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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Jul 29

Our Special Issue is now live, including our 'Giving Up the Good Research Child' article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is a wonderful resource @uktreescapes.bsky.social

treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk/2025/07/29/a...

A Guide to Caring for Your Trees - Treescapes Voices

Drawings and messages inspired by Year 3 children from Lindow Community Primary school

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · May 28

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Great news! Our Voices of the future @uktreescapes.bsky.social project was featured in their WILD exhibition.
Such a great museum.

Manchester Museum named European museum of the year

‘Gobsmacked’ director says 138-year-old museum aims to ‘build empathy for other people and the natural world’

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · May 15

treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk this is the Voices of the Future website

Home - Treescapes Voices

The Voices of the future project The ‘Voices of the Future’ project aimed to work with diverse children and young peopleto co-develop more hopeful, equitable, resilient treescapes of the future. We ai...

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Urban Tree Festival @urbantreefest.bsky.social · May 2

We explore how storytelling—rooted in memory, not facts—can reconnect us to the urban forest, inspiring communities, shaping identity, and bridging the gap between where trees are needed and where they are wanted. #woodlandtrust
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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · May 15

@urbantreefest.bsky.social our Voices of the Future project team will present today about tree stories- exploring children and young people’s experiences of tree measuring @uktreescapes.bsky.social

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Apr 29

Some great policy and practice notes from the @uktreescapes.bsky.social programme including ours www.uktreescapes.org/impact-and-i... on coproduction with children and young people

Impact & Insights Notes - UK Treescapes

www.uktreescapes.org

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Apr 1

treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk
our Voices of the Future website has the most wonderful set of open access resources and publications as well as toolkits and policy notes. Enjoy! @uktreescapes.bsky.social

Home - Treescapes Voices

The Voices of the future project The ‘Voices of the Future’ project aimed to work with diverse children and young peopleto co-develop more hopeful, equitable, resilient treescapes of the future. We ai...

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Mar 31

journals.uclpress.co.uk/r4a/article/... our article is out! Thanks to the amazing Voices of the Future team and @uktreescapes.bsky.social

How many ways are there to measure a tree? – An experiment in cross-disciplinarity

This article takes a transdisciplinary approach to a relatively simple-sounding task – tree measuring. It asks the question, ‘How many ways are there to measure a tree?’, in order to provoke a discuss...

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · Mar 11

It has been more than two days that the supply of electricity to Gaza has been shut off. It must resume — essentials including food, electricity, and medical supplies should never be used as political tools. (1/3)

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Feb 17

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... our wonderful new article with Samyia Ambreen and Khawla Badwan for the Voices of the Future project.

Diversifying tree-child relations: making the case for epistemological and methodological shifts in environmental education research

This article argues for embracing epistemological and methodological diversity in order to advance recent shifts in environmental education that call for alternative spaces for learning. The articl...

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Jan 28

treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk/2025/01/27/l... another great Toolkit from the Voices of the Future project this time an early years resource

Listening to Children, Listening to Trees - Treescapes Voices

TREESCAPES Toolkit How can outdoor spaces with trees underpin early childhood practice, and support wellbeing, play, communication, learning and development for young children? Could playing with, an...

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Dec 11

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Our fantastic article on ‘Attending to children’s voices within environmental education’ is out now- thanks to Samyia Ambreen, Khawla Badwan and the Voices of the future team especially the children from Seymour Park Primary School.

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Dec 5

treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk/2024/12/03/l...
one of our wonderful toolkits developed by our team - thanks to Peter Kraftl and the Voices of the Future team designed by Maisy Summer with primary school children in Manchester

Learning About Trees; Thinking about Roots - Treescapes Voices

TREESCAPES Toolkit Environmental education and Education for Sustainability are often highly didactic. Children are required to learn ‘facts’about issues like carbon, climate change, and environmental...

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Dec 2

Lovely post about our wonderful Voices of the Future project

Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · Dec 2

A fantastic legacy to the Voices of the Future project, are resources & toolkits now available for anyone working with children & young people - #EduSky #Education #schools #families #environment - to develop
equitable, resilient treescapes for future generations
Project lead: @katepahl.bsky.social

Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · Dec 2

Led by Prof Kate Pahl & @drdavidcooper.bsky.social VOICES OF THE FUTURE has run in partnership with the community forests. With a focus on diversity & multilingual young people, children & young people have designed, planted & cared for urban treescapes.
Funded by NERC.
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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thank you!

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Nov 28

bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Here is our wonderful article Starting with Trees from our Voices of the Future Treescapes project

<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper explores learning about environments with a focus on starting with trees. The paper examines children and young people's perceptions of and engagement with trees, as part of a large grant ...

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Nov 22

Last chance to see our Voices of the Future Treescapes exhibition at Manchester Museums- ending 2 December

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Nov 21

Tree care day- trees as researchers - working with The Mersey Forest and year 3 children to develop tree care for the Voices of the Future project

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Nov 21

Off in the cold to do Tree Care with The Mersey Forest and Samyia Ambreen and some great year 3 students.

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Hoping it won’t be too icy!

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Nov 19

Our wonderful new story from the Voices of the Future Treescapes project treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk/resources/#s...

Resources - Treescapes Voices

Treescapes Resources We aimed to integrate children and young people’s knowledge, experiences, and hopes with scientific knowledge in order to co-produce new approaches to creating and caring for resi...

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