The 2026 #NewYearPlantHunt is now underway and the first records are already pinging in! Take a look at the Results map: nyph.bsbi.org/results.php There are going to be a lot more markers pinging in as the day goes on, each one showing where a plant or list of plants has been recorded. Let's go!

Our "Pan on? Fan on." phrase as cited in this article is an example of an "If, then" message designed to help change behaviours, as they link a certain situation, in this case cooking, with a desired action (ventilating). www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Read our latest newsletter for: ⭐️ Jingle Bells - #SAMHE style! ⭐️ inspiration from The Glebe Primary School ⭐️ fun, no-prep activities for the last week of term ⭐️ tips for boosting pupils’ concentration 📰 buff.ly/wvnoAbH 🍎 #STEM #EduSky #AirQuality #HealthyAir #SciTeachUK #PrimaryScience #IAQ

What are the costs and benefits of putting a HEPA filter into your classroom? Our new tool will help you find out.

Sign up to our newsletter to hear about our project #airquality #citizenscience

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

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.

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...

🌬️ 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

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

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...

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!

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...

It's a tricky time for Higher Education in the UK at the moment, but look at this uplifting thread!

📢 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

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!

It is rather mad to think that Disco 2000 was written about a year 25 years ago

“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/...

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

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...

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… 🤔

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...

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...

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/

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%."

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...

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

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

Me: “coproduction is all about trusting the process 😌” Me ‘trusting the process’:

Destroying NOAA would cause unquantifiable damage not only to the U.S. but also to anyone around the world relying on their data and models. Tragic.

Why is climate education not mainstream? and what can we do about it? Fri 24 Feb at 4:30pm Register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Panel includes; @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @teachthefuture.bsky.social @climatemajority.bsky.social

Why a Trump presidency won’t derail the world’s climate ambitions Global markets momentum and action below the federal level at home are just two of the reasons Trump is likely to fail a second time to halt, or even slow, the clean energy transition.

Has your #school considered #AirFilters? How would it affect your #AirQuality and #energy use? Help us design a tool for schools to easily see the costs and benefits of installing #HEPA filter units in their setting. Read more: bit.ly/40bzWpO #CHEPA (Classroom HEPA), from the #SAMHE team. 🍎

UK Higher Education is in a real mess at the moment, having relied on unsustainable international student fee income for too long. Tough times for all those affected.

NEW – Analysis: UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @vernerviisas.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hsYYrt

Calling early career sustainable transport scholars! The scholarship in my father’s name is open until 15 April. vref.se/lee-schipper...

Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant! We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course; Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads; Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers. bsbi.org/grants Don't miss out, apply ASAP!

Dept for Media, Culture and Sport is looking for new Board members. Would be great to get someone from a civil society background, and someone from culture/heritage/museums/libraries. Please pass on in your networks apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8538

🐝 UK insect researchers, we need your input 🦋 The RES is gathering insights on your experiences with #InsectEthics applications. Whether you engage in the process or not, your feedback matters! 🗓️ Deadline: 1 April 2025 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/res-wel... #Entomology #ResearchSurvey

Why can't you buy individual gloves? I somehow lose one glove every year or so and it would be great to be able to buy single new ones! #sustainability

What makes the #IMPETUS call so interesting for early career researchers? We asked Alex Albert from @nestauk.bsky.social. "You can become part of a community dedicated to research in which you can learn and grow your profile" Learn more: impetus4cs.eu/opencall/ #citizenscience #funding

Freecycle is such a wonderful thing! Especially for passing on unloved "stuff" to give it a second life. I'm always amazed at what gets snapped up on there.

This is a really lovely #sustainability podcast - it feels like a cosy conversation round a kitchen table. open.spotify.com/show/380Crs8...

Friday reading alert 🔔 Our new report from @raeng.org.uk National Engineering Policy Centre around healthy, safe and sustainable retrofit of buildings is out TODAY 1/5 nepc.raeng.org.uk/healthy-buil...

A very interesting published study on the role and value of #CitizenScience.

My @sei.org York* colleagues are THE BEST! Check out this amazing spread of food for our bring and share festive lunch. *Plus three honorary from Oxford.

Woah, what an evening! Started with hosting YouthLIVES (www.sei.org/projects/you...) celebration event with the fab @drrhysarcher.bsky.social where youth researchers, funders and 'old' researchers talked about their experiences, and ended singing in York with the equally fab #PoolBridge choir

Whoop our lovely #schools project is now here! #SAMHE please give us a follow