#Sustainability scholar @northumbriauni.bsky.social #EnvironmentalEducation #SustainableBusiness #Biodiversity #Animals #Climate Wary of polarization, viral slogans & echo chambers https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=pE0rWdgAAAAJ&hl=nlhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3muv2wcn3yc2iFollowing weeks of drought, finally rain - mushroom season, Blackhall Mill.06 Sep 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv2wcn3yc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mu4ymmvpg223~5,000 scientists from 102 countries have signed the World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice, declaring a #PlanetaryEmergency from #ClimateChange, #BiodiversityLoss, pollution and crossed #PlanetaryBoundaries. Sign here: https://forms.gle/BAfifGWesmoYjKzi728 Aug 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4ymmvpg223https://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mt35psdf4s2rJust discovered that those red things in the rockpools of St Ives are Beadlet Anemones. When the tide goes out, they look like small, soft blobs of dark red jelly stuck to the rocks. When the water covers them, they open up to show many short tentacles.14 Aug 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt35psdf4s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mslruvgm6c2rNew article in Business Strategy and the Environment: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.... Leader-Member Exchange, compliance & sustainability performance in carbon-market governance: a #GlobalSouth perspective, looking at Uganda's #CarbonMarkets #Sustainability #ClimateChange #SustanableBusiness #ESG08 Aug 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslruvgm6c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mraitjlmvk26First in our Reece Foundation series: Food Waste, Socioeconomic Inequality, and Household Consumption, a #Garbology study in Newcastle w/ Van Tran, Mark Goddard, Cheng Siew Goh. We sorted bins, not surveys, to see how #FoodWaste differs by income. doi.org/10.1080/00664677.2026.2673519 https://link.growkudos.com/1ewih2gxudc22 Jul 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraitjlmvk26https://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mq7hjqyjb22iNew commentary is out: "Why pronatalism fails the planetary health test." Falling birth rates aren't the crisis, ignoring planetary boundaries is. https://doi.org/10.3197/whpjps.63887831800459 #Pronatalism #PlanetaryHealth #PopulationAndSustainability #ReproductiveRights #EcologicalOvershoot #Biodiversity09 Jul 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7hjqyjb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mpy57dzmzk2pToday was supposed to be my ECCB 26 @society4conbio.bsky.social keynote in Leiden. https://eccb26leiden.eu/interview-with-keynote-speaker-helen-kopnina/ Unfortunately, I am still waiting on my Indefinite Leave to Remain, can't travel until it's decided. Applied in January. Still nothing. Fingers crossed something moves before Thursday.06 Jul 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpy57dzmzk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mpq7aesbxc2nAbsolute privilege to give a keynote at the "Foundational Issues in #BiodiversityFinance" workshop. Can you put a price on #wetland, #pollinator, or #ecosystem, without either overselling nature's financial "value" or reducing it to a spreadsheet item? https://philevents.org/event/show/14694503 Jul 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpq7aesbxc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mpjqlcf7xc2oPrecisely 30 years ago I started working on my PhD dissertation, which later became my first book, East to West Migration, exploring #Migration policy and practice. Presently I seem in the middle of it lnkd.in/eM34B8hE30 Jun 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjqlcf7xc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mp7bbp7vvs2lWhen everything is violence, nothing is violence — new paper challenges claim that peer criticism and methodological disagreements constitute "epistemological violence." Robust debate is how science improves. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70337 #ConservationBiology #AcademicFreedom #ResearchEthics #Pluralism26 Jun 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7bbp7vvs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mo3f2t4eck2xMobile Labour? Lost keynotes. Frozen fieldwork. Blocked international research. 5 months waiting for a UK residence permit-no travel outside UK. Feels like under #HomeOffice arrest. Reality for thousands academics. Raised it with @cmckinnellmp.bsky.social Now raising it here. #GlobalTalent12 Jun 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3f2t4eck2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mnkd2zksns2iNew paper on extinction accounting & urban biodiversity governance in Hong Kong, out in AAAJ: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-10-2023-6710 #ecocentrism #sustainability #ESG #KunmingMontreal #GBF #30x30 #NaturePositive #KunmingMontreal #sustainability #SustainableBusiness #Rewilding #Biodiversity05 Jun 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkd2zksns2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mnfhwxrh5s2jFood Waste, Socioeconomic Inequality, and Household Consumption: A Mixed-Methods Garbology Study in Newcastle upon Tyne https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00664677.2026.2673519 #sustainability #waste #foodwaste #inequality #consumption #food #poverty03 Jun 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfhwxrh5s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mnfe35r6i22xAn engaging session organised by the Ouseburn Trust! With colleagues from @newcastleuni.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social @ouseburnfarm.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social discussed #environmental #sustainability initiatives, also BRANCH 🌿project funded by The Reece Foundation03 Jun 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfe35r6i22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mnexn5aedc2rBusiness education and its paradoxes: Linking business and biodiversity through critical pedagogy curriculum https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/berj.4048 #environmentaleducation #biodiversity #business #managmentlearning #busiensseductaion #UNEP #UNESCO03 Jun 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnexn5aedc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mmrdgilvms2yPhD in @fairtradeftao.bsky.social research @northumbriauni.bsky.social . UK/EU nationals only, UK strongly preferred. Strong candidates apply: https://jobsin.brussels/jobs/fair-trade-advocacy-office-strategic-action-research-doctoral-student-2026-05/ @mikeyprice.bsky.social26 May 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrdgilvms2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mmlu4ktxsc2rImpressive launch event of the North East Alliance for Research on Environmental Risks. Great feedback on our BRANCH project (The Reece Foundation) on local #transport, #waste & #sustainability. Hosted by @durham.ac.uk with colleagues from @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @northumbriauni.bsky.social24 May 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmlu4ktxsc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mmcwyy4dhc2jCommunity engagement workshop on the subject of our project BRANCH: Building Resilience Across Newcastle Communities and Habitats, funded by the Reece Foundation and co-organised by Big River Bakery was wonderfully inspiring! Lots of ground-up ideas dealing with garbage and solutions discussed20 May 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcwyy4dhc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mm5fmxrxhc2aThe Conversation just published this article: nature is good for business https://theconversation.com/nature-is-good-for-business-and-we-now-have-numbers-to-show-it-283052?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com Another question is of course how good is business for nature? and how much nature's contribution to people can be reciprocated? Source: ScienceDirect.com https://share.google/lM8MMWdDViy7GaPwx18 May 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5fmxrxhc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mm3bo2zsck2nToday's Garbology walk went well!17 May 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3bo2zsck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mlvmiquv5c2iToday is #EndangeredSpeciesDay! #Biodiversity urgently needs help. The @IUCNRedList is a barometer of life, documenting the global extinction risk of animals, fungi and plants. It includes over 172,600 species, of which more than 48,600 are threatened with #extinction.15 May 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvmiquv5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mlsko7gwsk2hWhat does your bin say about the past and present? Join us Sunday 17 May for a Spoon to Spoon Garbology walk along the Tyne in Newcastle, sharing findings from our Reece Foundation-funded BRANCH-OUT project. Wetherspoons to Wetherspoons. Science never looked so good. https://www.facebook.com/events/96474020652384014 May 2026 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsko7gwsk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mkya6e27gc2hI just signed Dame Judi Dench's petition, calling on the urgent restoration of our ancient woodlands. Please sign this important cause and share it: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bring-back-the-ghost-woods?source=bluesky&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=3d8c3f1e-3efb-47a1-8b08-de02c6db2da303 May 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkya6e27gc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenkopnina.bsky.social/post/3mkt5dy5dnk24What does sustainability look like for communities facing food insecurity, transport poverty, and waste infrastructure failure? The BRANCH project (The Building Resilience Across Newcastle Communities and Habitats) by our research team @NorthumbriaUni discussed results01 May 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:prsl5ccbxtptji35njeoeld4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt5dy5dnk24