@ThamesGov

Historian. On rivers, water, energy, the Thames, environment 💦🌍

 University of Greenwich
Joined June 2011
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Heard about the 18th century Ottoman gravestone recently found in Greenwich? Come and discover three centuries of shared history. Ottoman Journeys: Life and Afterlife in Greenwich. Free exhibition, London, SE7. Info here bbk.ac.uk/research/centres/r… @greenwichherit @CharltonHouseGW
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Come to Greenwich @UoGHistorians on 26 May (5.45pm) to hear @GuidaMichael talk about his new book 'Listening to British Nature: Wartime, Radio and Modern Life, 1914' (OUP). Book your free ticket here listening_to_british_nature.…
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Alan Russell@soxgnasher5 Apr 2021
Piles of dumped WW2 blitz rubble dumped on Hackney Marshes raising level from sea level to many feet above
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young boy in rubble 1986 in the ruins of tibberton swimming baths greenman street islington 1986 ©chris dorley-brown see here for how it was: flickr.com/photos/chrisdb1/6… #flickr flic.kr/p/aSgdQV
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disused pool 1986 the small "mothers" pool tibberton baths greenman street london n1 uk ©chris dorley-brown#flickr flic.kr/p/bnSfwp
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Delighted that this #WomenEnergy history is published today. Available from Blackwells in hardback now and for pre-order in paperback (ready 31 July) blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pr…
Abigail Harrison Moore@DrabigailHarris11 Jun 2021
What exciting news for a Friday night. Thank you @McGillQueensUP and thank you to our amazing contributors. From workshop @CarsonCenter to book, this has been such a great journey with Ruth Sandwell @fabulierend @ProfKarenSayer @_sorcha, @ThamesGov @untamed__shrew & Graeme Gooday
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Late to the party but so glad this is happening next week: publication of this new history of women and energy. A pleasure and honour collaborating with these wonderful editors and colleagues. #InANewLight 15.07.21
Abigail Harrison Moore@DrabigailHarris11 Jun 2021
What exciting news for a Friday night. Thank you @McGillQueensUP and thank you to our amazing contributors. From workshop @CarsonCenter to book, this has been such a great journey with Ruth Sandwell @fabulierend @ProfKarenSayer @_sorcha, @ThamesGov @untamed__shrew & Graeme Gooday
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Karl Jacoby@karl_jacoby7 Oct 2020
"All Water Has a Memory": conference on River History organized by @CUHistoryDept grad student @materialhistory. Details below!
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This is just about the only legislation protecting rivers 1. Why "flag" this to business leaders? 2. A river doesn't need several ecological problems to kill it. One will do. 3. Do we want to lower the standards by which our rivers are judged? theguardian.com/environment/…

Environment Agency chief supports plan to weaken river pollution rules

Campaigners say Sir James Bevan is trying to ‘rig system’ and cover up decades of failure

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'The Amazon is the vagina of the world': why women are key to saving Brazil's forests theguardian.com/environment/…

'The Amazon is the entry door of the world': why Brazil's biodiversity crisis affects us all

Indigenous leader Célia Xakriabá and Vagina Monologues author V discuss the destruction of Brazil’s forests and why this is the century of the indigenous woman

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'Water is sacred': 10 visual artists reflect on the human right to water

The UN declared access to water and sanitation a human right a decade ago, but 785 million people worldwide still have no water close to home

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We are thrilled to announce that the first 2020 issue of RCC’s Perspectives is now online! “Women and Energy” brings together largely untold stories that demonstrate the key roles of women in energy transitions. #enhum #envhist #gender #energy tinyurl.com/y3q6mju6
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Thanks so much @untamed__shrew and all these collaborators at the Women & Energy @CarsonCenter Workshop.
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Congratulations to our graduating historians. So proud! See you in person before too long, I hope.
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This Paralympic swimmer built his own pool after local pools closed in the #COVID19 shutdown. His makeshift pool is made of plastic, logs and an old tank.
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FSBI 2021 Symposium: Fish, Fisheries and Ecosystems in the Anthropocene on July 5-9, 2021 in Leuven, Belgium will be having Dr Daniel Pauly as one of the guest speakers. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/FSBI2021SymposiumSpea…
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We are heading back to the Miocene. Atmospheric CO2 is approaching levels that no hominid has ever experienced theguardian.com/environment/…
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UCU@ucu8 Jul 2020
🚨 one week left for members to apply for a paid position on UCU's first member-led task group on sexual violence in tertiary education 🚨 we're keen to hear from members with all sorts of experience & expertise. Unsure about applying? Apply anyway! ucu.org.uk/article/10812/Sex…

Sexual violence task group

The sexual violence task group was made up of 13 UCU members who worked together to produce research and recommendations which will inform UCU's campaigning in this area.

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Richard Jones@rlcjones5 Jul 2020
1/20 Going to try a @Twitter lecture. I want to present some work in progress from the @waternames’s project: ‘What do Anglo-Saxon charter bounds reveal about the physical & changing nature of English rivers in the early medieval period?’ This is me!
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#job Lecturer in Colonial / Postcolonial British History Education jobs.ac.uk/job/CAN993/lectur…
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