If you didn’t hear this botany news this week that means you probably don’t follow enough botanists on twitter, and i’m sorry for you. https://t.co/2GNOBqxAqi
Last week @hbaldwin met some of the deminers from our #100WomeninDemining project in #Angola.
This project provides women with much-needed skills and jobs, whilst making their country safer.
We're grateful for the continued support from @ukinangola of our work in the country.
I taught a group of beginners to cast nature/botanical finds in silver @metalclayltd today.
Cow parsley
Sea urchin
Dandelion
Alexanders
Daisy
Fennel seeds
Fennel fronds
Wild strawberry
Following the completion of two terms in office
#President Lt Gen Dr Seretse Khama steps down today. From the 1st April 2018 #Botswana will be having a new President 55 year’s young Mokgweetsi Masisi ahead of elections in 2019 #DemocraticProcess
If we can make plates from Areca nut, why not sustainable coffee cups? Amazing renewable byproduct from betel nut farming. Someone showing leadership in this? @Starbucks? @CostaCoffee?
Congrats to our @intotheokavango team: "Into the Okavango," which details their efforts to explore & protect the Okavango River Basin, was just accepted to be part of this year's @Tribeca Film Festival. Details: https://t.co/o0j9as23Jg
Bring culture to the streets of London! Throwback to this year's Lumiere, when London was turned into a beautiful work of art overnight #cultureplus https://t.co/BXttfOJmoq
Biodiversity is not just about iconic animals, what about the plants ? At the base of the food chain plants feed the plains game that the lions eat. Without the plant diversity the game will disappear and there will be no food for the lions. https://t.co/gQNysTjgcR
Did you know lions can spend 16-20 hours in the day just napping and resting? They truly live the phrase "hakuna matata"🦁 #Africa#wildlife#BiodiversityForLife
12 Early Career Research Fellowships available for 3(-5) years in various botanical disciplines @KewScience See: https://t.co/zCTXZHCS3C Applications closing 8 April.
Come and join my team @kewgardens @kewscience: 3(-5) year Early Career Research Fellowship at interface of #ethnobotany and collections, your topic. 11 other Kew fellowships too, all close 8 April, salary to £33k. https://t.co/Mv3yAwL0oF #museumjobs#botany pls forward/RT