All data behind the #PlantAtlas2020 plantatlas2020.org maps and plots are now all available on Zenodo zenodo.org/communities/pl…
Thanks Richard Burkmar for making it so easy! BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Kevin Walker BRC UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Why is Labour still using the self-defeating, discredited ‘maxed out credit card’ analogy? | Yanis Varoufakis theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Can we talk about work? New blog post: richburkmar.org/we-need-to-tal…

Here’s a quick roundup of highlights from research we published in 2023, on climate change, capitalism, colonialism, degrowth and post-capitalist futures. As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵

Wonderful to see #PlantAtlas2020 continuing to have real #impact in high places. An amazing example for #CitSci the world over 👏 UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

1. I’m very grateful for the response to my appearance on Question Time, but also puzzled. I felt that in all cases I was simply stating the bleeding obvious.
Is this now so rare in public life that it becomes an event when someone does it?
The grim truth seems to be: yes. 🧵

An honour to be involved in #PlantAtlas2020 and a great opportunity to put ideas re #uncertainty communication into practice sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
See plantatlas2020.org/atlas for examples!

Words fail me - so just putting this here as a reminder of what we’re up against 👇

One of the most hard-working people I've ever had the privilege to work with. Congratulations Martin Harvey!

On Monday, we [the MSEE cohort at Oxford Smith School, University of Oxford] met visionary systems thinker Kate Raworth and spoke with her about reimagining what and who the economy is for. Yet you won't hear her thesis in a mainstream economics lecture. 🧵 1/16

Live from West Sussex!

Right to Roam campaigners from London & Sussex have joined for a 'mass trespass' (nice walk) of the Duke of Norfolk's Arundel Estate today.

Many have come dressed as cows and sheep in order to respect Thérèse Coffey's wishes 🐏

Think of all the real emergencies we face: climate, ecosystems, food systems, the NHS, housing, school buildings, social care, child poverty .... None of them is being addressed by this government. Yet it's proposing emergency legislation to permit a cruel and pointless policy.

'The economy is too important to be left to the economists'. So says Yanis Varoufakis in his highly accessible critique of market-driven society. I highly recommended this book to all environmentalists: richburkmar.org/talking-to-my-…

We are pleased that iRecord is now back online following our server move. However, there are still a lot of updates in progress, so it will be a few days before all existing records are visible again. New records can be added. See message here: irecord.org.uk

After the next election we will lose @CarlineLucas advocacy, from *within* the House of Commons, for the environment, social justice and parliamentary reform. Reading her book 'Honourable Friends' made me realise how much we will miss her. Reviewed here: richburkmar.org/honourable-fri…

'We're taking a lot of calls right now, and the wait is much longer than usual, pls stay on the call right now...'

BALDERDASH, BALONEY and other B words.

I just (again) got this when calling a bank. It's not 'longer than usual', it is USUAL. Either hire more call operatives,…

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, got to the nub of things last week: 'We need to stop thinking that economic growth will lift all boats'. richburkmar.org/we-need-to-sto…

If you believe that this vetran oak - which has stood for half a millennium - is more valuable than marginally faster car journeys around Shrewsbury, please consider signing.

Really enjoyable day and great to share QGIS adventures with like-minded peeps. And big thanks as always to Richard Burkmar for creating the Field Studies Council / TomBio plugin in the first place, still works like a dream!

Ooh look, our friends UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology have made some fab updates to the #PlantAtlas2020 website, check them out!
plantatlas2020.org
Huge thanks to Oli Pescott Richard Burkmar David Roy 🐛 & the team!