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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 14h

🌟 We've assembled a Leicestershire SUPERTEAM and are now looking for a PhD researcher to take forward the 'Seasons of Wellbeing' project - looking at how people experience green spaces across the seasons.

🌐 Learn more and apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/improving-we...

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 15h

I mean, I've known worse places to update the #GeodiversityDay website.

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 1d

🚶‍♂️ Stage one of the Via Algarviana begins!

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 2d

📅 5 years ago we had an online conference about geoheritage, and a few of us thought "wouldn't it be good if there was a special day for geodiversity".

🇺🇳 So we worked together to create it.

🏞 And now the world talks about geodiversity on Oct 6th.

😊 Happy #GeodiversityDay

UNESCO International Geodiversity Day @geodiversityday.bsky.social · 3d

🥳 Happy Geodiversity Day!

⭐ As we celebrate with the theme 'One Earth, Many Stories', read this message from the new UNESCO Chair in Geodiversity and Geoconservation:

🌐 www.geodiversityday.org/post/unesco-...

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UNESCO International Geodiversity Day @geodiversityday.bsky.social · 4d

It's nearly #GeodiversityDay 2025, so we thought it was time to expand our social media presence!

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UNESCO International Geodiversity Day @geodiversityday.bsky.social · 4d

🎨 To help promote the benefits of geodiversity, a team from the Open University have worked with artscientist Dr Vicky Bowskill to produce this amazing new image!

🌍 Read more, and download the image on our website: www.geodiversityday.org/post/visuali...

Visualising the Benefits of Geodiversity

International Geodiversity Day 2025 is approaching, and many people worldwide have organised events based on their professional or personal connections with geodiversity; whether these be around under...

www.geodiversityday.org

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 5d

An excellent ProGEO Symposium in Tulcea🇷🇴 - excellent presentations and so many wonderful people attending.

Honoured to have been re-elected onto the Executive as we continue to grow our International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage.

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · 7d

🌍 This week, our Geoheritage Officer has been presenting our work on geoconservation at ProGEO - the International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage.

💸 Our Geopark hosted the ProGEO conference in 2023, bringing a boost of c.£100,000 to the local economy.

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 7d

Baby Ammonite, do doo do do do doo

🇷🇴 Agighiol

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 8d

🌍 The International Union for Conservation of Nature has approved a new initiative creating the Key Geoheritage Area designation.

🌐 Read more on the #GeodiversityDay website: www.geodiversityday.org/post/key-geo...

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 8d

Many thanks to the organisers at #ProGEO2025🇷🇴 for the opportunity to share our work on the geoconservation of Ediacaran fossils in Charnwood Forest.

Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 12d

Me: *Ferments pressed grapes*

Every fruit fly in Oxfordshire:

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · 13d

⭐ We recently announced our official 100 Treasures of Charnwood Forest featuring famous sites and forgotten artefacts from across the Geopark.

🏺 What's included from your community? Take a look and explore 600 million years of history!

🌐 Explore the Treasures: www.charnwoodforest.org/100treasures/

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · 17d

🇯🇵 As part of our collaboration with De Montfort University, we'll be receiving a report from two students who recently visited the Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark in Japan - this will help to shape our own upcoming UNESCO application.

🌐 Read more here: www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/ne...

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Two students from De Montfort University (DMU) Leicester have travelled to Japan as part of a fact-finding mission to bolster Charnwood Forest

www.dmu.ac.uk

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 17d

🍇 A very productive Sunday. I'm estimating I'll make about 50 bottles of wine this year... all off one vine!

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · 19d

⭐ Today we are pleased to announce the official 100 Treasures of Charnwood Forest!

🏺 Featuring famous sites and forgotten artefacts nominated by the public, the 100 Treasures guides you through the Geopark's 600 million years of heritage.

🌐 Read more here: www.charnwoodforest.org/forgotten-ar...

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IGU-UGI @igu-ugi.bsky.social · Aug 31

IGU Seminar on Geodiversity from Geographical Perspectives 2025

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 27d

Frank was a lovely man who freely gave his time and knowledge to support the Geopark. He will be greatly missed.

Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · 28d

⚫️ It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Dr Frank Ince, member of the Geopark's Expert Advisory Panel.

💎 Frank was a celebrated expert on the minerals of Charnwood Forest, and supported us to promote our mineralogical geosites.

🌐 Read more: www.charnwoodforest.org/dr-frank-inc...

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Earthwatch Europe @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌳 Our latest #ResearchPaper, ‘Saplings of Significance’, has been published by the @britishecologicalsociety.org.

The paper explores how centring cultural value and community voice can lead to the long-term success of tree-planting initiatives.

Read the full paper 🔗 https://pulse.ly/8nluc2se60

A woman in a red jacket and a child in a green coat with a pink pom-pom hat are kneeling on the ground in a Tiny Forest, engaging in planting tree saplings. Bare trees and a wire fence are visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

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Duncan McIlroy @dmcediacaran.bsky.social · Sep 5

Happy #FossilFriday from Johnson Discovery Surface in @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social, famous for its #Fractofusus andersoni, but which also has large enigmatic forms dubbed #Blackbrookia (now considered a pseudofossil). The JDS material is however covered in pimples or meshes not seen in the type.

$large obovate fossils from Discovery geopark covered in mesh like textures or pimples (previously called Blackbrookia and informally “pimply melons”) surrounded by many rounded fractal like Fractofusus andersoni$ detail of a “blackbrookia” showing the mesh like texture interpreted as the cross section through the base of spike like papillae

detail of a “blackbrookia” showing the mesh like texture interpreted as the cross section through the base of spike like papillae

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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · Sep 5

#FossilFriday Ammonite fossil illustrations drawn by Robert Hooke wp.me/p3ihHu-RQ 🧪⚒️

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌳 Help us care for Charnwood Forest by donating today 🌳

👉 Your support will help us restore habitats, look after our geology, and share our story.

🌐 Its quick and easy to donate on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/donate/

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very much looking forward to presenting on UNESCO International #GeodiversityDay at this year's #GSAConnects conference during the Geoheritage without Borders Keynote Pardee session.

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · Aug 28

Unexpected item in the Geopark area...

Went geologising in the Quaternary of Charnwood Forest and found a section overflowing with ice-transported Jurassic beasties:

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · Aug 22

Also have a talk the day before on making sure we make geoconservation interventions fit the landscape. If you're going to be at #GSAConnects in San Antonio, come and say hi!

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