News from around the region
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National Trust gardener takes French lesson in fight against climate change
16th August 2010
A trainee gardener at National Trust’s Hardwick Hall near Chesterfield spent two weeks in May at Chateau Villandry in France’s Loire Valley. Tim Turner wanted to find out what gardening practices we could adopt here in the East Midlands, and what plants we could grow, as the climate changes.
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Would you like a WIMBY?
16th August 2010
Anyone who has ever wanted a WIMBY – or is wondering what one is – is invited to find out more. From the Stepping Stones Project at Leicestershire County Council.
Regional Adaptation Network Launched
26th April 2010
Climate East Midlands has launched a Regional Adaptation Network to enhance information-sharing amongst partners and stakeholders. It’s free to join and open to all!
Peak Power project results published
21st April 2010
Last week, Friends of the Peak District launched the results of their project “Peak Power: Developing micro hydro power in the Peak District”, at the historic Cromford Mill in Derbyshire. The project has taken three years to complete and involved surveying and analysing over 150 river sites. They identified 80 sites that could be developed as sources of local hydro power in the future.
Historic Environment and Climate Change Workshop
3rd December 2009
Over 70 stakeholders came together on 10 July 2009 at Nottingham’s Ice Centre to consider the effects of climate change on the region’s historic buildings, landscapes, parks, gardens and other treasures (Lincolnshire alone has 33,000 historic assets). This Defra funded project was a joint enterprise between the Regional Heritage Forum and °Climate East Midlands. Several participants complained about the heat in the room, but all that sweat generated a great deal of rich material thanks to expert facilitation and was carefully captured by organisers, the Council for British Archaeology. The outputs from the event are being used to inform other regions, English Heritage, Defra, national guidance to local authorities and an ongoing dialogue in the East Midlands.
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