@SarahDuff

Writer, photographer, filmmaker. MSc Ethnobotany student.

 London
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Joined April 2009
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Read STEM@ReadStem129 Jul 2021
We need more black women in science — Prof Makunga sowetanlive.co.za/news/south… #BlackBotanistsWeek2021
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Since their introduction in the mid-1990s, GMOs have remained wildly unpopular with consumers. Overblown fears have turned the public against genetically modified food. But the potential benefits have never been greater. nyti.ms/3BpE7kI

Learning to Love G.M.O.s (Published 2021)

Overblown fears have turned the public against genetically modified food. But the potential benefits have never been greater.

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All South African cycad species (Encephalartosand Stangeria) are threatened with extinction. Without a thorough understanding of their biology, re-establishment in the wild is unlikely. #BlackBotanistsWeek2021 #GlobalBotany #PlantAroundTheGlobe
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Learn about nature connection and forest bathing in my monthlyish newsletter --> mailchi.mp/bf2cb031c44e/bath…
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I've compiled a list of some soothing virtual nature escapes if, like me, you're stuck inside and missing the great outdoors mailchi.mp/aa2d90f34138/ourb…
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Very excited that my short film Voetspore/Footprints will be screened at the Cape Town @film_fest at the V&A Waterfront on 12 and 16 October! filmfestival.capetown/featur…
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"The nature of the on-screen animal is ambiguous, troubling. They are coopted into our subjectivity, prodded into symbolism. But they are anathema to fiction, pushing back through the disturbing reality of their pain, the unarguable fact of their deaths." anothergaze.com/on-the-doubl…

On the Double Nature of Filmed Mice

I'm watching Marketa Lazarova with a friend and we’re halfway through a scene that I consider to be one of…

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One of my favourite documentaries of 2017! xitter.cf/BerthaDocHouse/status/…
Bertha DocHouse@BerthaDocHouse7 Jan 2018
Makala, the first documentary selected (and winner) of Cannes’ Critics Week, screens in the Renoir screen with a director Q&A on Feb 1: bit.ly/MakalaQA
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Why Birds Matter, and Are Worth Protecting buff.ly/2CuYKOl
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Nov 30 is Lost Species Day. This year's theme is lost and disappearing pollinators. Get involved! lostspeciesday.org/?page_id=… @lostspeciesday @ONCAnetwork

Participate in Lost Species Day

Lost Species Day (or RDLS) was first held in November 2011. Since then, thousands of people have taken part in a wide range of events exploring the stories of extinct and threatened species, cultur…

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Women at the end of the land - beautiful photo essay about nomadic Nenets reindeer herders of the Siberian arctic via @Maptia buff.ly/2n3SpFF
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My blog about a two-week trip to Montenegro staying on family farms, eating my body weight in homemade cheese and hiking in dramatic border mountains duffssuitcase.com/two-weeks-…
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It's named as one of the quietest places on earth but when I visited the Hoh Rainforest I was surprised at how many planes were flying overhead. (It's still one of the most beautiful forests in the US) buff.ly/2mlFnmg
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Why forests and rivers are the most potent health tonic around buff.ly/2i8LVQG
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Sarah Duff retweeted
NPR
@NPR13 Nov 2017
"There's nothing wrong with seeing a cool space on the Internet and deciding to go there. It's just, maybe, don't start fires there, and clean up your poop." n.pr/2ABnseB
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Thought for the day: there are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way
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What if we get it right...? “The dark side of ‘Good AI’ (More human than humans…)” medium.com/@josephclawrence/… #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

The dark side of ‘Good AI’ (More human than humans…)

I want you to imagine a future. A good future. The future that the people who are currently warning us about AI are hoping to create…

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