Mycelium links every together, it is an ecosystems engineer Paul Stamets What does the word Mycorrhizae Mean? “Mycor” is the Latin word for ‘fungus’, and “rhizae” means “roots”. So, the term Mycorrhizae perfectly describes the mutually beneficial relationship between a plant and the specialized fungi that support its roots in healthy, undisturbed soil ecology. Both…
Read MoreI really have to thank everyone who has attended these meetings so far. We called it a community conversation.. we wanted to start off something that could reveal where people’s priorities and concerns lay, without creating a feeling we are telling people what to do.. as like anyone faced with the enormity of the cliamte…
Read MoreThe first buds of spring are bursting open and it was a pleasure to be down at Cae Bodfach this morning to see the first signs of a new season all around. Jack and I had gone into Llanfyllin to visit the high school to interview the school’s ‘eco-group’ members. Conscious kids who are leading…
Read MoreSector39 were delighted to host a visit earlier this year from the Bishop of Salford. Bishop John came with 2 colleagues to find out about the One School One Planet and how we might be able to help them develop their own aspirations to rise to the climate challenge. We shared some of the teaching…
Read MoreThis versatile, fast growing plant loves wet conditions, full sunlight and fertile soil. Its tough and can survive in thinner soils and drier places but it thrives along river banks and is adapted to to such environments. Although very supple and bendy willow is also brittle, so in a flood branches break off sparing the…
Read MoreThis is an informal group that meets bi-weekly in Llanfyllin to discuss the climate emergency and its horrifying consequences. As a community it has been agreed we will need to come together and coordinated action that will Build Resilience Against Climate Emergency – BRACE Llanfyllin is now our acronym. Key decision taken this week is…
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This is really no joke, we face the biggest challenge humanity has ever had to face and only a 16 year old young woman is brave enough to confront the world with its own hubris. Somehow, collectively we have managed to push to the back of our minds the thing we have officially known since…
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