#DistanceDrift Velvet textures of summer for 1st June

Tremendous to have a confluence (nice choice of group noun) of geographers in da house!

Thank you Rob for tonight’s conversation of deliberately meandering responses at RGS. A good opportunity for a modest confluence of geographers to meet up, listen, & talk shop - great evening.
I have my copy & looking forward to an immersion, a few dips & the occasional paddle.

Attended a talk about ‘Sarn Helen’ as part of #Llandovery Wild Literature festival, by author Tom Bullough & Jackie Morris illustrator (of the book) author & artist. Began to read it & enjoying the ‘journey’ a lot! Poetic, heady words, animals nested in sacred geometry& painted in tonal hymns.

London exhibition explores design based on needs of nature and animals Curator of Design Museum show says ‘human-centric’ approach to design needs overhaul amid climate crisis

Thinking of you @attention2place.bsky.social

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Thinking through four elements with @attention2place.bsky.social Clarke & Witt
#GAConf25
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Reflections for #DistanceDrift

Thank you so much Paula - we really appreciate these comments 😊❤️ xx

What wonder-full education looks like! I’ve been gifted these booklets celebrating @attention2place.bsky.social work #WhispersofChalkStream as a community project & it’s glorious! Relational learning with & as part of #nature. ❤️

Anyone seen the #FullMoon tonight? We have damp cloudy skies sadly here in Kent. Find out why Prof. Justin Dillon calls it a #SquirrelMoon & why #EnvironmentalLunacy matters. naee.org.uk/environmenta...

#DistanceDrift #Imbolc #Springlight

Sunshine, snowdrops, crocuses and frost glistening #DistanceDrift

#DistanceDrift Plenty of 12th night cheer here! #wassail

Hi everyone.
EYPPC is new to BlueSky!
We would love you to know about out #primary #geography CPD education webinars
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Advice. Ideas. Inspiration!

UK churchyards are havens for rare wildlife, finds conservation charity Caring for God’s Acre mapped out 20,000 cemeteries and recorded 10,000 species

Mapping & auditing local green spaces can be great fieldwork.
At least 2 articles on cemeteries in #priGeogJounal too. #PrimaryGeography
UK churchyards are havens for rare wildlife, finds conservation charity www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thanks for your interest and support . Best wishes for a year of happiness and health to all in 2025 x 😊💚🐶🦊🐭🐮🐸🐌🐞🐜🪲🐠🐟🐢🕸️🌲🪵🌿☘️🦆💧💙

Merry Christmas Steve 🎄

The shortest day by Susan Cooper,illustrated by Carson Ellis. ‘Through all the frosty ages you can hear them . Echoing behind us - listen ! … as promise wakens in the sleeping land’ #WinterSolstice

Lovely afternoon @MottisfontNT for our Christmas gathering 😊🎅🏼

You too Sandra 😊 x

Two ladies driving a reindeer sleigh

Merry Christmas from @Attention2place to those our new friends on Bluesky and those who follow us and support our work 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄. Look forward to seeing you in the New Year 🤶🏻🤶🏻

The cover of DISPERSALS, showing a variety of different plants against a black background.

"These are essays written for a world in motion. Plants that, in dispersal, might teach us what it means to live in the wake of change."

Loving this beautiful and engaging new book, DISPERSALS, by @jessicajlee.bsky.social

Saving ‘old and wise’ animals vital for species’ survival, say scientists Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests

As in human societies, the transmission of knowledge is vital to animal cultures. The endangered Egyptian vulture depends on pre-migratory gatherings to share safe routes. With so few elders in the Balkans, juveniles often fly straight over the sea & perish there.
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#ArtAdventCalendar In its 10th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifi…

More to learn here #ArtAdventCalendar #artists earthskyart.ca/artadventcal...

One of the best things about winter's minimalism is the way deciduous trees focus attention on form, texture & the relationship between branches & shards of sky. I'll be sharing some that warm my cockles in winter over the next few weeks. Have any of your favourites bared all yet? #trees #winter

Situation Networks: The emotions and activities that are central to nature-connectedness experiences www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Latest nature connection research:
Key role of emotions
Need for meaningful & deliberate engagement with nature
Importance of inspiration & love
Role of nostalgia & ‘beyond the moment’ narratives & traditions
Disgust, boredom, & irritation get in the way
findingnature.org.uk/2024/11/27/n...

Harbour with tide out rocks and boat in foreground

Paying attention to local skies

Coexistence means making space—for wildlife, for forests, for rivers to flow freely. It’s not always easy, but it’s essential. What does coexistence mean to you? 🐾💚

#Coexistence #LivingTogether #PlanetWisdom

I visited the ‘Cathedral of the Pines’ at the National Pinetum in Sussex this weekend.

The sculptural pillars of the trees, the diffuse silvery light through the pine needles & the tall narrow space drawing your eyes up to heaven, meant it really did have the timeless & sacred feel of a cathedral