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Tag Archives: Lake District
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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Questionnaires up and running
First day in the new office, and it has to be said that it beats the dingy basement computer room where I have spent most of the last two weeks. First day as well out in the Lakes handing out … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, Environment, environmental policy, hill farming, Lake District, Monbiot, rewilding, wildlife
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Have your say on the future of the Lake District National Park
I am very excited today to be launching a survey which will form a crucial part of my research project at Imperial College. You can take the survey here now! There are a huge range of issues already beginning to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blencathra, cultural landscape, Lake District, land use, national parks, 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