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Valentine Seymour
@valentineseymour.bsky.social
Academic Tutor
@UniOfSurrey

@CES_Surrey

Blog editor @ BES
Interests: #Nature #Ecology #Sustainability
#citizenscience #policy #socialscience
Check out what our BSc in Environment and Sustainability thought of our recent fieldtrip in South Wales!

POV: Your Environment and Sustainability course took “hands-on learning” literally 🌿👣
#ProudToBeSurrey #LifeAtSurrey
June 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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#CitizenScienceMonth - 𝐌𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛 🌿🐝 is a #citizenscience platform in 𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 & 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑠 that empowers citizens to transform private gardens into climate-resilient, biodiverse spaces.
www.mijntuinlab.be
#CitSciMonth #onemillionactsofscience @scistarter.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New paper 📃 👇
"Feeling the heat: Understanding stakeholders’ perceptions of residential-sector heating decarbonisation options in the UK".

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#energy #decarbonisation #home
March 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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If you have an exciting ecological project that needs funding, we can help! We offer grants to ecologists—from emerging researchers to established ones—with innovative ideas that might not receive funding elsewhere.
February 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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✨ We have EIGHT amazing summer internships with our National Capability for Global Challenges scheme!

Work with UKCEH scientists on topics like ozone pollution, modelling, satellite imagery, soil health & more.

🔗 Apply by 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/...

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Please share widely!
February 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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"Appropriate technology" is a technology that is relatively inexpensive, which may not be the most up to date, but which allows for improvement of productivity (Schumacher 1973: 150). On the photo, my improvised example in practice from today's lecture...
February 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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EVENT: Putting Science into Action: building a research system to address environmental crises

Thursday 20 Mar 2025, 9:30am- 2:00pm, in Oxford

SIGN UP:
www.agile-initiative.ox.ac.uk/events/event...
Putting Science into Action: building a research system to address environmental crises
This half-day event will explore how we can best ensure that robust science is translated into practical tools for policy professionals through a keynote lecture by Professor Rachael Garrett, an inter...
www.agile-initiative.ox.ac.uk
February 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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🎧 Energy Futures Podcast - AI in energy

What role can artificial intelligence play in shaping the future of energy systems? In this episode, Dr. Aidan Rhodes, Research Fellow at Imperial College London explores the intersection of AI and energy with expert guests.
AI in Energy Ep20: Dr. Aidan Rhodes, Francesco Leofante and Daniel Lewis
What role can artificial intelligence play in shaping the future of energy systems? In this episode, Dr. Aidan Rhodes, Research Fellow at Imperial College Lo...
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February 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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In this new paper the authors build a macroeconomic model that includes natural capital and ecosystem dynamics. This increases the social cost of carbon by 12%.

Authors: Ghassane Benmir | Aditya Mori |
@josselinb.bsky.social y.social | @romantar.bsky.social
Beneath the trees: the influence of natural capital on shadow price dynamics in a macroeconomic model with uncertainty - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
This study highlights the importance of considering natural capital and the role of uncertainty in macroeconomic models.
www.lse.ac.uk
February 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This Thursday 6th Feb, I'll be speaking at Oxford University's Museum of Natural History about my book The Lie of the Land. Some spaces still available, you can book tickets here: www.obga.ox.ac.uk/event/winter...
Winter Lecture 2025: Guy Shrubsole
www.obga.ox.ac.uk
February 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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How do audiences follow news on climate change?

This is the question at the heart of a report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Read here: https://buff.ly/4jwvTNG
7 findings in thread
February 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Advance copy of @drkatemarvel.bsky.social’s book has arrived! 🤩

Pre-order it here 🌏💌 bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
February 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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This lunchtime in the great city of #Liverpool - our workshop on knowledge exchange across disciplines and sectors will be running at #BES2024

I’ll be co-facilitating alongside @melissamarselle.bsky.social and @valentineseymour.bsky.social on behalf of @accessnetwork.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Coming soon! A brand new episode of #CountingTheEarth, our podcast about the numbers behind nature...

📲 🎧 Subscribe now on your favourite podcast provider!

#NaturalFloodManagement
December 9, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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I’ve just logged into this for the first time and found it really helpful and easy to use.

Definitely worth a look if you want to find out where your research has been cited in policy documents.

It’s free to use - just links to your ORCID.

#AcademicSky
Researchers- What if there was a Google Scholar-like database detailing how your research is impacting public policy?- There is…. and it looks pretty good - from Sage & Overton
@uccresearch.bsky.social
policyprofiles.sagepub.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:46 AM
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🌍 CitiObs is now on BlueSky! Follow us to learn how we work with 85 Citizen Observatories to tackle urban challenges like pollution and climate change through citizen science.

✨Together, we co-design actions addressing pollution, climate change, and other urban challenges. 💡
December 6, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Don't miss our last #Nature seminar of the term!
Charles Foster will be sharing his enthusiasm for #swifts and inspiring us to learn more about these graceful visitors to our skies. Online & in-person, followed by a drinks reception, which everyone is welcome to attend. bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
December 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Hoping to visit my favourite Christmas tree soon at Wakehurst 🎄
#christmas #holidays
November 29, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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PLEASE SHARE: The second (and final) application cycle for the Improving Research Community Builder Awards is now open! Find out more here: www.orben.group/improving-re...

Deadline: 14 January 2025
November 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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We're delighted to announce Groundbreakers by @chantallyons.bsky.social is our Marsh Ecology Book of the Year!📗🏆

Groundbreakers traces Chantal's journey to the Forest of Dean to uncover how wildboar are influencing both the landscape and people🐗
Groundbreakers wins BES Marsh Ecology Book of the Year 2024 - British Ecological Society
Groundbreakers traces the journey of author Chantal Lyons as she moves to the Forest of Dean, the stronghold of wild boar in England.
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November 29, 2024 at 10:03 AM
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🌏 Governments are increasingly recognising climate change as a direct and immediate risk and have begun incorporating climate security in their various national security strategies or approaches.
Read more in a new E3G blog by Kaysie Brown and @trabru.bsky.social bit.ly/41dimDV
Climate is now a security and resilience issue for countries everywhere
Countries around the world have begun incorporating climate security in their various national security strategies or approaches.
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November 29, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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Yesterday we shared some positive actions we can take to mitigate against the worst of impacts of climate change.

But not all solutions are equal.

Here @rickstafford.bsky.social shares some climate solution pitfalls to look out for
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https://buff.ly/40VcgYB
COP29: What are the climate change solution pitfalls to look out for? - British Ecological Society
To tackle the global climate and biodiversity crises, we need a range of solutions. While some ideas can be powerful win-win solutions, others present pitfalls that could harm progress.
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November 21, 2024 at 10:45 AM
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We're working with UK Evaluation Society on their Masterclasses for Process Tracing (4 Feb) and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (5 Feb). Limited spaces available. For details and to book, see: evaluation.org.uk/community-le...
November 21, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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A new mapping project, from the British Academy visualises the changing provision of subjects in the social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) in UK higher education institutions.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
November 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM