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The mountains are calling… (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. The mountains are calling…. [Artists' books, printmaking]. Exhibited at Bristol. 3 March 2023 - 17 April 2023. (Unpublished)

Curation of an exhibition: This exhibition accompanies a Bookarts at UWE / LAND2 symposium in Bristol discussing environmental themes including water quality, land degradation, pollution and damage to the landscape, interventions and ideas. It sha... Read More about The mountains are calling….

Future brief: Nanoplastics: State of knowledge and environmental and human health impacts (2023)
Report
Shale, N. (2023). Future brief: Nanoplastics: State of knowledge and environmental and human health impacts. Luxembourg: Directorate-General for the Environment

This Future Brief elucidates the current situation regarding nanoplastics and the environment, from their detection and analysis through to their potential health risks, dispersal pathways, and future outlook.

Photovoltaics potential for façade renovations (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Nicoletti, E. (2022, December). Photovoltaics potential for façade renovations. Paper presented at PowerSKIN 2022, TUM School of Engineering and Design, Technische Universität München

As urgent action is needed to tackle the climate crisis by lowering greenhouse gas emissions, façade renovations can improve the performance and reduce the environmental impact of the existing building stock. Integrating photovoltaics into the envelo... Read More about Photovoltaics potential for façade renovations.

The Stories We Tell: Exploring the Folklore of Bees in an Age of Extinction (2022)
Digital Artefact
Portus, R. (2022). The Stories We Tell: Exploring the Folklore of Bees in an Age of Extinction. [Text]

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, a curious news story was circulated. This story reported that, following the Queen’s death, the royal beekeeper had paid an official visit to the hives at Buckingham Palace to inform the ho... Read More about The Stories We Tell: Exploring the Folklore of Bees in an Age of Extinction.

Art and ecology: Encountering bee decline through creativity (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Portus, R. (2022, October). Art and ecology: Encountering bee decline through creativity

As concern for bees’ survival becomes an increased focus of environmental conversations, projects that engage with bee decline have emerged as a visible fixture of the creative landscape. This invites the question of what role creative practitioners... Read More about Art and ecology: Encountering bee decline through creativity.

Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision (2022)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, E. C., Snelling, A. M., & Lamond, J. E. (in press). Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision. Journal of Flood Risk Management, e12868. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12868

The Learning and Action Alliance (LAA) framework is increasingly valued as an approach to facilitate social learning and action by enabling collaboration within and between organisations, breaking down barriers to information sharing and facilitating... Read More about Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision.

Performing extinction stories: Exploring creative responses to bee decline (2022)
Journal Article
Portus, R. (2023). Performing extinction stories: Exploring creative responses to bee decline. Text and Performance Quarterly, 43(2), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/10462937.2022.2134583

As extinction becomes one of the most pressing crises of our time, projects that engage with nonhuman lives have emerged as a visible fixture of the creative landscape. This raises the question of what role creative explorations might play in shaping... Read More about Performing extinction stories: Exploring creative responses to bee decline.

Potential strategies for enhancing solar architectural skins (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Nicoletti, E. (2022, August). Potential strategies for enhancing solar architectural skins. Paper presented at International SEEDS Conference 2022, University of the West of England, Bristol and online

As the climate crisis requires lowering carbon emissions on multiple fronts, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) can reduce buildings’ reliance on energy from fossil fuels by supplying them with electricity generated from a renewable source. In... Read More about Potential strategies for enhancing solar architectural skins.

Future brief: COVID-19 and the environment: Links, impacts and lessons learned (2022)
Report
Shale, N., Jenner, N., & Bird, E. (2022). Future brief: COVID-19 and the environment: Links, impacts and lessons learned. Luxembourg: European Commission DG Environment

Introduction Since early 2020, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), known as COVID-19 (first detected at the end of 2019), has hit societies worldwide, unsparingly, causing massive impacts on people’... Read More about Future brief: COVID-19 and the environment: Links, impacts and lessons learned.

Exploration of shrimp shell chitin as an agricultural biostimulant and its effects on soil microbial respiration (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Swaffield, A. R., Crew, A., & Bonnett, S. (2022, July). Exploration of shrimp shell chitin as an agricultural biostimulant and its effects on soil microbial respiration. Poster presented at 22nd World Congress of Soil Science, Glasgow, UK

Chitin (poly-(1→4)-β-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) is a novel bio-stimulant derived from an inert by-product from sustainable fish production. This study observed the effect of chitin derived from shrimp shells on agricultural soil microorganism metabolism... Read More about Exploration of shrimp shell chitin as an agricultural biostimulant and its effects on soil microbial respiration.

Recycling face masks for manufacturing FlaxPP eco-composites (2022)
Presentation / Conference
ElHawary, O., & Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2022, May). Recycling face masks for manufacturing FlaxPP eco-composites. Poster presented at United Nations University: Nexus Conference, Dresden/Online

SDGs addressed: 9, 11, 12, 14 and 15. Introduction: The severe increase in the pollution caused by the discarded face masks during COVID-19 cannot be overstated. This research provides an innovative engineering solution to this issue by recycling p... Read More about Recycling face masks for manufacturing FlaxPP eco-composites.

The message on the bottle: Rethinking plastic labelling to better encourage sustainable use (2022)
Journal Article
Burrows, S. D., Ribeiro, F., O’Brien, S., Okoffo, E., Toapanta, T., Charlton, N., …Thomas, K. V. (2022). The message on the bottle: Rethinking plastic labelling to better encourage sustainable use. Environmental Science and Policy, 132(June 2022), 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.02.015

Plastic pollution continues to worsen globally in volume and complexity. The complexity in plastic production, use and disposal is significant, highlighting the importance of clear communication to consumers. Yet despite this, poor plastic labelling... Read More about The message on the bottle: Rethinking plastic labelling to better encourage sustainable use.

Future brief: Pollinators: Importance for nature and human well-being, drivers of decline and the need for monitoring (2020)
Report
Shale, N., Kilfoyle, M., & Jenner, N. (2020). Future brief: Pollinators: Importance for nature and human well-being, drivers of decline and the need for monitoring. Luxembourg: Directorate-General Environment

Pollinators are vital to our wellbeing and the survival of nature. By helping plants reproduce, pollinators support a steady supply of healthy and economically valuable food for humans and prop up entire ecosystems. However, we are at risk of losing... Read More about Future brief: Pollinators: Importance for nature and human well-being, drivers of decline and the need for monitoring.

A longer-range strategy for car-bus interchange: The 'link-and-ride' concept (2000)
Journal Article
Parkhurst, G. (2000). A longer-range strategy for car-bus interchange: The 'link-and-ride' concept. Traffic Engineering and Control, 41(8), 319-324

It is widely acknowledged that there can be disadvantages due to bus-based park and ride schemes constructed at the edge of the urban area as well as benefits. The present paper considers how these disbenefits might be reduced. In the main it is argu... Read More about A longer-range strategy for car-bus interchange: The 'link-and-ride' concept.