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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Does this image mean that we need to reduce global emissions by about 60% to stop increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? Does this count as ‘Net Zero’? It’s from: drawdown.org/drawdown-fou... What would figures look like for 2024? #Sustainability

Image showing relative contributions of different emissions sources to the atmosphere and then how much natural sinks take out of the atmosphere (about 40% of what goes in)

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Just read @hannahritchie.bsky.social ‘s book in 2 days (unheard of for me!). So quick because: 1) it’s very easy to read 2) it’s fascinating and I couldn’t put it down 3) we’re at the grandparents house and they’re entertaining the children. Lots to reflect on - highly recommended 💚🌳💚

Front cover of Hannah Ritchie’s book ‘Not the end of the world - How we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet’

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

In honor of National Tree Week in the UK here’s one of my favourite autumn sights. I give you the elegant branches of a naked hornbeam. Such a pleasing and distinctive pattern and shape it warms my heart when I see one.

A hornbeam without leaves outside our college’s sports and tennis centre.

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Snails have a scraping ‘tongue’ called a radula. They use it to scrape up yummy algae. Here’s evidence of a snail dinner party. You can see how they sweep their heads left and right making tracks like a mountainside road. The wonder of nature! 💚🐌💚

Algae on a paving slab containing feeding tracks made by snails where they have cleared the algae with their radulas.

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

I’m ‘topping the billing’ at the @associationscied.bsky.social annual conference this year! Looking forward to talking about the work I’ve been doing with SAPS (www.saps.org.uk). There will be dandelion seeds, zooming chloroplasts and more…what a way to start the conference.

The first 7 talks listed for the ASE’s 2025 conference and I’m top of the list!

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

One of my favorite things about autumn is finding these green islands in fallen leaves. 🍂 Their story is summarized here: www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2015/10... I also love how the track starts narrow and gets wider as the caterpillar grows. So many wonderful stories in nature 💚

Fallen brown beech leaf. One section remains green and contains the track of a leaf mining caterpillar.

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

My next step for sustainability at college is to run a CPD group about exploring ways we can include contexts related to sustainability within our A-level teaching. We’re advertising the groups tomorrow. Hopefully there are some enthusiastic colleagues keen to choose this option. #EduSky

My slide advertising my sustainability CPD option

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

Thrilled to be running our first ever ‘new staff induction’ sustainability session this afternoon as I start my new ‘1 day a week’ Sustainability Lead role. Feels like we’re really starting to embed sustainability at an organisational level. Lots more still to do though.

Title slide for the session saying ‘Sustainability at Hills Road, Chris Graham - Sustainability Lead’.

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

Interesting section of the Teacher tap article today. Can we agree that an education in ‘Sustainability’ should be a key component of ‘basic skills’ given the predicament humanity finds itself in? #edusky #iteachbio #scienceteachinguk

Screenshot of a section of the ‘function of schools’ Teacher tap article on 13/8/24

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

Here’s one way to help open students’ eyes to the wonder of the biology in the world around them everyday and to increase their plant awareness. My article is published here: www.ase.org.uk/resources/sc... And available to all from the SAPS website here: s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.saps....

P1 of Graham, C. (2024) Kitchen classification. School Science Review. 391, 20-22. https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/school-science-review/issue-391

P2 of Graham, C. (2024) Kitchen classification. School Science Review. 391, 20-22. https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/school-science-review/issue-391

P3 of Graham, C. (2024) Kitchen classification. School Science Review. 391, 20-22. https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/school-science-review/issue-391

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Chris Graham @chrisgraham.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

Enjoying this Christmas tradition. So far… 🌳a good tone set by the leader ‘A year of two stories’ - a strong call for action. 🔴 fascinating sphere packing. 💚 thoughtful ‘No planet B’. 🫘 intriguing communicating lentils. … looking forward to the rest of it.

Front cover of the Christmas NewScientist magazine.

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