Saturday April 3rd 2010
Dr Peter Coles, (photographer, journalist and researcher at CUCR)
‘Nature’ is everywhere in a city like London, from cracks in the pavement to rooftops, parks and rivers. Metaphors abound: Victorian cemeteries can be conservation ‘islands’ where species thrive. Rivers and railway lines can be ‘green corridors’, allowing species to migrate and maintain sustainable populations. Meanwhile, the ‘edge’ where humans and ‘nature’ meet in urban spaces can tell us a great deal about distant and recent local history, as well as current use.
This photography-based workshop invites participants to explore the relationship of people to ‘nature’ in an inner-city area, using photography, on a walk along the Ravensbourne River and Deptford Creek in South-east London. The derelict, urbanized tidal Creek is, in fact, extraordinarily ecologically diverse and alive. Studies have revealed over 25 aquatic species, 300 terrestrial species or insect and other invertebrates, over 140 trees, shrubs and wildflowers. The Creek is also home to breeding black redstarts, which are nationally rare birds.
More information & enrolment at
http://www.gold.ac.uk/cucr/urban-edge/
