It is @greencareersweek.bsky.social 💚 Check out our post full of useful links and an environmental careers story from @head-in-the-clouds.bsky.social Did you have a #GreenJob before teaching? How are you celebrating this week? Let us know below! #GCW2025 #GreenCareers #GreenSkills

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From Biology Field Trip to a Green Career When I was at school, my original plan was to study Accountancy. It seemed sensible and a financially secure career path. Then came my A-level Biology field trip. It was one of those rare weeks of blistering sunshine on the coast of Wales, and I loved every minute of it. Being outdoors, surrounded by nature, collecting data with the sea breeze in my hair (I had more hair back then) — I was completely in my element.

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Plants, Sustainability & Science Education🌱🌎🍎 Join us with @chrisgraham.bsky.social for a session at the Secondary Science Festival at Bedford College on 8th July. For more info & to book, use the QR code. 📲 @cleapss.bsky.social @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social @stemlearning.bsky.social

Are you looking to build your confidence in microscopy? Join us in partnership with @associationscied.bsky.social on 04/06 for a twilight event (1/3). Suitable for teachers with all levels of experience🔬🌱🧑‍🏫 For more: www.ase.org.uk/events/build... @stemlearning.bsky.social @royalsocbio.bsky.social

Check out the new L3 certificate in sustainability: teach.ocr.org.uk/level-3-cert... I’m developing the teaching resources for it for OCR and I’m teaching it at Hills Road Sixth Form College in Sept 2025. I love the spec they’ve come up with - such a useful qualification for students. #EduSky

🌱It's International Plant Appreciation Day!🌿 Support the plants & community that inspire you. Please consider making an unrestricted gift—it provides flexible support, ensuring resources go where they’re needed most: crm.botany.org/makeadonation Share your plant story! #LetsGoPlants #IamaBotanist

Have a look at this newsletter for what I’ve been doing to support students learning how to use microscopes. 🔬 Lots of other great stuff too. 🌳

Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS)@saps-news.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨NEWS🚨 View the latest edition of our newsletter with info on: 🎒Plant Science Summer School 2025 🔬Teaching microscopy using plants 🍏Science Teaching Survey 🗞️Fascinating news stories 🤩and much more! 👀 zc.vg/VpLmc?m=0 @associationscied.bsky.social @stemlearning.bsky.social @cleapss.bsky.social

Looking for guidance teaching #Microscopy? 🔬🌱 Chris' latest article also featured in @associationscied.bsky.social School Science Review is available here with a presentation to download: www.saps.org.uk/growth-hub/t... #plantsci @chrisgraham.bsky.social @stemlearning.bsky.social

In case you missed it the amazing @chrisgraham.bsky.social will be joining us for #ChatBiologyLive 🙌🏻

Chat Biology@chatbiology.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy Tuesday! We are pleased to announce our second contributor for #ChatBiologyLive is: @ChrisGraham.bsky.social from @saps-news.bsky.social ! 🌱 If you want to come chat all things plants you can get your tickets here: buff.ly/3Vudzdv #ChatBiology #EduSky #iTeachBio 🧬 #SciTeachUK

Looking forward to meeting some of my biology education heroes in person for the first time, catching up with others and meeting new people. Excited to have the opportunity to talk. 💚🌳💚

Chat Biology@chatbiology.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy Tuesday! We are pleased to announce our second contributor for #ChatBiologyLive is: @ChrisGraham.bsky.social from @saps-news.bsky.social ! 🌱 If you want to come chat all things plants you can get your tickets here: buff.ly/3Vudzdv #ChatBiology #EduSky #iTeachBio 🧬 #SciTeachUK

The #CANBill simply says that we will - do what we say we’re going to do - be informed by experts and by the people. I, and many, will feel a massive betrayal if this doesn’t pass its second reading today. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @conservatives.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk

One of the many really interesting points that Hannah writes about in her book ‘Not the end of the World’. There is lots that needs to be done but there is hope. Hope that comes from data like these, past successes and the growing awareness of a need for action and participation in this action.

Hannah Ritchie@hannahritchie.bsky.social · 2y ago

The world has passed "peak child". This was a term coined by the late Hans Rosling, and the most recent data suggests that the world has reached it: the number of children has stopped growing. My data insight on @ourworldindata.org today: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

Does this image mean that we need to reduce global emissions by about 60% to stop increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? Does this count as ‘Net Zero’? It’s from: drawdown.org/drawdown-fou... What would figures look like for 2024? #Sustainability

Check out the Wild Check report from the FAO (www.fao.org/newsroom/det...). There are some great examples and data about the importance of plants and it shows how connected we are to ecosystems even though we usually feel quite separated from the rest of nature. #ITeachBio🧬 @saps-news.bsky.social

The Wild Dozen: Prized as ingredients, vulnerable wild plants face surging demand

A new FAO report raises awareness about the need for their sustainable use

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I’m exploring setting up savings accounts for my children (8, 9, and 11) and would like to choose a bank/building society with strong sustainability credentials. Does anyone have any advice?

Just read @hannahritchie.bsky.social ‘s book in 2 days (unheard of for me!). So quick because: 1) it’s very easy to read 2) it’s fascinating and I couldn’t put it down 3) we’re at the grandparents house and they’re entertaining the children. Lots to reflect on - highly recommended 💚🌳💚

Can’t wait for this. Hoping it will give me more ideas for enthusing my students about the nature around them. 💚🌳💚

TrevorTheBotanist@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 2y ago

Nothing quite beats the moment your long and wordy text document is laid out and the pdf actually looks like a book! Urban Plants 1st page proofs have arrived and I couldn’t be more excited #UrbanPlants #NatureWriting #botany @chiffchat.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...

Let’s hope that this and other efforts lead to a real focus on sustainability and nature connectedness in education in the next stages of the process 💚🌳💚

Doccy B 🌿🌿🐝🌿🦔🌿@merylbatchelder.bsky.social · 2y ago

DfE called for evidence for their curriculum review. What better evidence than the scientific data of @edhawkins.org's #WarmingStripes & the #BiodiversityStripes? The big round of applause from the audience suggests now is the time to put nature, sustainability & #ClimateInEducation.

In honor of National Tree Week in the UK here’s one of my favourite autumn sights. I give you the elegant branches of a naked hornbeam. Such a pleasing and distinctive pattern and shape it warms my heart when I see one.

Great PhD opportunity at @uniofexeter.bsky.social & Natural England to help tackle one of the current big questions in UK conservation - “How does gamebird release and management affect the population stability and recovery of UK bird species?” www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin....

Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter

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"Education has a responsibility to make the future as bright as possible for our students. A big part of that is about addressing the climate & biodiversity crisis..." @chrisgraham.bsky.social seconded to SAPS Find out more about #BiologyForABetterTomorrow here: buff.ly/3Z5Q6le 🌱💚🌏 #plantscience

Home | Biology for a Better Tomorrow:Creating a Resilient Environment

‘Biology for a Better Tomorrow’ is a comprehensive digital series created in partnership with the Royal Society of Biology and Content With Purpose (CWP). This series delves into the vital work of bio...

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Chris Graham@chrisgraham.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is me: Sustainability and education: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Teaching classification and evolution using plants: www.saps.org.uk/growth-hub/t... Ideas for plants throughout biology: www.saps.org.uk/growth-hub/g... Ecological literacy: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/rsb/biology-...

We're delighted to see this series 'Biology for a Better Tomorrow' - a digital series from the RSB highlighting, in this video, the vital role of plants in biology. Featuring our very own Chris Graham and Dan Jenkins! #Bioscience #BiologyForTomorrow

Chris Graham@chrisgraham.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is me: Sustainability and education: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Teaching classification and evolution using plants: www.saps.org.uk/growth-hub/t... Ideas for plants throughout biology: www.saps.org.uk/growth-hub/g... Ecological literacy: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/rsb/biology-...

We are so excited to announce that Chat Biology Live is a go! All the event information can be found here: https://buff.ly/3UZMlv7 Please share as much as possible Tickets will be on sale soon, we hope as many of you can join us as you can! #EduSky #iTeachBio 🧬 #SciTeachUK

Thanks Kathy 💚🌳💚

Kathy Freeston@kfbiology.bsky.social · 2y ago

Some fabulous resources and ideas from Chris #ITeachBio

This is me: Sustainability and education: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Teaching classification and evolution using plants: www.saps.org.uk/growth-hub/t... Ideas for plants throughout biology: www.saps.org.uk/growth-hub/g... Ecological literacy: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/rsb/biology-...

Inspiring Ecological Literacy | Biology for a Better Tomorrow

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Snails have a scraping ‘tongue’ called a radula. They use it to scrape up yummy algae. Here’s evidence of a snail dinner party. You can see how they sweep their heads left and right making tracks like a mountainside road. The wonder of nature! 💚🐌💚

So much in the programme. Basically, ASE conference is equivalent to months of high quality professional development, networking (and socialising) compressed into 3 days. If you can reach Nottingham in a day trip I recommend booking a day attendance to see for yourself! #ASEconf2025

Association for Science Education@associationscied.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thinking about booking for the ASE Annual Conference 2025 but not sure yet? Hear directly from past attendees! We’re confident you’ll be inspired. vimeo.com/1027263292/6... We can’t wait to see you there! ow.ly/r0ET50U25rN #ASEConf2025

I’m ‘topping the billing’ at the @associationscied.bsky.social annual conference this year! Looking forward to talking about the work I’ve been doing with SAPS (www.saps.org.uk). There will be dandelion seeds, zooming chloroplasts and more…what a way to start the conference.

One of my favorite things about autumn is finding these green islands in fallen leaves. 🍂 Their story is summarized here: www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2015/10... I also love how the track starts narrow and gets wider as the caterpillar grows. So many wonderful stories in nature 💚

Biology teaching, plants, responding (however I can) to the climate and biodiversity crisis are my kind of things. If any, or all, of these are your thing too then you might like my article in Teaching Times here: www.teachingtimes.com/the-importan... #iTeachBio #GreenSky #Edusky 🌎🌳

The Importance Of A Plant-Rich Education - TeachingTimes

It has never been more important for young people to gain an understanding of plants and their importance, yet they remain under-represented in biology and other subjects. Dr Chris Graham offers his a...

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Hello! 👋🏻 We are very excited to be part of this new community and hope you will join us for our weekly #chatbiology discussions on Tuesdays at 8:30pm! ⏰ We will be up and running next week so come join us to chat all things biology! 🌱🧫🧬🔬 In the meantime our website is here: chatbiology.com

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Welcome As a group of teachers we created the Chat Biology platform as a way of discussing teaching ideas and sharing excellent resources. This website is a hub where you can find everything you need ...

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