Louise Romain
Anthropologist, Campaigner for multi-species justice and Indigenous rights, Sound artist and Podcast producer of 'Circle of Voices'.
📍 Earthling based in Stroud, UK.
- Tomorrow at 7pm, sound artist and documentarist @louromain.bsky.social will be guiding you on a journey like no other... Offering a blend of performance, sound and ritual, she will create a unique experience bringing you to exotic Caribbean shores. Info& booking: www.tickettailor.com/events/circl...
- Reposted by Louise RomainVote for real hope and real change. Vote Green today.
- Reposted by Louise Romain🟣 New in @nowthenmag.bsky.social 🟣 "Technology is ancient – indigenous communities have always been technological" Enviro justice technologist + researcher Jocelyn Longdon on how we can learn from indigenous wisdom and the climate action of marginalised people. nowthenmagazine.com/articles/joy...
- Today's big news: A new scientific paper by Nature proves the direct correlation between #fossilfuel emissions and #climate damage, linking specific fossil fuel producers to trillions of dollars of climate damage. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- I think this will give an incredible boost to @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social, but also climate litigations cases like loss and damage @lossanddamage.bsky.social and climate reparations.
- Reposted by Louise Romain⭐️Our new op-ed, written by CETI’s founder David Gruber and César Rodríguez-Garavito, Founding Director of @nyulaw.bsky.social’s More-Than-Human Life Program is out now in #TIMEMagazine!🐋 Read here: bit.ly/3Yd083d 📸: iStock byGettyImages
- Reposted by Louise RomainONE WEEK TO GO until MPs debate whether to STOP MUSK - or allow overseas billionaires to pollute our politics. MAKE SURE YOUR MP ATTENDS - email them now: www.writetothem.com & send them @petergeoghegan.bsky.social's latest: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labours-po... bsky.app/profile/guys...
- Stop Musk! Change the law on political donations On 31st March, MPs will debate the petition that 140,000 of us signed - to stop overseas billionaires polluting our politics: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Make sure your MP attends - email them now: www.writetothem.com
- Reposted by Louise RomainEcological and climate collapse are two sides of the same coin. Neither can be successfully addressed without addressing the other.
- Reposted by Louise RomainThis Thursday 👇 Open to anyone with an interest in exploring #Polycrisis
- Reposted by Louise Romain🌍What role does the financial sector play in supporting nature? 🧪 The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework calls on banks, insurers & investors to: 💰 Align financial flows with nature 📊 Assess & disclose nature-related risks www.unepfi.org/nature/gbf-f... 🗞️ UNEP
- Reposted by Louise Romain22 March was #WorldWaterDay 💧 Together with the other nexus elements of health, food and climate, #biodiversity & water are closely & inextricably linked.💧🌱 Read more about this and response options in the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment ipbes.net/nexus-assessment
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Why protests like this aren’t happening in the US or UK I cannot say, but they absolutely should be for exactly all the same reasons they’re happening in Serbia. - Reposted by Louise RomainGreenland today. #greenland
- Reposted by Louise RomainHuge protests against Orban in Budapest.
- Reposted by Louise RomainMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's approval ratings are at 85% – the highest of any Mexican president in the last three decades.
- Reposted by Louise RomainBREAKING | Protesters in Los Angeles shut down traffic, joining the nationwide movement demanding the release of detained Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil.
- Reposted by Louise Romain“History offers us an antidote to the idea of an inevitable clash of civilizations” - of war, xenophobia, violence. But we need to look both to the future and the past right now as climate migration increases. #cordoba www.ted.com/talks/roman_... @kateraworth.bsky.social @romankrznaric.bsky.social
- Reposted by Louise RomainAfterwords: Pauline Oliveros airs tonight on BBC Radio 3 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Feat. Stephanie Loveless from @deeplistening.bsky.social, @irenerevell.bsky.social @drlcagray.bsky.social, Maria Chavez and Annea Lockwood Produced by @listentosteve.bsky.social 📸 Paula Court
- Reposted by Louise Romainbeaver's return
- Reposted by Louise RomainNEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
- Reposted by Louise Romaingo.bsky.app/LjV86zg A work-in-progess starter pack for the IPBES stakeholder communityat://did:plc:q5dy2sxcoahc6hjkx4wv2ind/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lawlzzrghf2b
- Reposted by Louise RomainAlright doomscroll friends, here's a thread to 📌 on safeguarding yourself. First, a guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance as Donald Trump vows to go after his enemies and exploit America’s digital surveillance machine to do so.
- Reposted by Louise RomainThe spread of false information is one the biggest global risks to climate action.
- Reposted by Louise RomainHappy Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day! 🌿 Today and everyday, we give gratitude, acknowledgement, and respect to the women and femmes for the gifts they provide our communities all across Turtle Island and beyond. #Matriarchy #WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay
- In honour of #InternationalWomensDay I'd like to share my recent #podcast series produced for the CBD Women's Caucus, a self-organised platform enabling #women & #girls worldwide to advocate for their rights in biodiversity decision-making processes at all levels. 🎧 open.spotify.com/show/1qrU6B5...
- Taking place during the #CBDCOP16, we discussed the need to understand #gender as a cross-cutting issue, and the challenges to uplift women's participation and ensure their rights, knowledge and lived experiences are integrated in policy and decision-making processes. #IWD2025 #AcceleratingAction
- Reposted by Louise Romain📻 NEW EPISODE: the back half of the all-Indigenous panel at “Reimagining Political Journalism: Perils, Possibilities & What Comes Next”—convened by Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, moderated by MI's @rickharp.bsky.social 🔊 HEAR: pod.fo/e/2b0b1b
- Reposted by Louise RomainThe Karuk Tribe in Northern California has a long history with fire. In today's episode, what can the government learn about fire management from Indigenous peoples? Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/3WW4F9n
- Reposted by Louise Romain☀️ Power to the people! ⚡️ Exciting news from East Hampshire - a new solar farm with a shared community ownership model is launching soon! Local residents can invest in renewable energy, own a piece of it & play a direct role in powering a greener future 🌱🙌 www.altonherald.com/news/communi...
- Reposted by Louise RomainThe Polycrisis Network is a collective of people in and outside academia working together to understand the interconnection of crises in the world around us. Join the network for their launch: 📅 Weds 26 Feb 🕞 3.30 - 5pm 🗺️ @universityofleeds.bsky.social Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/polycrisis...
- Reposted by Louise RomainDr Daniel Bradley, Head of Climate and Environment at the UK Mission to the European Union, is hosting a seminar discussing the EU-UK collaboration on climate. 🗓️ Thurs 13 Feb ⏰ 16:00 – 17:00 📍 In-person, SEE seminar rooms (Chatham House rules) Register below 👇 climate.leeds.ac.uk/events/eu-uk...
- Reposted by Louise RomainUsing the word 'biodiversity' is now problematic in the US. In the midst of a human-caused mass extinction event.
- Reposted by Louise Romain1/3.📢CASE STUDIES NEEDED! Ahead of the 5th Board meeting of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage submit your case studies on access to climate ⛈️, development 🏗️ or humanitarian ❤️🩹finance for communities, Indigenous Peoples and CSOs. ✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by Louise Romain🚨 Last week, Brazil’s president Lula has signaled that the government will soon give Petrobras the environmental license to drill oil at Foz do Amazonas (“mouth of the Amazon River”). The license has not been granted because the project simply does not meet the minimum safety requirements.
- Reposted by Louise RomainTrump wants Greenland. But what does Greenland want? grist.org/global-indig... #Trump #Denmark #Greenland #Indigenous #Greensky
- "The Climate Change Super Fund Act mandates that the companies responsible for the bulk of carbon emissions buildup between 2000 and 2024 pay about $3 billion each year for 25 years." Thank you New York Gov Kathy Hochul for showing us what true leadership looks like. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
- Reposted by Louise RomainToday is #Sámi National Day, and we celebrate the culture and history of these Indigenous Arctic people. However, the #ClimateCrisis has put their traditional ways of life at great risk. This is a clear human rights and environmental injustice that must be addressed.
- Reposted by Louise RomainDespite the oil-loving rhetoric from trump and the conservatives, the future is renewable. It’s already here in many ways!
- California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy. The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone. grist.org/energy/calif... #Energy #CA #California #Renewables #Solar
- Reposted by Louise RomainAs Indigenous Peoples’, we have been here before. Our ancestors prepared us for this moment. Equip yourself with tools, downloadable resources, and trainings by joining our #KnowYourRights Network today: form.jotform.com/240286657018... 🤎Resources: ndnco.cc/KYR-resources #ThePeopleSaveThePeople
- Reposted by Louise RomainI was thrilled to join the latest episode of Volts to discuss how clean energy technologies can be uniquely capable of defending our grid against PRC attack, how best to integrate the "peaceniks and natsec hawks," and where clean tech, AI, and national security could pave the road to abundance.
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- Reposted by Louise RomainYesterday, I returned from 3 weeks in Costa Rica, where I went to find out what can be learned from their spectacular success rewilding a country. I cannot overstate how awe-inspiring the trip was: nature loss CAN be reversed on a huge scale, benefiting *everyone*.
- Reposted by Louise RomainGermany is working to restore peatlands that were once drained for agriculture—a practice that released vast quantities of carbon dioxide and harmed the rich plant and animal life in marshes and bogs.
- Reposted by Louise RomainMaybe you're thinking - ugh, how can you be posting about Indigenous Futurisms right now when the world is ending? Indigenous Peoples are post-apocalyptic Peoples! We've experienced multiple world endings. We survive not by becoming violent and insular and fearful. We expand our kinscapes.
- Reposted by Louise RomainThe Great March of Return will go on until all Palestinians get to return home
- Reposted by Louise RomainImportant new research out today concludes that English “water companies are adopting disinformation tactics similar to those used by the fossil fuel and tobacco industries with the widespread use of greenwashing to downplay the environmental harm they cause”. 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Louise RomainFunding forests worldwide: Grants & investments driving reforestation from Scotland’s ‘Lost Forest’ to Canada’s Ogoki Forest. #ClimateAction #Reforestation #Transparency groundtruth.app/this-week-in...
- 🇬🇧 To UK constituents who want to make the most of our democratic rights of active participation in shaping a better society: Get involved with the #CANBill to pass a climate and nature act in Parliament. ✍️ action.zerohour.uk. The goal?Get 150 supporting MPs to attend its Second Reading on Jan 24th.
