian.com/business/202...