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Vicky Bowskill
@vickybowskill.bsky.social
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Award-winning illustrator, environmental scientist and tutor 🌼🎨🌍
Founding Director of Inklusive Nature CIC: connecting science & society through inclusive visuals
https://linktr.ee/vicky_bowskill
#SciComm #SketchNotes #VisualThinking #ActuallyAustistic
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Brilliant #zine making workshop at the 2nd BEYOND event last night. All about about broadening the engagement of young people in environmental sciences, the theme for last night was sustainable diets for health & environment. Zines, cycle-powered smoothies & dinner from the community fridge! 🍽️🌍✏️🚴
Photos of zine-making worksheets and process drawings.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Brilliant 3 days at #Communicate2025. From social media and AI, to green funding, urban nature and storytelling. The ever-changing landscape of environmental communications is a dynamic place. Lots to think about as we head towards 2026! 🌍
#SketchNote #SciComm
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November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Great first day at #Communicate2025 today! The theme this year is 'Against the Odds'. Check out my #SketchNote summary from today 🎨
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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PLANET4B UK Case Study. Biodiversity Insights: transformational change doodle stories. A collection of personal stories, reflections, and lived experiences exploring how people from racially minoritised backgrounds connect with nature and biodiversity in the UK. 🍃

Read it inklusivenature.com?p=2729
Cover of eBook titled 'PLANET4B UK Case Study. Biodiversity Insights: transformational change doodle stories'. Illustrated by Dr Vicky Bowskill
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🌳 Forest Bathing is all about experiencing nature with all your senses, on your own terms wherever you are.

I'm delighted to be able to offer my followers a 10% discount on this 8 week CPD course with code VICKY10% at checkout 🍃🌳

feelgood-forest-bathing.com
SketchNote summary of the Feelgood Forest Bathing course expereince
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Thrilled to share that my work has been recognised with 2 new awards!! 🏆✨

ILLUSTRATION ARTIST of the year 2025-26
Prestige Awards London & South East (2nd year in a row!)

EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ADVOCACY - UK
2025 Global Excellence Awards

inklusivenature.com/2025/10/06/a...
Cartoon and photo montage summarising the post.
October 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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It's been a busy month working on various projects that bring together people, research & nature through art. More to follow on those 🎨🍃

On Tues I found a pocket of time in my happy place: doodling in the forest 🌳✏️

I highly recommend their lemon drizzle cake too! 🍰🍋

#sketchnote #forestbathing
Doodle of Druids Oak at Burnham Beeches Vicky sitting on a felled tree and doodling in a sketchbook
August 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Amazing time on the Creative Community Fellows retreat last week! Huge thanks to @derbymuseums.bsky.social and @artscouncilengland.bsky.social for the opportunity. Lots more to come out of this 🎨✨🍃
Group photo of 20 or so community members standing on the grass
July 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Have you ever thought about how artists and scientist view the world? 🌍👀 Find out more about this @openuniversity.bsky.social research & download the illustrated leaflet 🎨👇
inklusivenature.com/2025/06/26/a...
#SciArt #SciComm
Visual summary of the linked page
June 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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I had a fab day creating this #SketchNote at the @openuniversity.bsky.social Challenge Us! Showcase on Monday. An inspiring collection of projects, displays, talks & conversations showcasing the power of collaboration between charities, businesses and academia in tackling real-world challenges ✨🌍🎨
SketchNote summary of the event by Vicky Bowskill
June 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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I enjoyed today’s @conservoptimism.bsky.social webinar: “From Stories to Systems: How Storytelling Can Influence Policy”, with a special focus on how African youth voices are shaping conservation policy and action🌍🍃

#SketchNote #SciComm #BiophilicConversations #StorytellingForChange
SketchNote of the event
May 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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It begins! We had a warm and inclusive welcome from the Creative Communities Fellowship team this afternoon. With the upcoming residentials, coaching and jamouts, the next few months are going to rock! ✨🎉🎨🍃
SketchNote of the event
May 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Had a fab time this week becoming a Mental Health First Aider with @openuniversity.bsky.social & @mhfaengland.bsky.social . It is so important to normalise talking skilfully about mental health, especially amongst minoritised communities. Highly recommended! 🍃🧠👇
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#SketchNote
SketchNote from the course
May 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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I'm just off out for a spot of nature connection and to post my 4th and final letter to this year's #STEMpenpal with Letters to a Prescientist.

It's been lovely getting to know a keen young future scientist and sharing experiences. I highly recommend doing it!
Photo of letter to be posted
May 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Great Sustainability Research Festival at The Open University this week! We heard from staff across the OU to explore what is working well & find new opps for future work. It's also a great chance to catch up with friends! 👇🎨🌍
societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/blog
#SciComm #SciArt #engagedresearch
Sketchnote summary of the Sustainability Research Fesitval
May 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Mitti Matters in the Meadow. Find out about this doodle-powered collaboration that saw school groups, practitioners and community groups helping to shape future research on #floodplain meadows by co-creating a funding bid 🎨🌼✏️ 👇
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#SciComm #SciArt #engagedresearch
Visual summary of linked blog post
April 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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#EarthDay2025 is all about the Power of Collective Action. It's an appropriate time for Inklusive Nature to have joined @Conservation Optimism's Network Of Optimists #ConservationNOW community! Together we can do more 🌍🍃💚💪

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Screenshot from the linked webpage for Conservation NOW
April 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Pillowy mounds of freshly plucked dandelion petals, destined to be dandelion syrup. I love this spring treat 🍯🤤. Of course I made sure to leave plenty of blooms for the bees 🐝🌱☀️
April 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Happy #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek! ✨🌈
We recently celebrated our #Neurodivergent staff & students at Open University at 'SpoonFest: a festival of neurodivergent projects & passions' #SketchNote 🎨✏️

Read about what, why & how much this meant to our community 👇
inklusivenature.com/2025/03/13/s...
SketchNote summary of the day
March 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Inklusive Nature CIC is 1 today!🥳
It's been an amazing year. I've worked on some really inspiring projects with a range of brilliant people. Find out more on my blog, link in bio. Huge thanks and leafy gratitude to everyone who has shared the journey! 🙏🍃🎨
SketchNote reads 'Happy 1st birthday Inklusive Nature'. Photographed in a sketchbook surrounded by pencils, ivy and plum blossom
March 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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An #InternationalWomensDay shout out to all the amazing humans out there who identify as women or non-binary, in all your fabulous variety. Together we are a much needed and unstoppable force. Keep shining your light, my friends ✨🌈🍃🙏
cartoon of five diverse women and/or non-binary people
March 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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We had an amazing time yesterday at *SpoonFest 2025!🥄✨A celebration of #neurodivergent projects & passions in a safe space designed for our #neurospicy community, whilst exploring what a neuro-inclusive event feels like. The vibe was relaxed, respectful and fantastically freeing!
🥄 ✨🎧😎 #SketchNote
SketchNote of the event with snapshots of the in person exhibition, including, ethical clothing, vintage dolls, weaving, zines and dog showing.
March 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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I was excited to receive my 2024-25 sticker from my Letters to a Pre-Scientist #STEMpenpal. The sticker was designed by GM, the winner of this years sticker competition. I just had to include it in my doodle journal 💡✏️

Find out more about these amazing young scientists at
prescientist.org
Photo of a doodle journal page with the letters 'LPS', an envelope and the 2024-25 light bulb sticker from Letters to a Pre-Scientist
February 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Found a new stash-busting #yarncraft project! A spot of french knitting, some garden wire and a twig from one of our cherry trees and we have a new sign for Inky HQ 🍃🧶
Photo of a sign made out of knitted letters reading Inklusive Nature
February 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I found my way out into the Chilterns for some #ForestBathing today and was really enchanted by this intermingled moss and ivy. Such wonderful textures and shapes, in so many shades of green! 🍃
#NatureConnectedness
Photo of moss and ivy leaves
February 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM