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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · Sep 1

Change takes time.

SEI’s work with partners on Africa’s first integrated air pollution and climate assessment helped shape the Africa Clean Air Program, now acknowledged in a UN resolution. ¨

It offers a roadmap to save lives, cut emissions and boost resilience: buff.ly/2bhir9u

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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · Jul 25

We had a great first #CitizenScience Q&A session yesterday on our #CommunityEnergy project - for more details or to sign up, see www.sei.org/projects/eco...

Ecological Citizen(s)

The Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ uses the digital economy to catalyse sustainable change and tackle the ecological and climate crisis.

www.sei.org

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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · Jul 13

Adaptation is so important! It can also feel positive, because you are taking active steps to change, rather than fighting a rising tide (literally in many cases). weadapt.org is full of inspiration.

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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · Jun 27

Involved in #CommunityEnergy?

New #CitizenScience project needs your help to find out how community energy schemes are run through online workshops bringing together #EnergyGroups and researchers. First meeting next week as part of #CEF2025

Find out more 👇👇
www.sei.org/projects/eco...

Ecological Citizen(s)

The Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ uses the digital economy to catalyse sustainable change and tackle the ecological and climate crisis.

www.sei.org

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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · Jun 18

🌬️ Discover why indoor air matters!

Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health.

Register 👉 buff.ly/EJyKwbN

#ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay

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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · Jun 19

Based in the UK and involved in community energy?

Join the CE-CS project from SEI York & the Ecological Citizens initiative.

We are inviting UK-based #CommunityEnergy groups to explore how projects are run and governed. Online, low time commitment (5 hrs/6 months).

Sign up: lnkd.in/d4_JzScp

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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · Jun 13

We spend the majority of our lives indoors - at home, school, or work. The quality of air we breathe in these environments is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in our health and well-being.

Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...

www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...

Events - London Climate Action Week

Discover climate summits, forums, workshops, and more during London Climate Action Week — a city-wide celebration of climate action and awareness.

www.londonclimateactionweek.org

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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · May 22

Aw thanks Claire! Very happy to chat to anyone about inclusive citizen science

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Alan Goddard @alangoddard.bsky.social · Apr 16

New paper out with colleagues on citizen science approaches for microbiology. A bit different, but membranes get a mention for anyone who was briefly worried 🤣

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Also, publish in society journals!

Opportunities for microbiology citizen science: lessons learnt from three pilot projects

Citizen science (CS) is the partnering of professional scientists and members of the public to answer real-world scientific questions. There has been huge growth in CS over the past two decades, but u...

www.microbiologyresearch.org

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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · Mar 19

Attending #UKHSA2025 next week?

Look out for @hertscc.bsky.social's poster on our joint work evaluating the use of #AirFilters in primary schools and @sarahwestsei.bsky.social contributing to a panel on ‘Air pollution and healthcare: equipping professionals for action’.

www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...

UKHSA 2025 conference: air pollution and healthcare

Sarah West will share insights from her work investigating indoor air quality in homes and schools as part of this UK Health Security Agency Conference panel.

www.sei.org

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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · Mar 7

It's a tricky time for Higher Education in the UK at the moment, but look at this uplifting thread!

University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · Mar 7

This week we ran our #LibInspo competition.

Five students, from across all three faculties, pitching ideas to improve the student experience in the library.

We work with the winner to try and make their idea a reality, and they get £500 for themselves.

And it was BRILLIANT.

Read on: 🧵

Hand drawn picture of the library, with LibInspo: your library, your way written on

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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · Mar 6

Ours has said dress up as a character, or come in something comfy, which I think is a good way of doing it.

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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · Mar 3

📢 Are you a #healthcare professional? Discover the latest research and resources on #AirPollution.

@sarahwestsei.bsky.social will share insights from on indoor #AirQuality in homes and schools as part of a panel at #UKHSA25.

📆 25 -26 March
📍 Manchester, UK

www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...

#SAMHE

UKHSA 2025 conference: panel on air pollution and healthcare

Sarah West will share insights from her work investigating indoor air quality in homes and schools as part of this UK Health Security Agency Conference panel.

www.sei.org

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Mar 2

Reminder that you only have a few hours left if you want to apply to become our first ever Administration Officer!
Details & job pack here: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Deadline to apply: midnight tonight!

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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · Feb 28

It is rather mad to think that Disco 2000 was written about a year 25 years ago

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · Feb 25

“The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says

Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

www.theguardian.com

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IMPETUS4CS @impetus4cs.bsky.social · Feb 21

For the 2025 #IMPETUS accelerator, we are seeking #citizenscience projects that focus on

#circularcommunities

♻️ #Resource Management
🏘️ #Infrastructure & #Housing
⚠️ #Disaster Resilience

If your project would benefit from some additional support, learn more
impetus4cs.eu/opencall/

#citsci #funding

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Feb 21

Here's today's #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism story: Wisdom, the oldest-known albatross, just had another chick! I believe I posted about her laying an egg, it has now hatched! 🧪🦑🌎

news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known bird at 74, has a new chick

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, made headlines recently for laying an egg with a new partner, her first egg in four years. The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross (Phoebast...

news.mongabay.com

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Robin Hawkes @robhawkes.bsky.social · Feb 21

It's lovely and windy today, which means lots of clean green electricity.

Or does it? See all those purple dots in Scotland? Those are wind farms that we're turning off as of 8am… 🤔

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Feb 20

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded & what’s next

Once upon a time leaders believed that science was essential to nation’s security, to better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living & to cultural progress
🧪 #academicSky
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next

The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.

www.nature.com

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Feb 20

Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link.

Please share :)

www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...

Work at the Arboretum | About Us | National Memorial Arboretum

There are lots of ways to get involved with the National Memorial Arboretum, from volunteer roles to paid positions.

www.thenma.org.uk

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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · Feb 20

And Kings Cross

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Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer @tricyclemayor.bsky.social · Feb 20

Are you disabled and live in York or Cardiff?

Do you have issues with access control barriers on traffic-free routes when walking, wheeling, or cycling?

We are recruiting disabled participants for in person interviews to discuss their experiences.

DM, comment, email if interested.

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access control barriers across a traffic-free walking and cycling route, including a horse style of raised wooden beams, a k frame narrowing the entrance and a gate

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · Feb 17

Brilliant to see #Bradford's #CleanAir zone reducing air pollution and improving health.

"After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."

Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year

After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter

buff.ly

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · Feb 17

Why do most people think they're in the minority for supporting non-car travel? Speculating a little here, but just look at the world around you and ask whether it looks like a world where most people want easy non-car travel! Watch this great vid for more on that www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_4G...

Carspiracy - You’ll Never See The World The Same Way Again

YouTube video by Global Cycling Network

www.youtube.com

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