The Seminar recording for 'Planting Liberation: Black Urban Ecology and Food Justice' with Ruqaiyah Jarviton is now available on our YouTube channel :https://youtu.be/ta_mHWjosFc

The latest edition of the SCALE-it newsletter is out now, featuring details of events, vineyard trials and the work of the CAWR research team: https://bit.ly/4exOkkQ

One week to go - SEMINAR: Reframing Innovation: Decolonial, Feminist and Indigenous Pathways to Ecological Transition (CAWR PhD Showcase) with Lucas Worsdell, Catarina Angioni, & Katie Mills
📆 Wednesday 29th April 2026
🕓 11 - 12.30 pm UK Time zone (GMT)
Click here to register: https://bit.ly/3ZFfbDa

Happening tomorrow - Hybrid Seminar - Planting Liberation: Black Urban Ecology and Food Justice with Ruqaiyah Jarviton
📆 Wednesday 22nd April 2026
🕓 11:00 - 12:30 pm UK Time zone (GMT)
Click here to register: https://bit.ly/46uxGxU

We are part of another City Nature Challenge event at Jephson Gardens on Friday the 24th April, meeting at 1pm at the Clocktower

We have a 12 month, full time, fixed term Research Fellow position available at CAWR, supporting the scientific delivery of two Horizon Europe projects focused on biodiversity, societal transformation and just environmental futures. Deadline is the 5th May: https://bit.ly/3QkBnRB

💌 The 2nd edition of the SCALE-It Newsletter is out!

Project updates, partner contributions, events & more!

💚 Read it here: lnkd.in/eg2UsWhh

#SCALE_it #NatureBasedInputs #OrganicFuture

Coventry Urban Eden are running a City Nature Challenge event on Sunday 26th April - Meeting at 2pm at Central Hall, CV1 2HA

To celebrate World Water Day 2026 we created a 'Water Heroes' display in our entrance to highlight some of the champions ensuring safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all. UN-Water shared a photo of our display in their online gallery: https://bit.ly/48j9Yp8

A week today Alex Lowther Harris is running a Coventry Canal Bioblitz (Meeting at the Canal Basin) on Saturday 25th April, 10am-12pm, for the City Nature Challenge. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/40R5xhk

A week today Natalie Morley is running a Bioblitz at Wyken Croft Nature Park on Friday 24th April, 10am-12pm, for the City Nature Challenge. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4lUr6aj

In March Ulrich Schmutz & Julia Wright were invited to participate in The Second Seminar on Collaborative Sustainability at Juchowo biodynamic farm, Poland. They also visited CU Wroclaw & discussed research collaboration with Wrocław Environmental & Life Sciences University.

Reminder for the SEMINAR tomorrow: Integrating agroecology and insect-protein production for inclusive climate smart livestock systems in Africa
📆 Now on Thursday 16th April 2026
🕓 2pm - 3 pm UK Time zone (GMT)
Click here to register: https://ow.ly/tHAe50YzLWI

One week to go until - Hybrid Seminar - Planting Liberation: Black Urban Ecology and Food Justice with Ruqaiyah Jarviton
📆 Wednesday 22nd April 2026
🕓 11:00 - 12:30 pm UK Time zone (GMT)
Click here to register: https://bit.ly/46uxGxU

Publication Spotlight: https://bit.ly/48tfdCD
This study examined how ‘forever chemicals’ can enter the air when contaminated liquids are aerosolised, with & without bacteria present. The work was carried out in a highly advanced atmospheric simulation chamber in Genoa, Italy.

The Organics section of the Renewable Energy Association grew out of the Composting Association, addressing issues of concern to commercial producers of compost & anaerobic digestate. Francis Rayns made a presentation about the use of organic materials in peat-free growing media.

Reminder for the SEMINAR next week: Integrating agroecology and insect-protein production for inclusive climate smart livestock systems in Africa
📆 Now on Thursday 16th April 2026
🕓 2pm - 3 pm UK Time zone (GMT)
Click here to register: https://ow.ly/ui1g50YzLlg

🗺️April is #CitizenScienceMonth
👉Citizen Science aims at creating a bridge between science and the public, actively involving citizens in research projects
➡️Learn more and become a citizen scientist yourself: easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/easin/Citize...

For the City Nature Challenge, Alex Lowther Harris is running a Coventry Canal Bioblitz (Meeting at the Canal Basin) on Saturday 25th April, 10am-12pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/40R5xhk

For the City Nature Challenge, Natalie Morley is running a Bioblitz at Wyken Croft Nature Park on Friday 24th April, 10am-12pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4lUr6aj

CAWR‘s Parliament Training Day: exploring how researchers can engage in policy decision-making processes. Researchers & PGRs attended a training session on 22nd March led by the Industry & Parliament Trust, an independent charity that delivers tailored training to support research impact.

For the WINN-Organic project Adrian Evans, Judith Conroy, Ulrich Schmutz & intern Hollie Maddison visited a range of growers in Cornwall & Devon to explore local food production. They met with Tamar Grow Local, a community interest company & umbrella organisation for local food producers.

Reminder for the SEMINAR: Integrating agroecology and insect-protein production for inclusive climate smart livestock systems in Africa
📆 Now on Thursday 16th April 2026
🕓 2pm - 3 pm UK Time zone (GMT)
Click here to register: https://ow.ly/LwHv50YzLeK

For the City Nature Challenge Alex Lowther Harris is also running a Coventry Canal Bioblitz (Meeting at the Canal Basin) on Saturday 25th April, 10am-12pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/40R5xhk

The City Nature Challenge is a competition running between 24th-27th of April, between participating cities to find and document the most species using iNaturalist.

Natalie Morley is running a Bioblitz at Wyken Croft Nature Park on Friday 24th April, 10am-12pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4lUr6aj

CAWR's Ivan Kourtchev was invited by The Conversation to comment on the UK’s first national strategy on PFAS. The full commentary, “How the UK government plans to limit ‘forever chemical’ pollution – and what’s missing”, was published on 5 February 2026: https://bit.ly/4sguAq3

SEMINAR reminder: Reframing Innovation: Decolonial, Feminist and Indigenous Pathways to Ecological Transition (CAWR PhD Showcase) with Lucas Worsdell, Catarina Angioni, & Katie Mills
📆 Wednesday 29th April 2026
🕓 11 - 12.30 pm UK Time zone (GMT)
Click here to register: https://bit.ly/3ZFfbDa

Rescheduled SEMINAR: Integrating agroecology and insect-protein production for inclusive climate smart livestock systems in Africa
📆 Now on Thursday 16th April 2026
🕓 2pm - 3 pm UK Time zone (GMT)
Click here to register: https://ow.ly/R8BM50YzKWO

CU recently obtained observer status to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) through an initiative of CAWR’s Biodiversity, Ecology & Society cluster. Katharina, Alex & James attended the stakeholder day & opening of the 12th IPBES Plenary.

Applications close today for the fully funded Coventry University PhD studentship on ‘Public concerns and science-society dialogue about contentious issues in organic agriculture’.
Deadline March 27th 2026
Job Advert https://ow.ly/2quC50YwfUo
Application https://ow.ly/IYsT50YwfUp