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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

A big thank you to all the fabulous humans who have been a part of my 2025. 🙏 I hope this season brings you plenty of rest, joy, and whatever you need most right now. 💤🎨 Wishing you all a Merry Doodlemas and I look forward to everything that 2026 has to offer. See you there! 🎄✨✏️

Hand-drawn sketch that reads 'Merry Doodlemas, Love Vicky' with a cartoon robin and a stick person and snowman decorating a tree.

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Brilliant #zine making workshop at the 2nd BEYOND event last night. All about about broadening the engagement of young people in environmental sciences, the theme for last night was sustainable diets for health & environment. Zines, cycle-powered smoothies & dinner from the community fridge! 🍽️🌍✏️🚴

Photos of zine-making worksheets and process drawings.

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Brilliant 3 days at #Communicate2025. From social media and AI, to green funding, urban nature and storytelling. The ever-changing landscape of environmental communications is a dynamic place. Lots to think about as we head towards 2026! 🌍 #SketchNote #SciComm

SketchNote summary of the post by Vicky Bowskill

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Great first day at #Communicate2025 today! The theme this year is 'Against the Odds'. Check out my #SketchNote summary from today 🎨

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

PLANET4B UK Case Study. Biodiversity Insights: transformational change doodle stories. A collection of personal stories, reflections, and lived experiences exploring how people from racially minoritised backgrounds connect with nature and biodiversity in the UK. 🍃 Read it inklusivenature.com?p=2729

Cover of eBook titled 'PLANET4B UK Case Study. Biodiversity Insights: transformational change doodle stories'. Illustrated by Dr Vicky Bowskill

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

🌳 Forest Bathing is all about experiencing nature with all your senses, on your own terms wherever you are. I'm delighted to be able to offer my followers a 10% discount on this 8 week CPD course with code VICKY10% at checkout 🍃🌳 feelgood-forest-bathing.com

SketchNote summary of the Feelgood Forest Bathing course expereince

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Thrilled to share that my work has been recognised with 2 new awards!! 🏆✨ ILLUSTRATION ARTIST of the year 2025-26 Prestige Awards London & South East (2nd year in a row!) EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ADVOCACY - UK 2025 Global Excellence Awards inklusivenature.com/2025/10/06/a...

Cartoon and photo montage summarising the post.

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

It's been a busy month working on various projects that bring together people, research & nature through art. More to follow on those 🎨🍃 On Tues I found a pocket of time in my happy place: doodling in the forest 🌳✏️ I highly recommend their lemon drizzle cake too! 🍰🍋 #sketchnote #forestbathing

Vicky sitting on a felled tree and doodling in a sketchbook

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Amazing time on the Creative Community Fellows retreat last week! Huge thanks to @derbymuseums.bsky.social and @artscouncilengland.bsky.social for the opportunity. Lots more to come out of this 🎨✨🍃

Group photo of 20 or so community members standing on the grass

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Have you ever thought about how artists and scientist view the world? 🌍👀 Find out more about this @openuniversity.bsky.social research & download the illustrated leaflet 🎨👇 inklusivenature.com/2025/06/26/a... #SciArt #SciComm

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I had a fab day creating this #SketchNote at the @openuniversity.bsky.social Challenge Us! Showcase on Monday. An inspiring collection of projects, displays, talks & conversations showcasing the power of collaboration between charities, businesses and academia in tackling real-world challenges ✨🌍🎨

SketchNote summary of the event by Vicky Bowskill

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I enjoyed today’s @conservoptimism.bsky.social webinar: “From Stories to Systems: How Storytelling Can Influence Policy”, with a special focus on how African youth voices are shaping conservation policy and action🌍🍃 #SketchNote #SciComm #BiophilicConversations #StorytellingForChange

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It begins! We had a warm and inclusive welcome from the Creative Communities Fellowship team this afternoon. With the upcoming residentials, coaching and jamouts, the next few months are going to rock! ✨🎉🎨🍃

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Had a fab time this week becoming a Mental Health First Aider with @openuniversity.bsky.social & @mhfaengland.bsky.social . It is so important to normalise talking skilfully about mental health, especially amongst minoritised communities. Highly recommended! 🍃🧠👇 mhfaengland.org #SketchNote

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I'm just off out for a spot of nature connection and to post my 4th and final letter to this year's #STEMpenpal with Letters to a Prescientist. It's been lovely getting to know a keen young future scientist and sharing experiences. I highly recommend doing it!

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Great Sustainability Research Festival at The Open University this week! We heard from staff across the OU to explore what is working well & find new opps for future work. It's also a great chance to catch up with friends! 👇🎨🌍 societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/blog #SciComm #SciArt #engagedresearch

Sketchnote summary of the Sustainability Research Fesitval

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Mitti Matters in the Meadow. Find out about this doodle-powered collaboration that saw school groups, practitioners and community groups helping to shape future research on #floodplain meadows by co-creating a funding bid 🎨🌼✏️ 👇 inklusivenature.com/2025/04/22/m... #SciComm #SciArt #engagedresearch

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

#EarthDay2025 is all about the Power of Collective Action. It's an appropriate time for Inklusive Nature to have joined @Conservation Optimism's Network Of Optimists #ConservationNOW community! Together we can do more 🌍🍃💚💪 conservationoptimism.org/conservation...

Screenshot from the linked webpage for Conservation NOW

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Pillowy mounds of freshly plucked dandelion petals, destined to be dandelion syrup. I love this spring treat 🍯🤤. Of course I made sure to leave plenty of blooms for the bees 🐝🌱☀️

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Happy #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek! ✨🌈 We recently celebrated our #Neurodivergent staff & students at Open University at 'SpoonFest: a festival of neurodivergent projects & passions' #SketchNote 🎨✏️ Read about what, why & how much this meant to our community 👇 inklusivenature.com/2025/03/13/s...

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Inklusive Nature CIC is 1 today!🥳 It's been an amazing year. I've worked on some really inspiring projects with a range of brilliant people. Find out more on my blog, link in bio. Huge thanks and leafy gratitude to everyone who has shared the journey! 🙏🍃🎨

SketchNote reads 'Happy 1st birthday Inklusive Nature'. Photographed in a sketchbook surrounded by pencils, ivy and plum blossom

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

An #InternationalWomensDay shout out to all the amazing humans out there who identify as women or non-binary, in all your fabulous variety. Together we are a much needed and unstoppable force. Keep shining your light, my friends ✨🌈🍃🙏

cartoon of five diverse women and/or non-binary people

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

We had an amazing time yesterday at *SpoonFest 2025!🥄✨A celebration of #neurodivergent projects & passions in a safe space designed for our #neurospicy community, whilst exploring what a neuro-inclusive event feels like. The vibe was relaxed, respectful and fantastically freeing! 🥄 ✨🎧😎 #SketchNote

SketchNote of the event with snapshots of the in person exhibition, including, ethical clothing, vintage dolls, weaving, zines and dog showing.

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I was excited to receive my 2024-25 sticker from my Letters to a Pre-Scientist #STEMpenpal. The sticker was designed by GM, the winner of this years sticker competition. I just had to include it in my doodle journal 💡✏️ Find out more about these amazing young scientists at prescientist.org

Photo of a doodle journal page with the letters 'LPS', an envelope and the 2024-25 light bulb sticker from Letters to a Pre-Scientist

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Found a new stash-busting #yarncraft project! A spot of french knitting, some garden wire and a twig from one of our cherry trees and we have a new sign for Inky HQ 🍃🧶

Photo of a sign made out of knitted letters reading Inklusive Nature

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I found my way out into the Chilterns for some #ForestBathing today and was really enchanted by this intermingled moss and ivy. Such wonderful textures and shapes, in so many shades of green! 🍃 #NatureConnectedness

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Always a pleasure to 🎨 #SketchNote the @openuniversity.bsky.social #OpenSocietalChallenges cluster events. Today's Nature Cluster explored some great projects: 🍃 societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/blog/the-exi... 🌼 societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/challenges/f... 🔎 learn5.open.ac.uk/course/forma...

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I enjoyed attending my first meeting of the #NatureConnectednessNetwork today. Lots of inspiring work going on and I look forward to making new connections and Doing Things 🍃 www.natureconnectedness.net

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Inspiring event today on Climate & Environmental Justice 🌍 We heard from an exciting range of projects from the @openuniversity.bsky.social Open Societal Challenges (OSC). This is why I love working on the OSC blog - check it out for more inspiring stories 👇 lnkd.in/gqRG5snP #SketchNote #SciComm

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I've gone cosmic for the final day of the #12DaysOfDoodlemas. Back to work tomorrow, so it's and time to enter the brave new world of 2025...🌍🌌 Day 12/12 🎨✏️ #doodleart #artchallenge #sketchbook #zentangle

Sketchbook with an abstract black and white doodle of the Earth, sun, moon and saturn

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Welcome to the #12DaysOfDoodlemas! Day 1/12 🎨✏️🎄 I've decided to post a doodle a day for 12 days on any topic that takes my fancy for some free-form creativity. You might recognise this little guy from my 2024 Christmas card. Merry Doodlemas everyone! #doodleart #artchellenge #sketchbook

Sketchbook with a doodle of a tomten on a tree stump surrounded by mushrooms

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A huge thank you to all the amazing people I have had the pleasure of working with during 2024. Wishing you all lots of fun, rest & quality time over the festive season, however you choose to spend it. I'm excited to see what 2025 will bring! 🍃🎨🌍 #christmas #tomten #doodleart

Cartoon tomten gnome standing on a tree stump surrounded by mushrooms. Words read 'Merry Doodlemas. Love, Vicky. Inklusive Nature xxx'

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Fab day with the intrepid Dadima's CIC crew at College Lake today. We braved the weather to learn more about the fascinating geology/wildlife at this site, connect with friends over chai & cookies, & generally recharge our batteries in nature. Huge thanks to all the organisers/leaders! 🍃☔🍪

SketchNote of the post by Vicky Bowskill

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Fantastic event from the Open Societal Challenges Arts-Based Methods event today 🎨 We covered a wide range of research highlights, using creative ways to engage people. See #SketchNote summary. For more 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/vickyb...

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Interesting session on using inclusive language today. Language is fluid, meanings change. It can be hard to know the 'right' terms. Be confident to learn by asking & respecting people's preferences. Approach this with respect/humility & your willingness to learn will be welcome 🌈 #EDI #SketchNote

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Happy #GreenFriday! 🌍 Are you sick of the #BlackFriday hype? Step away from the Altar of Capitalism (aka the checkout), get out in nature, spend time with loved ones, indulge in random acts of kindness, support a charity. If you must shop, support a small local business. Be yourself 💚🍃

Design reads Green Friday with vegetation and a green earth

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Brilliant final day at #Communicate2024 with a strong thread of disability inclusion, decolonising the nature sector and achieving culture change🍃 #SketchNote from today's sessions 👇🎨✏️ #SciComm

Visual summary SketchNote of the conference post.

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Another inspiring day at the 20th #Communicate2024 conference. Look out for their upcoming book on what has changed in that time. Lots of inspiration about communicating complexity, digital fundraising and community gardening. And what if nature had an advertising agency...? 🍃👇🎨 #SketchNote #SciComm

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I was delighted to work with @catherineprice.bsky.social and the team to create the visual summary for this project: 'Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a Conceptual Framework' 👇🎨🌍 www.scienceinparliament.org.uk/including-th...

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Vicky Bowskill @vickybowskill.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Inspiring first day at #Communicate2024! Sessions included communicating with hard to reach audiences, using alternative media, virtual nature, engaging young people in nature...and so much more! Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. Here's my #SketchNote from today 👇🍃🎨 #SciComm

SketchNote summarising conference sessions by Vicky Bowskill

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