Tara A Pierce

About Me: - Live on a ⛵️ w/my hubby & 🐈‍⬛ - Artist & legal scholar, - Addicted to reading & coffee - Trying to live a slow, meaningful life - My 5th thesis = transforming law into a healing practice - Interests: regen gardens, climate justice, building a future we can love 💕

I saw a post about “Would you really be willing to give up AI? Could you really get thru your work day without AI?!” And I just thought, son, I’m older than Google. I’m schooled in the ancient ways of finding information. And frankly, I miss roaming the stacks.

Naps: the human equivalent to "Did you try turning it off and on again?"

Our world has been made so unkind and so cruel, it takes great strength and courage to be compassionate, thoughtful, and caring.

I’m trying to make money doing what I love so that I can have more time to do the other things I love. Maybe I should get a PhD 😂

I just signed a petition demanding governments make rich polluters pay. Billionaires and fossil fuel giants are profiting while communities pay the price. Join me & add your voice. #ClimateJustice #PollutersPay www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

We’re delighted that @satwatr.bsky.social Chief Executive of One Parent Families Scotland, has been re-appointed as Co-Chair to Scotland’s new Just Transition Commission. Our full statement: opfs.org.uk/get-involved... #JustTransition

I wish we could comment on ads. Some of them are so atrocious.

I’m such a nerd, I had a dream that I bought 3 books on a topic I’m researching. They had beautiful covers. (Please note I’m rarely in a bookstore with books written in English, so this was a very exciting dream.)

The richest 1% produce more carbon pollution than the poorest 66% of humanity combined. Climate justice isn’t optional. It’s the only kind of climate action that actually works. #ClimateJustice #SystemChange

There’s so much climate doomsday news, what’s your favorite way to invite people to build something beautiful? How do you find joy in the work? How do you appreciate the little things and let them fuel you? Asking for the world.

Thank you, Audre Lorde, for this quote that guides me: The work of an artist is to turn her rage into flowers.

Also, you’re not a hypocrite or complicit for being born in a system you didn’t create and not living “perfectly green.” If you’re *trying* to make the world better, you’re not complicit, you’re resisting.

What would the world look like if all travel was “slow travel” AND society was slow enough for it to be accessible to all?

Good ocean news. Don’t forget this world is full of people doing good work. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Meet Odin. His core responsibility is to ensure everyone on board has enough serotonin and oxytocin. His other job is to lay about, looking regal.

Hey algorithm, connect me with people working on: - bioregional governance - regenerative practices - climate justice - approaches to healing law, culture, the human-nature relationship - ocean anything - art making

I love my backyard. Consistent reminder of what my work is about. . #dolphins #marinelife #boatlife

We used to live slow lives. We can again. And the more I learn about climate and equity, it appears more and more to be a critical form of resistance and a key piece of a liveable, enjoyable future.

People getting arrested for starting fires or having BBQs that get out of hand, yet the politicians and world leaders that cotinue to do nothing to prevent this run away climate change go free. World leaders are allowing this disaster to continue a d must be held responsible

I speak English, Deutsch und a bissl Bayerish, mon français n'est pas mauvais, y aprendo español, pero la mujer was mad I didn’t speak her mother tongue. I don’t want to assume anything about why she was upset. But we’ll all have it easier if we are gentle with each other. 💖

Why must so many appliances and eletronics have the most obnoxious beeping? We are programming these things, if they must make noise, can’t it be a lovely noise?! Laundry, dishes, contactless payments—these are not emergencies yet they beep like 5 alarm fires. Enough.

These sheep graze this beautiful field in Uppsala not far from my sister’s place as part of a city-farmer collab to improve soil. Recently shorn, they also provide wool. And they’re freakin’ adorable, so they also provide joy 💖

Just fantastic.

Love is quieter than gunshots but there’s more of it. (Molly Rice)

The IMF says we pay $5T/year to subsidize fossil fuels — that's $13M per MINUTE to destroy our future. Meanwhile solar & wind fight for scraps. We don't have a funding problem. We have a priority problem.

Free Air Con: hang a wet towel in an open window. The towel cools the breeze (if there is one) as it enters. It’s past time for cities to plant trees and create green spaces equitably! (Also those green spaces should double as food forests.) #heatwave #airconditioning #aircon

🌍 Climate change is a public health crisis—and an equity crisis. Dr. Rohan Radhakrishna of @CAPublicHealth shares how CA is partnering with vulnerable communities to build resilience. 🎥 Watch the full convo: youtu.be/bFfS6v6fVqM?... #ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #Equity #ClimateJustice

Wonderful! Landscape scale ecological restoration. Carrifran, Scotland 🌳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Aug 2004 - July 2026

Glass beverage bottles used to be returned, sterilised, and refilled hundreds of times before needing to be made into a new glass bottle. A few nations continue this success despite beverage companies lobbying against it. We must bring back the glass bottle as standard. #plasticfreejuly

For #PlasticFreeJuly how about we stop producing plastic?! Support strong laws that make #polluterspay and stop plastic at the source.

"Farmers are always getting screwed, whether it's wheat or seaweed." This is why I'm creating both a nonprofit guide and a grassroots community guide that provide a holistic approach to restorative ocean communities; not just an ocean farm, a local network of resilience!

Having fun letting my #paintings inspire my free-hand #embroidery. Yes, I painted the cloth. . . #oceanart

How people answer this question dramatically impacts their capacity to envision sustainability efforts.

Everything in my personal life, my research, and my work experience has repeatedly confirmed that care is the fabric holding us, and society at large, together. Where have you seen this in your life or your work?

My mom and I are sharing these two paths to build your capacity to notice and direct your thoughts. We invite you to share the changes you notice after a month in one of our free workshops for women exploring leadership themes. . . #mindful #mindfulmonth #mindfulness #mindset #mindsetcoaching

Happy World Orca Day! (belated, it was yesterday). I discovered embroidery and am having so much fun. I was trying cross-stitch, but found it easier to think of the thread as lines, like drawing. So I'm free-handing it all. #oceanart #marineart #orca #whales #embroidery

Imagine an "idealistic" future. Take a minute. Breathe. Now, who told you it's idealistic? Who told you we can't do that? What do they stand to gain from you thinking it's impossible? #sustainability #radicalimagination #futurisms

People often wait for the right tool, the ideal situation, yet these things rarely exist. Life is a practice, not a perfection.

My talk "What Does the Ocean Want Us to Grow?" at #LCAW is almost at capacity. I am so moved that people are hungry for this type of question, this type of tangible, systemic change that restores ecosystems and local culture. .. #UKsustainability #oceanart #marineart #biodiversity