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

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

US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers

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...

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

"A pessimist is a well-informed optimist." – old proverb

Thought for the day What if there was no social media would we be better off socially environmentally economically and democratically

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...

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.

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

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...

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...

End of term 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

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

Investigation reveals global fisheries are in far worse shape than we thought – and many have already collapsed

Using #HigherEducation case studies from Asia and Europe, including @northumbriauni.bsky.social we illustrate how #Business #Education can be transformed to address #BiodiversityLoss, providing theoretical guidance and practical recommendations bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I wish universities would 'start to ask questions' about how many academic 'leadership' roles they can afford! The proliferation of vice/deputy/pro/associate 'leadership roles' over the last 10-20 years has been quite extraordinary.

“As a profession, we need to be better at articulating what we do and how we are at the forefront of some of the biggest challenges of our time.” Great piece from Scottish Young Planner of the Year James Hewitt on how to attract people into the profession ⬇️ www.theplanner.co.uk/2024/12/01/w...

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm Greetings from Journal of Nanotechnology Research (ISSN: 2688-8521)We are impressed Exploring the smart-natural city interface;... Emerald Open Research‍ We cordially invite you to submit same or similar article for fast-track peer review process and publication in our journal.

Given announcements on major planning reforms today useful 2highlight work of EAC inquiry working across all government departments posing the fundamental question as to whether building 1.5 million homes can support UK nature and climate goals? committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...

Yes, all's good! Couldn't agree more - our new report paints a depressing picture of the ecological quality of new build estates. Real change is needed - the model of volume housebuilders delivering homes and spaces for nature is broken! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Given govts planning reform agenda is in full flood this series of papers by @drmattkirby.bsky.social on multifunctional green belts gives pause for thought mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/outputs-page...

Sound thoughts on the government's approach to nature and planning from @profajscott.bsky.social "The planning system does not work well with any focus on one metric in isolation whether it is 11 million trees or 1.5 million homes" mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.p...

Blue-light emergency responders are in real danger of burnout. Recovery periods between the emergency incidents they deal with are essential for their long-term health, according to the results of a first-of-its-kind study led by @northumbriauni.bsky.social www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

starting to see the twitter porn bots come into this platform; lots of new followers today; all wearing very little but don't seemingly appear to be interested in the environment or perhaps my new bald head look is making me super desirable. I think not!

New blog : changing the #nature of Government rhetoric and policy about nature. mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.p...

New blog : changing the #nature of Government rhetoric and policy about nature. mainstreaminggreeninfrastructure.com/blog/posts.p...

New paper alert - congrats to Rachel for gettinf his phd researxh published - if you’re interested in considerations of climate, age, and life course analysis check it out - it’s a good study of perceptions of landscape in The Netherlands www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"We can’t have a situation where a newt is more protected than people who desperately need housing." Angela Rayner Might I suggest she visit Hampton near Peterborough an 8500 exemplar housing dev led by David Jarvis Associates with huge pop of gt crested newts (SAC) davidjarvis.biz/30-years-of-...

What goes around comes around. Starmers fetish for stopping the regulators and objectors is missing an inconvenient regulatory truth. Article posted to address similar rhetoric from past govt business-live.co.uk/opinion-analys…. #regulation

A fantastic day yesterday at my PhD graduation and a fitting end to my time at @northumbriauni.bsky.social as part of the ONE Planet DTP I feel increasingly lucky to have had @profajscott.bsky.social by my side as a truly superb supervisor and mentor

📢📜 My 5th PhD paper has been published in #LandscapeandUrbanPlanning w/ @profajscott.bsky.social Claire Walsh Drawing on stakeholder co-developed exploratory scenarios our timely research asks what English #GreenBelt landscapes might look like in the future? doi.org/10.1016/j.la... ...🧵(1/10)

DfT launches a call for ideas to support the development of the Integrated National Transport Strategy for England. Date for the diary: 11:59pm on 30 January 2025 Everyone can respond - the public, transport workers and organisations

Moving over to @bsky.app what better first tweet than to share my #PhD thesis on #Multifunctional #GreenBelts is now online: researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/studentTh... At a time when England's Green Belt Policy is being reshaped, my thesis explores their wider potential for people & nature

Delighted 4 @drmattkirby.bsky.social that his 5th peer review paper on codeveloping exploratory scenarios 4 #greenbelt futures is now on line (open access). Pleased to have supported this paper both in leading one of the workshops and its subsequent write up. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Isn’t it funny how the U.S. media is suddenly posting stories about the improving inflation picture now that the election is over? 🧐

Just had my first follower who was keen to show her assets. Reported hopefully no blue sky welcome for such people

So annoyed every power surge or cut less to loss of broadband and fusion fibre back up systems fail to reboot Pretty simple stuff so another weekend without TV or hi fi as dependent on BroadBand don't make my mistake and sign up with fusion Not fit for purpose