Peat-Fest South-West Bogcasts

Cycles of Life is our final bogcast (podcast) for Peat-Fest South-West and celebrates the young people’s voices from around the South West, brought together as their Manifesto. Created by Art and Energy CIC and RE-PEAT for Peat-Fest South-West, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Credit:AMBSwmp Westhay Moor Nature Reserve Early Morning Ambience by ermine --  https://freesound.org/s/79060...

Small Giants: Bogcast 6 looks at the climate crisis and our role and responsibilities as small but significant parts of our planet’s history. We think about eco-anxiety and how it might be tackled by staying connected with each other and with our natural environment. We’ll look to small life forms found on peatlands for guidance. Credits: AMBSwmp Westhay Moor Nature Reserve Early Morning Ambience...

In this episode we will explore the way that stories, songs and celebration can connect us to our land. We will hear some of the folk traditions that celebrate our ancient relationships with the rhythms of the world. Recorded by Art and Energy and RE-PEAT for Peat-Fest South-West and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Life Force is our fourth bogcast, join us as we explore voices that have fought for change and taken action against the climate crisis. We will learn how small actions taken to restore and advocate for peatlands have contributed for a greater force for hope and change. We will look at how we can all become part of this movement. Recorded by Art and Energy, RE-PEAT and our Peat-Fest South-West coll...

Recorded by Art and Energy and RE-PEAT and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Wetlands is the second of seven bogcasts (podcasts) sharing our love of peatlands through the Peat-Fest South-West project. Wet Land, our second bogcast reveals the wettest and flattest areas in the Southwest – the Somerset Levels.  The Avalon Marshes team, as well as the marshes themselves tell us how the peatlands have been lived in over thousands of years and about ancient wooden walkways skimm...

Beginnings is the first of seven bogcasts (podcasts) sharing our love of peatlands through the Peat-Fest South-West project. From the launch of the festival to our first workshops this summer, this first bogcast, called ‘Beginnings’ gives an idea of the many different voices involved in this celebration of peatlands. From the fantastic specialists and peatland restorers to our young and older part...