Kristen P. Patterson

@PopClimateNexus

Passionate about reproductive rights, equity & climate change | Director, Drawdown Lift | gardener | hiker | Returned volunteer Niger | Views mine

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 5

    Join my team and help launch a new initiative that will dive deeper into climate solutions that also improve human well-being and health, and alleviate poverty!

    Join the team! Interested in that alleviate poverty? Explore two brand-new opportunities with Drawdown Lift, now. 🌟
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  2. Feb 12

    11 new dinosaur species. Watching this video made me long to visit Niger & the Sahara again. Unparalleled beauty and people. I’ll never forget seeing the 8,000 year old giraffe petroglyphs in Niger.

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  3. Feb 12

    More great job opportunities, especially if you're interested in family planning & climate change.

    Care about climate? Opinionated about philanthropy? We're hiring!
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  4. Feb 11

    Glad to see this topic getting more coverage & thx to for her research on girls' ed and climate.

    A few quick takes on why is important for .
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  5. Feb 11

    Any out there looking for a new ? Passionate about solutions & ? Check out the openings with , including 2 on my new Drawdown Lift team!

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  6. Feb 11

    Absolutely! One side benefit is that it's also a solution:

    When women are empowered, everyone thrives. Educating girls is associated with better child health outcomes and greater financial stability:
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  7. Retweeted
    Feb 10

    In lab tests with dummies, exposure to potentially infectious aerosols decreased by about 95% when they both wore tightly fitted masks, a new finds. that fits tightly to your face to stop the spread of . More: .

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  8. Feb 9

    Join us!

    We’re hiring again!
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  9. Feb 6

    A fantastic program for environmental leaders and multidisciplinary thinkers! I’m pleased to be a 2006 alum. Applications open now for , which will be all virtual in 2021.

    I'm delighted to again be a guest speaker for the environmental leadership program, hosted by , Work with environmental experts from around the globe this year: ()
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  10. Retweeted
    Feb 2

    For , I wrote abt the ethics, science, ableism & racism IRT why, if you've been working from home, you have only 2 options: 1 Passively wait for your vaccine 2 Actively organize for others to get it But you CAN'T game the internet to get it faster

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  11. Jan 28

    Great opportunity to get funding for creative & effective & knowledge management ideas.

    Applications for The Pitch competition are due by Feb 4! Organizations registered in FP/RH priority countries in Africa and Asia are eligible to apply. Submit your innovation now:
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  12. Jan 27

    Yes! TY for speaking out about this. Education and being able to decide whether and when to have children have so many cascading benefits for young women everywhere.

    Education can give women the tools they need to be more resilient to these disasters... and the global south countries where the climate crisis is already hitting hardest are often also the places where girls are most likely to miss out on school. 
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  13. Jan 27

    I've been thinking a LOT about . Why should a healthy person who isn't a front line worker get vaccinated before a doctor/nurse in , where I served as a volunteer decades ago? Rich nations failed our response & are now failing the world.

    My piece for on the folly of vaccine nationalism by richer western countries. "He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down."
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  14. Jan 22

    in action.

    Norway will donate extra doses of covid-19 vaccines through the and - backed COVAX facility to be distributed in lower-income countries. We must ensure vaccines bring hope to all, not just some.
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  15. Jan 20

    And, yes, a 22 year old just stole the show. Wow.

    Amanda Gorman is the youngest person in recent memory to deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration.
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  16. Jan 20

    Taking a moment to light a chalice and pray for our country with beloved community.

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 19

    Memorials matter. There has been no center of grief during this pandemic. The virus has kept us apart, meaning so much of our unimaginable loss has taken place behind closed doors. We haven’t been able share our grief.

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  18. Jan 19

    There are innumerable cascading benefits of girls’ education & reproductive health care that ensures women can decide whether, when, & how many children they want to have, including .

    I really enjoyed this episode of to save the planet, which neatly explains the powerful links between and tackling Thanks ⁦⁩ for sharing
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  19. Jan 15

    Some good news this week...

    Key to preventing mass extinctions & ensuring clean air and water, 50+ countries commit to protect 30% terrestrial & marine ecosystems :
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  20. Retweeted
    Jan 11

    À l’occasion du consacré à la biodiversité, nous nous fixons l’objectif que 30 % de nos financements soient favorables à la en 2025 en doublant nos efforts d’investissements pour la biodiversité, pour atteindre 1Mds€

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