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December 10, 2018  |  By Charlotte Johnson

Artecology on BBC’s Countryfile

Dale Lyon Concrete in the Classroom) and Mairi MacArthur ( PhD student Glasgow Uni), standing beside some concrete habitat blocks installed on the sea defences at Cramond as part of the Concrete in the Classroom project. ©Lorne Gill/SNH
Dale Lyon Concrete in the Classroom) and Mairi MacArthur ( PhD student Glasgow Uni), standing beside some concrete habitat blocks installed on the sea defences at Cramond as part of the Concrete in the Classroom project. ©Lorne Gill/SNH

We hope you were all watching Countryfile last night and spotted Artecology’s vertipools! Here’s a handy link if not (minute 27-34): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bvgw3r/countryfile-isle-of-wight?fbclid=IwAR0wKaQJAzloqnxnuPD5Uda8eckE8D6Gw2leub-7GfbhajSlGamg3oqW7PY

Did you know that in the pilot stage of the Edinburgh Shoreline project we (along with Artecology, Concrete in the Classroom, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and local schools) installed some vertipools and biodiversity tiles on the sea defences at Cramond? We’ve also been developing some more tiles with Craigroyston High and Leith Academy in September of this year. Find out more here: https://edinburghlivinglandscape.org.uk/project/grey-to-green/?fbclid=IwAR1CrXYg3qD9U1KT0u_dudkD-Jt08LiOfwgleV-wHbcrbgLy4ecThTsZPFs

 

An artificial rockpool installed on the sea defences at Cramond on the Firth of Forth as part of the Concrete in the Classroom project. Front Larissa Naylor (Lecturer in Physical Science Glasgow Uni) rear Leonie ALEXANDER (RBGE Urban Biodiversity Project. Images courtesy of Lorne Gill, Scottish Natural Heritage.

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