Want to do your bit to save the planet, and still be a couch potato?
Well, if you missed staying in on Friday night (20 February) for BBC2’s Natural World then sadly you won’t be able to catch the usual Sunday evening repeat, because for some reason they’re not doing it this week.
However, you can still catch it online on the BBC’s iPlayer (in the next 23 days).
Give it a watch and it might inspire you to get up and outside after all!
The film’s called ‘A Farm for the Future’ and it was made by Rebecca Hosking.
If that name doesn’t ring a bell, check out the ‘Message in the Waves’ film from the Modbury plasticbagfree town site, one of the inspirations for our very own Ventbag campaign.
Here’s what the BBC says about Rebecca’s film:
‘Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key.
With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family’s wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year’s high fuel prices were a wake-up call for Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is.
Alarmed by the answers, she explores ways of farming without using fossil fuel. With the help of pioneering farmers and growers, Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds the key to farming in a low-energy future.’
Jumping to the end of her journey of discovery, there are many possible Island links, but here are just two: the value of hedges, and of fruit and nut trees.
Rebecca learns to appreciate hedges for what they can do not just for wildlife but for sustainable farming.
Find out more by going along to the Hedgelaying Competition (details coming up on the Blog this week) 10am-3.30pm next Saturday (28th February) at Dunsbury Farm, Brook, PO30 4EL, grid ref 385 845.
Rowan Adams – a volunteer at Island 2000 – will be there to spread the word about a cunning plan she and Gift to Nature have to plant fruit and nut trees in every community on the Island.
They’ve got past the first stage application for a Local Food http://www.localfoodgrants.org/ grant, and this time next week the full application will have gone in.
They’ll hear by July if the Island will get the money to make the dream a reality. See page 2 of Island 2000’s August 2008 newsletter http://www.island2000.org.uk/newsletters/2008august.pdf for more details, or come along and talk with Rowan at the Hedgelaying Competition.
