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Heritage type, trained as an archaeologist, solarpunk, stubborn optimist. Ancient DNA. Works at Historic England, all opinions expressed are mine. @ORCID.org | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-0878
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Historic England are looking for 8 -10 small heritage organisations (excluding churches, national or local authority run organisations) to take part in Pilot Carbon Bookkeeping & Carbon Reduction Training. Deadline for expression of interest is 24 Feb. More info:

"wild apple forest" is my phrase for today. Looking forward to digging deeper into this.

biocubes.net What I learned today... The #archaeology 🏺of humanity now outweighs the entire biomass on Earth.

The Historic Environment Forum (HEF) has published a new report on #heritage & #ClimateChange. The report shows the investments required to get the sector to net zero, and illustrates some of the related evidence gaps and policy challenges. Read it here: bit.ly/3ZZ0ThK #HeritageSectorToNetZero

The @ukparliament.parliament.uk Culture, Media and Sport Committee is to examine the importance of built #heritage in the UK and the barriers to its preservation committees.parliament.uk/work/8742/pr...

Interested in the historic environment? Interested in planning? Then, Historic England's Planning Bulletin might just scratch your itch. November edition is out now. historicengland.org.uk/advice/plann...

Work in a local authority #heritage team? Got a question about #heatpumps ? Join the Local Authority Heritage Community on Wednesday this week, 27 November for Q&A and discussion with Dan McNaughton, Senior Building Services Engineer at Historic England. 📍💻27 November. ➡️https://bit.ly/4fWC8Yw

Starter packs are great resources created by community minded folk here to help you find accounts to follow. Here's a searchable directory of them. Thank you to whoever set this up 😊 #StarterPack blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

🚨JOB KLAXON: Research Assistant (Bioarchaeologist) on the fascinating Rewilding Later Prehistory Project. Isotopes and aDNA your thing? Interested in early horses? The role is based on Oxford, but some time spent here at Exeter:

Why top researchers spend more time planning than doing (and why you should too) 1. Pick your problem early Don't wait. Choose your research problem when you start grad school. 2. Build on existing work Your research should stand on the shoulders of giants. Use the literature. #academicsky

BBC News - Popular Peterborough 'Britain's Pompeii' display extends run - BBC News 🏺Good to see Historic England supporting extending this exhibition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,243,839! (Earlier than I thought 🙂). Nice piece of promotion Bluesky 👍