Sensing Climate
@sensing-climate.bsky.social
A five year research project (2023-2028) about disability-inclusive climate adaptation led by the University of Exeter
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There will be lots of activities in coming months, open to adults in Glasgow who are disabled, d/Deaf, neurodivergent &/or people with long-term health conditions: sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo... @nickyburns.bsky.social @hesterparr.bsky.social @riadunkley.bsky.social @communigallant.bsky.social
It was super to chat with Dan White of @disrightsuk.bsky.social for our 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session yesterday! Recording, transcript & links now up online! sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w...
In conversation with… Dan White — Sensing Climate
An excellent session with Dan White, policy and campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK, leading a coalition of global disability climate activists to respond to the climate crisis…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It was super to chat with Dan White of @disrightsuk.bsky.social for our 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session yesterday! Recording, transcript & links now up online! sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w...
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It was so lovely to join @sarahbell85.bsky.social yesterday for the brilliant @sensing-climate.bsky.social series - recording, transcript & links to refs:
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#NatureWriting #ENvironmentSky #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness @leverhulme.ac.uk @ukri.org
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captions & BSL
#NatureWriting #ENvironmentSky #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness @leverhulme.ac.uk @ukri.org
sensing-climate.com/events/louis...
In conversation with… Louise Kenward — Sensing Climate
It was wonderful to be in conversation with Louise Kenward in this session, reflecting on key ideas within her edited anthology, ‘Moving Mountains: Writing nature through illness and disability’, and ...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
It was so lovely to join @sarahbell85.bsky.social yesterday for the brilliant @sensing-climate.bsky.social series - recording, transcript & links to refs:
captions & BSL
#NatureWriting #ENvironmentSky #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness @leverhulme.ac.uk @ukri.org
sensing-climate.com/events/louis...
captions & BSL
#NatureWriting #ENvironmentSky #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness @leverhulme.ac.uk @ukri.org
sensing-climate.com/events/louis...
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To support respectful discussions about disability and the climate crisis, @sensing-climate.bsky.social has launched ‘Crip Up Climate Conversations’.
"Vulnerability is created by our society not by our bodies, and it doesn’t have to be that way."
ecehh.org/news/guidance-climate-disability/
"Vulnerability is created by our society not by our bodies, and it doesn’t have to be that way."
ecehh.org/news/guidance-climate-disability/
Supporting conversations around climate and disability | ECEHH
A new guidance series aims to support respectful, inclusive conversations about disability and the climate crisis.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
To support respectful discussions about disability and the climate crisis, @sensing-climate.bsky.social has launched ‘Crip Up Climate Conversations’.
"Vulnerability is created by our society not by our bodies, and it doesn’t have to be that way."
ecehh.org/news/guidance-climate-disability/
"Vulnerability is created by our society not by our bodies, and it doesn’t have to be that way."
ecehh.org/news/guidance-climate-disability/
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Libby Walker painted Glasgow from the @uofglasgow.bsky.social flagpole yesterday!
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
September 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Libby Walker painted Glasgow from the @uofglasgow.bsky.social flagpole yesterday!
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
Exciting upcoming event, organised by the wonderful Tanvir Bush, from 3-5th Sep in Corsham, called ‘A Place At The Table’, to explore why & how to ensure inclusion is at the heart of our councils, institutions & communities. Find out more/register online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/bathspalive/...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Exciting upcoming event, organised by the wonderful Tanvir Bush, from 3-5th Sep in Corsham, called ‘A Place At The Table’, to explore why & how to ensure inclusion is at the heart of our councils, institutions & communities. Find out more/register online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/bathspalive/...
So looking forward to our next 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session with the wonderful Louise Kenward!!
As I'm packing for @edbookfest.bsky.social where I'm taking Moving Mountains w the wonderful @atarbuck.bsky.social Rowan Jaines & @rkrystalli.bsky.social, I'm looking forward to speaking with @sarahbell85.bsky.social for next month's @sensing-climate.bsky.social:
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In conversation with… Louise Kenward — Sensing Climate
Louise Kenward is a writer, artist and psychologist, and will be speaking with us about her brilliant edited anthology, ‘Moving Mountains: Writing nature through illness and disability’ …
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August 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
So looking forward to our next 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session with the wonderful Louise Kenward!!
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Storms at this time of year are not unheard of, but the strength of Floris yesterday was unprecedented.
Governments must do everything in their power to protect us from the danger, disruption and damage increasingly extreme weather is causing.
Governments must do everything in their power to protect us from the danger, disruption and damage increasingly extreme weather is causing.
Reaction after summer storm Floris batters Scotland - Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
Campaigners are calling for Scottish leaders to ramp up action to tackle climate change after Storm Floris battered Scotland and parts of the UK with unseasonably strong winds and heavy rain on 4th…
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August 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Storms at this time of year are not unheard of, but the strength of Floris yesterday was unprecedented.
Governments must do everything in their power to protect us from the danger, disruption and damage increasingly extreme weather is causing.
Governments must do everything in their power to protect us from the danger, disruption and damage increasingly extreme weather is causing.
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Say hello to #communiMap - a new community science app that helps you notice, share & map what matters in your neighbourhood - trees, wildlife, flooding & more.
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU
July 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Say hello to #communiMap - a new community science app that helps you notice, share & map what matters in your neighbourhood - trees, wildlife, flooding & more.
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU
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Out on a walk? See something that matters?
#communiMap it! Search CommuniMap in the App Store or in Google Play today!
July 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Out on a walk? See something that matters?
#communiMap it! Search CommuniMap in the App Store or in Google Play today!
A brilliant ‘Disability & Climate: In Conversation With’ session yesterday with Raven Cretney! You can find the session recording & transcript online: sensing-climate.com/events/raven...
In conversation with… Raven Cretney — Sensing Climate
A thought-provoking session with Dr Raven Cretney, sharing her brilliant work around disability, crisis solidarity and disaster response and recovery in Aotearoa New Zealand…
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July 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A brilliant ‘Disability & Climate: In Conversation With’ session yesterday with Raven Cretney! You can find the session recording & transcript online: sensing-climate.com/events/raven...
There will be lots of activities in coming months, open to adults in Glasgow who are disabled, d/Deaf, neurodivergent &/or people with long-term health conditions: sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo... @nickyburns.bsky.social @hesterparr.bsky.social @riadunkley.bsky.social @communigallant.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
There will be lots of activities in coming months, open to adults in Glasgow who are disabled, d/Deaf, neurodivergent &/or people with long-term health conditions: sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo... @nickyburns.bsky.social @hesterparr.bsky.social @riadunkley.bsky.social @communigallant.bsky.social
We've really enjoyed hosting 3 'lunch & chat' events with Glasgow Disability Alliance over the last month! Brilliant people sharing thoughtful reflections on topics from nature & disability, to housing, energy, transport & emergency preparedness: sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo...
Glasgow activities have started! — Sensing Climate
To mark the start of Sensing Climate project activities in Glasgow, Scotland, Sarah highlights lots of different ways of getting involved…
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June 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We've really enjoyed hosting 3 'lunch & chat' events with Glasgow Disability Alliance over the last month! Brilliant people sharing thoughtful reflections on topics from nature & disability, to housing, energy, transport & emergency preparedness: sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo...
And we're very excited to have started our fieldwork in two new fieldwork sites: Glasgow, UK (sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo...) and South Dunedin, Aotearoa NZ (sensing-climate.com/news/sensing...). So it's all go...!!
Glasgow activities are starting! — Sensing Climate
To mark the start of Sensing Climate project activities in Glasgow, Scotland, Sarah highlights lots of different ways of getting involved…
sensing-climate.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
And we're very excited to have started our fieldwork in two new fieldwork sites: Glasgow, UK (sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo...) and South Dunedin, Aotearoa NZ (sensing-climate.com/news/sensing...). So it's all go...!!
A couple of weeks ago, team member Sarah was invited to join a roundtable organised by the Institute for Development Studies around a new review they have written on climate justice & disability! Read more here: sensing-climate.com/news/climate...
Climate justice and disability: a review — Sensing Climate
We’re delighted to share this guest news piece by researchers at the Institute of Development Studies about their recent literature review on climate justice and disability…
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May 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A couple of weeks ago, team member Sarah was invited to join a roundtable organised by the Institute for Development Studies around a new review they have written on climate justice & disability! Read more here: sensing-climate.com/news/climate...
After Christmas, team member Alice responded to a call for input by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform a new synthesis report on just transition and human rights - you can read her response here: sensing-climate.com/news/unohchr...
Just transition and human rights — Sensing Climate
In this guest piece, Dr Alice Venn introduces her response to a recent call for input by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform a new synthesis report on just tr...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
After Christmas, team member Alice responded to a call for input by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform a new synthesis report on just transition and human rights - you can read her response here: sensing-climate.com/news/unohchr...
Last month, team member Andy shared a working paper taking a deep dive into how climate & related policy in England might look different for disabled people if the former Disability Equality Duty had not been replaced by the Public Sector Equality Duty in 2010: sensing-climate.com/news/life-wi...
Climate policy with the Disability Equality Duty? — Sensing Climate
In our latest piece, Andy Shipley takes a deep dive into how climate and related policy in England might look different for disabled people if the former Disability Equality Duty had not been replaced...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Last month, team member Andy shared a working paper taking a deep dive into how climate & related policy in England might look different for disabled people if the former Disability Equality Duty had not been replaced by the Public Sector Equality Duty in 2010: sensing-climate.com/news/life-wi...
You can now sign up for our September 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session with @louisekenward.bsky.social (sensing-climate.com/events/louis...) & our rescheduled session with Dan White of DRUK in November (sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w...)
In conversation with… Louise Kenward — Sensing Climate
Louise Kenward is a writer, artist and psychologist, and will be speaking with us about her brilliant edited anthology, ‘Moving Mountains: Writing nature through illness and disability’ …
sensing-climate.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
You can now sign up for our September 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session with @louisekenward.bsky.social (sensing-climate.com/events/louis...) & our rescheduled session with Dan White of DRUK in November (sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w...)
It was wonderful to be joined by @angelafrederick.bsky.social for yesterday's 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session, sharing her forthcoming book, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster’. Listen back online: sensing-climate.com/events/angel...
In conversation with… Angela Frederick — Sensing Climate
A brilliant session with Angela Frederick, Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at El Paso and author of the forthcoming book, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Har...
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May 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It was wonderful to be joined by @angelafrederick.bsky.social for yesterday's 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session, sharing her forthcoming book, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster’. Listen back online: sensing-climate.com/events/angel...
And on 10th July 2025 with Dr Raven Cretney, exploring opportunities for disability-led climate adaptation, the possibilities for learning from past events and the need for careful navigation of crisis politics in building solidarity across and within communities: sensing-climate.com/events/raven...
March 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
And on 10th July 2025 with Dr Raven Cretney, exploring opportunities for disability-led climate adaptation, the possibilities for learning from past events and the need for careful navigation of crisis politics in building solidarity across and within communities: sensing-climate.com/events/raven...
Excited to share the sign up forms for our next two 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation with' sessions... Join us on Tuesday 20th May 2025 with Dr Angela Frederick, discussing, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster’: sensing-climate.com/events/angel...
In conversation with… Angela Frederick — Sensing Climate
Angela Frederick is Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at El Paso and author of the forthcoming book, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaste...
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March 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Excited to share the sign up forms for our next two 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation with' sessions... Join us on Tuesday 20th May 2025 with Dr Angela Frederick, discussing, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster’: sensing-climate.com/events/angel...
Excited to be able to share the recording and transcript of yesterday's super 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session with Adv. Abhishek Kumar: sensing-climate.com/events/abhis...
A big thank you to Abhishek for bringing such thoughtful reflections to the series! :-)
A big thank you to Abhishek for bringing such thoughtful reflections to the series! :-)
In conversation with… Abhishek Kumar — Sensing Climate
A great session with Abhishek Kumar, founder and curator of The Sangyan initiative, a research, advocacy and campaign-oriented organisation in India focusing on Law, Environment and Disability.
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January 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Excited to be able to share the recording and transcript of yesterday's super 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session with Adv. Abhishek Kumar: sensing-climate.com/events/abhis...
A big thank you to Abhishek for bringing such thoughtful reflections to the series! :-)
A big thank you to Abhishek for bringing such thoughtful reflections to the series! :-)
Exciting new (free) e-learning course on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DiDRR) developed by CBM Global, the Africa Disability Forum and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR):
kayaconnect.org/course/info....
kayaconnect.org/course/info....
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Kaya is a free humanitarian learning platform which offers hundreds of training opportunities across a range of key topics, including the humanitarian essentials, technical sectors, programmatic suppo...
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December 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Exciting new (free) e-learning course on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DiDRR) developed by CBM Global, the Africa Disability Forum and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR):
kayaconnect.org/course/info....
kayaconnect.org/course/info....
"From Margins to Murals: How Disabled Communities Are Shaping Climate Action" @disabmurals.bsky.social chatted to Paint The Change as part of Disability History Month about the Sensing Climate mural in Bristol! Read more online: www.paintthechange.me/articleclima...
Article/ClimateSensing — #PaintTheChange
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December 17, 2024 at 4:36 PM
"From Margins to Murals: How Disabled Communities Are Shaping Climate Action" @disabmurals.bsky.social chatted to Paint The Change as part of Disability History Month about the Sensing Climate mural in Bristol! Read more online: www.paintthechange.me/articleclima...
Join us on 12th March 2024, from 1-2.30pm GMT for a 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation with' session with Dan White, policy & campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK (DR UK): sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w... & forms.office.com/e/AgE0QpvjV6
In conversation with… Dan White — Sensing Climate
Dan White is policy and campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK, leading a coalition of global disability climate activists to respond to the climate crisis
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December 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Join us on 12th March 2024, from 1-2.30pm GMT for a 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation with' session with Dan White, policy & campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK (DR UK): sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w... & forms.office.com/e/AgE0QpvjV6
A little round up of some Sensing Climate 2024 highlights: sensing-climate.com/news/reflect... It's been quite a busy year...!
Reflecting on 2024 — Sensing Climate
In our latest piece, Sarah reflects on some 2024 Sensing Climate highlights and plans for the upcoming year…
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December 10, 2024 at 11:49 AM
A little round up of some Sensing Climate 2024 highlights: sensing-climate.com/news/reflect... It's been quite a busy year...!