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Kate Pahl
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Professor of Arts and Literacy at Manchester Met. In the Voices of the Future project funded by NERC- a transdisciplinary collaboration exploring children and young people’s relationship to Treescapes. Member of the Centre for Place Writing at Man Met. .. more

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Kate Heron Pahl is Professor of Literacies and Head of Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her work draws on arts and humanities methodologies to co-produce knowledge with community partners and the intersections between arts methodologies and community cohesion. Her publications have drawn on literary theory, New Literacy Studies and social anthropology. .. more

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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

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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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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
centreplacewriting.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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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 · 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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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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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 · 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
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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
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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
centreplacewriting.bsky.social 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
centreplacewriting.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.
treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Nov 28
Thank you!

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Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social · Nov 28
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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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