United Kingdom Archives

Nurture in nature for nurture of nature: SEI at the Conference for Advancing the Participatory Sciences 2025

Past event / Discover ways to achieve enduring impact from environmental citizen science projects in schools, based on Smriti Safaya's research in Hong Kong and the UK.

27 May 2025 / About Cities

Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ announces recipients of second funding round

Press release / Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ awards funding to 15 projects empowering communities to explore ecological citizenship and drive sustainable change.

22 May 2025 / About Innovation and Participation

A forest of deciduous trees frames a rough path. In the distance are two walkers with their backs to the camera. One is dressed in a red coat, the other in blue.

Quantifying the unseen benefits: an innovative economic valuation of the social and cultural values of trees, woods, and forests at risk

Journal article / Economic valuations of trees must take account of their social and cultural values if they are to accurately reflect the financial benefits of treescapes.

31 October 2024 / About Forests

Pint of Science 2025

Past event / Join SEI at Pint of Science festival in York, for engaging talks on water, uplands and sustainability.

19 May 2025 / About Household energy and Land use

Teacher and primary school children in a classroom.

Particulate matter concentrations in UK schools: a nationwide study into the influence of ambient PM2.5 and the resulting exposure potentials

Journal article / SAMHE data shows that particulate matter levels in UK schools are heavily influenced by outdoor air quality.

14 May 2025 / About Pollution

close up of a man's hands using a large knife to cut a red onion on a wooden chopping board.

Opportunities for microbiology citizen science: lessons learnt from three pilot projects

Journal article / Authors offered eight key recommendations for co-designing, implementing and evaluating effective microbiology citizen science research.

7 May 2025 / About Wellbeing

Three people (two women and one man) sit around a table while in discussion. Another man is crouching at the head of the table, listening to and facilitating the discussion.

Ecological citizenship and the co-design of inclusive and resilient pathways for sustainable transitions

Journal article / Explores how ecological citizenship is communicated, understood and implemented by stakeholders, and considers how to promote wider use of the practice.

2 May 2025 / About Adaptation, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

City Nature Challenge 2025: a global opportunity and York’s UK leaderboard ambitions

Past event / Enjoy local wildlife and contribute to citizen science as part of this annual international event. Live in York? Help us achieve our nature recording goals!

25 April 2025 / About Ecosystems

Beautiful view over Mata Atlantica in Brazil.

Tackling deforestation linked to commodity trade via Trase

Feature / Over the past 10 years, Trase has become a globally recognized source of data and intelligence for addressing deforestation in global supply chains.

11 April 2025 / About Forests, Public policy and Supply chains