I've just started working with Dr Jennie England and Dr Kate Giles on The Common Room project of Streetlife York. We're investigating what future sustainable York might look like, for city communities, city tourism, and city environments, especially with the city council's promise that York will be zero-carbon by 2030. 2030 is only six and a half years away!
I'm focussing on York's environments, its green and blue spaces, their visibility and accessibility, and how they might fit into - and influence - the city's transport strategy, due to be unveiled in a year's time. This research, plus my work leading York's Hidden History walks, plus my lifelong love of natural history, has inspired me to start blogging again more frequently, and resurrect something last seen on the streets of York in 2015: natural hystery!
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For those of you who missed it all those years ago, natural hystery was my idea of combining natural history facts with a human love of mystery (and perhaps a dash of hysteria) to introduce some strange scientific stories to the streets of York.
Some of them might appear in Streetlife. Some of them might get incorporated into my walks for York's Hidden History. Either way, there are so many interesting York natural hystery tales buzzing around my brain at the moment that I simply have to write them down.
So, be prepared for a flurry of posts over the next few weeks, all under a theme of 'York Natural Hystery'. And please do pop into the Streetlife hub on Coney Street (open from 10am to 5pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday to Saturday, on Sunday 10am to 4pm, and closed on Wednesday) and tell us your thoughts about future sustainable York.
Learn more about York's ancient, natural and scientific history, by booking onto one of our York's Hidden History walks via Tripadvisor.
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