The video clip at the start is from a longer session on Nature-based solutions to the climate and ecological emergency led by @PCANcities and University of Leeds. You can watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=B3EO6c…

Woo hoo our Hedge Hunters project getting a well deserved shout out by Oliver Harmar as an example of working with young people & communities exchanging knowledge & gathering big data for nature based solutions 🙌

🚨Monday afternoon teaser 🚨 Just going through the illustrations from our amazing artist Poppie Andrew (age 12) for our upcoming Hedge Hunters (first in many) children's book. Written and illustrated by young people. So excited 😬😍❤️

Our Hedgerows mapping project Hedge Hunters maps locations for tree planting in hedgerow gaps for afforestation, CO2 sequestration and biodiversity #WorldConservationDay

Checkout our website to find out more! hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/r…

#NationalHedgerowWeek is back! I can unashamedly chat hedge all week :) The poll was close enough that I think I will just try to talk about everything hedge So here goes - a #PracticalHedge thread 🧵 I'll talk about each stage of a hedge lifecycle

Throughout the week we’re going to be introducing you to the project and detailing how you can get involved. To start, our young people from Hedge Hunters have been working on a brilliant Zine to introduce you to all things hedgerow hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/r… (3/4)

Can not tell you how proud I am of our Hedge Hunters 😍 Today on the 1st day of #NationalHedgerowWeek we are launching our zine created by YP to educate others about the importance of the humble #Hedgerow Funded by Volunteen by Community VISION The Ernest Cook Trust @iwill_movement 🌍 Josh Wolstenholme

Engaging communities in #NationalHedgerowWeek Why do we want to engage communities & young people in Hedge Hunters project? A thread on why doing this is best practice: 1st, we need to check our AI model against real data to ensure it's correctly ID'ing hedgerows/gaps (1/5)

Second, involving communities in environmental citizen science can create social capitol & a common goal towards taking collective action It can also start to build pro environmental behaviours and relationships when we stop to immersive and engage with nature (2/5)

Getting outside each day has so many benefits for your physical health and can be AMAZING for your mental health too: mind.org.uk/information-su… (3/5)

Engaging young people in environmental action can: 1) Engage and harness their skills 2) Invest in youth led solutions and 3) Give young people a seat at the table (4/5) See the World Economic Forum on 3 ways to to engage young people: weforum.org/agenda/2021/10…

We have worked with young people since the start to co-create & inform the academic team re best practice. Involvement evolved over time, allowing knowledge to grow & relationships to bloom. Parts of Hedge Hunters project are now completely youth-led (5/5)

The last day of #NationalHedgerowsWeek & we've saved the best news till last! Our Hedge Hunters decided to make a series of children’s story books to illustrate the animals & creatures that rely on Hedgerows, what are the problems they face and what we can do about it (1/4)

Our Hedge Hunters applied for a grant through the The Ernest Cook Trust green influencers scheme with Volunteen by Community VISION and were successful in being awarded enough to publish the first book and give a copy to all schools in Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire (2/4)

Through weekly sessions we have co-created a fun & engaging series of 15 books with Hedge Hunters. We are now proud to announce that the first book in the series is due out later this year. Introducing The Mystery of the Giant Claw (3/4)

As #NationalHedgerowWeek comes to a close, our Hedge Hunters have been working hard with Dr Katie Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 on a new illustrated storybook that is coming out very soon! Watch out for updates on our project page: hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/r…

A pleasure to welcome back some familiar faces as the 'HedgeHunters' gang launched their first book yesterday. Fab to see so many curriculum skills being used and how committed our young people are to protecting the environment 👏🌳🦔 Energy and Environment Institute Natural England Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire @iwill_movement