A farmer stands on a soil berm between flooded rice paddies, with one hand shading eyes and the other resting on a hoe, looking towards forested green hills with occasional tan colored buildings under a light blue cloudy sky.

Promoting locally inclusive wetlands conservation – experience from Myanmar

SEI brief / This brief outlines key concerns, policy gaps and recommendations on how Myanmar’s wetland conservation efforts can benefit from inclusion communities.

28 May 2025 / About Water resources

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

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

Towards zero waste in fashion in Kenya: insights from Nairobi workshop on sustainable fashion and textiles

Feature / The fashion and textile industry is one of the largest contributors to global waste and pollution.

15 April 2025 / About Cities, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

Two men stand together outdoors. One is making notes on a red clipboard, the other is reading out information to him from a small data-collection device.

Co-created citizen science creates space for dialogue around environmental challenges faced by urban residents in the global south

Journal article / Reflecting on projects conducted in Kenya and Thailand, researchers have produced a six-step methodology to support others using citizen science approaches.

2 April 2025 / About Cities, Climate policy, Participation and Wellbeing

International Day of Zero Waste 2025: Towards zero waste in fashion and textiles

Past event / SEI, UNEP and ANMRA will host a celebratory event to highlight the benefits of sustainable waste management for addressing environmental pollution.

29 March 2025 / About Cities, Pollution and Wellbeing