Fire science: in language for all

After more than a year of travel restrictions, online meetings and virtual networking, Kathleen Uyttewaal (local social contexts for adaptive fire management) and Judith Kirschner (fire resilient governance) had the opportunity for a field excursion to Tuscany, Italy. During three days, they visited local projects on wildfire preparedness, conducted interviews with stakeholders, and visited La Pineta, Italy’s only training center focused on operational wildfire management, fire analysis and prescribed burning. This connection was made possible thanks to the years of knowledge exchanges and close relationships maintained between the Regione Toscana, the Pau Costa Foundation and, more recently, the PyroLife network. […]

Hello! My name is Isabeau Ottolini, and I am one of the PyroLife Early Stage Researchers. As part of my PhD, I am exploring creative ways of communicating – on a community level – about wildfires, with the aim to foster a socioecological transformation towards Living with Fire. Today we’re going to look at a great example: fire journaling. Inspired by nature journaling, this is a personal, place-based practice through which anyone can express their knowledges, observations, experiences, and curiosity surrounding wildfires. By Miriam Morrill – Smoke & air quality during a fire First things first: what is nature journaling? Nature […]