Richard Niesenbaum

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Richard Niesenbaum

Richard Niesenbaum

@SusSolutions

Professor of Biology & Sustainability, Passion for Plants, Author of 'Sustainable Solutions: Problem Solving for Current and Future Generations' (Oxford).

Muhlenberg College, Allentown Beigetreten Mart 2014
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Seth Joseph@SethJoseph95·
Darkstate attacks OTM in the parking lot!! What happened to Cutler? 👀 #WWENXT
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Richard Niesenbaum@SusSolutions·
@circleofblue I have been showing "Chasing Water" to my Sustainability Studies Class for years. My students and I find it very moving and impactful!!
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Circle of Blue@circleofblue·
He paddled the Colorado River to the sea. He may have been the last person to ever do it — and he doesn't say that proudly. Mariachi bands. Dancing horses. Lawyers in leather shoes. Watch our full interview with Pete McBride about "Witness to Water": buff.ly/yURVItI
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Jerome Foster II
Jerome Foster II@JeromeFosterII·
Billions of people are currently surviving in temperatures between 45 and 50C. This is "only" at a 1.5C global increase. At 2C, these regions will become unbearable for long periods of the year. The lack of a coherent plan for this is shocking. #Mitigation is urgent. Action is necessary!
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Researchers in China are exploring bamboo based materials as a possible alternative to traditional petroleum plastics, aiming to create something both strong and biodegradable. Bamboo is an attractive option because it grows quickly, absorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide, and is widely available. Early laboratory studies suggest that plant fiber composites and bamboo based polymers can offer strength and durability similar to certain plastics while breaking down much faster under controlled conditions. If developed at scale, such materials could help reduce plastic waste and dependence on fossil fuel based products. However, real world performance, production cost, and long term durability still need to be tested outside the lab. Like many sustainable innovations, the key challenge is not just proving the science works but ensuring it can be manufactured efficiently and used across industries worldwide. Source: Research on bamboo fiber biocomposites in journals like ScienceDirect and materials studies from Chinese universities on plant based biodegradable plastics #environment #sustainability #biodegradable #plasticfree #innovation #greenfuture #science #ecotech
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Ed Krassenstein@EdKrassen·
BREAKING: House Oversight Democrat @Rep_Stansbury just came out of the Ghislaine Maxwell deposition to torch Trump for being at the center of a cover-up of the largest sex-trafficking scandal in American History: “We know that there are more than 3 dozen associates, family members and individuals directly associated with Donald Trump in those files… The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex-trafficking scandal and influence pedaling scandal in the history of the United States and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.”
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Rachel Salvidge@RachSalv·
Obsessing over water supplies & worried that there's no captain on this ship. Nobody knows the true picture over who's using the critical resource, and the global picture is pretty dire. I've pulled my latest articles together to try to make sense of it watershedinvestigations.com/dry-taps-flood…
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Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe@KHayhoe·
🐘 Good News: What if wildlife isn’t just impacted by climate change, but part of the solution? From forest elephants and sea otters to whales, penguins, and beavers, animals help store carbon, cool the planet, and keep ecosystems functioning. Protecting biodiversity isn’t separate from climate action: it’s central to it. 🐧 Not-So-Good News: Climate change is exacerbating the biodiversity crisis: skewing sex ratios in reptiles, shifting breeding seasons for penguins, and unraveling food webs species have relied on for millennia. These aren’t distant risks; they’re happening now. 💪 What We Can Do: Personal choices matter—not because they “fix” climate change on their own, but because they shift norms, start conversations, and inspire collective action. This January, choose sustainable habits that fit your life, share why they matter, and help catalyze systemic change. Read more and share what you learn! talkingclimate.ca/p/animals-are-…
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Mark Z. Jacobson
Mark Z. Jacobson@mzjacobson·
Carbon capture does not reduce emissions - three case studies to prove it. Instead, carbon capture causes more harm than good, and only serves to prolong fossil-fuel industries Edited excerpts from "Still No Miracles Needed" landclimate.org/ccs-no-miracle…
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GO GREEN@ECOWARRIORSS·
Increased Polar Vortex breakdown driven by Arctic warming "Uneven warming helps amplify large atmospheric waves over Eurasia, which in turn makes the polar vortex spill more frequently over North America" "Think of it like a rubber band being pulled," phys.org/news/2026-01-a…
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Associate Deans@ass_deans·
Please keep your camera on during our zoom meeting and your audio on mute, but please keep your beer out of the picture frame. I don’t need to see you drinking every time I say “do less with more,” “best practices,” “competency based,” “change management,” or KPI.
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Peter Dynes
Peter Dynes@PGDynes·
The last 3 years are the warmest on record, and the last 11 years are essentially the 11 warmest ever measured. This isn’t variability — it’s a system-level shift in Earth’s climate. We are now living inside the trend. What for the next generation?
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Richard Niesenbaum@SusSolutions·
@logicVemotions @krassenstein Arabic numerals are the ten digits—0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9—that form the basis of the decimal number system used worldwide today.
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Logic vs Emotions@logicVemotions·
@krassenstein Wow I didn't know reading mortgage loans and credit card terms are in Arabic. I would say Spanish would be more of a priority don't you think Brian?
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Brian Krassenstein@krassenstein·
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is expected to require ALL New York Elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals. As a Jewish American I still support this 100%
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