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Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...social functions, often being at the centre of ceremonies. One fun example is wassailing in Britain. Local trees play a huge part in all of our lives. With 1 in 3 tree species in the world threatened with extinction (Crowley and Justice, 2021), caring for these heroes is important. Getting involved: tree data Caring for our trees starts with raising awareness. In the UK...
The arts in Participatory Action Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

The arts in Participatory Action Research

...social problems. Inman and Rao (2018) define it as a pattern of behaviour between people in an intimate relationship where the intent is to control and dominate through psychological, physical and sexual mistreatment. This abuse can include cursing and screaming, as well as degradation by constantly criticising a partner’s thoughts, feelings and opinions. More severe...
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...social perspective you will explore ideas from social theory, psychoanalysis, ecopsychology, eco-feminism and post-humanism to gain a deeper understanding of the climate and ecological crisis, its impact on our wellbeing and how to build psychological resilience...This free course introduces the emerging field of Climate Psychology. It is now widely accepted that facts...
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. In these two sided charts, the x-axis is used to show a positive count in both directions. As before, the vertical y-axis depicts the different age bands. However, this time the horizontal x-axis is split into two components. On the left, we have the count for males (increasing...
Are things changing in world rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are things changing in world rugby?

...social side of sport...The 2015 Men’s Rugby World Cup has been an exciting competition so far, although emotions range from unexpected jubilation to deep despair, depending which team you support, or even more significantly where your financial investments lie. This was billed as the biggest World Cup ever with massive global investments and, in particular huge returns...
Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...socially acceptable – in fact, most people would be embarrassed to make that claim. So why is it okay to by openly negative about mathematics? Why do so many openly claim to dislike mathematics, and why is mathematics seen as a domain only accessible to an elite group of “smart” people? [An abacus] Research has proven humans are born numerate, so what happens in...
Marco Rubio wins by coming in third
Society, Politics & Law

Marco Rubio wins by coming in third

...social conservatives. He’s still an outsider in the New Hampshire primary, but another solid showing will put him in position to rally the political endorsements and to raise the big money he needs for the important contests that begin in March. This is all bad news for the other candidates, notably Bush, New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, and the Ohio governor,...
Reporting in the fog of an attack
History & The Arts

Reporting in the fog of an attack

...social media vigilantes on Reddit also made mis-identifications. It remains a clear case study of how the rush to publish or broadcast can lead even the best astray. In the adrenaline-charged chase for information during a major breaking news event, the temptation for news organisations to overreach in the hope of exclusivity and impact can be too great. But as I tell...