Sarah West
@sarahwestsei.bsky.social
York @SEIresearch Director, research centre @UniOfYork. Expertise in environmental #CitizenScience & community engagement. Professor, mum.
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Change takes time.
SEI’s work with partners on Africa’s first integrated air pollution and climate assessment helped shape the Africa Clean Air Program, now acknowledged in a UN resolution. ¨
It offers a roadmap to save lives, cut emissions and boost resilience: buff.ly/2bhir9u
SEI’s work with partners on Africa’s first integrated air pollution and climate assessment helped shape the Africa Clean Air Program, now acknowledged in a UN resolution. ¨
It offers a roadmap to save lives, cut emissions and boost resilience: buff.ly/2bhir9u
September 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Change takes time.
SEI’s work with partners on Africa’s first integrated air pollution and climate assessment helped shape the Africa Clean Air Program, now acknowledged in a UN resolution. ¨
It offers a roadmap to save lives, cut emissions and boost resilience: buff.ly/2bhir9u
SEI’s work with partners on Africa’s first integrated air pollution and climate assessment helped shape the Africa Clean Air Program, now acknowledged in a UN resolution. ¨
It offers a roadmap to save lives, cut emissions and boost resilience: buff.ly/2bhir9u
We had a great first #CitizenScience Q&A session yesterday on our #CommunityEnergy project - for more details or to sign up, see www.sei.org/projects/eco...
Ecological Citizen(s)
The Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ uses the digital economy to catalyse sustainable change and tackle the ecological and climate crisis.
www.sei.org
July 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We had a great first #CitizenScience Q&A session yesterday on our #CommunityEnergy project - for more details or to sign up, see www.sei.org/projects/eco...
Adaptation is so important! It can also feel positive, because you are taking active steps to change, rather than fighting a rising tide (literally in many cases). weadapt.org is full of inspiration.
July 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Adaptation is so important! It can also feel positive, because you are taking active steps to change, rather than fighting a rising tide (literally in many cases). weadapt.org is full of inspiration.
Involved in #CommunityEnergy?
New #CitizenScience project needs your help to find out how community energy schemes are run through online workshops bringing together #EnergyGroups and researchers. First meeting next week as part of #CEF2025
Find out more 👇👇
www.sei.org/projects/eco...
New #CitizenScience project needs your help to find out how community energy schemes are run through online workshops bringing together #EnergyGroups and researchers. First meeting next week as part of #CEF2025
Find out more 👇👇
www.sei.org/projects/eco...
Ecological Citizen(s)
The Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ uses the digital economy to catalyse sustainable change and tackle the ecological and climate crisis.
www.sei.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Involved in #CommunityEnergy?
New #CitizenScience project needs your help to find out how community energy schemes are run through online workshops bringing together #EnergyGroups and researchers. First meeting next week as part of #CEF2025
Find out more 👇👇
www.sei.org/projects/eco...
New #CitizenScience project needs your help to find out how community energy schemes are run through online workshops bringing together #EnergyGroups and researchers. First meeting next week as part of #CEF2025
Find out more 👇👇
www.sei.org/projects/eco...
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🌬️ Discover why indoor air matters!
Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health.
Register 👉 buff.ly/EJyKwbN
#ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay
Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health.
Register 👉 buff.ly/EJyKwbN
#ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay
June 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🌬️ Discover why indoor air matters!
Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health.
Register 👉 buff.ly/EJyKwbN
#ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay
Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health.
Register 👉 buff.ly/EJyKwbN
#ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay
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Based in the UK and involved in community energy?
Join the CE-CS project from SEI York & the Ecological Citizens initiative.
We are inviting UK-based #CommunityEnergy groups to explore how projects are run and governed. Online, low time commitment (5 hrs/6 months).
Sign up: lnkd.in/d4_JzScp
Join the CE-CS project from SEI York & the Ecological Citizens initiative.
We are inviting UK-based #CommunityEnergy groups to explore how projects are run and governed. Online, low time commitment (5 hrs/6 months).
Sign up: lnkd.in/d4_JzScp
June 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Based in the UK and involved in community energy?
Join the CE-CS project from SEI York & the Ecological Citizens initiative.
We are inviting UK-based #CommunityEnergy groups to explore how projects are run and governed. Online, low time commitment (5 hrs/6 months).
Sign up: lnkd.in/d4_JzScp
Join the CE-CS project from SEI York & the Ecological Citizens initiative.
We are inviting UK-based #CommunityEnergy groups to explore how projects are run and governed. Online, low time commitment (5 hrs/6 months).
Sign up: lnkd.in/d4_JzScp
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We spend the majority of our lives indoors - at home, school, or work. The quality of air we breathe in these environments is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in our health and well-being.
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Events - London Climate Action Week
Discover climate summits, forums, workshops, and more during London Climate Action Week — a city-wide celebration of climate action and awareness.
www.londonclimateactionweek.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
We spend the majority of our lives indoors - at home, school, or work. The quality of air we breathe in these environments is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in our health and well-being.
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
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New paper out with colleagues on citizen science approaches for microbiology. A bit different, but membranes get a mention for anyone who was briefly worried 🤣
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Also, publish in society journals!
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Also, publish in society journals!
Opportunities for microbiology citizen science: lessons learnt from three pilot projects
Citizen science (CS) is the partnering of professional scientists and members of the public to answer real-world scientific questions. There has been huge growth in CS over the past two decades, but u...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
April 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New paper out with colleagues on citizen science approaches for microbiology. A bit different, but membranes get a mention for anyone who was briefly worried 🤣
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Also, publish in society journals!
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Also, publish in society journals!
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Attending #UKHSA2025 next week?
Look out for @hertscc.bsky.social's poster on our joint work evaluating the use of #AirFilters in primary schools and @sarahwestsei.bsky.social contributing to a panel on ‘Air pollution and healthcare: equipping professionals for action’.
www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
Look out for @hertscc.bsky.social's poster on our joint work evaluating the use of #AirFilters in primary schools and @sarahwestsei.bsky.social contributing to a panel on ‘Air pollution and healthcare: equipping professionals for action’.
www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
UKHSA 2025 conference: air pollution and healthcare
Sarah West will share insights from her work investigating indoor air quality in homes and schools as part of this UK Health Security Agency Conference panel.
www.sei.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Attending #UKHSA2025 next week?
Look out for @hertscc.bsky.social's poster on our joint work evaluating the use of #AirFilters in primary schools and @sarahwestsei.bsky.social contributing to a panel on ‘Air pollution and healthcare: equipping professionals for action’.
www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
Look out for @hertscc.bsky.social's poster on our joint work evaluating the use of #AirFilters in primary schools and @sarahwestsei.bsky.social contributing to a panel on ‘Air pollution and healthcare: equipping professionals for action’.
www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
It's a tricky time for Higher Education in the UK at the moment, but look at this uplifting thread!
This week we ran our #LibInspo competition.
Five students, from across all three faculties, pitching ideas to improve the student experience in the library.
We work with the winner to try and make their idea a reality, and they get £500 for themselves.
And it was BRILLIANT.
Read on: 🧵
Five students, from across all three faculties, pitching ideas to improve the student experience in the library.
We work with the winner to try and make their idea a reality, and they get £500 for themselves.
And it was BRILLIANT.
Read on: 🧵
March 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's a tricky time for Higher Education in the UK at the moment, but look at this uplifting thread!
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📢 Are you a #healthcare professional? Discover the latest research and resources on #AirPollution.
@sarahwestsei.bsky.social will share insights from on indoor #AirQuality in homes and schools as part of a panel at #UKHSA25.
📆 25 -26 March
📍 Manchester, UK
www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
#SAMHE
@sarahwestsei.bsky.social will share insights from on indoor #AirQuality in homes and schools as part of a panel at #UKHSA25.
📆 25 -26 March
📍 Manchester, UK
www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
#SAMHE
UKHSA 2025 conference: panel on air pollution and healthcare
Sarah West will share insights from her work investigating indoor air quality in homes and schools as part of this UK Health Security Agency Conference panel.
www.sei.org
March 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
📢 Are you a #healthcare professional? Discover the latest research and resources on #AirPollution.
@sarahwestsei.bsky.social will share insights from on indoor #AirQuality in homes and schools as part of a panel at #UKHSA25.
📆 25 -26 March
📍 Manchester, UK
www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
#SAMHE
@sarahwestsei.bsky.social will share insights from on indoor #AirQuality in homes and schools as part of a panel at #UKHSA25.
📆 25 -26 March
📍 Manchester, UK
www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
#SAMHE
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Reminder that you only have a few hours left if you want to apply to become our first ever Administration Officer!
Details & job pack here: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Deadline to apply: midnight tonight!
Details & job pack here: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Deadline to apply: midnight tonight!
March 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reminder that you only have a few hours left if you want to apply to become our first ever Administration Officer!
Details & job pack here: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Deadline to apply: midnight tonight!
Details & job pack here: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Deadline to apply: midnight tonight!
It is rather mad to think that Disco 2000 was written about a year 25 years ago
February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It is rather mad to think that Disco 2000 was written about a year 25 years ago
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“The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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For the 2025 #IMPETUS accelerator, we are seeking #citizenscience projects that focus on
#circularcommunities
♻️ #Resource Management
🏘️ #Infrastructure & #Housing
⚠️ #Disaster Resilience
If your project would benefit from some additional support, learn more
impetus4cs.eu/opencall/
#citsci #funding
#circularcommunities
♻️ #Resource Management
🏘️ #Infrastructure & #Housing
⚠️ #Disaster Resilience
If your project would benefit from some additional support, learn more
impetus4cs.eu/opencall/
#citsci #funding
February 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
For the 2025 #IMPETUS accelerator, we are seeking #citizenscience projects that focus on
#circularcommunities
♻️ #Resource Management
🏘️ #Infrastructure & #Housing
⚠️ #Disaster Resilience
If your project would benefit from some additional support, learn more
impetus4cs.eu/opencall/
#citsci #funding
#circularcommunities
♻️ #Resource Management
🏘️ #Infrastructure & #Housing
⚠️ #Disaster Resilience
If your project would benefit from some additional support, learn more
impetus4cs.eu/opencall/
#citsci #funding
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Here's today's #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism story: Wisdom, the oldest-known albatross, just had another chick! I believe I posted about her laying an egg, it has now hatched! 🧪🦑🌎
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known bird at 74, has a new chick
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, made headlines recently for laying an egg with a new partner, her first egg in four years. The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross (Phoebast...
news.mongabay.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Here's today's #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism story: Wisdom, the oldest-known albatross, just had another chick! I believe I posted about her laying an egg, it has now hatched! 🧪🦑🌎
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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It's lovely and windy today, which means lots of clean green electricity.
Or does it? See all those purple dots in Scotland? Those are wind farms that we're turning off as of 8am… 🤔
Or does it? See all those purple dots in Scotland? Those are wind farms that we're turning off as of 8am… 🤔
February 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's lovely and windy today, which means lots of clean green electricity.
Or does it? See all those purple dots in Scotland? Those are wind farms that we're turning off as of 8am… 🤔
Or does it? See all those purple dots in Scotland? Those are wind farms that we're turning off as of 8am… 🤔
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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded & what’s next
Once upon a time leaders believed that science was essential to nation’s security, to better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living & to cultural progress
🧪 #academicSky
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Once upon a time leaders believed that science was essential to nation’s security, to better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living & to cultural progress
🧪 #academicSky
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
www.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded & what’s next
Once upon a time leaders believed that science was essential to nation’s security, to better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living & to cultural progress
🧪 #academicSky
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Once upon a time leaders believed that science was essential to nation’s security, to better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living & to cultural progress
🧪 #academicSky
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link.
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Work at the Arboretum | About Us | National Memorial Arboretum
There are lots of ways to get involved with the National Memorial Arboretum, from volunteer roles to paid positions.
www.thenma.org.uk
February 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link.
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
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Are you disabled and live in York or Cardiff?
Do you have issues with access control barriers on traffic-free routes when walking, wheeling, or cycling?
We are recruiting disabled participants for in person interviews to discuss their experiences.
DM, comment, email if interested.
1/
Do you have issues with access control barriers on traffic-free routes when walking, wheeling, or cycling?
We are recruiting disabled participants for in person interviews to discuss their experiences.
DM, comment, email if interested.
1/
February 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Are you disabled and live in York or Cardiff?
Do you have issues with access control barriers on traffic-free routes when walking, wheeling, or cycling?
We are recruiting disabled participants for in person interviews to discuss their experiences.
DM, comment, email if interested.
1/
Do you have issues with access control barriers on traffic-free routes when walking, wheeling, or cycling?
We are recruiting disabled participants for in person interviews to discuss their experiences.
DM, comment, email if interested.
1/
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Brilliant to see #Bradford's #CleanAir zone reducing air pollution and improving health.
"After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."
"After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."
Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
buff.ly
February 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Brilliant to see #Bradford's #CleanAir zone reducing air pollution and improving health.
"After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."
"After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."
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Why do most people think they're in the minority for supporting non-car travel? Speculating a little here, but just look at the world around you and ask whether it looks like a world where most people want easy non-car travel! Watch this great vid for more on that www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_4G...
Carspiracy - You’ll Never See The World The Same Way Again
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Why do most people think they're in the minority for supporting non-car travel? Speculating a little here, but just look at the world around you and ask whether it looks like a world where most people want easy non-car travel! Watch this great vid for more on that www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_4G...
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We're pleased to announce that our Open Research Awards scheme is back for 2025! 🏆
We are offering prizes of £400 each to projects and initiatives which engage with open research practices and principles
Read the full terms and submit your work for consideration by Mon 28 April 👉 bit.ly/OR-awards
We are offering prizes of £400 each to projects and initiatives which engage with open research practices and principles
Read the full terms and submit your work for consideration by Mon 28 April 👉 bit.ly/OR-awards
January 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We're pleased to announce that our Open Research Awards scheme is back for 2025! 🏆
We are offering prizes of £400 each to projects and initiatives which engage with open research practices and principles
Read the full terms and submit your work for consideration by Mon 28 April 👉 bit.ly/OR-awards
We are offering prizes of £400 each to projects and initiatives which engage with open research practices and principles
Read the full terms and submit your work for consideration by Mon 28 April 👉 bit.ly/OR-awards
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Last few days to apply for this amazing job working with me and the rest of the team
#ClosingSoon ❗
➡️ Do you know how to find, process and analyse data?
➡️ Can you spot opportunities to use data to inform topical talking points?
➡️ Do you want to contribute to accurate reporting of climate change and energy?
Apply for the data analyst position here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hfk2BD
➡️ Do you know how to find, process and analyse data?
➡️ Can you spot opportunities to use data to inform topical talking points?
➡️ Do you want to contribute to accurate reporting of climate change and energy?
Apply for the data analyst position here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hfk2BD
February 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Last few days to apply for this amazing job working with me and the rest of the team
Loving the new "if X, then Y" magnets we've had made to encourage people to ventilate whilst cooking #airpollution #airquality
February 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Loving the new "if X, then Y" magnets we've had made to encourage people to ventilate whilst cooking #airpollution #airquality