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Author: Dr. Elizabeth Rahman. The Alliance is a global community of educators, scholars and project leaders seeking to innovate in education through a focus on resilience, skilled practices and good living*. We gather projects that include traditional, craft, vernacular, indigenous and alternative bio-centric methods and offer a platform for emerging pedagogies to shine.
Author: Cordula Scherer. Until the early 1800s, Dublin Bay was home to abundant oyster reefs, particularly around Clontarf and the area that has become Bull Island. These reefs were so plentiful that oysters were sold as the first “fast food” on Dublin’s streets from the 1850s. However, overexploitation, pollution, and the disease Bonamia ostreae led to their decline, and the native oyster vanished from the bay despite efforts to replenish them from wild oyster banks in the Arklow region.
Author: Sophie Spooner. Up early on the morning of 26 November, 2024, with the blessing of seeing a stunning sun-rise, and on the road to the capital for a training session by Future Hub Wales: How to think long-term.
Author: Sophie Spooner. Enjoyable, enlightening, and interesting day at the Wales Real Food & Farming Conference on 20 November 2024, held on the beautiful Lampeter campus, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. The theme of the conference this year was ‘More Food – More Farmers – More Nature – More Resilience.’
Author: Sophie Spooner. The UK Hub of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition held a panel at the Wales Real Food and Farming Conference, on the afternoon of 20 November, 2024, highlighting the Welsh component of the Coastal TALES project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) through the Belmont Forum.