Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A contemplative day in Imber, Wiltshire. Open to the public only a few times a year since it was requisitioned by the military in 1943, evicting the remaining population . The restored St Giles church is one of the few original buildings not destroyed. 000
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsLeverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We're taking a bottom-up approach, generating practice-based evidence from organisations already delivering nature and place-based interventions. The goal is evidence that is useful locally and credible for commissioners, policymakers and funders. @wzgeography.bsky.social @jamiesims.bsky.social 102
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Hi Prof @landethics.bsky.social Might you know why these little streams on the coast form this regular herringbone pattern in the flow? Also attach a mini-hinterland at the top of said streams. 110
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Simply millions of these by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella) stranded on Porth Neigwl today. 000
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Really pleased to be be working on this new collaborative project exploring how we co-produce practical evaluation frameworks for nature- and place-based interventions. Looking forward to learning on this one. naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/projects/dev...naturerecovery.ox.ac.ukDeveloping a Flexible Collaborative Evaluation Framework for Health, Nature and Place-Based InterventionsCo-producing a flexible evaluation framework to help organisations measure and demonstrate the health, social and environmental impacts of nature- and place-based interventions. 000
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It is just me, or are the horseflies having a harvest year? 000
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Orchid patch spreads year on year in the new meadow. 000
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026VICTORY! 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/...theguardian.comGovernment to lift paywall from large parts of the Land RegistryExclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets 11738801169
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsMark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 15/02/2026A distraction from rugby anyway… Good news. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWelsh charity buys more than 405 hectares for rewildingProject in Ceredigion aims to help country catch up with large-scale nature recovery projects elsewhere in UK 0507
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsHealthwatch Oxfordshire @healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk · 06/01/2026Join 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. 001
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsEnvironmental Change Institute, University of Oxford @ecioxford.bsky.social · 22/12/2025🚢 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... 001
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Very much my sort of thing! 1113
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsLeverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 10/12/2025🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝 More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf @ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social 048
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsNHS Forest @nhsforest.bsky.social · 26/11/2025What 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. nhsforest.org/green-your-site/tree-… 041
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsRoss Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 23/11/2025The 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...dailyrecord.co.uk'Obscene' pay of uni fatcat bosses targeted in new proposals before MSPsGreens co-leader Ross Greer has tabled amendments to a Scottish Government Bill to curb the earnings of top execs at universities and colleges. 07327
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsArboricultural Association @arbassociation.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Wednesday Webinar Series 2025-26 Starting 12th November We’re pleased to confirm that the next series of Wednesday Webinars will feature a total of 12 webinars with expert speakers from around the world, covering a broad range of topics. Register Now: trees.org.uk/webinars 001
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Any idea what this is please @landethics.bsky.social ? It’s in a meadow that was cut late August. North Wales. 110
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 15/10/2025Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.tcnv.linkHow the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern BritainGovernments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future. 182
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 05/10/2025The 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 ) 000
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025EAT-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.thelancet.comThe EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systemsThe global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer... 37927
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsChristian Dimmer @remmid.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Tokyo 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...bloomberg.comTokyo’s Scorching Summers Focus Public Anger Against Tree CuttingA group of elderly residents who guard a row of ginkgo trees from being cut down are part of a wave of such activism in the Japanese capital. 16419
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 29/08/2025S.H.F.S…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3zjxy3dwo 000
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/07/2025“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 #VisionZeroyle.fiHelsinki goes a full year without a traffic deathA city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design. 181144507
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 27/07/2025A 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. 020
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/07/2025“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.theguardian.com‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenitiesThousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors 1210326
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 22/07/2025I 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. 000
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Of 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. 010
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Did you see this @landethics.bsky.social ? I was wondering how well it correlates with you cool wilder places map? 110
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsUK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 08/07/2025❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy? The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications. Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu... 11216
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Great 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...findaphd.comThe health and wellbeing benefits of biodiverse greenspace: A case study of green and social prescribing in Newcastle Hospitals (RDFC25/EE/GES/GODDARD ) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - The health and wellbeing benefits of biodiverse greenspace: A case study of green and social prescribing in Newcastle Hospitals (RDFC25/EE/GES/GODDARD ) at Northumbria University, listed... 010
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 29/06/2025“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...bbc.co.ukMake healthy food more appealing, government tells supermarketsSupermarkets will be challenged to sell healthier food, under a new government obesity plan. 000
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Full day of preparation for the regenerative materials building workshops, making sure the straw bale wall frames are ready, along with stands for clay plastering. 000
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsStuart Fairclough @physactivityed.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I'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/354331euraxess.ec.europa.euImproving the utility and interpretation of children’s physical activity assessed by accelerometersEdge Hill University is seeking to host exceptional research fellows funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme to develop accelerometer methods for the assessment of physica... 043
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 17/06/2025“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” 000
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsPete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Absolutely 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.futureoffood.ox.ac.ukAddressing equity challenges in the environmental governance of food supply chains: the case of deforestation-risk commodities in the tropicsFuture of Food seminar: Professor Rachael Garrett 1138
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsNature-based Solutions Initiative @naturebasedsols.bsky.social · 10/06/2025📢 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/2s3b22sbtinyurl.com'Now is not the time to turn our backs on nature': Leading scientists issue warning to PM ahead of Spending ReviewEXCLUSIVE: More than 35 nature experts urge government to ensure nature is properly valued in all economic decisions and reaffirm UK climate leadership ahead of COP30 Summit 1138
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 08/06/2025See loads of cars so far at #middlewickhouse but unfortunately all of them are while stationary on the A4. 000
Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 05/06/2025We 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...linkedin.comRegenerative Community Building: New Models for Housing, Health & SustainabilityI'm pleased to be returning to the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference, this year hosted by the University of Birmingham. I'll be presenting preliminary findings from... 021
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsTony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 03/06/2025A grim read, but a must read t.co/pYASZ6ENOAt.cohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 1124
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsLeverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 03/06/2025We'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 067
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsTABLE @tabledebates.bsky.social · 28/05/2025How 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... 055
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsTABLE @tabledebates.bsky.social · 22/05/2025How 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... 087
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsOxford Climate Research Network @climateoxford.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Join 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 154
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsPete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 19/05/2025On 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.futureoffood.ox.ac.ukFixing the food system is central to tackling the world's climate, biodiversity, water and human health crisisFuture of Food seminar: Professor Pete Smith 0106
Reposted by Dr Jamie SimsRoss McNally @rossmcnally.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Labour 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/...theguardian.comPoor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis findsAbout £5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in 2016, ECIU thinktank finds 045