⚓️ Charles Booth, the shipowner and social reformer, died on this day in 1916.
📕 Booth lived in Grace Dieu Manor, Thringstone for the last 30 years of his life, and is best known for his book 'Life and Labour of the People in London'.
23.11.2025 10:13 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🌳 Stay connected with everything that's happening in Charnwood Forest Geopark.
📰 Sign up to our monthly newsletter now: www.charnwoodforest.org/newsletter-s...
18.11.2025 09:25 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🔎 The Geopark and our partners are looking for 2 researchers to join exciting projects, funded by the Collaboratory Research Hub:
🌳 PhD on nature & wellbeing
🦖 Research Placement on public understanding of fossils
🌐 Deadline approaching! More info here: www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...
10.11.2025 09:39 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Members of Rachel Wood's research group conducting geological fieldwork in Namibia. Geologists in hats gather around a rocky outcrop under a clear blue sky, with a hilly, sparsely vegetated Namibian landscape in the background.
‼️New PhD project in Edinburgh: "Animals, traits, and oxygen in the Ediacaran Nama Group, Namibia". Supervised by Rachel Wood (Amelia Penny and I co-supervising) — big UK+Namibian team — help us understand early animal evolution! Apply by Dec 14th #paleontology
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
09.11.2025 20:16 — 👍 16 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
Superb! A new species of Charnia - found in Charnwood Forest - has been named after Prof Martin Brasier 😊
04.11.2025 09:09 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🧑🤝🧑 Our Geopartner Network brings together organisations across Charnwood Forest that want to celebrate their area and support the Geopark.
🌐 Find out more on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/geopartner-n...
30.10.2025 09:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Targeted Film
🌎 Preserving Our Planet’s Story: Geoheritage at GSA Connects
🌍 Members of ProGEO (Priscilla Grew, Jack Matthews) shared their insights and experiences during the GSA Connects 2025 meeting — highlighting international collaboration in geoheritage research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yy6...
#progeo #geoheritage #GSA
24.10.2025 15:58 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Team ProGEO Exec at #GSAConnects2025 - promoting geoheritage and geoconservation!
22.10.2025 17:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you to GSA for the invite to deliver a Pardee Keynote talk on the topic of UNESCO International Geodiversity Day at #GSAConnects25. Together, we can increase public engagement with the story of our planet.
21.10.2025 15:07 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
At #GSAConnects this week, flying the flag for all things geoheritage, geoconservation, and geodiversity.
After years of online meetings, it's so nice to finally meet Priscilla Grew and Tom Casadevall in person!
20.10.2025 16:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🇮🇳 Many thanks to the Geological Survey of India for inviting me to remotely present a talk at today's special workshop on geoconservation. A fantastic event.
16.10.2025 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌟 New research positions working with the Geopark - share with anyone you think might be interested:
14.10.2025 08:37 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🌟 We've assembled a Leicestershire SUPERTEAM and are now looking for a PhD researcher to take forward the 'Seasons of Wellbeing' project - looking at how people experience green spaces across the seasons.
🌐 Learn more and apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/improving-we...
08.10.2025 19:09 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
🌟 We've assembled a Leicestershire SUPERTEAM and are now looking for a PhD researcher to take forward the 'Seasons of Wellbeing' project - looking at how people experience green spaces across the seasons.
🌐 Learn more and apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/improving-we...
08.10.2025 19:09 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
I mean, I've known worse places to update the #GeodiversityDay website.
08.10.2025 18:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚶♂️ Stage one of the Via Algarviana begins!
07.10.2025 14:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📅 5 years ago we had an online conference about geoheritage, and a few of us thought "wouldn't it be good if there was a special day for geodiversity".
🇺🇳 So we worked together to create it.
🏞 And now the world talks about geodiversity on Oct 6th.
😊 Happy #GeodiversityDay
06.10.2025 13:48 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
It's nearly #GeodiversityDay 2025, so we thought it was time to expand our social media presence!
04.10.2025 13:19 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
An excellent ProGEO Symposium in Tulcea🇷🇴 - excellent presentations and so many wonderful people attending.
Honoured to have been re-elected onto the Executive as we continue to grow our International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage.
03.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌍 This week, our Geoheritage Officer has been presenting our work on geoconservation at ProGEO - the International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage.
💸 Our Geopark hosted the ProGEO conference in 2023, bringing a boost of c.£100,000 to the local economy.
02.10.2025 07:23 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Baby Ammonite, do doo do do do doo
🇷🇴 Agighiol
02.10.2025 05:34 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🌍 The International Union for Conservation of Nature has approved a new initiative creating the Key Geoheritage Area designation.
🌐 Read more on the #GeodiversityDay website: www.geodiversityday.org/post/key-geo...
01.10.2025 08:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Many thanks to the organisers at #ProGEO2025🇷🇴 for the opportunity to share our work on the geoconservation of Ediacaran fossils in Charnwood Forest.
01.10.2025 07:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Me: *Ferments pressed grapes*
Every fruit fly in Oxfordshire:
26.09.2025 15:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
⭐ We recently announced our official 100 Treasures of Charnwood Forest featuring famous sites and forgotten artefacts from across the Geopark.
🏺 What's included from your community? Take a look and explore 600 million years of history!
🌐 Explore the Treasures: www.charnwoodforest.org/100treasures/
26.09.2025 07:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Student
Two students from De Montfort University (DMU) Leicester have travelled to Japan as part of a fact-finding mission to bolster Charnwood Forest
🇯🇵 As part of our collaboration with De Montfort University, we'll be receiving a report from two students who recently visited the Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark in Japan - this will help to shape our own upcoming UNESCO application.
🌐 Read more here: www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/ne...
22.09.2025 09:18 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🍇 A very productive Sunday. I'm estimating I'll make about 50 bottles of wine this year... all off one vine!
21.09.2025 20:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Human Geographer at Loughborough University, UK | profsarahmills.com | researching childhood, youth, citizenship, volunteering, gambling and gaming
Paleontologist, geologist, ecologist, educator. Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois Chicago. Author of EXPLORERS OF DEEP TIME. Also American Flyer trains and the Little Engine that Could.
A worldwide celebration of geodiversity, occurring every year on October 6🎉
Officially proclaimed by UNESCO at its 41st General Conference in 2021🏛️
Assistant professor of international relations and international law | sometime political advisor | All views mine alone | find me on Twitter at @yuanyi_z
Physical geographer within the Oxford Resilient Buildings and Landscapes (OxRBL) group, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford.
Interests: biogeomorphology, rocky shores, walled gardens & horticulture, heritage + nature interactions.
The Montserrat Volcano Observatory continuously monitors the Soufrière Hills Volcano to provide timely advice to reduce the impact of volcanic activity.
Turning data into discoveries 🌍📊 | AI, Biodiversity, & Citizen Science enthusiast | Here to bridge nature & tech 🌿🤖
AI Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Astrobiologist & palaeobiologist @ Univ. Edinburgh / Co-director, UK Centre for Astrobiology / Director, MSc Astrobiology & Planetary Sciences / Deputy Chair, Council for the Defence of British Universities. https://www.astrobiology.ac.uk/mcmahon-group
Connecting researchers & staff @ox.ac.uk with those who share our vision of public policy powered by the best available evidence & expertise.
Gentleman Scientist. Ancora imparo.
Trustee of NatureSpot: https://www.naturespot.org
Secretary, Leicestershire & Rutland Entomological Society: https://leicestershirerutlandentsoc.blogspot.com
#Arachnids #Bugs #Environment #Hemiptera #Leicester
Physical geographers interested in #biogeography, #geodiversity and #environmental research. We are especially devoted to northern regions. https://oyluma.weebly.com/
Hiker, backpacker, forager, fisher, gardener, fossil finder, iPhone nature pic taker, nature nerd. Retired. Back home in Newfoundland after many years away. 🇨🇦
Dinosaur researcher at NHM London. Honorary Prof at Birmingham. PalAss Vice-Pres. Ed-in-Chief of TJSP. Medium pace swing bowler. You were thinking it; I just said it out loud.
Assistant Curator of Earth Systems at National Museums Scotland. Secretary and Trustee, Scottish Geology Trust. Gemmologist. Rock person. She/Her. All views are my own.
What is your city built from? This account is all about building stones and accessible geology in the built environment. londonpavementgeology.co.uk
Sedimentary geologist & investigator of past climates & environments. Professor @OxUniEarthSci.bsky.social & Tutorial Fellow
@StAnnesCollege Opinions mine. He/him
International Man of Prehistory. Post Doc. Archaeology, Heritage, Metalwork. A man of dreadful aspect and sorry footwear.
therestlessforge.ghost.io
Geomorphologist with interests in biotic influences on earth surface processes, who has strayed into heritage science. Professor at University of Oxford. Often wrong, usually lost.
