Who owns Cambridge?
Wed, 12 October 20221 9:00 – 21:00 BST Guy Shrubsole provided a fascinating insight into land ownership and its impact on sustainability.
News and Events
Northstowe Phase 3A and 3B
Friends of the Cam fully understands the concerns of the communities of Longstanton, Swavesey and Northstowe with respect to the damage being done to important village buildings, to the drying up of local ponds and other water bodies which must be restored, and to the damage already done to the underlying aquifer and the resulting effects on trees, plants, wildlife and local farm businesses. The damage to local groundwater has been fully documented in the report by HR Wallingford commissioned by South Cambs. District Council (SCDC).
RE-DECLARING THE RIGHTS OF THE RIVER CAM
Tuesday 21st June at Jesus Green between the lock and the tennis courts.
From the Ground Up
'From the Ground Up' takes Wysing’s rural context, abundant land and neighbouring Fenland (at risk due to climate change, and rich in histories of land-based struggle) as a context for thought and action about topics including land rights, ownership and access, sustainability, environmental time and crip time, growing, wildness and racial justice.
'To the River' Public Art Consultation
'To the River' is described as a new public artwork commissioned to celebrate and promote the story of the River Cam in Cambridge, as part of an artist residency on the river.
Northstowe Phase 3A for 4000 houses aproved
Councillors at South Cambs District Council vote to proceed with this development despite clear evidence of environmental harm.
Wednesday 23rd February 2022, 19.30 to 21.00 GMT, James Boyce
Fighting for the Fens: Commemorating 500 years of resistance to 'progress'
James Boyce, author of Imperial Mud, explains how past fights against large-scale enclosures and drainage projects characterised the Fens.
Friends of the Cam Object to the Draft Local Plan
Friends of the Cam have sent a letter of objection to the Draft Local Plan. The consultation closes on the 13th December.
The state of British rivers: out of sight, out of mind?
In his talk for Friends of the Cam, Professor Steve Ormerod considered some of the pressures on rivers, from climate change, legacy pollutants to microplastics, and some of the consequences for river organisms. The talk also considered some of the benefits of actions that can be taken to reduce impacts, for example through regulation or sensitive catchment management.
So is there Water for Further Growth in Cambridge?
14 the August 2021
The Environment Agency is asked to clarify their position on the viability of supplying further growth from the Cam chalk aquifer following latest response from Stephen Kelly, writes Monica Bijok Hone