Dr Rowan Gard

Environmental social scientist @KingsCollegeLon. Passionate about art, equity, resilience & environmental justice. Cats and coffee. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐈

[etienne toussaint ✊🏽 @ProfToussaint]

As a junior academic, I was advised to avoid writing about racism until after tenure. Some senior colleagues feared that discussing structural discrimination or critical race theory might limit opportunities.

Here’s why I chose to ignore that advice. 🧵(1/)

[Adrian Liston @LabListon]

My advice to grad students - learn to spot people like this, so you can avoid them the rest of your career. You’ll be happier and more successful without this type of toxicity in your life.

Warning: Shockingly bad career advice below

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

I still can’t quite believe this happened. What does it say about our society?

[Dr Helen Ingram @drhingram]

New email signature just dropped

[King’s Climate & Sustainability @KCLSustainable]

We all love spending time in nature - and now we have proof that it's good for us! 💚🌼

New research from academics at @KingsIoPPN has shown that biodiversity is the key to the main mental health benefits of nature. 🏞️

[Terry Dawson @dawson_t]

⁦@BrewDog⁩ reports over 50% mortality for its highlands tree planting programme. Another example of planting the wrong trees in the wrong place? We need to have a debate about the dogma of the #deforested #moorlands of #scotland ⁦@NatureScot⁩

[King’s Climate & Sustainability @KCLSustainable]

Calling everyone who wants to help us boost nature!🌳

Join us as we plant 950 hedgerows at two of King’s sports grounds!

☀️5 of April at Honor Oak Sports Grounds, 11:00 – 16:00
☀️12 of April at New Malden Sports grounds, 10:00 – 18:00

[Prof Tamsin Edwards @flimsin]

Why is there a disconnect between climate science and policy action? How can we model the environment to understand where change is needed? Apply to our MSc Climate Change - interdisciplinary science & policy taught by people who care: https://t.co/GpEkUEC6Fh @kclgeography

[Toryn Whitehead @toryn_whitehead]

Delighted to chat to @BBCScotlandNews about my research on #FeralPigs (or #WildBoar)!

Much more needs to be done to inform and support communities living alongside the animals in the Great Glen. Here’s a short thread for #WorldRewildingDay 🧵

https://t.co/ebNItmRDhK

[SeaScotland @SeaScotland]

⚠️There are still a few places available for our Youth online event on 17th April📲https://t.co/BXHvt0XeGJ

Join us for an introduction & increased understanding of marine policy, and gain confidence in how to engage meaningfully in a conference setting! 🌊

[Mission Blue @MissionBlue]

"I am honored to share Mission Blue's newest Hope Spot - the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. The cultural significance of Chumash heritage makes this National Marine Sanctuary the only one of its kind." @SylviaEarle

📸Robert Schwemmer

[Catherine Gemmell @cathgem2000]

Happy #WorldSeagrassDay 💙🌱

Looking for an action to take? Download the app Seagrass Spotter to become a #CitizenScientist and help report seagrass when you see it!

Looking forward to going out tomorrow with @morayocean for my first ever Seagrass Survey!

[Toryn Whitehead @toryn_whitehead]

Excited to be hosting this new podcast #BeyondTheBear! Keep any eye out tomorrow for the first episode with @melaniecoath from @Natures_Voice

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

Me agreeing to write a paper. And me now, writing that paper

[Edinburgh Earth Initiative @edinburghearth]

The incredible Startup Summer Accelerator by @EdinInnovations is back for 2024! Sponsored by @edinburghearth, this 12-week programme will help #sustainablestartups develop with £3,000 in #funding, expert support, and advice. Find out more via https://t.co/OuP6QnV5WN

[Leanne Cullen-Unsworth @LCullenUnsworth]

Celebrating #WomenAndGirlsInScienceDay by planting seagrass with my own little scientists as well as the awesome @ProjectSeagrass team and seagrass champs @North_Wales_WT @WWFCymru @coychurchps

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

And for those keeping track, global sea surface temperatures hit a new all-time modern record high yesterday, at 21.15°C.

Yep. It's all going swimmingly, as they say.

[King's College London @KingsCollegeLon]

King’s Climate & Sustainability Month spotlight: People & Planet’s university league.

We are delighted to be ranked 5th out of 181 institutions in @peopleandplanet’s annual survey of #sustainability in higher education. 🎉

Find out more. ⬇️
@KCLSustainable

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

University fellowship: we welcome applicants from all socioeconomic backgrounds

Fellowship salary: we welcome applicants from the landed gentry, as well as recent lottery winners

[Dr Thomas Smith 🔥🌏 @DrTELS]

'Limits to Growth' was published in 1972.

Using the World3 computer model to simulate Earth & human system interactions, it predicted societal collapse to begin around about, err, now.

50 years on, World3 was updated with the latest input data.

It gave the same answer. Oh joy!