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Lake District Future – reflections 2 – What is the Purpose of the Lakes National Park?
It is a simple, but fundamental question – what is the Lake District National Park for, what should it focus on and why do we have it – a few quotes and facts that show that the question is far from simple: … Continue reading
Results – Lake District Futures Project
I am delighted that at the end of five months of fascinating discussions, slightly less fascinating hours battling with spreadsheets, academic articles and statistics, I have completed my project and am in the position to be able to share the … Continue reading
Reshuffles and real politics
Most of my writing has been tied up in recent weeks with putting together early drafts of my Lakes Project. But with a little bit of free time, I have been reflecting on the sale of Blencathra and the recent … Continue reading
Survey closed
I have now closed the survey and am hugely grateful to the 1044 people who took the time to complete it and share their opinions on the future of the Lakes. I am now working on analysis of the results and … Continue reading
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Tagged dissertation, Environment, Lake District, rewilding
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After Take That and Before George Monbiot… I’ve made it!
This morning I was lucky enough to be on BBC Radio Cumbria talking about my Lake District Project. I was fence sitting like a good ‘un, trying to maintain the academic rigour but also because I genuinely feel there are … Continue reading
Early results
It’s very exciting to see the questionnaires coming back in, up to nearly 350 responses so far which really is an amazing start. Thanks so much to those who have filled it in and stopped to chat on my travels around … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, dissertation, ecosystem services, Environment, hill farming, Lake District, rewilding
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Should water drive the Lakes
A really interesting interview at United Utilities as part of my dissertation really got me thinking about the practical effects that a disconnection from nature can have in environmental policy. Having good quality, clean, drinking water running at will from … Continue reading
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Tagged dissertation, Environment, Lake District, landscape, policy, water, water framework directive
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Being academic, and then getting better
Three days into my dissertation interviews and I was starting to feel like a proper academic. It wasn’t the interviews themselves, or spending hours writing them up. It wasn’t continually telling people that I was one, explaining my project and … Continue reading
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