@STARScdt

Administrator to the CDT on soils. #starsoil

 LEC, Lancaster University
starsoil.org.uk
Joined September 2015
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We need to attract other disciplines to #soilscience without instrumentalising them, eg social sciences. YES !!! Spoiler: that is the mission of @IUSS_ORG Div 4.5 under new leadership 😉 #wcss22
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Today @WorldSoils2022 the @SEFARIScot stand has information on plant and soil interactions, land use, soil datasets and maps and climate change. Come and chat with @JamesHuttonInst, @SRUC and @ClimateXChange at Exhibition Area Hall 4 Stand 18 #WCSS22
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Soil as a bank account, as a monument, as a living body, as a city... Really interesting talk on the plurality of soil metaphors and how they shape how we treat them from Antonia Taddei #WCSS22 My personal favourite is soil as a memory in the landscape
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Dan Evans@DanEvansol1 Aug 2022
Looking forward to contributing to this future-looking session on doctoral training in #soil science, Tuesday at 9am in Dochart 1! @STARScdt @EGU_SSS @ejsoilscience @SUMjournal @Soil_Science – at Glasgow, Scotland
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Delighted to bump into some @STARScdt #starsoil alumni at the #WCSS2022 what a legacy of inspirational new leaders 👌 – at Glasgow, Scotland
Hannah Cooper@HannahVCooper31 Jul 2022
A fantastic first evening for #WCSS22 and great to meet up with the @STARScdt cohort!
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Get ready with your STARS conference tea towels! Join us for STARS fringe event at #WCSS2022 #WCSS22 Tuesday morning! Share your tea towel pic with #SoilsInContext
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Really excited to be part of the @STARScdt fringe event tomorrow at #WCSS2022 #wcss22 where we will introduce a pledge of actions to make #soilscience more diverse, inclusive, and well generally better! #IPledgeForSoilEDI #SoilsInContext #DecoloniseSTEM #phdlife
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Excited to be running an event on Tuesday 2 August exploring the future of postgraduate #soilscience training and looking back at how this worked in the STARS CDT at @WorldSoils2022. If you are at the #WCSS22 next week it would be great if you could join us!
Reaching higher ground: the next generation of soil science through collaborative postgraduate training and learning. Tuesday 2nd August, World Congress of Soils Science, Dochart 1. Schedule is 0900 keynote, 0940 presentations from Paul George, Chris McCloskey and Fiona Seaton, 1025 coffee break, 1100 presentations from Dan Evans and Jess Potts, 1130 session on “How can we build a more equitable, diverse and inclusive environment within soil science?” 1210 panel discussion on “Sowing the seeds for the next generation of soil experts” and 1240 closing remarks.

ALT Reaching higher ground: the next generation of soil science through collaborative postgraduate training and learning. Tuesday 2nd August, World Congress of Soils Science, Dochart 1. Schedule is 0900 keynote, 0940 presentations from Paul George, Chris McCloskey and Fiona Seaton, 1025 coffee break, 1100 presentations from Dan Evans and Jess Potts, 1130 session on “How can we build a more equitable, diverse and inclusive environment within soil science?” 1210 panel discussion on “Sowing the seeds for the next generation of soil experts” and 1240 closing remarks.

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1 week to go until #EdenValleyClimathon 🙌 How can farming and land use help achieve net zero? If you have some ideas, or if you're just curious to learn more, join us at Barrock End farm on May 4th 🐂🦠🌱☀️ Places available here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/eden-vall…
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3 days until applications for the Fi Wi Road Internship close! Through group sessions, 1-1 mentoring, skills workshops, and hands-on conference administration, we will support you in building networks, your voice and experience Find out more: bit.ly/3qWs1fh
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Here is my simple "Three Point Plan" for prep. for #PhD #Viva - designed for #Soils and #starsoil #starslegacy but of general use for all I hope dropbox.com/s/8ew09d6cmhlucl…
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A fell run on #WorldSoilDay to celebrate passing my PhD viva on mountain soils this past week #willrunforsoil
Photo 1: Easdale Tarn and surrounding fells Photo 2: Exposed soil in mountains Photo 3: Person smiling in front of tarn

ALT Photo 1: Easdale Tarn and surrounding fells Photo 2: Exposed soil in mountains Photo 3: Person smiling in front of tarn

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Congratulations to @RosanneBroyd for the successful defence of her PhD thesis "Impacts of climate change on carbon & nutrient cycling in oceanic-alpine ecosystems”! Rosanne was supervised by Prof Nick Ostle, Dr Andrea Britton, Dr Andy Taylor & Dr Rob Mills @STARScdt #GradSchEnv
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If you missed it last week - great @BBCRadio4 programme with @herdyshepherd1 exploring what #regenerative agriculture could look like on his farm and discussing the impact of conventional farming on #soilerosion with @DanEvansol and others 🚜🌿 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0011r…
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Great news! This unique graphic novel on Valuing Nature is now available as an open access e-book, or can be ordered as a paperback copy here: valuing-nature.net/valuing-n… @UK_CEH @NERCscience
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Thank you to everyone that helped this campaign come to life ❤ I had an idea & 9 days later... the first British Pakistani led Anti-Racism campaign EVER! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽 #itsnotbanter #runracismout #standuptoracism
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Full prog: Epistemologies of Soil symposium (26 Nov) organised by Maarten Meijer (@FacultyofArtsUG), featuring Matteo de Donà (@goteborgsuni), @Anna_K_speaking (@sheffielduni), Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro (@newpaltz) & Narciso Barrera-Bassols tinyurl.com/gloknossoil | @CRASSHlive
gloknos@gloknoscentre1 Nov 2021
Interested in Epistemologies of Soil? Mark your calendars for this one-day symposium organised by our visiting fellow Maarten Meijer of @univgroningen on 26 November. More details to follow here: tinyurl.com/gloknossoil | @CRASSHlive @berytia @SamanthaJPeel @GlobalFood_Camb
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We all need to be checking ourselves. Are you/we guilty too...?
Dr Anjana Khatwa@jurassicg1rl16 Nov 2021
Do you want the reality for POC in our sector? Lets get down to some details. All based on my own observations: "Look at how bad you made us all feel!" bunch of white people in response to my thread discussing my lived experiences of rural racism. 🧵 #AzeemRafiq
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Checking out the soils of @Arnside_AONB today with the @LancsUniLEC Sustainable Soils Group @MarianaCRufino @ProfJessDavies @Roisin_OR @HMChen_RootEcol @RosanneBroyd
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