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andyharrod.bsky.social
Co-creating stories. Research: nature & wellbeing. Geographer & person-centred psychotherapist. Book: tearing at thoughts. Cats. Music. Hiking. Running. Cricket. Academic profile: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/people/andy-harrod2
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“I suppose that’s how you end up eating yourself from the inside. So no, I would say this is the easier thing.” Touching article & yes care is easier than avoidance & denial. If only politicians realised that... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Civil rights, student riots on the continent, campaigns against the Vietnam war, we got this feeling that the world had to change & that feeling translated into our peculiar situation in Wales What great principles to found a music label on. Great music too www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

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🚨 We're interested in convening a panel for the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 with 5 minute quickfire talks from current health geography PGRs, introducing their work & how they relate to the overall theme of creative geographies Please get in touch if you are interested :) #GHWRG

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Spotted in @theguardian.com 👀 Higher Education is in CRISIS ⏰ 🚨 Job cuts 🚨 Course cuts 🚨 Real term pay cuts Sign the petition 👇#STOPtheCUTS stopthecutspetition.org.uk

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Sadly, not surprised and an enduring legacy... We, as men, have to change this.

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A day of fellowship writing soundtrack by this beauty: Odyssey by Kwoon

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I might have this... 😂

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A pleasure to join an overview of an exciting NHS project at Clay Fields (formally Calderstones) in Lancashire to hear about engagement with green & blue space as a partner in facilitating preventive & restorative encounters for inpatient & community wellbeing www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-innov...

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Call for papers at the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social AM! If you are working at the intersection of health equalities, blue and green spaces, and urban planning, we would love to hear from you! Pls submit your abstract to [email protected] and myself ([email protected]) by Thu 28/02.

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If you are in the Netherlands do consider joining us for an exploration of ‘How do we carry on?’ Political activism in an era of uncertainty, followed by a workshop using somatic practices supporting radical activism

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Me, pretending Monday isn’t happening. #MondayMotivation

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Deadline extended: Sponsored sessions @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference We're particularly interested in sponsoring sessions that engage with the conference theme & address creativity from the perspective of health, wellbeing & medical geographies 👉 ghwrg.wordpress.com/ghwrg-sponso... #GHWRG

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I am a Health & Wellbeing Geography researcher. I focus on understanding people’s encounters with ‘nature’ & how these influence individual, community & ecological long-term wellbeing I am also a non-practising person-centred therapist - still a way of being You are likely to find me on the fells

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Time to form the resistance! "Yes, we also – and urgently – need national and global action, brokered by governments. But it’s beginning to look as if no one has our backs. Prepare for the worst."

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Really?! The whole point is to reduce emissions... FFS 🤬 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Interesting breakfast read 🛸 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Listening to Bob didn't last too long. I might like Diamonds and Rust more...

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An interesting way to convey the beyond urgent message of environmental crises and the need to act now www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Join me and tell Chancellor Rachel Reeves: no more airport expansion while we’re in a climate emergency 🚨🌎 @friends-earth.bsky.social 👇 action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sto...

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Great news for Hen Harriers - "sometimes known as the ghost of the moor – has been pushed close to extinction because of illegal killing and nest disturbance". www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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How Warsaw became the unlikely vegan capital of Europe | Karol Adamiak

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Have you got 5 mins? We’re in the process of writing up our Impact Report. If you have ever enjoyed a cycle session with us, please consider filling out this short survey: airtable.com/appcLrhjCjh3... It really helps us prove to decision-makers the significant benefits of our work! Thank you.

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My dreams are still bigger than my fears…

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Talk on the '#MAWFIOSA' ( Men Ageing Without Family: Isolated, Ostracized, Stigmatised and Alienated)?' This Friday (31 Jan 25): headstrongclub.co.uk/blog/ @ageingbetter.bsky.social @bsg-era.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @gerontologyuk.bsky.social @ageuk.bsky.social

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The band that has always been for our times. Maybe one day 'we' will hear them... www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

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1. The UK government’s pursuit of GDP growth at all costs is an assault on our natural wealth, which will impoverish us all. It might be able to massage the headline figures by converting the living world into money, but it does not improve our lives.🧵

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To act involves laughter www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I watched The Complete Unknown tonight, so now my Spotify looks like this! Guess who I'll be listening to for the foreseeable future!!

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This is the context for my final Environmental Geographies lecture later today. It is why I highlight the urgent call to embrace relationality, interdisciplinarity & staying with the trouble as essential in decentring hyper-separated humans in responding to our environmental crises for all species

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We have the choice to do nothing or to act. I choose to act in my everyday interactions with care, empathy and kindness - for that is the world I want to be part of.

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Hello Bluesky! I've now actively left Twitter - we all know why! So, I'm looking forward to interacting here as we build the resistance ✊

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Co-creating stories. Everyday.

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