VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Standard.

A distraction from rugby anyway… Good news. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What’s this then?

Join us two weeks today, Tuesday 20th January from 1pm, for our latest public webinar, to learn more about neighbourhood health: healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk/our-webinars Our webinars are free and open to all, giving you the chance to hear from speakers and ask questions.

🚢 New ECI research shows Europe’s ports face far greater climate risks than previously estimated. Ignoring compound hazards like flooding, storms & heat can underestimate losses by ~€100m a year. Adaptation planning needs to catch up. Read more ⬇️ www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/interac...

Very much my sort of thing!

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What better time to order fully funded NHS Forest trees than National Tree Week? We have lots of choice & can supply healthcare sites in England, Wales & Scotland. Our tree bundles come with tree guards & mulch mats – completely free of charge. https://nhsforest.org/green-your-site/tree-planting/

The principal of Edinburgh Uni earns around £420,000 a year. This week his staff were on strike over the threat of redundancies. It's time we got the pay of uni and college bosses back under control. MSPs can back my plans to do that on Wednesday. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

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Any idea what this is please @landethics.bsky.social ? It’s in a meadow that was cut late August. North Wales.

Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.

The wind in the pylons and cables combined to make a weird chorus. A deep hum from the cables, the wind in the trees, and a mechanical shriek from the pylon, I assume caused by the vibrations transferring from air to metal. Captivating. (This would have been more poetic in @hookland.bsky.social )

EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report. On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.

Tokyo is moving in the opposite direction. In addition to the ongoing loss of private green spaces, many large, old trees are being sacrificed for profit-driven redevelopment — all while summer temperatures continue to rise dramatically. #unSmartCity www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

S.H.F.S…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3zjxy3dwo

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

A part, small but important, of watching women’s football was the lack of simulation and time wasting so prevalent in the men’s game. Shame that Italy and Spain are doing so much to copy the worst parts of the men’s game.

“No shops, no schools”: homes in England built without basic amenities. “Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure & doctors.” Some developers not fulfilling legal requirements with little consequence, others didn’t actually have to. A planning mess.

I wonder if it ever occurs to Italy that if they hadn’t wasted so much time, the game would’ve been over before that goal.

Of all the issues associated with being convinced to do another modelling study, knowing I'll have to engage with this is the worst. If you know, you know.

Did you see this @landethics.bsky.social ? I was wondering how well it correlates with you cool wilder places map?

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Great PhD opportunity with Mark Goddard at @northumbriauni.bsky.social investigating the effects of exposure to nature in patient recovery in hospital settings. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Why does @linkedin.com hate images?

“The Food Foundation reported that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for the equivalent amount of less healthy food, such as ready meals and processed meats.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Full day of preparation for the regenerative materials building workshops, making sure the straw bale wall frames are ready, along with stands for clay plastering.

I've posted a Euraxess advert for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project under Horizon Europe, focused on accelerometer methods for assessing children's physical activity. I’d be grateful for shares and reposts! 🙏 Link is below 👇 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354331

Only one member of staff at Oxford City Council was left to deal with housing complaints for a period last year, as the authority admits it had a 'difficult year'. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2525211...

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

Absolutely delighted to have @rachgarr.bsky.social at the Oxford Martin School (18/6, 4pm) to talk about deforestation for cocoa, oil palm, soy and beef, and the equity issues involved. A fantastic way to wrap up our @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social seminar series! Sign up link below.

📢 Leading UK scholars deliver letter to PM, urging him to put nature at the heart of growth, climate & resilience policy ahead of #COP30 Belém. Covered ‪@businessgreen.bsky.social‬ tinyurl.com/2huncmv4 🙋🏽‍♀️ Fellow UK academics can add their names. 🔗 Read letter & sign here: tinyurl.com/2s3b22sb

See loads of cars so far at #middlewickhouse but unfortunately all of them are while stationary on the A4.

We investigating what affordable really means for housing. We’re building with clay, straw, hemp & timber, rethinking housing, health & sustainability from the ground up. Early findings + prototype in progress, reach out for more information. Full post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regene...

A grim read, but a must read t.co/pYASZ6ENOA

We've teamed up with @britishecologicalsociety.org and @tabledebates.bsky.social to bring you a symposium on 'Nature, Farming and Food' in Oxford 19-20th June. Registration closes this Friday June 6th. More info: buff.ly/Yzdy6YW @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

How should we value nature in our food systems? Join us Monday 2 June from 4-5:30pm at the Oxford Martin School's lecture theatre for the panel discussion "Counting on Nature", co-hosted w/ @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social Attend online or in-person Register here: www.tabledebates.org/event/counti...

How should we value nature in our food systems? Join us Monday 2 June from 4-5:30pm at the Oxford Martin School's lecture theatre for the panel discussion "Counting on Nature", co-hosted w/ @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social Attend online or in-person Register here: www.tabledebates.org/event/counti...

Join Oxford Networks for the Environment for an Annual Lecture from @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on civic freedoms, climate justice, and the century of the citizen. 🗓️ TOMORROW! 20th May at 4 PM 📍Maths Institute 🎟️ bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv... Part of the #RHRNClimate Summit Oxford Local Programme

On 21/5 at 4pm, the @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social seminar will feature the excellent Prof Pete Smith from Aberdeen Uni. He'll be talking about fixing the food system for health, climate and biodiversity. Please join us at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social or online! More info and sign up sheet below.

Labour is bent on giving these companies carte blanche to trash protected habitats and species to knock up these shitty identikit rabbit hutches that nobody can afford. We need the well regulated building of social housing to passivhaus equivalent standards. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

At @oxmartinschool.bsky.social tomorrow, we have the next of our @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social seminar series - the irrepressible Prof Marco Springmann talking about reform of tax on foods to benefit health and the environment. More details and sign up sheet below. Online attendance available.

I’m not sure what the collective noun is for smeuses. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social might advise. But here are some…

Fishing, farming, & automotive manufacturing combined generate a little over £60 billion in revenue pa for the UK, yet dominate the headlines. Higher education brings £265 billion yet remains largely abandoned at best, systematically undermined at worst, by Westminster. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hello—Is A River Alive? has been adapted as Radio 4’s Book of the Week next week. Five episodes, read by me—& we’ve folded in field recordings & some beautiful Max Richter music. First episode, Anima, broadcasts tomorrow at 11.45am. You can listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Important read on the US governments attempts to exert state control and censorship on medical journals.

Both of our sessions have been accepted at the coming RGS-IBG [email protected], Tackling health inequalities through nature exposure (1) and (2): What makes a difference? @sabrinalyli.bsky.social I will also be on the panel for publishing in Health and Wellbeing Geography

📣New #PhD opportunity in Health Data Science! 🎓Fully funded by Health and Care Research Wales & @nihr.bsky.social 💡Project: Statistical Modelling in Multiple Long-Term Conditions for Healthcare Policy 🗓️Apply by 16 May 2025 www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate... #healthdata