Pam Dugdale
@physicsgirluk.bsky.social
Physical Scientist. PhD. HE/FE college #STEM #Engineering teacher in northern England. She/her.
#TeachSDGs #Sustainability #GreenSkills #LivingLabs #Energy #Materials #IndustrialEcology #EnvironmentalScience #DefendScience #DefendNature & #Shelties 🐶
#TeachSDGs #Sustainability #GreenSkills #LivingLabs #Energy #Materials #IndustrialEcology #EnvironmentalScience #DefendScience #DefendNature & #Shelties 🐶
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Love the sound of winter geese 🥰
Missing the daily #pinkfooted choir since we moved from west to north Lancashire. But we have curlews now 😊
Missing the daily #pinkfooted choir since we moved from west to north Lancashire. But we have curlews now 😊
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Love the sound of winter geese 🥰
Missing the daily #pinkfooted choir since we moved from west to north Lancashire. But we have curlews now 😊
Missing the daily #pinkfooted choir since we moved from west to north Lancashire. But we have curlews now 😊
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Jane Goodall's wisdom rings true: 'What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make'.
July 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Jane Goodall's wisdom rings true: 'What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make'.
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The British electricity system was over 50% renewables last year
The system operator is expecting by 2030 grid companies will connect 34.5GW batteries, 32.1GW offshore wind & 29.9GW solar
Considerably more than any of those sectors has operating in Britain today
www.ft.com/content/9913...
The system operator is expecting by 2030 grid companies will connect 34.5GW batteries, 32.1GW offshore wind & 29.9GW solar
Considerably more than any of those sectors has operating in Britain today
www.ft.com/content/9913...
Britain’s grid overhaul means hundreds of energy projects unable to connect this decade
Connection priority given to those ready to build in bid to meet clean power 2030 target
www.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The British electricity system was over 50% renewables last year
The system operator is expecting by 2030 grid companies will connect 34.5GW batteries, 32.1GW offshore wind & 29.9GW solar
Considerably more than any of those sectors has operating in Britain today
www.ft.com/content/9913...
The system operator is expecting by 2030 grid companies will connect 34.5GW batteries, 32.1GW offshore wind & 29.9GW solar
Considerably more than any of those sectors has operating in Britain today
www.ft.com/content/9913...
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Green skills are becoming essential in almost every sector. Things like problem-solving with sustainability in mind, using resources efficiently, understanding climate basics, or improving systems through teamwork.
Small skills, big impact; and they’re easier to build than you think!
#PRME #Green
Small skills, big impact; and they’re easier to build than you think!
#PRME #Green
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Reposted by Pam Dugdale
PRME is spotted in Explicit!
Pages 6–8 feature simple tips for a greener Christmas and ways students can get involved on campus.
Join the Gen Green Collective (GGC) to make your ideas real and help build a more sustainable MTU!
Read here: www.mtucorksu.ie/latest-expli...
#PRME #Sustainability
Pages 6–8 feature simple tips for a greener Christmas and ways students can get involved on campus.
Join the Gen Green Collective (GGC) to make your ideas real and help build a more sustainable MTU!
Read here: www.mtucorksu.ie/latest-expli...
#PRME #Sustainability
Latest EXPLICIT - MTU Students Union
www.mtucorksu.ie
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
PRME is spotted in Explicit!
Pages 6–8 feature simple tips for a greener Christmas and ways students can get involved on campus.
Join the Gen Green Collective (GGC) to make your ideas real and help build a more sustainable MTU!
Read here: www.mtucorksu.ie/latest-expli...
#PRME #Sustainability
Pages 6–8 feature simple tips for a greener Christmas and ways students can get involved on campus.
Join the Gen Green Collective (GGC) to make your ideas real and help build a more sustainable MTU!
Read here: www.mtucorksu.ie/latest-expli...
#PRME #Sustainability
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Exciting news from WAES! 🌱
We’ve opened the Green Skills Innovation Centre – a hub for hands-on learning in sustainability and green technologies.
📽 Watch the ribbon-cutting and read the full story here: www.waes.ac.uk/news/2025/12...
#GreenSkills #LifelongLearning #LondonSkills #Sustainability
We’ve opened the Green Skills Innovation Centre – a hub for hands-on learning in sustainability and green technologies.
📽 Watch the ribbon-cutting and read the full story here: www.waes.ac.uk/news/2025/12...
#GreenSkills #LifelongLearning #LondonSkills #Sustainability
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Exciting news from WAES! 🌱
We’ve opened the Green Skills Innovation Centre – a hub for hands-on learning in sustainability and green technologies.
📽 Watch the ribbon-cutting and read the full story here: www.waes.ac.uk/news/2025/12...
#GreenSkills #LifelongLearning #LondonSkills #Sustainability
We’ve opened the Green Skills Innovation Centre – a hub for hands-on learning in sustainability and green technologies.
📽 Watch the ribbon-cutting and read the full story here: www.waes.ac.uk/news/2025/12...
#GreenSkills #LifelongLearning #LondonSkills #Sustainability
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"The share of UK households using solid fuel increased from 8% in 2018-19 to 11.7% in 2022-23. Installations are also increasing, with the proportion of newly inspected homes containing a stove growing from 7% in 2009 to just over 10% by 2024."
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem
The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"The share of UK households using solid fuel increased from 8% in 2018-19 to 11.7% in 2022-23. Installations are also increasing, with the proportion of newly inspected homes containing a stove growing from 7% in 2009 to just over 10% by 2024."
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
U.K. celebrates 25 years of #offshore #wind #energy which now generates 17% of our annual #electrical energy 🌬️👍🏻
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
U.K. celebrates 25 years of #offshore #wind #energy which now generates 17% of our annual #electrical energy 🌬️👍🏻
We need to keep the ban on deep #sea #mining
Using less #energy will be challenging, but it’s clearly counterproductive to destroy the planet by mining #materials to build #renewable energy infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Using less #energy will be challenging, but it’s clearly counterproductive to destroy the planet by mining #materials to build #renewable energy infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Over a third of animals impacted in deep sea mining test - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We need to keep the ban on deep #sea #mining
Using less #energy will be challenging, but it’s clearly counterproductive to destroy the planet by mining #materials to build #renewable energy infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Using less #energy will be challenging, but it’s clearly counterproductive to destroy the planet by mining #materials to build #renewable energy infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Pam Dugdale
Stunning lunar halo over northeast Fife this evening
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Stunning lunar halo over northeast Fife this evening
Not often we get an #earthquake www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Earthquake shakes homes in north-west England
Lancashire residents say the 3.3-magnitude tremor felt like
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Not often we get an #earthquake www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If you haven't yet watched #DaveBorlace's great #JustHaveaThink show on the UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing #nebriefing, you'll find that it's one of his very best. Have yourself some intriguing few minutes with it, and *please* act on what he says - sign the letter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you haven't yet watched #DaveBorlace's great #JustHaveaThink show on the UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing #nebriefing, you'll find that it's one of his very best. Have yourself some intriguing few minutes with it, and *please* act on what he says - sign the letter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
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Over a third of Frankfurt's electricity goes to data centers,
had no idea Germany was going all-in on AI infrastructure.
algorithmwatch.org/en/germany-d...
had no idea Germany was going all-in on AI infrastructure.
algorithmwatch.org/en/germany-d...
Germany’s Data Center Boom is Pushing the Power Grid to its Limits - AlgorithmWatch
As Europe pursues the vision of becoming an AI continent, the AI infrastructure boom in Germany is already exposing the limits of the energy supply and physical infrastructure. And the question remain...
algorithmwatch.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Over a third of Frankfurt's electricity goes to data centers,
had no idea Germany was going all-in on AI infrastructure.
algorithmwatch.org/en/germany-d...
had no idea Germany was going all-in on AI infrastructure.
algorithmwatch.org/en/germany-d...
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM