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GBC
May 25, 20221 min read
Growing Better Connections ON FILM!
As we start the final year of CARE's Growing Better Connections project, this film - made by members of the CARE team - showcases and...
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Adam Dawson
May 17, 20222 min read
Trees for the Future in Tegryn
The children of Ysgol Clydau have been getting their hands dirty planting trees and bushes around the village. Working with the Welfare...
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Naomi Hope
Mar 10, 20221 min read
Exploring Rural Social Enterprise
This February, CARE organised 3 days of training all about social enterprise. What defines social enterprises? How can they address...
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Louise Cartwright
Mar 10, 20221 min read
Introducing Feeding Our Community
The Growing Better Connections project is excited to announce the launch of a new project, 'Feeding Our Community'! Feeding Our...
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Naomi Hope
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Biochar in Baden-Baden
In November, CARE staff Daniel and Naomi set off on an 820 mile train journey across Europe. They were attending a study trip to the...
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Sara Howell
Dec 20, 20217 min read
Soggy sandwiches, sore feet and a Global Climate Conference - reflections on a pilgrimage
This Autumn, I went on a really a long walk. On the 4th of September, I departed London with a group of 27 pilgrims to walk to the UN...
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Adam Dawson
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Hedging your bets - how to save time, money and resources when planting hedges by sowing seeds.
Direct seeding of broadleaf woodland is a technique that has been recognised as having potential for the effective creation of more...
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Louise Cartwright
Dec 9, 20212 min read
GBC 2021 Hedge laying Update
This Winter Growing Better Connections and Coppicewood College worked together to lay a hedge at Dolau Llwydion, a beautiful farm owned...
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Louise Cartwright
Sep 23, 20212 min read
Growing Better Connections Autumn Events Calendar...Join Us!
Autumn portents longer nights and colder weather, but it also provides breathing space to focus activities in our homes and gardens....
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GBC
Sep 23, 20211 min read
Growing Better Connections Update
We're Half way there! CARE's flagship landscape regeneration and community engagement project, Growing Better Connections, has arrived at...
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Louise Cartwright
Aug 31, 20210 min read
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Louise Cartwright
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Can't Scythe or Strim? Read on...
The Evolution of Nemesis by Marc Hayler We have a small area of wildflower meadow alongside our veg garden. It is species rich with...
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Sara Howell
Jul 29, 20213 min read
Hermon Waste and Recycling Centre in jeopardy - have your say NOW!
Pembrokeshire Waste and Recycling Centres are facing changes to their operations and Hermon tip is at risk. Have your say - suggest...
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Adam Dawson
Jun 22, 20211 min read
New project : CLEAN rivers
on the Afon Nyfer Survey completed and report ready We are excited to announce that Phase 1 of this project has now been completed. Thank...
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Louise Cartwright
Jun 3, 20212 min read
New Permissive Path - leading to the Frenni Fawr Oak Woodland...
Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? An appropriate question posed by Garth Nix, and one to ask yourself when walking...
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Adam Dawson
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Signs of Spring
The changing light extends every day, returning warmth that stirs the slumbering buds and quickens the soil bound seed to root. The...
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Louise Cartwright
Feb 11, 20213 min read
Wonderful Woodlands & Heroic Hedgerows
Trees and Woodland ecosystems provide clean air, protection against flooding and store carbon. The array and collection of life found in...
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GBC
Feb 4, 20212 min read
Making More Magnificent Meadows!
Up to 97% of flower-rich meadows have been lost in the last 90 years. Read on to find out how to restore and establish meadows in Wales.
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GBC
Feb 1, 20213 min read
CLEAN rivers project on the Afon Nyfer
Do you live or work near the Afon Nyfer?
Get involved in CLEAN - a local environmental project to look at the health of the river!
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Adam Dawson
Dec 8, 20205 min read
Local Woods For Local People
Growing Better Connections have organised a series of events and two short films to showcase through shared experience, the many...
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