Prof Alister Scott
@profajscott.bsky.social
Chartered Environmental Planner, interdisciplinary champion and mountain biker. Striving to mainstream nature in policy and decision making. Northumbria University and Rothbury resident
All views personal
All views personal
Went on a bike ride yesterday with my son. Went off piste to do my favourite rock drop with no body armour missed the line and face planted into hravestered trees and nice burn scratches and cuts all over legs
Bugger and then heard my first cuckoo . It was obviously calling me
Bugger and then heard my first cuckoo . It was obviously calling me
April 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Went on a bike ride yesterday with my son. Went off piste to do my favourite rock drop with no body armour missed the line and face planted into hravestered trees and nice burn scratches and cuts all over legs
Bugger and then heard my first cuckoo . It was obviously calling me
Bugger and then heard my first cuckoo . It was obviously calling me
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My new blog reflecting on the |Planning and Infrastructure Bill. I should have added flying spiders to the title! mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.php…#naturer#planningng
https://mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.php…
March 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My new blog reflecting on the |Planning and Infrastructure Bill. I should have added flying spiders to the title! mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.php…#naturer#planningng
My new blog reflecting on the |Planning and Infrastructure Bill. I should have added flying spiders to the title! mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.php…#naturer#planningng
https://mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.php…
March 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My new blog reflecting on the |Planning and Infrastructure Bill. I should have added flying spiders to the title! mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.php…#naturer#planningng
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US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers
US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers
Wildfire-management groups say Trump’s latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts
The US Forest Service is firing about 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service is terminating about 1,000 workers under Donald Trump’s push…
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers
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My piece on improving the quality of political debate and commentary about value of nature www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/plannin...
Changing the nature of our policy and planning rhetoric about nature
Government rhetoric casting nature policy as strangling housing delivery overlooks the natural world’s critical role in development and prosperity
www.pbctoday.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My piece on improving the quality of political debate and commentary about value of nature www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/plannin...
My piece on improving the quality of political debate and commentary about value of nature www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/plannin...
Changing the nature of our policy and planning rhetoric about nature
Government rhetoric casting nature policy as strangling housing delivery overlooks the natural world’s critical role in development and prosperity
www.pbctoday.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My piece on improving the quality of political debate and commentary about value of nature www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/plannin...
Oh just got the email requesting me to engage with the wonderful (irony overload )researchfish platform. Is there a more clunky system out there .
Surely we can create a more user friendly publicly accessible system please ukri
Surely we can create a more user friendly publicly accessible system please ukri
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Oh just got the email requesting me to engage with the wonderful (irony overload )researchfish platform. Is there a more clunky system out there .
Surely we can create a more user friendly publicly accessible system please ukri
Surely we can create a more user friendly publicly accessible system please ukri
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Reflecting on Rachel Reeves & Keir Starmer's attacks on nature as brake on growth. George Osborne said the same about EU env directives and launched review 2011/2012 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli... Defra found no evidence infact opposite. Lets have regulation as part of growth without short cuts
Osborne made 'unjustified attack' on EU habitat rules
George Osborne is accused of an
bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reflecting on Rachel Reeves & Keir Starmer's attacks on nature as brake on growth. George Osborne said the same about EU env directives and launched review 2011/2012 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli... Defra found no evidence infact opposite. Lets have regulation as part of growth without short cuts
Perhaps one for @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social to consider on have I got newts for you
Reflecting on Rachel Reeves & Keir Starmer's attacks on nature as brake on growth. George Osborne said the same about EU env directives and launched review 2011/2012 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli... Defra found no evidence infact opposite. Lets have regulation as part of growth without short cuts
Osborne made 'unjustified attack' on EU habitat rules
George Osborne is accused of an
bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Perhaps one for @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social to consider on have I got newts for you
Reflecting on Rachel Reeves & Keir Starmer's attacks on nature as brake on growth. George Osborne said the same about EU env directives and launched review 2011/2012 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli... Defra found no evidence infact opposite. Lets have regulation as part of growth without short cuts
Osborne made 'unjustified attack' on EU habitat rules
George Osborne is accused of an
bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reflecting on Rachel Reeves & Keir Starmer's attacks on nature as brake on growth. George Osborne said the same about EU env directives and launched review 2011/2012 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli... Defra found no evidence infact opposite. Lets have regulation as part of growth without short cuts
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A sad, angry, spot-on essay by @doctorvive.bsky.social: Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It. newrepublic.com/article/1905... The public health impacts of this will be devastating. Let's rise to the challenge of preventing it. @gchalliance.bsky.social
Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It.
A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth?
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A sad, angry, spot-on essay by @doctorvive.bsky.social: Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It. newrepublic.com/article/1905... The public health impacts of this will be devastating. Let's rise to the challenge of preventing it. @gchalliance.bsky.social
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Another day another attack on nature as something to be sacrificed on the holy altar of economic growth
The height of folly
Work with nature to achieve prosperity
mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.p...
The height of folly
Work with nature to achieve prosperity
mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.p...
Changing the nature of rhetoric and policy about nature
Changing the nature of government rhetoric and policy about nature
mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Another day another attack on nature as something to be sacrificed on the holy altar of economic growth
The height of folly
Work with nature to achieve prosperity
mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.p...
The height of folly
Work with nature to achieve prosperity
mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.p...
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Delighted to see support confirmed for the centre for writing - key to our commitment to deliver experiential learning to all undergraduate students, both to further enhance student outcomes and support social mobility.
Fantastic news for creative industries in North East with £5m DCMS investment in new centre for writing, led by New Writing North and Northumbria in partnership with Newcastle City Council, @kimmcguinness.bsky.social & publishers such as @hachetteuk.bsky.social www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Government backs new centre for writing in the North East
The Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) has awarded £5m of its Cultural Development Fund to help create a new centre for writing and publishing in Newcastle upon Tyne.
www.northumbria.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Delighted to see support confirmed for the centre for writing - key to our commitment to deliver experiential learning to all undergraduate students, both to further enhance student outcomes and support social mobility.
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Excellent to see @profajscott.bsky.social helping to shape the future of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Prof Scott shared crucial evidence with the Environmental Audit Committee based on his extensive research into planning & green infrastructure
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
National planning reforms shaped by Northumbria expert
A leading expert in planning policy at Northumbria University has delivered evidence to help shape the future reform of the National Planning Policy Framework.
www.northumbria.ac.uk
January 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Excellent to see @profajscott.bsky.social helping to shape the future of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Prof Scott shared crucial evidence with the Environmental Audit Committee based on his extensive research into planning & green infrastructure
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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"A pessimist is a well-informed optimist."
– old proverb
– old proverb
January 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"A pessimist is a well-informed optimist."
– old proverb
– old proverb
Thought for the day
What if there was no social media would we be better off socially environmentally economically and democratically
What if there was no social media would we be better off socially environmentally economically and democratically
January 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Thought for the day
What if there was no social media would we be better off socially environmentally economically and democratically
What if there was no social media would we be better off socially environmentally economically and democratically
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Even BBCNews mentions that the Prime Minister is not attending the inauguration of the new US President.
Fact is though that NO UK PM HAS EVER ATTENDED this event. Not Margaret Thatcher, not Tony Blair, not any of them.
This strikes me as an important detail.
pa.media/blogs/fact-c...
Fact is though that NO UK PM HAS EVER ATTENDED this event. Not Margaret Thatcher, not Tony Blair, not any of them.
This strikes me as an important detail.
pa.media/blogs/fact-c...
Fact check: No UK prime minister has attended a US presidential inauguration
Claims have circulated on social media that attach significance to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer not being invited to Donald Trump’s presidential
pa.media
January 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Even BBCNews mentions that the Prime Minister is not attending the inauguration of the new US President.
Fact is though that NO UK PM HAS EVER ATTENDED this event. Not Margaret Thatcher, not Tony Blair, not any of them.
This strikes me as an important detail.
pa.media/blogs/fact-c...
Fact is though that NO UK PM HAS EVER ATTENDED this event. Not Margaret Thatcher, not Tony Blair, not any of them.
This strikes me as an important detail.
pa.media/blogs/fact-c...
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
Thoughts
Journal editor asks me to review paper
In my area and I accept
But then find out it is revision2
No context or background given by editor and clear ref 1 unhappy with paper
Never happened to me b4
Journal editor asks me to review paper
In my area and I accept
But then find out it is revision2
No context or background given by editor and clear ref 1 unhappy with paper
Never happened to me b4
January 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Thoughts
Journal editor asks me to review paper
In my area and I accept
But then find out it is revision2
No context or background given by editor and clear ref 1 unhappy with paper
Never happened to me b4
Journal editor asks me to review paper
In my area and I accept
But then find out it is revision2
No context or background given by editor and clear ref 1 unhappy with paper
Never happened to me b4
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A huge well done to Greta! She’s a whirlwind that has played a massive role in helping millions of children and parents.
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
OBE for researcher who evidenced importance of school breakfast and holiday clubs
A Northumbria University academic who played a key role in bringing breakfast clubs and holiday activities to millions of children across the country has been rewarded for her work in the King’s New Y...
www.northumbria.ac.uk
December 31, 2024 at 7:12 AM
A huge well done to Greta! She’s a whirlwind that has played a massive role in helping millions of children and parents.
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Starmer et al needs to face an inconvenient regulatory truth back from 2014
Politicians never learn lessons
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.business-live.co.uk/opinion-anal...
Politicians never learn lessons
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.business-live.co.uk/opinion-anal...
Starmer throws down gauntlet to watchdogs to cut red tape and help kickstart economy
Critics accused the prime minister of chasing a ‘regulatory race to the bottom’ and urged him to pursue closer ties with Europe instead
www.independent.co.uk
December 29, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Starmer et al needs to face an inconvenient regulatory truth back from 2014
Politicians never learn lessons
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.business-live.co.uk/opinion-anal...
Politicians never learn lessons
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.business-live.co.uk/opinion-anal...
End of term
Hendricks gin tonic lime and ice and relaxxxxxxx to miles davis birth of the blue
Hendricks gin tonic lime and ice and relaxxxxxxx to miles davis birth of the blue
December 20, 2024 at 8:20 PM
End of term
Hendricks gin tonic lime and ice and relaxxxxxxx to miles davis birth of the blue
Hendricks gin tonic lime and ice and relaxxxxxxx to miles davis birth of the blue
Goodness me radio 4 today interview with bishop of Newcastle is explosive to me she is the obvious candidate for the highest office herself
Church is toxic past and present
Church is toxic past and present
explosi.to
December 16, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Goodness me radio 4 today interview with bishop of Newcastle is explosive to me she is the obvious candidate for the highest office herself
Church is toxic past and present
Church is toxic past and present
Personal news after 2.5 years suffering from #persistentidiopathicfacialpain where I saw dentists, consultants, had mri brain scans ct scans Botox and prescribed anti depressants as cure I have found the solution and it had nothing to do with mouth
dangers of specialisms in all walks of life
dangers of specialisms in all walks of life
December 14, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Personal news after 2.5 years suffering from #persistentidiopathicfacialpain where I saw dentists, consultants, had mri brain scans ct scans Botox and prescribed anti depressants as cure I have found the solution and it had nothing to do with mouth
dangers of specialisms in all walks of life
dangers of specialisms in all walks of life