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Nathalie Pearson

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#Hampshire #SafeAirSchools #Climate #Nature #LongCovid Devoted mother | Founder SafeAirSchools.org | Proud King’s College London alumna | Founding Member Long Covid Kids | Passionate about healthcare | Leave nobody behind | Neurodivergent

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Nathalie Pearson @natpearson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I'm joining the call for up-to-date scientific representation & meaningful patient engagement in Long Covid and ME. I'm proud to support the Open Letter to RCPsych, backed by 58 orgs & 1200 signatories. #HearOurVoices #RCPsychIC 📩 tinyurl.com/46enh82n
Open Letter to the Royal College of Psychiatrists
LONG COVID ADVOCACY
Dear Prof. Subodh Dave, President-elect,
12 May, 2026
We are writing on ME Awareness Day in relation to the Royal College of Psychiatrists' ongoing work on ME and Long Covid, and in the context of your stated commitment to integrating patient expertise into clinical practice and institutional decision-making
This commitment carries significant responsibility in conditions where patients have experienced harm from mischaracterisation, delayed recognition, and the privileging of theoretical psychosocial explanations in clinical and academic settings.
We are particularly concerned by the inclusion of speakers Paul Garner, Alan Carson, and Trudie Chalder in Congress programming, given their longstanding association with psychiatric-led psychosocial frameworks applied to ME, which continue to shape the clinical interpretation of Long Covid.
While the programme includes biomedical terminology and references to patient experience, its overall structure continues to position psychosocial and behavioural frameworks as the primary lens through which post-acute viral illness is interpreted and managed.
For example, cognitive symptoms and potential neurological markers are framed within a psychiatric-led session; personal experience of post-infectious fatigue is presented alongside psychological recovery narratives; and cognitive behavioural therapy is positioned in relation to routine specialist clinic outcomes. This sequencing shapes how evidence is interpreted and which explanatory models are implicitly centred.
The inclusion of biomedical language does not in itself reflect a shift in underlying paradigm when interpretive authority remains organised around behavioural and psychosocial models. In this context, patient experience is situated within frameworks that determine its meaning in advance, rather than as an independent form of evidence.
Since the emergence of Long Covid, there has been a substantial…
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Every child has a right to safe, inclusive, equitable education, and that begins with the air they breathe in class
GO AQS
The Strategic Importance of Indoor Air Quality in Schools
GO IAQS for Schools
Strategic Plan
Presented by
GO AQS
For the health and learning of every child:
GO IAQS Standards for Schools, grounded in science
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Six years ago today the term #LongCovid was first used as a Twitter hashtag. A single tweet by a patient linked together a growing grassroots movement of people, who weren't recovering from covid. Across the world, we're still fighting for research and treatment of our disease
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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 15/03/2026
📺️ Fantastic interview with Dr Rupert Higham from the Institute of Education at UCL and Prof David Putrino 'On Medical Education for Long Covid, ME and IACI' It is divided into named chapters for accessibility and there is also a transcript. #LongCovidAwarenessDay youtu.be/S5amDZFaVeE?...
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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 15/03/2026
⚡️Every Infection Matters⚡️ Here @putrinolab.bsky.social talks about the: 🔹impact of each viral hit 🔹how the longevity gurus are missing this key factor 🔹the impact on students in his class Full vid 'On Medical Education' 🖇️ 👇️ #LongCovidAwarenessDay
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Nathalie Pearson @natpearson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
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The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Across 3 consecutive autumn terms, installing HEPA air filters helped this Hampshire school achieve: 🔥21% fewer illness absences 🔥4,500 extra pupil-days in school 🔥Clear benefits for SEND | SEMH | FSM #EvidenceInAction #SafeAirSchools www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...
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The 5p Solution: How clean air is transforming attendance and learning in one Hampshire school
Generations of pupils have learned in stuffy classrooms filled with recycled air, but a Hampshire school is now breathing new life into the way lessons are taught.
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Nathalie Pearson @natpearson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I love a project and it was a pleasure to write this for Safe Air Schools UK. I’m astounded by the support it’s received, grateful for the awareness it’s raised and thankful to those who contributed along the way 👏 Support is continuing to come in, with grateful thanks #parentpower Anyone can sign
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Founded by our air quality expert @seetheair.bsky.social GO AQS has bought together researchers, practitioners & policy specialists to discuss indoor air quality as a public health issue Short clips from the webinars are now shared on the GO AQS Linked In, perfect for holiday viewing 👏🏽 Link below
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🧵3/3 Links in bio. More to come…
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🧵1/3 Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
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James Neill - 🇺🇦💙 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧🔶 @jneill.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Good morning Wordle 1,603 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 1/2 @jessicacheshire.bsky.social @johnwestjaws.bsky.social @nemeses666.bsky.social @elljay1.bsky.social @JohnFinagin.bsky.social @janehogarth.bsky.social @johntopham.bsky.social @natpearson.bsky.social @ibjhealth.uk
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We really valued joining the World Ventilate Day panel on Engineering Healthier Indoor Environments. The discussion on effective ventilation resonated - these are the same challenges we hear from parents and teachers regularly.
Screenshot from webinar
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The Department of Education itself admits COVID and Long COVID are likely to have a long-term impact on children’s education. Where is the public health information? Every child deserves clean, safe air in school 📄 School Attendance Data Collection Impact Assessment, Jan 2024
A report 

School attendance data collection impact assessment
State Funded Schools
January 2024Report 
• the effects of COVID and long COVID are, as yet unknown and will need to be kept under review as it is likely to have a long-term impact on the education of children.
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Happening today outside SEA LIFE London from 10.30am – join us! 🐧
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
London leads the way with air filters installed in schools across the capital! 🌍✨ @london.gov.uk
City Hall research
published today reveals levels of the key pollutant PM2.5 were up to 68% lower in
classrooms with filters compared to classrooms without
#SafeAirSchools
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The joint union guidance on classroom ventilation has been updated. Find it in our toolkit, alongside the DfE’s Seven Steps to Healthier Schools & Higher Attendance and updated short, medium & long-term actions on our Improving Classroom Air page. ⛓️‍💥 www.safeairschools.org
Image of children in class with the words Safe Air Schools UK
Improving air quality inside schools for inclusive, sustainable, equitable education
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
How did this ever happen in Britain? www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
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Tess Finch-Lees: If parents don’t fight to protect children from Covid in schools, nobody else will
“It’s not your fault,” I told 16-year-old Cara, whose mother died of a SARS-CoV-2 infection she gave her. To be clear, the doctor confirmed Cara (not her real name) had passed on the virus and Covid w...
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Sotirios Papathanasiou @seetheair.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The EU’s New EPBD: Why Indoor Air Quality Needs a Unified Standard The recently updated Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is a pivotal legislative framework aimed at improving the energy efficiency of buildings across the European Union. While its primary focus remains on energy…
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The EU’s New EPBD: Why Indoor Air Quality Needs a Unified Standard
The recently updated Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is a pivotal legislative framework aimed at improving the energy efficiency of buildings across the European Union. While its primary focus remains on energy savings and decarbonization, the revised EPBD now formally recognizes the crucial link between energy performance and Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ). This update requires member states to address IEQ in their national legislation, ensuring that energy-efficient buildings also support the health, comfort, and well-being of their occupants.
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The back to school September Spike is here. Are your children needlessly sick yet? The cost of clean air keeps falling. Keep kids out of hospital and in class learning with #HealthyIndoorAir 1/2 Ht @jneill.bsky.social @housefresh.bsky.social
For the price of a
coffee and cake a child can breathe safely in class all year
30 pupils per class
8 hours a day x 190 school days
Filter change included
Max speed running costs at £0.26/kWh
Multiple units per class to reach 6 air changes/hour
SafeAirSchools.org

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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
As we count down to autumn term in schools and windows once again begin to shut, look to those who are helping. Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah has already achieved historic change and continues to fight for clean air and children’s health. #BackToSchool 1/7
Two picture of Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, one with her daughters statue and the other with Safe Air Schools founder, and the words Rosamund fights tirelessly for children's right to clean air inside and outside of classrooms both behind the scenes and in front of them
#ProtectAllChildren
www.Safeairschools.org
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
It’s time for action 👉 youtu.be/03l9v3yA6K0?... #MakeHealthEqual #SafeAirSchools
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Health Equals campaign 2024 - #MakeHealthEqual
YouTube video by Health Equals
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
#BackToSchool2025 Toxic air makes children sick. Sick children miss school. It’s that simple. Safe Air Schools are proud to join with @healthequals.bsky.social in our shared drive for change. Is this fair? 👉 youtu.be/AZqsKuS29Zw?... 1/
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Spot the difference: Louis & Lorcan
YouTube video by Health Equals
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
As schools prepare to reopen, children who are Clinically Vulnerable, or live in Clinically Vulnerable households, face a significant threat in crowded, poorly ventilated classrooms. The same applies to their teachers. 1/ #BackToSchool #ClinicallyVulnerable
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Nathalie Pearson @natpearson.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
…or the myth that children need to be exposed to harmful pollutants and pathogens to build immunity…
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Latvia deploys 14,000 CO2 monitors to schools, at a cost of 12 Euros per student. Launched by the Ministry of Education, this data is freely available to the public. seetheair.org/2025/07/31/l...
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Latvia’s Model for Healthy Learning: The MESH Air Quality Project
Latvia has successfully deployed 14,000 CO2 monitors in hundreds of schools, ensuring safer and healthier learning environments for students and teachers. This nationwide initiative, launched by th…
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🏖️ Schools are out for summer! As we look towards to the usual back-to-school germ spread, LitCovid is a key for COVID19 science & info updated daily Over 462 000 articles on ➡️ Mechanism ➡️ Prevention ➡️ Long Covid ➡️ Forecasting & more www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
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LitCovid
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#Allergy #Asthma #SafeAirSchools @seetheair.bsky.social @its-airborne.bsky.social 4/4
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The public want children with allergies protected in schools. With grateful thanks @chrisbloore.bsky.social 🙏 3/4 #Allergy
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Benedict's Law (The School Allergy Safety Bill) would mandate and fund: ⭐️Staff training on allergy ⭐️Allergy policy in EVERY school ⭐️Spare allergy pens And just look at the support for it! The petition reached 10,000 signatures in just 10 days. 2/4 #Allergy #Action
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Allergy training saves lives. We travelled to The House of Commons yesterday to show our support for the Schools Allergy Safety Bill. Every school should be safe for children with inhaled and food triggers. @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social @damianhinds.bsky.social #Allergy #Schools 1/4
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
#AirborneAllergy #SafeAirSchools
Safe Air Schools UK is proud to announce its participation in the UK
National Allergy Strategy 2025-2035, the largest initiative of its kind with the aim of addressing airborne allergens and air quality inside educational settings across the country.
#Schools
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
That many! Link to sign here 👉 linktr.ee/SafeAirSchoo... #Education #CleanAir
Introduce a 'School Allergy Safety Bill' to Protect School Pupils with Allergies
Legislate to require and fund schools to hold spare adrenaline auto-injectors, provide mandatory allergy training for staff, and mandate an allergy policy in every school. We think this would help keep children with allergies safe at school and prevent avoidable deaths.
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The #Allergy community know we need #CleanAir in schools. How many signatures in days? @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social
The most common asthma trigger is airborne allergen
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Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK (SHH-UK) @shh-uk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
🚨 Want to deliver the NHS 10-Year Plan? Start with Covid protections. 🦠 Less infection = less pressure = better outcomes. 📖 Read our latest blog by our chair @alitwy.bsky.social: shh-uk.org/how-covid-pr... #SafeAir4All #CovidIsAirborne #NHS
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How Covid Protections Can Help Deliver The NHS 10-Year Health Plan
The recently published NHS Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England sets out a bold vision for transforming the health service by shifting the
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Many airborne viruses cause chronic illness or death in children. Most have vaccines COVID is particularly dangerous: spreads through air like smoke, lingers for hours & can be deadly even in otherwise healthy people Clean air saves lives #SafeAirSchools #PublicHealth linktr.ee/SafeAirSchoo...
Population estimates for long Covid in children per month until data stopped being collected. 111 816 children living with long covid
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HouseFresh.com @housefresh.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Running HouseFresh has been an uphill battle. First, we had to fight for independent websites like ours to still show up on Google. Then, we had to fight for our critical product reviews to stay online. In this video, we share the full story: youtu.be/RNonfByE9xc
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Companies are Suing Honest Reviewers and it’s Going to Get UGLY.
YouTube video by Linus Tech Tips
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HouseFresh.com @housefresh.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The cities where fine particulate matter levels make breathing like a two-pack-a-week habit: housefresh.com/secondhand-s...
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How many cigarettes you’re indirectly smoking due to pollution levels - HouseFresh
How many cigarettes are you indirectly smoking where you live due to pollution levels? We analyzed data for 700 cities from around the globe to find out.
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Nathalie Pearson @natpearson.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
#SafeAirSchools @housefresh.bsky.social
Breathing Portsmouth air is like smoking 126
cigarettes per year
With 75% of pollution inside schools coming from outside, what's the air quality like inside your local school?
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Sotirios Papathanasiou @seetheair.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Delighted to provide my work for free to schools interested in educating kids about indoor air quality. Our children are the future, & building strong foundations starts with empowering them with knowledge. Thanks @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social Happy Clean Air Day 2025! #CleanAirDay
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Nathalie Pearson @natpearson.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful dads and father figures. Thinking of others who have someone missing at the table today, especially for the first time. Whatever today means, 🫂
Faded black and white photo of a grandfather and child with words look for them in the moments you’ll find them there
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📌 UK COVID Inquiry Despite the number of signatories, the petitions committee decided not to debate this issue. If not then, when? School safety deserves at least the same scrutiny as healthcare. The full response can be found here 🔗 petition.parliament.uk/archived/pet... @cvcev.bsky.social
Petition
Close Schools/Colleges down for an appropriate amount of time amidst COVID19.
We would like the government to at least consider closing schools/colleges down in the coming weeks or as soon as possible, in addition to taking necessary actions to prevent further spread.
• More details
This petition is closed
This petition ran for 6 months
685,394 signatures
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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Pleased to reach 30,000 citations: a milestone achieved without a single blockbuster paper adding thousands of citations, but through consistent, collective effort. Huge thanks to all my incredible team members & collaborators. Let’s keep pushing science! scholar.google.co.uk/citations?us...
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Pupil absence in schools in England
Department for Education
In the Spring 2025 term
69% of all student absences were authorised. Of these authorised absences, 73% were due to illness
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Long Covid is an ongoing national crisis. Recent research has found it affects as many as one in ten, with prevalence not abating.
One can catch the COVID-19 virus, which is airborne, at any time - it is not seasonal.
Therefore, it is vital that clean air is available to all.
Long Covid Advocacy
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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
One of my recent articles published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities just reached a new impact milestone. Here is the link if you would like to read our research: www.frontiersin.org/article/1595...
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Frontiers | Urban greening for climate resilient and sustainable cities: grand challenges and opportunities
Please see the attached manuscript.
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
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Pupil absence in schools in England
School years 2023 - 2025
The leading cause of all school absence for 2025 is illness
Department For Education
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Prof. Rob McLeod @robscot.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
💥Breaking news 💥 The #ImpAQS project report is out... Improving Air Quality in Schools... a longitudinal study of #ventilation & #airquality in Austrian classrooms... @tugraz.bsky.social Access full report & Exec summary👇 En - www.tugraz.at/en/institute... De - www.tugraz.at/institute/ib...
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