Pictured: Big Felt and Bog Pool, from Tenderbog by Laura Harrington and Feral Practice (Image Credit: Juri Vlassov) Two UK artists Laura Harrington and Feral Practice (Fiona MacDonald), who work together as part of the WaterLANDS artists in residence, took part in an exhibition ‘Unbounded within – Symbiotic Subjectivities’, in Pärnu, Estonia. The exhibition, which was … Read more
Pictured: Dunga Swamp in Kisumu, Kenya courtesy of the Venice Agreement Laura Harrington, one of the two UK WaterLANDS artists-in-residence, was invited to take part in the Third Biannual Global Workshop of the Venice Agreement (VA) on peatlands in Kisumu, Kenya (2 – 5 June 2026). She was representing her work with peatlands in the UK … Read more
🎬 📍 Across Northern England | iCASP, WaterLANDS and Great North Bog Partners A Bog Film Festival is being held across the north of England to encourage people to discover why peatlands matter and learn about the crucial work being undertaken to restore them. Three exciting events are being held in the lead-up to International … Read more
🎧 Podcast: Exploring Restoration with WaterLANDS The second episode of Exploring Restoration with WaterLANDS features Prof. Julia Martin-Ortega, an ecological economist, and Dr. Joshua Cohen, an environmental anthropologist at the University of Leeds. Recorded during the WaterLANDS General Assembly in Leeds, the researchers discuss the risks of nature commodification and what implications this might have … Read more
I am the Graduate Trainee in Green Finance and Peatland Restoration within WaterLANDS UK. My role is to help build capacity and mobilise the use of green finance to support and deliver peatland restoration across the Great North Bog. This involves sourcing and engaging private sector finance, raising the profile of peatland restoration work delivered … Read more
Artists at Fleet Moss WaterLANDS UK artists in residence Laura Harrington and Feral Practice (Fiona MacDonald) gave a presentation at a two day conference hosted in the New Forest’s tree house venue. The Conference, held in September 24, was called ‘The Long View: Art, a sense of place, belonging and reciprocity in relation to landscape’ and focused … Read more
News from WaterLANDS UK Water-based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness In the UK, the WaterLANDS team has been working with the Great North Bog – a coalition of six delivery partnerships – to support blanket bog restoration at scale across the whole of the north of England. This includes support around monitoring, planning, finance, citizen science, community … Read more
Ruth Bookbinder, Julia Martin-Ortega, Joshua Cohen – University of Leeds Take a look at this paper A new paper by Prof. Julia Martin-Ortega, Dr Ruth Bookbinder, and Dr Joshua Cohen, University of Leeds has just been published in the journal People and Nature. This paper marks an initial step in our efforts to understand how … Read more
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Pictured at Malham Tarn This summer our UK Artists in residence for WaterLANDS, Laura Harrington and Feral Practice, who are working with iCASP and partners, at the Great North Bog Action Site, spent a very wet and soggy day at Tennant’s Gill, near Malham Tarn in Yorkshire. They were carrying out explorative fieldwork with Professor of Aquatic Science Lee Brown, University … Read more