Transforming coastal cities into Ocean Cities for enhanced community wellbeing and thriving oceans. Founder: Dr SJ Pittman
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Can blue urbanism get to the heart of the problem? We offer the Ocean Cities concept as a transformational nexus #SDG11 #SDG14 #SDG13 for healthier planet & people. What is an Ocean City? Read our vision in Biophilic Cities journal tiny.cc/eknchz
@UNHABITAT @TimBeatley
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Yesterday at #IMPAC5 focused on the theme of Actively Managing Marine Protected Areas & Human Activity. Watch a video recap of the day’s keynotes, sessions and events here: vimeo.com/796144048?embedded…
Or read a text recap here: enb.iisd.org/international-m…
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Biophilic Cities Network Adopts Declaration in Support of Action by Global Cities to Conserve and Restore Urban Biodiversity bit.ly/bcnbiodiversitydecl
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Green-grey infrastructure is #NatureBasedSolutions involving mangroves, coral reefs... working with or replacing "grey" infrastructure like ports, seawalls, or water treatment plants.
It works, as Ido of @EconcreteL and Margot of @CQuestCapital explain👇smarturl.it/oceanimpactpodca…
ALT In this week's Investing for Ocean Impact Podcast, Margot Clarvis, Head of Nature-based Solutions at C-Quest Capital; and Ido Sella, Co-founder and CEO of ECOncrete, explain Green-Grey Infrastructure to an audience listening to hear how investing with nature pays ROI.
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"3 factors link coastal living & wellbeing. 1. coastal environments often higher quality (more sunlight/less polluted air) 2. people who live by water often more active. 3. water has a 'psychologically restorative effect.”
Dr Mathew White, environmental psychologist #bluespaces
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What a fun website— follow the water path’s downstream anywhere in the world: river-runner-global.samlearn…
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Watch Oysters filter and clean water through their digestive system @chris_rezendes #Sustainability #resilience #environment #oceans
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Great new project developing a false reef for oysters and mussels to grow on. Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool. #heavygardening Andrew Merritt @SomethingandSon Tate Liverpool. #shellcrete #wasteisaresource #landscapearchitecture #biophilicdesign #oysters
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4/8 We measured thousands of known #AMR genes in E. coli bacteria in our bathing waters and estimated that more than 123 million exposure events to E. coli harbouring one or more resistance genes happen in England each year tinyurl.com/23c85sre
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There’s an explosion of interest about #sewage in our rivers and seas, and concerns about what this means for people swimming in our rivers and seas. We’ve been working on this and the threat that antibiotic resistant bacteria #AMR poses to human health. A 🧵of key results:
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So much incredibleness at the #newfrontiers conference ✨ Kudos to @mssophiaparker & @CassieRobinson for creating the conditions for so much new ground to be broken. If you’ve missed it, there’s loads of resources & ideas here 👉 slender-offer-554.notion.sit…
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Wild swimmers in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park from the skies 💙
Swimming in the great outdoors is a great workout. It’s a stress reliever and give your mental wellbeing a boost. Have you tried swimming in Plymouth Sound? What would help you start?
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Join us for a stunning, two-hour cruise TOMORROW, departing at 14:45. We set sail and head beyond Plymouth Sound to the tranquil River Yealm, taking in the scenery and wildlife of the Devon coast.
Further details can be found here: plymouthboattrips.co.uk/crui…
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The National Marine Park Big Blue Splash will give locals the chance to try out an amazing range of activities on, in and next to the ocean celebrating @PlymSoundNMP 🌊
🗓️ 23-24 July
madeinplymouth.co.uk/culture…
#CultureIsAlive #MadeInPlymouth #BigBlueSplash
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Awesome result! Well done to all involved!
#sharetheswimlove
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Great to have helped pack a few sea grass seeds down at @UoPMarineBiol last week.
💙 127 volunteer packers
🌱 20,000 seed bags deployed
⚽️ 1 football pitch of seagrass restored
🤝 7 partner organisations working together funded by @LIFEprogramme .
Our work as the restoration lead for the @EULIFERemedies continues this week in Plymouth!
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Tomorrow is the big day for the #NationalMarinePark as the first of a series of large scale public events designed to connect our City with our blue environment. Tomorrow we kick off at the @NMAPlymouth 🐳🐟🦈🐬🐙🦑🦭🐚🦀🐋🦐🦞👀
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authors.elsevier.com/c/1er6v… open access for 50 days
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Coastal communities have some of the most serious health problems in England but have often been overlooked.
The CMO Annual Report shows why these beautiful places have such poor health and why a national strategy is needed to improve health outcomes.
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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If you are wondering “why the big green doughnut?” Read on doughnuteconomics.org/
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How can we survive & thrive together on this earth? How do we connect ecology, economy & #justice?
Here is @FlorAvelino's take on such questions, during the 2nd #JustSustainabilityTransitions event, of which there are more to come: eur.nl/en/news/event-series-…
Watch the video presentation of @FlorAvelino, researcher @drifteur & associate professor @ESSB_Erasmus, who talked about #SustainableJustCities & how to study it from power, transformative & translocal perspectives.
See her video presentation here: youtu.be/Ug2V9_EWXbA
