I’ll be giving a talk about the fascinating history of the Pomona Island on Monday 4 April 7.15pm at the Castlefield Hotel. Talk is organised by Fund Britain's Waterways Manchester Branch. Everyone is welcome! #Pomona #loveyourwaterways

Hey twittersphere, pls do your thing & help reunite me with this lost SIGG Switzerland Bottles AG water bottle 🤞 I was travelling through T1 Manchester Airport Friday April 1st am & it got lost after security. It has huge sentimental value formally belonging to the late David Collins Thank you x

**NEW RESEARCH JUST PUBLISHED** Not all brownfields are equal: A typological assessment reveals hidden green space in the city A novel typology identifies 26 brownfield types in Greater Manchester, UK. Gina Cavan Rachel Dunk Graham Smith Ecology & Environment Research Centre @ManMetUni protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/GC3xC2gknc6A…

**NEW RESEARCH JUST PUBLISHED** protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/GC3xC2gknc6A… Impervious brownfield types are clustered in densely built-up urban areas Highly vegetated brownfield are widely distributed across the urban region Gina Cavan Rachel Dunk Graham Smith Ecology & Environment Research Centre @ManMetUni

Come and see us at Canon Slade School careers evening promoting Landscape Architecture Landscape Institute Ecology CIEEM and Arboriculture Arboricultural Association

We send our congratulations to our client @WoodlandTrust on their 50th anniversary. It has been great working with you on some fantastic projects including art installations, tracks, car parks, ponds and of course plenty of tree planting 🌳 here’s to the next 50 years.

Found this Shaggy inkcap (Coprinus comatus) in Liverpool today 🍄 #fungus

Delighted to share outputs from our project to motivate #ClimateAction with RHS Bridgewater funded by @NERCScience Our activity pack trialled playful learning tools including #Lego to engage public audiences with environmental science research and motivate #ClimateAction

I highly recommend this free, 12-week, online #GIS course. I took it a few years ago, then successfully advocated for it to used for staff training. Starts Jan 23. Has since been adapted for #ArcMap, #ArcGIS Pro, #QGIS and Global Mapper. #gischat webpage.pace.edu/MMinnis/GISSyl…

Want to learn more about #GIS? This hands-on tutorial explores how to work with digital elevation models (DEM) using #QGIS as part of a series focused on the #hydrology input workflow: bit.ly/3WY5DA9

A SIGHT TO BEHOLD! Just stumbled upon the stunning and unique flower of 𝘚𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘮 and couldn’t resist sharing it with the world! This holoparasitic plant is a relative of 𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 and it’s like the mother of all species in the Rafflesiaceae. #pinoybotanist

This paper lays out a "scientific case" for not using rainbow or red-green diverging color schemes to convey information Check it out: "The misuse of colour in science communication" rdcu.be/c3DZR Perhaps required reading for anyone presenting scientific info?

Came across an Ordnance Survey Bench mark on my walk today.

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Today we were excited to see the future vision for our hometown #Bolton. Thanks to InvestinBolton and guest speakers for the inspiring event. Looking forward to seeing the plans for the town become a reality.

Today marks ten years since this infographic back page about the Kowloon Walled City was published by South China Morning Post. I explained in a few lectures the ins and outs of this project, and now I will do it here. Long 🧵

**NEW RESEARCH** Examining regulating ecosystem service provision by brownfield and park typologies and their urban distribution doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug… #greeninfrastructure #brownfield #urbanplanning MMU's Department of Natural Sciences Paul Preston

A key problem with the #GreenBelt debate is the generalisation of all #GreenBelt & #Brownfield land. My recent research shows the supply of natures benefits vary significantly. Recent work by Paul Preston also shows the importance of brownfield land. Context is key! Links ⬇️

Paul Preston Ecosystem service multifunctionality and trade-offs in English Green Belt peri-urban planning doi.org/10.1016/j.ecos… Paul Preston et al. Examining regulating ecosystem service provision by brownfield and park typologies and their urban distribution: doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug…