Pictured: Big Felt and Bog Pool, from Tenderbog by Laura Harrington and Feral Practice (Image Credit: Juri Vlassov) Two artists Laura Harrington and Feral Practice (Fiona), who work together on the UK WaterLANDS residency took part in an exhibition, ‘Unbounded within – Symbiotic Subjectivities’, in Pärnu, Estonia. They joined four more WaterLANDS artists in residence and … Read more
Pictured: Kismu in Kenya courtesy of The Venice Agreement Laura Harrington, one of the two UK WaterLANDS artists-in-residence, was sponsored to take part in the Third Biennial international Venice Agreement (VA) gathering in Kisumu, Kenya (June 2 – 5). Her participation in the event was supported by the Venice Agreement (VA) and the United Nation’s Environment Programme-led … 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
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
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
Antony (pictured) with his blanket bog cake More than a million tonnes of carbon are stored in Marsden Moor, in West Yorkshire – and the peatlands can hold the equivalent annual emissions released by one million cars. These were findings of a four year study by Dr Antony Blundell, Senior Researcher and Martin Gilpin, Senior … Read more
Pictured: Andrew Walker from Yorkshire Water being filmed by Dan Waters from Adarak at Peat Moss A group of peatland enthusiasts took time out from their working day to join us making a video about vital restoration work which has transformed Fleet Moss and Nethergill. We were lucky as it was a beautiful sunny day … Read more
A successful two-day event was held at Moss Peteral, a working farm in Northumberland, in May to discuss what is important to land managers in the landscapes they manage and possibilities for peatland restoration. They were hosted by Northumberland Peat Partnership, supported by members of the WaterLANDSUK team – Professor Julia Martin-Ortega, academic lead and … Read more