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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

🧪⚒️ <1 wk left to sign up for the EQUATOR 2.0 Mentoring Network, which is ringfenced for Black, Asian and minority ethnic students in Geography, Earth, & Environmental Sciences in the UK. Professionals and/or academic mentors especially needed! equatorresearchgroup.wordpress.com/mentoring-ne...

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Mentoring Network 2.0

We are delighted to announce the EQUATOR 2.0 Mentoring Network, which will take place from January 2024 to May 2024. This mentoring programme is ringfenced for Black, Asian and minority ethnic student...

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

I'm not good at being off sick. Luckily, I have a companion who makes lounging look good.

A very fluffy black and white cat lies on a bed, paws in the air.

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

"Rather than listening to reason or scientific fact, the UK government continues to hand out contracts for oil exploration in the name of false ‘energy security’ while steering the UK towards authoritarianism" 🧪⚒️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Actors and academics criticise UK over climate ‘madness’ and limits on protest

Letter says government pushing ahead with new fossil fuel projects while criminalising activists who raise alarm

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

"We have to put class and the studies of inequality between social classes right at the centre of our analyses of environmental challenges in general" 🧪⚒️ amp.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Ban private jets to address climate crisis, says Thomas Piketty | Climate crisis | The Guardian

French economist says class inequality must be at centre of climate response and calls for progressive carbon taxes

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Andréas Louis @andreaslouis.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Your regular reminder that "Scaling CCS does not mean business-as-usual for the fossil fuel industry" ETC will be releasing a pre-COP28 report on Fossil Fuels in Transition this week, but for now they published a blog post: www.energy-transitions.org/bitesize/car...

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

"..the Anishinaabe people have been monitoring anthropogenic climate change long before it was a regular topic of public discussion" Native Science is real Science. www.bbc.com/future/artic... 🧪⚒️ #GreenSky

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Climate scientists are working with indigenous tribes

Native peoples have long collected environmental data. Now scientists are cataloguing these observations and learning how they're affecting indigenous communities globally.

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Feel so privileged to work with students from a range of backgrounds, all with different ideas, different experiences, different hope and dreams. Every day, no matter what is happening in academia, it is the teaching that challenges, that satisfies, that lifts me up. #AcademicSky ⚒️🧪

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Nowhere near as badly as it was meant to! Got lucky!

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Taking Geographers to a classic geology field location and having great conversations about rocks and what they tell us about paleoenvironments and landscape evolution makes me very happy 😍 🧪⚒️ Very positive way to end the week! #LoveGeoscience

Group of students stand in front of a grassy slope and grey rock cliff faces in a limestone valley, Cavedale in Castelton, Peak District

Students make observations of a limestone valley to try to reveal how it was formed. Students stand on green grass, with limestone cliffs and a stone castle in background

Students stand on tarmac track by gate, in front of bracken hummocky land of the Mam Tor landslide. A rainbow in the sky. Mam Tor escarpment in the background. Castleton, UK

Students stand on a tarmac road that has cracked, slipped and fallen downhill. Hummocky landforms in middle ground covered in bracken form oart of the same mass movement event. Flat bottom valley with agriculture and chimney of a cement factory in distance (Hope Valley, UK)

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

When you go past your field site for the day on the train into work, and all looks beautiful and calm in the morning light... but you know full well that the weather forecast says it will rain cats and dogs on you and your coachload of geography students when you return later today 🤩🫣🤔😫 🧪⚒️

Sunrise over Edale, Peak District. Clouds tinged with gold in a pale blue sky float above a grassy ridge, with fields in foreground

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Thanks to the contributors to this piece, which was sparked by an interview with a professor who reflected that her role models had all been men. Now, UK geosci undergrad recruitment is balanced between men & women- but these perspectives show we still have a long way to go 👩🏽‍🔬🧪⚒️ #AcademicSky

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

This is the kind of article that may get missed, but its very important. Council trials 4 day working week, with evidenced results of improved health, improved recruitment, improved retention, performance maintained or improved... Of course, they are told to stop it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

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Government says council's four-day week should end - BBC News

Councils pursuing a four-day working week are "on notice", says the government.

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

🧪⚒️"When African people get to choose, we choose renewables. But will rich countries finally allow us to determine our own future? They need to meet us halfway instead of tying our hands behind our back with gas pipelines" Excellent piece by Vanessa Nakate: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Rich countries should stop pushing fossil fuels on Africa – don’t we deserve a renewable future ...

Those who caused the climate crisis should help Africa harness its wind and sun, says Vanessa Nakate, a UN Unicef goodwill ambassador climate activist

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

After a long period of being devastated by the news, and feeling completely helpless at the scale of political horror and turmoil around the world, this morning in the UK I woke up to a glimpse of hope... a glimpse of change... and many of us are so, so ready for it 🌟 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk...

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Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth latest: Labour overturns majorities in by-election wins - BBC News

Sir Keir Starmer hails victories in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire, saying people "want change".

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

It seems excessive...But we bought a loom. And the loom is lovely. The 5 year old loomed a coaster that she is very proud of. Scarves are next to be loomed. It's chunky and they can't break it or themselves. (So far!)

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

This week, I'm running the first teaching labs on our new flume here at SHU!🤩 Hope the students enjoy exploring the world of analogue pyroclastic density current modelling, and having a go at designing an experiment! #TeamCatastrophicFlows @volcanologist.bsky.social @pyroclasticpete.bsky.social 🧪⚒️

A photo of a computer screen with the front page of a slide deck. It says "Exploring Hazard Modelling" next a photography of three scientists standing behind a experimental flume in a laboratory. The flume is made of a metal frame with a metal hopper and acrylic sides. A computer and camera are also in the image, in front of the flume.

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

When you listen back to a live interview in relief that you managed not to massively mess up... 🤣 promoting our undergraduate degree was exhilarating! We are SO passionate about our new course - Climate, Sustainability and Environmental Management! This photo shows nervous pre-interview smiles! 🌱⚒️🌍🧪

A woman with long hair and. Pink scarf sits in front of a man with short hair and a black coat. Behind them is a purple background with "BBC Radio Sheffield" written on it. The two lecturers are smiling nervously at the camera.

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Listening to Sufjan Stevens on way to first open day of the year, trying to get into a zen frame of mind... Recruitment feels like an existential crisis in UK #AcademiaSky at the moment. We want to teach, inspire, innovate, but spend a lot of time worrying about numbers & future of our courses 🧪⚒️

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

From writer Simon Heywood 🌱⚒️🌱🌳

Poem above a silhouette of the tree at Sycamore Gap- poem reads "we curse the poor benighted chap who felled the Sycamore at the Gap, but tolerate those richer guys who burn whole forests, seas and skies"

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Please sign this important letter. So many people are doing amazing work to make science equitable and accessible for all. The UK government's increasingly worrying rhetoric is very harmful, not just to marginalised groups in science, but to science & society more broadly 👇👇🧪⚒️

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

✉️ Some science 🧪 buddies and I have written an open letter to the UK government, strongly opposing their “kicking woke ideology out of science” sentiments, which stand to damage the UK’s scientific standing and ability to deliver for public good. Please read and consider signing ✍🏻 t.co/H7rNzb0wGh

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Letter to Secretary of State re EDI in science

Online survey BOS

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

After an intense 2 weeks of student admin and teaching, have just had an awesome research afternoon, first of all in discussions around a 🌋paper that I'm so glad is finally being written up, and then on volcanoes, poetry, myth and music, with an awesome new collaborative team. Very exciting! 🧪⚒️🌋🎶

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Paul Lehmann @plehmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

The second life of wind turbines 🔌💡 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

I thought you'd be a particular fan Chris!!

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

I love this blog so much, not only because I love volcanoes and am super interested in all things related to disaster risk reduction, but also because of the community-centred, international partnership approach of this project 🤝🌋🧪⚒️

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

@geoforthefuture.bsky.social IS HERE!!! ⚒️🧪⚒️🧪⚒️🧪⚒️🧪⚒️ 💚🩵🌏💚🩵🌏💚🩵🌏 💡Follow them for awesome stories of Geoscience doing amazing things for a brighter world💡

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/10/2023

🚨Last week was 1.9C hotter than pre-industrial temperatures, the biggest anomaly ever recorded www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-29...

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

For sure, of course. My initial point was from my perspective though- that I personally find that negative narratives on academia can feel dominating at times, and that as someone who has worked in quite toxic envs outside academia, its important to see the shades of grey

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Just had a 🌟 weekend catching up with friends from my ⚒️ undergraduate 20 years ago. Me in HE, one in secondary teaching, one in a company. Three v.different experiences, but clear that secondary is toughest gig. Teachers leaving in droves, understaffed, undersupported. UK system seems broken #EduSky

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

I thought you were being deep and meaningful! Yes, and it's also possible to swing dramatically from one side of that spectrum to the other on a daily basis 😂

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Your last bit is here is interesting 🤔 for you, what is "academia"? I've always felt it's different for different people- it feels a hugely diverse realm... it's certainly different in different institutions, which seems to contribute to that? (But can only speak for my own experience)

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Oh, there's no doubt about that 😂 . I guess it sometimes feels that the only positive stuff online is the metrics, the awards, the pubs, the obvious results of the arms race. For me, the best, most genuinely heartwarming stuff is unmetricable (sp?!) - but it seems to be shouted about less so 🤷‍♀️

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Tbh, I find that commentary about academia is often only the negative, and that can also be very hard to those trying to navigate it. Academia jobs are nuanced, as are jobs outside (spoken as someone who left a company job I didn't believe in for a job in HE that I wholeheartedly do believe in)

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Puffball mushrooms, like these I found on my walk today, are of the genus lycoperdon, which is a word composed of lyco- meaning wolf, and -perdon meaning fart. Wolf-fart mushrooms are their SCIENCE name. This factoid will nestle your brain until you repeat it to someone someday. You’re welcome

A white cluster of puffball mushrooms on the forest floor, little spikes and nubs on them.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

The Yellowstone landscape at dawn. Such an amazing place with areas where steam is constantly venting. It truly gives you a sense of traveling around on a giant volcano. 🧪🌿 Yellowstone National Park

A landscape with golds and reds in the grasses, pine trees on the hills, and a river flowing through it. Steam vents from multiple areas in the background.

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Axel Maas @axelmaas.eurosky.social · 29/09/2023

Not only for students, but also the teachers.

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

It's great to see the work of the Equator Project picked up by Times Higher Education in their Campus resources page. Please check it out for an overview of our recommendations on equity in postgraduate recruitment. #AcademicSky 🧪⚒️ #EduSky #JEDI #Equity www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-m...

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How to make access to doctoral study more equitable

A three-pronged look at how to make access to doctoral study more equitable and remove barriers to entry that disproportionately impact students from ethnic minority backgrounds, based on findings of ...

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

#VolcanoMonday is on Bluesky and I am so happy! 🧪 ⚒️ Here's a picture of my excited little face after seeing the Geldingadalir crater for the first time in Iceland this year. Complete with still-warm lava field steaming in the rain & woolly volcano hat knitted by the wonderful @shulizl.bsky.social 😀

A person wearing a woolly volcano hat and a blue coat stands in front of a black, steaming lava field with a black, jagged volcanic crater in the background

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Very worthwhile checking out the paper, which contains a framework transferable for blue sky thinking in many disciplines... Stewart et al, 2023, Escubed - including @muniraraji.bsky.social! 👏 🧪

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Today we used this new OA paper to brainstorm our visions for future Geoscience..looking beyond business as usual, looking beyond entrepreneurship (geoscience for net zero)... Looking to positive vision of interdisciplinary Geoscience for health, society& wellbeing www.escubed.org/articles/10.... 🧪⚒️

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Three Horizons for Future Geoscience

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

The small Cornish girl inside never fails to be completely in awe of London.

Very excited woman from small town in Cornwall smiles into camera in front of golden clock tower that houses the famous 'Big Ben' bell in London

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

At the Geological Society in London for the annual council strategy meeting, and it's very positive- lots of new and exciting progress- the new leadership within the society are doing great things, as are the staff 👏 and enjoyed being shown some of the education team resources!🦖⚒️🧪

Staff in two blow up dinosaur costumes roam the Geological Society library

A table containing education resources to help Key stage 2 primary teachers in the UK. pin badges, maps a day handouts, rocks with Googly eyes stuck to them, trays of rocks and fossils with barbie dolls wearing hard hats, and posters showcasing the varied applications of Geology in a more sustainable future

A geologist barbie wears a pink suit with geology pin badges and works on a dataset on a tiny laptop

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Some really striking findings in this report on geography in schools, particularly around fieldwork provision.. "Fieldwork was underdeveloped in almost all schools" 🧪⚒️ #AcademicSky #eduSky www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Getting our bearings: geography subject report

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Dr Natasha Dowey @drnatashadowey.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

It may sound lame,but sandwiches are one of my very favourite things. Not just any old sandwiches though. In my family, I am the sandwich maker. I craft. I think about combos. I think about sauces. Should it be toasted? Sandwich Science. This article makes me feel seen www.bbc.co.uk/food/article...

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Expert sandwich tips that will change your lunches for ever

A carefully crafted sandwich is hard to beat and we’ve asked the best of the best, for their top sandwich making tips for you to recreate at home

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