[Members] 9 Feb, Saving the Cam, Kim Wilkie talk, 6pm – 7.30

[Wendy Blythe]

Dear all,

*Feargal Sharkey talk December, 2020*

Feargal Sharkey has galvanised concern about abstraction, pollution and the
failure of regulation killing the Cam and its tributaries.

Over three hundred people attended the talk on Zoom, see link below. Terry
Macalister’s  introduction to Feargal begins at 6mins 15 secs.

https://youtu.be/YV3_Ca8CE5Y  <https://youtu.be/YV3_Ca8CE5Y>



Dotty Mcleod of BBC Breakfast followed up with an interview. See link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxh1SGXcfh8

*9 Feb, Saving the Cam, Kim Wilkie talk , 6pm – 7.30 *

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-save-the-cam-tickets-137615003179

*On Tuesday 9 Feb, Kim Wilkie,* widely regarded as one of the UK’s top
landscape architects, will lead a community debate, hosted by *The Friends
of the River Cam, *on how to protect the Cam and keep its tributaries and
supporting ecosystems healthy.



Kim is a prolific landscape architect who works on large-scale projects in
the UK and internationally, in both public and private spaces. He works on
a scale that is beyond the experience of most designers, for example,
designing the green spaces around an entire new city in Oman. [i]
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Kim worked with local communities to develop the* Thames Landscape
Strategy, Hampton to Kew,* that set out to celebrate and understand the
exceptional character of the Thames and create a 100 year strategic vision
for the river corridor that would stand the test of time. How can we do the
same thing for the Cam?



Over 200 people attended his earlier talk in Cambridge on *‘Making a Happy
City’,* hosted by FeCRA. He said respecting the Cam’s unique heritage and
its green river corridor was key to making Cambridge a ‘happy city’.



See link below for the film of his talk.



https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/how-make-cambridge-happy-city-12788816



The photo of cows by the Cam at Sheep’s Green on the eventbrite invitation
is by landscape architect Tom Turner, who describes Cambridge’s medieval
urban green spaces as equivalent to the best art in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
There are concerns that proposals for new river parks may mean the cows
will go from the water meadows.



The Friends of the Cam are inviting groups and individuals to sign up to
The Cam River Charter. See eventbrite link.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-save-the-cam-tickets-137615003179

We look forward to seeing you on February 9th at 6pm.

Best wishes,

Wendy


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https://rootsandall.co.uk/portfolio-item/podcast-41-kim-wilkie-led-by-the-land/


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Wendy Blythe

Chair, FeCRA
Wendy Blythe
Chair, FeCRA

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