by Jane Brady | May 7, 2019 | Stewardship, Uncategorized
Over 300 people so far have participated in creating the UK’s first River Charter for the Dart at Dartington. You are invited to join us to build a culture of care for water by giving a voice to our river and naming ourselves as co-stewards. Free and open to all....
by Jane Brady | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s easy to think of a river as a thing… water moving from source to sea, a corridor through a landscape, part of the hydrological cycle, what a boat floats on, or the thing that floods. Rarely do we give ourselves time to experience a river as part of a...
by Jane Brady | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
In his excellent article about Resilience, Michael Lerner emphasizes the importance of relevant, practical and local actions and points out that it is emergency planning that brings people together across political, cultural, sectarian, and ethnic lines. Thinking...
by Jane Brady | Mar 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
We have been having some lively interactions with some lovely academic researchers recently. The common ground is that we all want impact goals that are truly transformational. Our approach is to start in-place, have conversations and get all sectors talking to one...
by Nick Paling | Dec 20, 2018 | Commons, Environment, Litter, Stewardship
– BLC ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 Bioregional Learning Centre is delighted to have published their 2018 Annual Review – it tells the story of a hugely exciting 2nd year for the Centre and gives some tantalising clues about what’s coming in the year ahead....
by Nick Paling | Dec 17, 2018 | Environment, Stewardship
– RESEARCH STUDIES ARE LIKE TRUFFLES BLC recently participated in an experience that was so much more than a workshop. FoAM is a network of transdisciplinary labs at the intersection of art, science, nature and everyday life. Their most recent UK AccessLab...
by Nick Paling | Oct 8, 2018 | Environment, Stewardship
OXFORD REAL FARMING CONFERENCE – OXFORD REAL FARMING CONFERENCE BLC will be playing a key role at the 2019 Oxford Real Farming Conference. Isabel Carlisle will be chairing a panel discussion on ‘Bioregions: a powerful way to reconnect people to land’ at...
by Nick Paling | Sep 21, 2018 | Environment, Litter
"...AND THE FUN IS STILL GOING AROUND..." – “…AND THE FUN IS STILL GOING AROUND…” Four hundred tiny pieces of extruded black plastic poured out from the hula hoop I had just slit open. You could see they had been cut by hand because they...
by Nick Paling | Sep 7, 2018 | Commons, Environment, Litter, Stewardship
BLC BLOG – 3RD ARCHIMEDES SCREW FEST The 3rd Annual Archimedes Screw Fest celebrates the River Dart and its most spectacular new landmarks – the twin turbines of the Totnes Weir hydropower scheme. Event date: 6th October, 2018 Time: 10am-4pm Admission:...
by Nick Paling | Jun 21, 2018 | Environment, Stewardship
BLC BLOG – LET’S TALK DART What does the River Dart dream about…? You’d be forgiven if you hadn’t yet got around to considering this question. Not many people have, and that was the point the Bioregional Learning Centre (BLC) was trying to make at...
