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The common story of water scarcity frames Water as a noun. Water is a dance, a verb, a process. The more we slow it in the land the more there is in the land, for aquifer and life, and water cycle. How may we..shift from Water management to water participation? open.substack.com/pub/climatew...

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Future water options with reps from farming, industry, government etc. showed up to listen, & advocate for nature, sustainable drainage & hydrated landscapes. ie let water into ground not just take it out. Day held by #wre at the glorious Orton Hall, an estate dating back to 1086.

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Glorious morning with 100 other river lovers on a flotilla of punts, paddle boards, canoes and kayaks showing love for our #rivercam. Message to @anglianwater.bsky.social : try harder to #cleanitup! #camvalleyforum @sascampaigns.bsky.social #paddleoutprotest #puntandpaddleout

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Help coordinate the plan for the #rivercam! @wildlifebcn.org is recruiting for a part-time catchment officer, closing May 19th. #chalkstreams #caba #cameo #ccp www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/cam-cat...

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One more day to fill in the gaps on this map! theriverstrust.org/take-action/...

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Good summary of mayoral hustings (free tickets available, donations appreciated) from Resilience Web. We urge candidates to follow London and other C40 mayors with a strong water strategy, including use of SuDS for water quality, biodiversity & amenity resilienceweb.org.uk/news/cp-mayo...

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Join #camvalleyforum & friends of local rivers for a Punt and Paddle-Out on the most iconic part of the River Cam on Saturday May 17th, as part of a national day of action by @sascampaigns.bsky.social to demand an end to sewage pollution www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/punt-and-p...

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So happy to be in the 106th @cnhs1857.bsky.social Conversazione. How often do you get to take part in the 106th of anything? Many more happy returns! Lots of lovely people got to play with our #RainLab to see how different vegetation affects the infiltration rate of rain. See you in the 107th 😸

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Care about water and how it's "managed" in the UK?Last few days to respond to this consultation: consult.defra.gov.uk/independent-...

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The mayor helps set the vision for growth, resource management & infrastructure - including water - for the region. Get your questions answered from the candidates in the Cambridge Community hustings, live in Wesley Church on 23rd April www.eventbrite.com/e/cambs-pete...

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Mayoral Hustings on April 23rd 6:30-8:30 Wesley Church. Housing and Infrastructure and WATER. Good info here, incl links to get tickets: cambridgetownowl.com/2025/04/06/m...

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💫 Cambridge Festival: Rivers of Light film screening 🗓️ 3 April from 5-7pm 📍 CB3 9DP 🎟️ bit.ly/3XZsMEH Immerse yourself in the visuals and insights from leading experts that will leave you with a newfound appreciation for the natural wonders in our own backyard With @watersencam.bsky.social

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Rave On For the Avon with filmmakers & local water activists. A good way to spend #worldwaterday 🌊💦 💙 Here's to #cleanwaterways 💧and #nomorepoo in the rivers 🙏

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There's more than one way to love. We need all of it. Join us at Arts Picturehouse Cambridge today at 3:30 for RAVE ON THE AVON with q&a with the most Riverine Mrs Avon & filmmaker Charlotte Sawyer bit.ly/3DKLbOH #caba #waterislife #worldwaterday2025 #worldwaterday2025

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bit.ly/3DKLbOH For the love of River - don't forget to come to the excellent film Rave On the Avon on Saturday 3:30pm at the Arts Picturehouse - advance tickets available. With a Q&A at the end with the film director and local water/river campaigners.

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YES to ambitious projectsrestored fen, wetland, rainforest. YES to beaver, lynx, white stork, wolf. But nature needs small spaces too. YES to wildflower verges, messy lawns, bathtub ponds, dead wood, and YES to more bees, butterflies and tiny beings in our city. Rewild at different scales

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One year ago we cut the kerb to create three rain gardens in an ordinary grass verge in Fallowfield, Cambridge. Since then, these small & mighty SuDS have worked hard to soak up rainwater to reduce ponding on the street while providing a haven for pollinators & other wildlife. 🦋🌱🐝 bit.ly/wsc1anniv

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Discovering Newmarket's forgotten chalk stream and the local people tracing its path in light and love

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Rave On the Avon Film / Q&A with director Charlotte Sawyer and local clean water campaigners Anne Miller cam valley forum, Ruth Sapsed & chaired by James M-W @sky_larking. March 22nd 3:30pm, @CamPicturehouse. @CambridgePPF Get your ticket: bit.ly/3DKLbOH

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Cute animation and campaign highlighting the devastating impact of #groundwater #flooding www.letstalkgroundwaterflooding.org

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Wild swimming and designated bathing water regulations reform is high on the agenda. Debate yesterday in parliament, #southcambs MP @pippaheylings.bsky.social gave a brilliant speech. Watch the debate here. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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Chalk streams support a unique community of life that needs pure, clean, mineral-rich water. Let's support them and their best chance for recovery. Sign the petition #chalkstream #chalkstreamfishing #caba petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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💙 Charlotte Sawyer's celebration of the Bristol community, life and wild swimming in Cambridge! March 22 3:30, #picturehousegreenscreen, and #riversoffilm The panel features fimmakers & local water loving groups. Continue conversation in the cafe afterwards. 💦 www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

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New #slowflow rain planters outside of 110-113 Fallowfield Cambridge. Grasses, ferns, herbs & flowers feed pollinators, while preventing 100s of litres of stormwater from overwhelming pipe & ponding at Fen Rd. Low cost #suds retrofit for climate resilient streets. #pebblefund

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Day 1 complete! Our friends at Phoenix delivered four gorgeous handmade planters to us in Fallowfield, ready to transform into #slowflow rain planters. After a day of sun, rain, mud, we'll soon be ready to plant leafy shade-loving beings here #raingardens #flowersnotfloods #pebblefund

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New report from wildjustice: Habitat degradation could to lead to a drop in UK GDP of between 6-12% by the 2030s. Delivering 300,000 homes a year blows entire carbon budget for England. Where's the enforcement for developers reneging on planning promises? theconversation.com/property-dev...

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Drip drip drip...we love visiting our SlowFlow and rain gardens in the rain! Here's one we installed last year at Darwin Nurseries. Take a look at the flow director, a cast of an coiled ammonite from Sedgwick museum by our friends at Phoenix Trust. #flowersnotfloods #placesfornature #placesforwater

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If life is to thrive in Cambridge in this time of freshwater scarcity, we need bold and brave acts to address abstraction and water use. Just published - what are the practical and legal challenges? Thanks @acarpen.bsky.social www.ewsc.org.uk/action-areas...

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Proud to introduce this new project by @watersencam.bsky.social in Cambridge. Funded by #PebbleFund for biodiversity, we'll be installing six of our #SlowFlow planters in the catchment of Fallowfield's surface water drain pipe. Not only reducing floods, bringing back nature 🌻 youtu.be/82bCVmH0GWI

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To help you get through #BlueMonday, here's a picture of some gorgeous purple wands of woodland sage being enjoyed by a carder bee in the Fallowfield Rain Gardens last year. Whatever is getting you down today, remember life persists. There will be spring.

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Humans working to restore lost species and places at many scales. From bee orchids and butterflies on a verge in Newcastle to the jungle and jaguar in a national parks in Argentina. We must do this because "Nature cannot afford your self-doubt". #rewilding

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Yesterday @claratee.bsky.social and Yair joined many brilliant people at the #sustainableshepreth Ecofair 2025, including our trestle tablemate Nick, who works on water resilience. Thanks for the soup, tea, and great conversations about water, nature, and life in the village in a changing climate!

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Best wishes to you all for the new year. Have a happy and hydrated 2025. 💙

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High levels of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, metals and industrial chemicals as well as e.coli found in England's inland designated bathing waters including the River Cam in a study led by @watershed-i.bsky.social. www.itv.com/news/2024-12...

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Major new research finds “shockingly” fast changes to flows of Earth’s c. 3 million rivers, mapped across 35 years. “Rivers are dynamic and beautiful beasts & humans should never take them for granted or squander the resources they provide us with.” (Hannah Cloke) www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...

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Over 70% of the world's aquifers could be tainted by 2100 from saltwater incursion www.zmescience.com/science/news... via @zmescience

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28% of microplastics entering the environment annually are from tyres. Chemical additives like zinc oxide & 6PPD linked to fish die-offs and ecosystem disruption. Need for a global, targeted strategy theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...

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How may we #slowtheflow and grow #flowersnotfloods? A day of #rainlab demonstrations and chat at Phoenix Trust Christmas event in #milton!

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We need law, we need policy Holly Smith presenting some incredible work on #surfacewaterstrategy #climateresilience #ciria #sudsforschools across London. big and holistic use of #suds #surfacewater. Innovation focuses on surface water. Greater London Authority. #suds #sustrain #ciria at #floodex.

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#suds #sustrain at #floodex. Coordinate, collaborate, consistency, keep on going! The importance and benefit of making places for water and trees as well as houses in new developments with Bill Blackledge of 2B Landscape Consultancy Ltd.

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Phil Williams EPG, Neil Sewell SDS, Jo Bradley of Stormwater Shepherds. Treatment Trains approach to dealing with road runoff at source, and frustration with #schedule3 legislation being stalled again. #floodex #sustainabledrainage #suds #raingardens

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Panel discussion with the brilliant @jobradley.bsky.social of Stormwater Shepherds UK at #sudstheatre at #floodex with an impassioned plea not just for installing #SuDS but maintaining SuDS...long term often left out of the planning and costing of projects. #schedule3 #susdrain

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🎉 We're excited to share a video we created highlighting the first six months of the Fallowfield Rain Gardens project! This project marks our initial pilot in developing cost-effective, retrofit rain gardens, making the most of Cambridge's green assets and roadside spaces. youtu.be/8i3MleWtjbA?...

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Three water companies blocked by Ofwat from using customer money to fund executive bonuses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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