Lesley Head

Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows An Aboriginal language provides unexpected insight into how language influences perception

This is a great article about this research, and provides a lot of background about both the Murrinhpatha language and this study:

Signed, thanks.

Naturalising climate change – Australian Academy of the Humanities Seeing climate change as "a natural change" downplays the agency of those who have a responsibility to combat it, says Prof Lesley Head.

"Politicians downplay or avoid their own agency and responsibility ... They are blaming Nature for things that they have part responsibility for." (@lesleyhead.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social)
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Thanks Nat. Hope you’re well.

2025 Varuna Climate Fellowship Announcement — Varuna, The National Writers' House The six recipients of the 2025 Varuna Climate Fellowship have been announced.

Super-excited to have been awarded a Viruna Climate Fellowship. Looking forward to learning from the awesome company. www.varuna.com.au/news/climate...

The train seems to be missing important researcher input. Ecologists, environmental lawyers, archaeologists, climate scientists, political scientists and others all have significant findings to contribute.

Looking forward to discussing Urban Rewilding at the Willy Lit Fest with Dominique Hes and Dave Whitty. www.willylitfest.org.au/2025-program

Join us Saturday June 21, 12-1pm, Williamstown Town Hall.

Pleased to join the good crowd in Birregurra yesterday (much bigger than in this pic). #walkfortruth

Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved ‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says

Hard-hitting @lisacox.bsky.social report featuring exasperated straight-talkers✊

Peter Dunn, fmr commissioner of emergency services for the ACT is furious abt North West Shelf Extension: Albanese government is “trashing its integrity” and has “lost their licence to lead, days after the election”

Happy to do a Greenhouse talk @finnarne.me

Thanks Libby!

Excited to see where it ends up!

Beyond Green, Lesley Head How are we to think about nature and the environment? The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested. Lesley Head interrogate...

The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested.

Prof Lesley Head FAHA FASSA’s new book, Beyond Green, draws on her life’s work to reimagine a new, better future. Out 14 May 2025. @lesleyhead.bsky.social

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It’s mid-April, and Fires Near Me is still beeping.

Climate for Change is fundraising with 10 climate actions in 10 days (April 4-13). For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural research that helps us more effectively respond to climate change.

Day 9. Nature takes the blame
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Climate for Change is fundraising with 10 climate actions in 10 days (April 4-13). For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural research that helps us more effectively respond to climate change.

Day 8. Arts and creativity
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Layout 10 Days. 10,000 Actions. $100K for Climate Change.

At Climate for Change we are fundraising with 10 actions in 10 days. My actions showcase social and cultural research around climate change:
Day 6. The care economy
Day 7. Emotional dimensions of climate change
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Day 5. Acknowledging Country

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Day 4 of my Challenge for Climate posts - Indigenous justice

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Day 3. Beyond the universal human
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Day 2. Climate change is not an 'environmental' issue.
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Climate for Change aims to create the social climate for effective action on climate change. We are fundraising with 10 actions in 10 days. For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural climate research.
Day 1. Leverage for transformative change
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Maybe (Chris Mayes and Cameron Muir come to mind) - can you email me more on what you are after?

Our once and future home - David Ritter David Ritter’s essay ‘Our once and future home’ considers the ways in which climate change has fundamentally altered the planet and our place on it, and asks: what happens when your home is no longer ...

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This beautiful piece of writing by David Ritter is free for a few more days.

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www.climateforchange.org.au. I’m pleased to have joined the Board of Climate for Change. ‘Our mission is to create the social climate for effective action on climate change.’ An important time to redouble efforts.

This is a chilling announcement. But also, do they realise economics is a social science?

A small cardboard box advertising its contents: 5,000 26/6 staples, costing £1.55.

How long does it take to get through 5,000 staples? I bought these during my first week as an undergraduate student in 1996, and they're now finally finished. 28 years later. Let's see if that reorder code is still valid...

And the awful day in 1939, memorialised as Black Friday.

Which makes a sacrilege of us adopting the American invention of the term as a massive money-making commercial event..

And I’ll be interviewing her about her recent Quarterly Essay, Highway to Hell. Come along, this Saturday November 23.

Devastated to hear that History, among other disciplines, is facing an uncertain future at the University of Wollongong - it may be cut completely. I spent 3.5 wonderful years at UOW as a DECRA Fellow, supported by and working with an incredible cohort of historians. 🗃️