Social-ecological scientist-educator hyphenate. Researching how city kids connect with nature.
Joined August 2015
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1 Jun 2022
What happens when you ask >1000 Aussie kids to explain why 🌿nature🌿 is (or isn't) important to them?
You get my brand new paper (with @lisagiven, @Wingtags & @dieterhochuli)
Get in quick to download the full text for free - it's limited to 50 eprints!
tandfonline.com/eprint/PQHNA…
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12 Jul 2022
Spotted in the wild! Our @UrbanFieldNats book is in bookstores from 2 Aug, more detail and preorder: urbanfieldnaturalist.org/boo…
@andrewxburrell @thomvandooren @dieterhochuli @Wingtags @murdochbooks @booktopia #naturelovers
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16 Jun 2022
title slide 🌈
t-shirt 🔥
stance 💪
if you know, you know
and ICYMI…
it’s the iconic @FishGuyKai
(wrapping up his PhD!)
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16 Jun 2022
I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a more relatable meme ✍️ 🎣
(live from @BambiraptorF’s wonderful PhD exit seminar on choice and preferences in bees)
❓ 🐝 ❓
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1 Jun 2022
World's largest plant found off WA coast abc.net.au/news/science/2022…
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1 Jun 2022
After 3 attempts I have finally been in the right place at the right time to see Gouldian finches in Darwin. My pic is not as good as many I have seen on social media but it was still a very exciting experience.
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1 Jun 2022
I’m thrilled to be featured in this new campaign #STEMWomenWednesday Be sure to visit the network website for profiles of other women working across diverse research areas #informationscience #interdisciplinaryresearch #hassmeetsstem
Welcome to our first #STEMWomenWednesday post featuring members of our brilliant STEM Women network stemwomen.org.au
Discover the diversity of women with science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills across Australia.
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29 May 2022
Wow. A huge day for Australia 💚💛
Had to sit down & take it in. This live shot couldn’t be a better metaphor for a better, greener path ahead 🌱
We embrace the opportunities of decarbonisation with Aussie courage, tenacity & creativity.
Lots of work but we CAN do this 👊🏻
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29 May 2022
Look closely – those aren't leaves! 😮
Charles Davis' incredible capture of a Budgerigar tree is this week's pic of the week!
After recent rains, Budgerigars are flocking in huge murmurations of tens of thousands of birds and turning the red centre green and gold.
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Ryan Keith retweeted
27 May 2022
Have you ever seen a dry rakali? @CharlesSturtUni student Emmalie Sanders releases an individual measured and microchipped for her PhD on #rakali ecology in the Murrumbidgee catchment. @DrDMichael @BiodiversityGuy
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Ryan Keith retweeted
26 May 2022
1. The remarkable 2021 report:
"a profound collective shift of individual and shared values concerning nature - such as moving away from the conception of economic progress based solely on GDP growth, [...] not overshooting biophysical and social limits."
eurekalert.org/news-releases…
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Share your nature stories with us, just like Dasni Da Silva in @Melbourne
A Day By The River
“…I conclude my walk by the river, feeling refreshed in body and in mind, thankful for the lessons learnt in silence.”
Full story urbanfieldnaturalist.org/sto… @RTW_Aus @MelbWritersFest
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25 May 2022
Moths in the A.C.T.,
I got… moths in the A.C.T.
🎸🤘🎶
This book came today and it’s awesome. Unfortunately I’ve also spent an hour singing what should be the jingle for any advertising they do.
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Ryan Keith retweeted
25 May 2022
New paper! Want to protect wildlife from domestic dogs in nature places?
We explored predictors of dog owners' compliance with leashing regulations to inform behaviour change strategies.
doi.org/10.1080/10871209.202…
We found... 🧵
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Ryan Keith retweeted
20 May 2022
PhD supervisors have two moods:
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18 May 2022
Super excited to be able to read this book to my boys to show them some amazing scientists.
@ElizPagelHogan I'll let you know how they react to the chapter about me!! 😆
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15 May 2022
Maria Sibylla Merian is considered one of the earliest entomologists and ecologists and has a wide group of admirers, including Sir David Attenborough. Our latest video with @bbcideas tells her story, using animations based on her own illustrations:
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Ryan Keith retweeted
10 May 2022
Did you know fairywren species can hybridise? They can! We're excited to announce the publication of our first Fairywren Project paper: New records of hybridisation in Australian Fairywrens
birdlife.org.au/afo/index.ph…
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Ryan Keith retweeted
9 May 2022
“half of all…downloads are used for non-academic purposes, including to improve…services by medical professionals, local and regional planners, public health workers, and veterans’ advocates, to name just a few” Who Uses Open Access?… #socialchange blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci…
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