Florence Halstead 🌍

PDRA at @UofGlasgow 👩🏼‍🎓 All things Climate Justice, Community Collaboration and Citizen Science 🌍

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

TODAY I PASSED MY PHD WITH MINOR AMENDMENTS! As a girl that dropped out of college and was a single mum before the age of 20, I cannot express how much this means to me. The first Dr Halstead in my family. Here’s to breaking stereotypes and pushing boundaries #wecandohardthings

[Dr Katie Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 @ParsnipsParsons]

Our paper "Crumbling cliffs and intergenerational cohesivity" is out in #GeosceinceCommunication🥂

Working with young people in Withernsea, one of the world’s fastest eroding coastlines, we developed a participatory, creative model of climate praxis
https://t.co/tbpjcmUpMa

[Prof Ria Dunkley @RiaDunkley]

I wrote about how education, in its broadest sense, can spark a love for the planet. When we see the world with wonder, like a child does, we find hope for change.
https://t.co/RcrRgvHtmK

[Glasgow GALLANT Community @CommuniGALLANT]

🌿 We did a stall at Community Food Growing with @ZamMunda
People tried out CommuniMap with us and now we’ve got new records from Bellahouston Allotments! 💚
Plus: beans from Africa, yummy rice & salad, fermenting & kind people. Such a good vibe!
#Glasgow #CommuniMap

[That's TV Glasgow @ThatsTVGlasgow]

"We want people to have the space to challenge things"

@UofGlasgow Professor Ria Dunkley is part of the team who developed the new 'Communimap' app, to allow communities to connect with their local environment.

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Get downloading communiMap!

A place to share your stories, to contribute to community science, and help raise the collective voice 🫶

The more people who use it, the more powerful that voice becomes.

Feel free to DM me if you have any queries or questions 🌱

#communiMap

[Glasgow GALLANT Community @CommuniGALLANT]

After a successful soft launch, we’re excited to share that communiMap is now live for everyone! 💚

Glaswegians (and beyond!) can start noticing, sharing & caring for the places they love!

Huge thanks to everyone who’s been part of the journey so far! Download links below...

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Thank you of course to all the co-authors, we got there in the end!

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Happy Monday! 🥳

Thrilled to share our new paper in Children’s Geographies:

“Place-based & intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: Moving beyond participation and towards momentum” 🌍📚

Read it here: https://t.co/UZGlQaIwCT

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Drawing on research in Vietnam, we argue meaningful youth action requires more than participation - it requires momentum. By grounding climate stories in place and intergenerational voices, we can build emotional resonance, support agency, and sustain long-term engagement 🥳

[Dr Katie Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 @ParsnipsParsons]

Did you visit Windermere as a child? Maybe you grew up by the lake or holidayed there?

In partnership with @LoveWindermere
we're collecting childhood memories of Windermere for my @BritishAcademy_
funded Guardians of the falls project https://t.co/ikdzFWKQHX

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

@GeomorphicJosh @EEIatHull @UniOfHull @Delta_Josh @_jordan_burgess @FreijaMendrik @josh_NFM @SavWorne @EliisaSelina @ChrisTomsett @DynamicCoast @anne_baar A true EEI legend - good luck Josh, pint on me when I’m next down 🥳

[Dr Katie Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 @ParsnipsParsons]

Here is the animation we made with the youth from our @vietnam_youth @BritishAcademy_ funded project
with @Jones_Lisa2014
@Halstead_F Dr Hue Le Thu Vo Alison Lloyd Williams @DrChrisHackney @bedform
#ClimateAction
https://t.co/uidE2K6vff

[Glasgow GALLANT Community @CommuniGALLANT]

🌍 People & Nature: Join us on 4 Nov to help shape a community science project that collects stories of nature connections across Glasgow’s West End. 🌱📱
🕒 3-4.30 pm / 5.30-7 pm
📍 ARC, @UofGlasgow
Sign up: https://t.co/r3F8EmLB1L
tea, snacks, & a £10 Thank you voucher!

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

@c_l_walker @BritishAcademy_ Wow this sounds amazing Catherine, congratulations 🥳

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

When we moved in 5 months ago we had a D rating, but with the help of a few lovely engineers, Stirling Council and Scottish government grants/loans, we now have an A.

Just in time for winter too ❄️🌱🫶

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Lovely article that gives a bit of context to our Compost Co-Lab Project. Thank you Samar 🌱🫶

[🦋 @greatergovanhill.com on BlueSky 🦋 @Govanhill_mag]

@Hidden_Gardens and @CommuniGALLANT are engaging with communities and supporting people to adopt sustainable practices through hands-on composting experience, helping to manage food waste and contribute to reducing the city’s carbon footprint.

Article link available below 🔗

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Another fantastic day down at Hidden Gardens, working together to understand composting in Glasgow ✨

[Glasgow GALLANT Community @CommuniGALLANT]

Today was our second Compost Co-Lab induction at @Hidden_Gardens …

We now have a team of compost analysers who will measure the health of the compost, recording it at regular intervals 🫶

Watch this space as we share our learning 🌱

#citizenscience #composting

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Such a brilliant day, with such a buzz to it! Plus we got a spot in perfect view of the stage - where the Red Hot Chilli Pipers did their thing 💃🏼😝

[Glasgow GALLANT Community @CommuniGALLANT]

We had the most wonderful time at the Govan Footbridge Festival on Saturday.

Everyone who came along to our stall made a magnificent wildflower seedbomb sculpture, which will go on to influence the design of a rain water collection device in Govan 💧

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Pass me the 🍷🥲

[Glasgow GALLANT Community @CommuniGALLANT]

It’s been a hectic week for the community collaboration team in #GALLANT … two back to back conferences presenting and convening in both Glasgow and at @RGS_IBG London.

Lots of learning & new opportunities, but for now, it’s time to switch off and relax for the weekend!

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

@ParsnipsParsons @RiaDunkley @segambell @CommuniGALLANT @GALLANT_GLA @RGS_IBG @ClimateGeog Thank you Katie! Hopefully next year we can do something together 🙏🏼❤️

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

Interested in participatory mapping? At #RGSIBG24?

Come along to our session today at 11:10am in Royal School of Mines rm G41, to find out more about various applications throughout the world, and unpack both opportunities and challenges encountered.

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

@RGS_IBG @segambell @RiaDunkley @MissSJHamilton1 @elliotdcfisher Now we’re in to our panel discussion, with the first question being raised around the value of participatory mapping, and if that’s in the process or product

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

So it begins. First up, we have @AmaliaArgelich, with her talk, “How to map vulnerability in an empowering way? A climate gentrification index

[Florence Halstead 🌍 @Halstead_F]

@RGS_IBG @segambell @RiaDunkley @MissSJHamilton1 Last but not least, it’s @elliotdcfisher talking to us about participatory mapping as a tool to reveal conflicting perceptions of fire drivers in Madagascar. A great use of imagery here