Mark Usher

Geographer at University of Manchester studying green infrastructure and landscape governance

[Joe Blakey @joeblakey]

🌍 Mark Usher and I are bringing professionals working on natural capital in Greater Manchester together for a workshop on Tues 22nd July (bridging Mark's work on natural capital and my own on environmental accounting)

Full details below and register here https://t.co/5brf8NIWhe

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

new commentary in @DialoguesHG underlining Latour's mounting concern with the state in his political ecology, and the role of geography in earthing it: https://t.co/D8G7iciaiS

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

really enjoyed collaborating with Emma Knapik and @l_brandimarte on a paper out this week on how lack of understanding of maintenance needs is a barrier to roll-out of #SuDS, a governance more than technical issue: https://t.co/GJS7LkO9D1

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@brianrosa @bcnuej @ICTA_UAB V fred dibnah on reflection!

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@brianrosa @bcnuej @ICTA_UAB Ruddy bloody brilliant news Brian

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@seth_schindler @UniFreiburg @HumboldtUni @ClarkUniversity @OfficialUoM Ah congrats Seth, great news and v well-deserved!

[Matt V @mattvarco]

@jevgeniy_b @Sal_DeRosa @rhizomia @markushergeog @HeatherJMiles scratch that - please use this link to get the article open access https://t.co/sA0kEqLjZX

[Dr Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger]

Brilliant day of collective/connective stitching, spending time with lovely colleagues from the #CottonopolisCollective We've been working on @QuarryBankNT cotton for our upcoming LITMUS exhibition @TextileBiennial

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@NavinSinghKhadk @garethdclay @NimeshDhungana Great to meet you Navin and thanks for your thought provoking contribution to our session!

[Jean-Paul Addie @JP_Addie]

About the state of urban research... @WardyKG1969 and I offer our thoughts in @JUAurban, calling for more attention to be paid to issues of disciplinary & geographic partiality and citational absences when surveying a field called 'urban studies'
https://t.co/KyMPDOxS1u

[Prof Jamie Woodward @Jamie_Woodward_]

How can this pollution happen during a long spell of dry weather? Local anglers reported a very strong smell of sewage and this muck floating down the River Mersey yesterday just downstream of Warrington. Reported to the EA this morning. Any update @EnvAgencyNW @unitedutilities?

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

I have a new open access chapter on the sewage scandal in england and #endsewagepollution movement 💩💩💩

Sewage spills linked to austerity and deregulatory zeal of current government . Thanks @Jamie_Woodward_ for images

Available here: https://t.co/hSf1YJknaB

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@nate_millington "yous lot" or "yay" in the north west. I haven't yay in a long time granted, I think outside an off licence in 2002

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@brianrosa Fred's house in Bolton was on sale when we were looking a few years ago, had a mini museum in his garden! Check it out on zoopla or something. @andrew_speak the modern day dibnah, might have some Bolton inside knowledge

[Wildlife and Countryside Link @WCL_News]

Pitting growth against nature is a false choice. Our economy, food security and health depend on a thriving natural environment

Voices from across environment & heritage are calling on @trussliz to protect nature - for wildlife, a healthy society, & a strong economy

Read more👇

[Dr Amy Barron @AmyCBarron]

I've released a new booklet on how to better understand the diverse lives of older people for policy makers and academics. Please find more below or here: https://t.co/w0gGIQV6Aq @age_uk @MICRA_Ageing @agefriendlyshef @AgeFriendlyLDS @AFNorthYorks @AgeFriendlyEU @AgeFriendlyIrl

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@InvisibleMapper Looks ace Jon, looking forward to reading!

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@trussliz on water regulators as now 'less effective at doing the job' is so cheap: @EnvAgency budget cut 2/3 by her party, while fire service has 1/5 of workforce cut since 2010. Drought/wildfire/sewage now revealing how austerity has eroded resilience: https://t.co/3rC2nqLHwE

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

in new @envplane paper I explore how social/natural disciplines can engage with #restoration from "the inside", offering a #pragmatism approach to politics/democracy, a political urban ecology?? forgot to thank reviewers/editor cos I'm useless so thanks!: https://t.co/iBnRNpiUYF

[Mark Usher @markushergeog]

@jgwilliams88 @CaitHRobin I used this for teaching on desal as soon as I could download, no other paper does what it does, brilliant paper thanks Joe!