WILD GLADES A Shopping Centre With A Big Difference

The team at Arc Biodiversity & Climate explain here why The Glades Shopping Centre in Bromley and LaSalle Investment Managment are leading their industry sectors when it comes to innovative urban rewilding strategies and meaningful engament with communities.

Working on big world issues like biodiverstiy loss and climate change is no longer only the concern of enviromentalists and scientists.

See the trailer here -

For the full 8 minute version of this short documenatry hop over to our ‘Why Biodiversity’ page.

Source: https://www.artecology.space/blog/2020/11/...

'Life is everywhere, even in the most developed of spaces!' The Long Listen Podcast with Ian Boyd & Joe Redston

Perfect Friday listening.. or anytime listening in fact! Our naturalist/ecologist Ian Boyd’s interview for Joe Redston's podcast series covers the collective work here at Artecology, Arc and our not-for-profit The Common Space, and answers all your questions with wide-angled, practical advice on nature, wildlife, urban conservation, plus community regeneration.

Listen out for…

* What's a naturalist and why we believe nature engagement and outreach is all-important… when bugs aren't insects and the extraordinary lightbulb moment that even a hint of taxonomy sparks in a schoolyard...

* How can we gain maximum ecological value from the built world - understanding punctuation, wildlife’s territory and travel plans...

* The Three-Pot Planet or how to create your own ecosystem (think edible, niche and caterpillars not butterflies!) And much more!

https://bit.ly/2DicFJo

Thanks for the visit Joe!


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Discovery Bay

It’s National Marine Week this week and so perfect timing for the start of our latest Discovery Bay research project which got under way today.  Our two latest work experience students, Christ the King A-level pupils, Lizzie and Alanah met us out on Horse Ledge, Shanklin at low tide early this morning starting with Rockpool ID practice, looking for, and discovering patches, of the rare seaweed Peacock’s tail, a key conservation target.  We also spotted a Hairy crab, another rare find so great to see it at home at Horse Ledge.  We walked on to Hope Beach, looking at the distribution of sandstone reef features before taking a quick look at the ongoing PhD research with Glasgow University on Hope Beach groyne where together we’re experimenting with man-made textures and their effects on marine colonisation.

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Alanah and Lizzie’s task this summer is to help Artecology and Arc map the reef features in each of the 54 individual bays along the defended coast of the Bay, identifying any areas of Peacock’s tail as they go.

This latest student project illustrates again how our homebase, Sandown Bay provides tremendous opportunities for higher education research into marine ecology, coastal management and big global issues, while on a local level, it helps Island students find topics of interest and inspiration close to home.  Both Lizzie and Alanah are looking at their university choices as we speak and it’s brilliant that the natural world and Sandown Bay can shape, spark and inform their decisions.

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