Climate friendly gardening
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
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Climate-proofing your home and garden
Just as the Great Fen is implementing Nature-based Solutions to combat our changing climate, we can all take action to help our gardens and wildlife adapt. Discover some quick wins to get started…
My perspective
Ben grew up at the Naze paddling in the sea and looking for sharks’ teeth. After graduation, he returned to the landscape he loves to help local people experience the wonders of the natural world…
How to go peat free at home
Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free.
A new dawn for farming on the Fens
The Great Fen Restoration Manager reviews the pioneering Water Works project nine months in and reflects on its potential impact and timely relevance to the current climate crisis debate
Woodland
Our woodlands are a key tool in the box when addressing climate change for their carbon storage potential, but are less well known for their potential to limit flooding events, with wet woodlands…
My motivation
I’m Libby, and I’m currently completing a research development internship in sustainable aquaculture (basically farming in water) at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban. In…
My research
Throughout my internship, I am contributing to marine conservation by assisting with marine mammal research in Cardigan Bay, collecting data on marine mammals from land and boat-based surveys, and…
Atlantic oak wood
These are the atmospheric oak woods of the Celtic upland fringes, where the mild, moist oceanic climate allows luxurious mats of mosses to carpet the rocky ground and creep up gnarled trunks,…
Connecting Crops - Introducing the SEAD Artists
We have an exciting new project ahead, supported by the Co-op and the Co-op Foundation’s Carbon Innovation Fund partnership. We speak with Aleks Kowalski, Project Director of Drone RePeat, about…
Water Works
Water Works is a pioneering project, funded by the People’s Postcode Lottery Dream Fund, to study new wet farming techniques that could restore the peat to the Cambridgeshire Fens and help mitigate climate change.
Peatland Progress
Peatland Progress: A New Vision for the Fens will tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and the anxieties of the next generation head-on through the restoration of Speechly's Farm, bringing together the north and south ‘halves’ of the Great Fen.