Dr. Elizabeth Sawin

@bethsawin

Director Multisolving Institute. She/her. Systems thinking, climate justice, and multisolving, with a sprinkle of gardens and the odd puns. @bethsawin on X

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· 27d

For a moment I mistook the sickly grey orange of the sky for the color of defeat. But then I dug deep and recommitted. This is the color of motivation and sacred obligation.

A pasture underneath an odd looking grey sky.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· 28d

Wildfire sun, orange on the hallway rug. July 14, 2026 I imagine my grandchildren, if I have any, will not think this strange.

A rug with flowers in browns and greens in a hallway. There is an orange pattern of rectangles in the center of the rug.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jul 9

There's more and more talk of islands of coherence (Prigogene), seeds of self-organizing change, wholes with alternative organizing principles within larger wholes operating under predominant organizing principles. The islands are wonderful. But don't focus on them so much that you miss the water.

A spiral of stone cairns in a northern lake

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jul 3

Winter is over; time to put wool stuff away! 🧤 Winter is coming; time to stack wood. 🪵

giant pile of wood, large black and white dog

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jul 3

My week: Sun hat weather! ☀️ Garter snake in the nasturtiums. 🐍 Lots of pond swims 🏊‍♀️

me, a woman with blue eyes and grey hair wearing an olive green sun hat, sky and pastures behind me

a medium sized grey snake with a lengthwise yellow stripe wending its away among baby nasturtium plants

A small pond, with dark water and a bright green sapling at waters edge

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jul 3

Northing says Independence Day like digging invasive wild parsnips. I mean don't those flowers look like 🎆 ?

Looking across a pasture. IN the foreground ia a plant bright yellow flowers that are shaped like upside down umbrellas

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 26

Scenes from my week. Solstice ceremony Me, reflected and reflecting Neighbor sheep Porch yoga

My reflection in a pond, with a flower floating on the surface

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 25

Thimbleberry!

A bright pink flower with a yellow center. It looks like a very simple rose.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 22

And situating their work at the intersection of mitigation adaptation and justice

Climate Change Mitigation
Libraries align greenhouse gas emission reduction goals with those that international
climate scientists and policy makers have indicated are necessary to prevent
catastrophic cascading effects. This strategy recommends a goal for all libraries to
reduce their institution’s greenhouse gas emissions by 43%, from 2015 levels, by 2030 and to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.1

2 | Climate Change Adaptation & Contributions Community Resilience
Libraries adopt both internal disaster preparedness plans and strategic goals that speak to the most likely climate hazards facing their area to contribute to their community’s resilience.
Climate Justice Work
Libraries harness the transformative power of education for climate justice and develop relationships with local community organizations working on climate justice to embed a deeper awareness of the intersection of human and civil rights with climate stewardship than is presently found.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 22

Though I don't know any of the leaders of this initiative they are clearly thinking about multiple benefits.

A diagram with three overlapping circles. They are labeled environmentally sound, socially equitable, and economically feasible

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 20

Happy Solstice!

A wooden bench with colorful vases of flowers

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 16

My first appointment of today was with the garden. And I try to never miss an appointment 🌱 🪏 😉

A garden bed that contains multitudes, walking onions, lettuce, a plant with white umbrells, and a variety of perrenial herbs

A row of flowers. Closest to the camera are poppies in shades of red, orange, yellow, and white.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 15

Pretty little daisies.

A meadow close up, white daisies with yellow centers in a sea of grass

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 15

'Tis the season of making medicine from flowers. Or more precisely of extracting and preserving the medicine flowers have already made. We'll make a tincture of these arnica flowers for future aches, pains, bruises, and sprains.

Bright yellow flower heads in a wicker basket.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 9

Long one! Not pictured, sheep who are in the cool of the barn.

View down a dirt road with a long stone wall to the left, walling in a pasture. There are a few dark trees. The sky is clear blue with some puffy white clouds.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 4

Bonus bonus - One of these geese looks different from the rest.

A small pond in the middle of a pasture. The pond is full of geese and one much bigger black cow.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 4

Bonus - this little rooster was in the woods pretty far from homes or farms. I probably should have kissed him to rescue a prince from a centuries-old spell, or grabbed him for his golden fleece, or...

A tiny black and white rooster on the edge of a dirt road

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· Jun 4

OK my two threads (stone walls seen while jogging and wildflowers seen while jogging) converges in this one. Lupines on the roadside in front of a stone wall.

The purple spires of lupine stick up out of grass and ferns. A jaggedy stone wall is behind the lupines.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· May 26

Wall with a view.

a tiday stone wall, with grass mowed in front and a pasture with fencing below. There is a view across a just leafing out forest and blue mountains in the distance across the river valley

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· May 25

Rainy day hoop house.

Looking through a low tunnel greenhouse and out an open door. There are fields and a forested hill visible through the door. Lettuce and greens are in tied in the middle bed.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· May 22

Columbine. Growing cheerfully in the gravely soil at the edge of the road.

three orange and yellow downward pointing flowers alternate on the stem of a bright green plant. Ferns and leaf liter in the background.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· May 19

Stone wall for the centuries, spring flowers for the week.

A stone wall has a row of purple hyacinths at its base and bright yellow dandelions in front of them.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· May 19

Happy Old Apple Tree in Spring Day

An apple tree with branching trunks and a good number of holes is covered with white and pink blossoms.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin· May 15

It's been raining for days and all the wild flowers are closed up tight so I'm starting a new thread. Instead of wildflowers while jogging (see below) I will forthwith begin a thread of stone walls I jog past. This one surrounds an old family cemetery. Peaceful spot. bsky.app/profile/beth...