Eden Stories - Winter Webinars
Book a free place at our next webinar and watch recordings of previous talks in this winter’s series of webinars.
‘Eden Stories’ are a collection of winter talks, created as part of our Access to Eden: breaking barriers, building bridges partnership led by Eden Rivers Trust with a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Unravelling A Complex Ice Age Landscape - BOOKING OPEN
Thursday 27 February 3pm - 4pm
Join us for our free 45 minute webinar, the last in our Eden Stories winter series. We are delighted to have Paul A. Carling delivering a talk unravelling the complexities of a local landscape shaped by glaciation. If you can’t make the date, book a place at the link and we’ll send you a link to a recording of the talk.
Paul A. Carling is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Southampton, a Visiting Professor at Lancaster, UK, and a Visiting Professor at Chengdu University of Technology, China.
A 40 minute Zoom talk followed by a short Q&A
Going Underground
The Eden Valley is a stunning part of the world, which owes much to the underlying bedrock. A whistle-stop tour of the Eden catchment and a delve into its wealth of information about its geological sites and the Red Bed Rock of the Eden valley. A talk presented by Sylvia Woodhead, member of Cumbria Geoconservation (cbdc.org.uk)
Iron Teeth
Joe Clements, assistant conservation manager with Lowther Estates, provides an insight into a ground breaking regenerative land management scheme employing nature’s most talented water engineers! Watch the recording of the webinar held on Friday 29th November 2024.
It’s a timely talk as the Cumbria Beaver Group – Eden Rivers Trust is a proud partner – announced news that two beaver kits were born at the site in the summer; four years since parents, a pair of Eurasian beavers, Glen and Dragonfly, were introduced.
Swimming Feats
Julia Aglionby and Kirsty Hollings tell the story of View from the River’s epic 80 mile swim from Source to Sea; from Mallerstang to the Solway; the legacy it has left and the ambition sown for bigger challenges ahead to address pollution in the River Eden. Watch the recording of the webinar held on Wednesday 30th October 2024.
