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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 2d

🧵Once the beating heart of #UK manufacturing, #Leicester's garment industry is now on the brink of collapse

❓What went wrong?

👟On the ground, our new Invisible Workers colleague, Dr Evie Gilbert, uncovers a story of systemic neglect

🔗 Read on: www.invisibleworkers.org.uk/journal/leic...

Leicester clothes the world? — Invisible workers

Traces of the UK’s clothing and textile manufacturing heritage remain today in places like Leicester, where a shrinking number of suppliers still vie for orders in the competitive global market. Our ...

www.invisibleworkers.org.uk

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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to find out about publishing #OpenAccess in the RGS-IBG Book Series, take a look at this recent interview with our Co-Editors, Margath Walker & @jakehodder.bsky.social ⬇️

LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢 New on the LSE Press blog!

How can geography publishing reflect today’s diverse and complex world?

📍Five minutes with Margath Walker and @jakehodder.bsky.social on the @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series publishing #OpenAccess later this year with LSE Press.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 6d

In Climate Hegemony, @laurieparsons.bsky.social brings us a human’s-eye view of the climate crisis, drawing on two decades’ research at the frontline of global development in Cambodia.

📚 Publishing via #OpenAccess in Spring 2026.

Find out more: press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 6d

We're delighted to share two upcoming books from our RGS-IBG Book Series! These books will be publishing via #OpenAccess in Spring 2026.

Find out more: https://press.lse.ac.uk/rgs-ibg-series

@laurieparsons.bsky.social @jbrigstocke.bsky.social @annamlawrence.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 8d

🌍New in Geo!🌍

'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' by @calebscoville.bsky.social et al.

This paper compares how participation is conceived in static vs dynamic ocean management.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo by Caleb Scoville, Razvan Amironesei, Lily Xu, Melissa Chapman, Nicholas R. Record & Carl Boettiger entitled: 'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' with an orange banner at the top.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 9d

Very excited to announce a NEW BOOK coming at the start of next year, with the RGS-IBG book series/ @lsepress.bsky.social

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞

More info to come, but take a peek at the cover and overview here 👇

press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...

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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 9d

Pleased to share the first two RGS-IBG Book Series titles to be published fully open access with @lsepress.bsky.social, available early 2026...

@laurieparsons.bsky.social
@jbrigstocke.bsky.social

press.lse.ac.uk/books/coming...

A book cover for Julian Brigstocke's forthcoming book 'Non-Authoritarian Authority: Cities, Materially and the Aesthetics of Power' published by LSE Press and the RGS-IBG, with a black and white aerial photograph of a large crowd in the background.

A book cover for Laurie Parson's forthcoming book 'Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse' published by LSE Press and the RGS-IBG, with a black and white photograph of three people riding on a scooter above a body of water filled with litter.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 14d

Just 6 days to go!

Don't forget to sign up for this incredible upcoming CCRG/ RGS event:

What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy?

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 Tuesday September 30th @ 7pm

👇

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Climate change under political extremism

As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.

www.rgs.org

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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 21d

✨ I’m excited to share our new open-access article in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social, led by Juliana Gonçalves and with wonderful arts-based research by Namrata Narendra.

The editorial process has been amazing - so thankful to the team for offering both very meaningful feedback and being fair to us.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 19d

🌱New in Geo!🌱

'Urban oases and spatial injustices: Community gardens in the Cape Flats through a Lefebvrian lens' by Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira

This paper explores how gardeners in Cape Town, South Africa, transform neglected land as and everyday act of urban spatial justice.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

This is a graphical abstract for this paper published in Geo: Geography and Environment.

It is a diagram of 'Henri Lefebvre's Theory of the Social Production of Space' with three boxes beneath the title labelled 'Perceived Space: Spatial agency vs. structural constraints'; 'Conceived Space: Symbolic reclamation vs. institutional erasure'; 'Lived Space: Relational space-making'. These all point towards the topic of the paper which is 'Urban community gardens in the Cape Flats'.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 15d

🐒New in Geo!🐒

'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' by Andrea Presotto et al.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Andrea Presotto, Stuart E. Hamilton, Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo, Ricardo R. Santos & Roberta Salmi (2025) entitled: 'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' with an orange banner at the top.

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Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · 16d

I hear 'unboxing videos' are a thing. Matilda decided otherwise.

It's really exciting as well as sobering to receive my new book (with Mel Nowicki) Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State.

Royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social

Please order!

www.waterstones.com/book/debt-tr...

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 20d

138 bn unworn clothes/ yr by 2050

99% of a t-shirt's lifetime in a wardrobe

Some shocking numbers here - and I should know, as @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social and I crunched them for @oxfamgb.bsky.social

Months aside, buy more vintage clothing. It's better.

www.theindustry.fashion/oxfam-launch...

Oxfam launches 'Second Hand September' as fashion set to produce 138 billion unworn clothes annually by 2050 - TheIndustry.fashion

Oxfam has today launched its seventh ‘Second Hand September’ campaign, this time fronted by actress, TV presenter and activist Jameela Jamil.

www.theindustry.fashion

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 20d

Trump at Windsor, Farage at 30%

What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy?

Upcoming CCRG/ RGS event:

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 September 30th @ 7pm

👇

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Climate change under political extremism

As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.

www.rgs.org

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Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · 20d

Just arrived:

Debt Trap Nation
by @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki

“A compelling call to action... shows how reimagining policy could deliver economic justice.” - @nicolajanesharp.bsky.social

Author royalties will be donated to @seacharity.bsky.social

www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

Photo of a pile of books. The books are 'Debt Trap Nation' by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki. Cover image features a woman and small child in a deep concrete basin or pit with no way of climbing out as the ladder is too short.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

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Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · 22d

Op Ed journo contacts in UK - does anyone have these for journos interested in any of these themes?

- Homelessness
- Housing crisis
- Everyday finances and debt
- Women's lives
- Domestic abuse

Thank you 🙏

Looking to write some Op Eds for book release soon:

www.waterstones.com/book/debt-tr...

Debt Trap Nation by Katherine Brickell, Mel Nowicki | Waterstones

Buy Debt Trap Nation by Katherine Brickell, Mel Nowicki from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · 22d

Rising arrears, from council tax and rent, are a key part of a debt trapped nation which is failing its citizens.

What to know more? Read our new book…

www.waterstones.com/book/debt-tr...

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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 23d

"The economists...described the results as “conservative” because they did not account for the record-breaking wildfires that torched southern Europe last month or the compounding impact of extreme weather events that strike at the same time."

Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds

Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria

www.theguardian.com

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23d

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

Line chart showing that there's been a rapid escalation in how quickly the world installs a gigawatt of solar power capacity.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 28d

Incredible event happening later this month at the RGS on climate change and the far right

An amazing line up of speakers from academia and journalism to discuss what the rise of Trump, Farage - and many others - means for climate policy

Sign up here 👇

rgs.org/events/upcom...

Climate change under political extremism

As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.

rgs.org

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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 28d

An interesting case study on the climate mitigation potential of sacred forests on Ethiopian Orthodox Church land ⬇️

Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 28d

🌴New in Geo!🌴

'Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of church forest and their implication for climate change mitigation in Jabitehinan District, Ethiopia' by Addisu Bitew Birhanie et al.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

A graphical abstract for an article published in Geo about the contribution of church forests in Ethiopia to climate change mitigation. The graphic outlines a carbon stock assessment of church forests in three agroecological zones: semi-arid, sub-humid, and temperate highland. It highlights that a stratified systematic sampling approach was used in the paper, 60 sample plots were used with quadrants, and DBH (diameter at breast height) was measured at 1.3m.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · Sep 8

💧New in Geo!💧

'Integrating spatially disaggregated stakeholders' knowledge and opinions to enhance water governance in the Murray–Darling Basin' by Paul Hong et al.

This study examines stakeholder perspectives on Murray-Darling Basin policies in Australia from 2009-2021.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Paul Hong, Yongping Wei, Frederick Bouckaert, Kim Johnston & Brian Head (2025) entitled: 'Integrating spatially disaggregated stakeholders' knowledge and opinions to enhance water governance in the Murray–Darling Basin' with an orange banner at the top.

Effective river basin governance requires integrating diverse stakeholder knowledge and opinions to achieve sustainable environmental, economic and cultural outcomes. However, a measurable method for integrating these perspectives remains undeveloped. This study aims to assess the knowledge and opinions of spatially diverse stakeholders regarding the policy initiatives in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) from 2009 to 2021, focusing on the catchments with the misalignment between basin conditions and policy across environmental, economic and cultural dimensions. The analysis identifies significant misalignments in the Lower Murray, Barwon–Darling–Lower Darling, Gwydir and Murrumbidgee catchments, where economic priorities dominate basin conditions while environmental concerns are emphasised in policy development. Environmental advocacy and academic groups are the main drivers of reform, while agricultural stakeholders, Catchment Management Authorities and Indigenous groups present obstacles to progress. These groups require more focused engagement to facilitate governance shifts. The findings underscore the need for targeted consultation to better align policy and basin conditions.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · Aug 28

🔋New dialogue in Geo!🔋

'Impact in the energy social sciences and humanities: How we matter matters' by @sidsareen.bsky.social et al.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky #geo

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Siddharth Sareen, Marianne Ryghaug, Dominic Boyer & Cymene Howe entitled: 'Impact in the energy social sciences and humanities: How we matter matters' with an orange banner at the top.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · Aug 27

Super excited to chair this keynote!

An incredible lineup of presenters will be discussing the future of environmental geography.

Don't miss out!

Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · Aug 26

Don't miss our Geo Keynote tomorrow at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference!

This panel brings our editors in conversation with Kathryn Yusoff, James Dyke, Ankit Kumar & Lynda Yorke on 'The Future of Environmental Geography'.

🕐14:40
📍Teaching & Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 1 (& online)

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · Aug 7

Our Annual International Conference is coming up! 🌍

On 26-29 August, we'll welcome 2,000+ geography professionals to the University of Birmingham for 400+ sessions, talks and events covering all types of geographical science. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4lgkPnk

📷: University of Birmingham

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