In 2015 Katrina Threadgill conducted her MSc Geography dissertation on different ways people value the Cober catchment. You can read the full report here: Mapping social and biophysical values of ecosystem services on a catchment scale: a case study of the River Cober catchment, West Cornwall. Kindly Katrina has also summarised her research and findings for this…
Loe Pool Forum works closely with Exeter University in order to ensure academic projects have ‘real world’ impact and to keep up with the latest research. In the following short video by Jamie Johnson et al from the Geography Department we hear about how environmental research is being used to understand aspects of past, present and future pollution. The video was…
Man on a beach is a fascinating and refreshing project which is simply trying to capture what beaches mean to people around the UK. The camera is pointed on a beach goer and the question “What does the beach mean to you…?” is asked. In answer people recall their emotions, perceptions and hopes about their beach.…
We have just dug this visually provocative project out the archives: The Water Treatment Plant. Bruce Davies is an Cornish artist motivated by the history of landscape and its changing use. Bruce undertook a year long (2007-2008) artist residency with the National Trust (NT). During this residency Bruce explored the issues of water pollution, visitor…
The judges were immensely impressed with the quality of all the posters submitted in the Penrose Poster Competition, but a winner had to be chosen. So congratulations to Ollie Pearce!! Loe Pool Forum voted ‘Plants of Loe Pool’ as the best poster for its detail, accuracy and presentation. Likewise, well done to the runners up (featured…
Every year for the last twenty years the Science department at Helston Community College have lead a Yr. 9 field trip to Loe Pool. The day aims to bring the curriculum to life by getting the students hands on with nature. Pupils are tasked with surveying the wildlife in Loe Pool and Penrose Creek and…
On 6th of December (2012) the Local Ancient Network (LAN) group descended on Carminowe creek. Fuelled by fire baked potatoes they set to work clearing the scrub around the remains of an old Mill. .
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