Flood Re should make it easier for people in flood-risk areas to get affordable household insurance. Thousands of homeowners and residents currently struggle to get buildings and contents insurance which creates anxiety, stress and frustration. The National Flood Forum has been working with government and the insurance industry for several years to come up with… Read more »
Helping to reduce flood risk in Southwell – a developer’s view
The old Rainbow freight yard at the Burgage, Southwell provides a very good example of the opportunities presented by the redevelopment of previously-used sites in helping to tackle local flood risks. Built before modern planning laws came into place, all the hard-surfaces within this former industrial site added to the load on local drainage infrastructure,… Read more »
The Life Scientific (Radio 4) – Carolyn Roberts – 22.3.16 on “problem solving in watery places”
Barely a month goes by without news of another catastrophic flood somewhere in the world, like the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 or the flooding of New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina a year later, and the role of climate change is often mooted. Here in the UK this winter, flood victims were once again caught… Read more »
Presentation on The impact of climate change – 9th March 2016
The impact of climate change 4.00pm-6.30pm Wednesday 9th March 2016 Nottingham Sustainability & Enterprise Centre New College, Basford Hall, Stockhill Lane, NG6 0NB The recent severe storms and floods that affected many parts of the UK demonstrated the increasing impacts of climate change on our local environment. This event features presentations from: – Environment Agency –… Read more »
Minster School helps with ‘Clean for the Queen’
On Monday 7th March, the group took part in the national ‘Clean for the Queen’ campaign. Read more
DEFRA and DECC publish their departmental plans 2015-2020
The Defra 2015-2020 plan Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs publishes its departmental plan for 2015-2020, outlining priority areas in flooding, air pollution and wildlife diversity The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released its five-year plan for delivering a cleaner, healthier environment while encouraging growth and prosperity in the UK’s… Read more »
Citizen Science Sunday
This event has been postponed – we will be in contact with a further date. Citizen Science Sunday on Sunday 20th March 2016 is a resilience event to help us understand our flood risk better in Southwell, which will inform our Community Resilience and Emergency Plan. The information collected at the event will directly form the basis for the new maps to be… Read more »
Natural Flood Management – a ’round-up’ of links
Flooding: government inquiry into a joined up approach, slowing flood water, redirecting farming subsidies, living with nature and rewilding … and planting a few trees Read more Institute of Civil Engineering report on “Slowing the Flow in Pickering” Read here
Fruit farmer Suzannah Starkey of Starkey’s Fruit in Southwell looks at the impact of rain and muddy soil on crops
Suzannah Starkey’s article in Nottingham Post We need to consider how better to cope with excess water, whatever the cause, by cleaning ditches, digging out channels and draining surface water into lagoons because it is filtering too slowly to the subsoils, to the detriment of the crop. Read more: http://www.nottinghampost.com/Suzannah-Starkey-rain-mud/story-28618593-detail/story.html#ixzz429bikJOu
“Clean for the Queen” – 4th to 6th March 2016 to “Support a Resilient Southwell”
Clean for The Queen is a campaign to clear up Britain in time for Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday, which will be officially celebrated in June 2016. “When she came to the throne, litter was not the problem that it is today. Food packaging, plastic bottles, takeaway meals and cigarette butts have all contributed… Read more »
