![Planning Commission Work](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Eve-City-Planning-470x140.jpg)
I served on the Lancaster City Planning Commission from January 2017 – May 2021. During my time as Chair of the commission (2019-2021) we issued…
![Climate Change Response(abilities)](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
What is our responsibility to future generations? How does local self-determination, national security, energy demand, and conservation of biological and natural resources interface with the…
![Saving the Stingless Bees (Melipona beecheii)](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Figure-2-3-murals-470x140.jpg)
I show how indigenous, feminist and inter-generational approaches of inter-species care have been key to an effort to bring stingless beekeeping back from the brink…
![10 MORE ways to make your Thanksgiving about Social and Environmental Justice (2020 update)](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
A lot has changed since my last post about this topic, four years ago. Much has certainly stayed the same, too…sparing you the full recap,…
![Ten Ways to Make your Thanksgiving About Social and Environmental Justice](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PlymouthRockMourning_MelissaDoroquez_Flickr-470x140.jpg)
I love that Thanksgiving is a food and gratitude centered holiday. But ever since reading about the actual people’s history of the holiday, I’m more…
![TEDx Talk is live!](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My TEDx Talk, Behind the Buzz: The Honeybee in Global Politics is now online! Please share and enjoy.
![Washington DC as a Third World City](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
I published this piece as an attempt to contribute to the need for international relations scholars to be more self-reflective. (see e.g. “International Relations…
![Brazil: Rural Livelihoods and Food Systems](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_20140602_143237.jpg)
In the summer of 2014, I taught 10 talented graduate students from the School of International Service on a trip to Brazil. Over three and…
![Lazy Bastards Bike Rides](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/DSCN0143.jpg)
I organize bike rides. They are fun. I call them the Lazy Bastard rides. The Lazy Bastard Bike Rides are Intended as a celebration of…
![Native Bees and Pollinator Protection](https://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Fun fact: Native bees do much better at pollinating crops like blueberries, cherries, and cranberries than honeybees. The very, very cool, and publicly accessible key…