Dr Jamie Sims
@jamiesims.bsky.social
Academic @oxford_brookes. Researching, consulting, advocating epidemiology of health behaviour & green space, social cohesion, regenerative building, natural materials & environmental exposures.
A contemplative day in Imber, Wiltshire. Open to the public only a few times a year since it was requisitioned by the military in 1943, evicting the remaining population . The restored St Giles church is one of the few original buildings not destroyed.
We're taking a bottom-up approach, generating practice-based evidence from organisations already delivering nature and place-based interventions. The goal is evidence that is useful locally and credible for commissioners, policymakers and funders. @wzgeography.bsky.social @jamiesims.bsky.social
Hi Prof @landethics.bsky.social Might you know why these little streams on the coast form this regular herringbone pattern in the flow? Also attach a mini-hinterland at the top of said streams.
Simply millions of these by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella) stranded on Porth Neigwl today.
Really pleased to be be working on this new collaborative project exploring how we co-produce practical evaluation frameworks for nature- and place-based interventions. Looking forward to learning on this one. naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/projects/dev...
Developing a Flexible Collaborative Evaluation Framework for Health, Nature and Place-Based Interventions
Co-producing a flexible evaluation framework to help organisations measure and demonstrate the health, social and environmental impacts of nature- and place-based interventions.
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
It is just me, or are the horseflies having a harvest year?
VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry
Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets
theguardian.com
Join us two weeks today, Tuesday 20th January from 1pm, for our latest public webinar, to learn more about neighbourhood health: healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk/our-webinars Our webinars are free and open to all, giving you the chance to hear from speakers and ask questions.
🚢 New ECI research shows Europe’s ports face far greater climate risks than previously estimated. Ignoring compound hazards like flooding, storms & heat can underestimate losses by ~€100m a year. Adaptation planning needs to catch up. Read more ⬇️ www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/interac...
🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝 More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf @ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
What better time to order fully funded NHS Forest trees than National Tree Week? We have lots of choice & can supply healthcare sites in England, Wales & Scotland. Our tree bundles come with tree guards & mulch mats – completely free of charge. https://nhsforest.org/green-your-site/tree-planting/
The principal of Edinburgh Uni earns around £420,000 a year. This week his staff were on strike over the threat of redundancies. It's time we got the pay of uni and college bosses back under control. MSPs can back my plans to do that on Wednesday. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
'Obscene' pay of uni fatcat bosses targeted in new proposals before MSPs
Greens co-leader Ross Greer has tabled amendments to a Scottish Government Bill to curb the earnings of top execs at universities and colleges.
dailyrecord.co.uk
Wednesday Webinar Series 2025-26 Starting 12th November We’re pleased to confirm that the next series of Wednesday Webinars will feature a total of 12 webinars with expert speakers from around the world, covering a broad range of topics. Register Now: trees.org.uk/webinars
Any idea what this is please @landethics.bsky.social ? It’s in a meadow that was cut late August. North Wales.
Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.
How the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern Britain
Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.
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The wind in the pylons and cables combined to make a weird chorus. A deep hum from the cables, the wind in the trees, and a mechanical shriek from the pylon, I assume caused by the vibrations transferring from air to metal. Captivating. (This would have been more poetic in @hookland.bsky.social )
EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report. On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.
The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...
thelancet.com
Tokyo is moving in the opposite direction. In addition to the ongoing loss of private green spaces, many large, old trees are being sacrificed for profit-driven redevelopment — all while summer temperatures continue to rise dramatically. #unSmartCity www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Tokyo’s Scorching Summers Focus Public Anger Against Tree Cutting
A group of elderly residents who guard a row of ginkgo trees from being cut down are part of a wave of such activism in the Japanese capital.
bloomberg.com
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last yr.Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com
S.H.F.S…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3zjxy3dwo
“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
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A part, small but important, of watching women’s football was the lack of simulation and time wasting so prevalent in the men’s game. Shame that Italy and Spain are doing so much to copy the worst parts of the men’s game.
“No shops, no schools”: homes in England built without basic amenities. “Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure & doctors.” Some developers not fulfilling legal requirements with little consequence, others didn’t actually have to. A planning mess.
‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors
theguardian.com
I wonder if it ever occurs to Italy that if they hadn’t wasted so much time, the game would’ve been over before that goal.
Of all the issues associated with being convinced to do another modelling study, knowing I'll have to engage with this is the worst. If you know, you know.
