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Environmental writer. Most articles are about the impacts of climate change and other environmental problems, and the future of the planet and civilization. My blog is FIREBIRD JOURNAL: Survival and Renewal in the Anthropocene (firebirdjournal.com)

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What the world is experiencing now — killer heat waves, flooding, tornadoes and so on — are like the small foreshocks that precede a major earthquake. Minor rumblings compared to what's about to happen. I've described some aspects of it in my blog at Firebird Journal. firebirdjournal.com

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I see a lot of posts about the supply side of the energy equation. More renewables. But what about the demand side — negawatts. Is is possible for us to adjust our schedules to use less energy at work and school? Nothing is cheaper and more effective than insulating existing building. Etc.

There is a lot of "doomerism" bashing, with very little nuance. Realism — looking realistically at where we are headed — is what we need. We won't reduce emissions sufficiently in the next 10-15 years to avoid serious environmental and social disruption. To survive, we must prepare.

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Really good article in today's NY Times about reforestation efforts in the U.S. West — how they actually work. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/h...

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@thomasmost.bsky.social Hi. Can you help me? I'm new to blsky. I can't figure out how to post on your feed, not just comment. I'm an environmental writer and ecological designer with years of teaching about sustainable design and want to post — but I don't know how it works. Thanks, Philip S. Wenz

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@ketanjoshi.co Hi. I'm not sure I'm doing this right, because I'm brand new to social media. You said to ping you if I want to post (not comment) on your GreenSky feed, and I'm not sure how to ping. So I'm sending this message (hope it gets through). Write me at philipswenz.bsky.social. Thanks.

Hi. I'm a climate journalist who has written the same newspaper column "Your Ecological House," for 18 years. My blog at firebirdjournal.com appeared five years ago. I'd like to post on GreenSky, and join that community. But I'm a social media newby. What do I do? Thanks.

@gamleode.bsky.social Thanks for liking my comment on climate realism (as opposed to denialism and doomism). I've been writing about the subject on my (ad free) blog at firebirdjournal.com, if you're interested. PSW (Also appalled by Israel's attacks on aid workers.)

@sal12.bsky.social Thanks for liking my comment on climate realism (as opposed to denialism and doomism). I've been writing about the subject on my (ad free) blog at firebirdjournal.com, if you're interested. PSW BTW: Also from California, though living in Oregon now.

@memccarron.bsky.social Thanks for liking my comment on climate realism (as opposed to denialism and doomism). I've been writing about the subject on my (ad free) blog at firebirdjournal.com, if you're interested. PSW

@mollyculture.bsky.social Molly, thanks for liking my comment about climate realism. I've writing a lot more about that on my blog at firebirdjournal.com, if you're interested. PSW. p.s. You seem like a happy and joy-full soul. And gardening season is just beginning!

@fredshaia.bsky.social Hi Fred. I'm following your Climate Politics feed, making some comments. I my blog at firebirdjournal.com and newspaper column are about climate issues, and I'd like to post on your climate feed. Is that possible? If so, what do I need to do. (New to social media and bluesky)

@bexrousse.bsky.social Hi Becky. I wrote Jan about feeds. I'm trying write a post and have it show up on a particular feed (climate politics). I don't see any way from my home page to specify that feed so my post doesn't end up in, say, gardening. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. PSW

@janzilinsky.bsky.social Thanks again. You posted on the "climate politics" feed, and it wasn't a comment on someone else's post, it seems. When you wrote your post, presumably from your home page, why it didn't end up on, say, the Gardening feed? How did you direct it to climate politics?

@janzilinsky.bsky.social Hi Jan, thanks for liking my post. I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm brand new to bluesky, and I can't figure out to write a post from my home and have it go to the climate politics feed. Is there a way to specify where I want a post to show up? Any help appreciated. PSW

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