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Water Sensitive Cambridge
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Reconnecting people, land & water in Cambridge, UK.
www.watersencam.co.uk
#suds #FlowersNotFloods #PlantTheRain
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One more day of the #gardenersworld autumn show at #AudleyEnd - come see our stand, see our #SlowFlowPlanters and #RainGardens and get an exclusive GW discount for 10% off! We loved talking #suds and making most of the rain with passionate gardeners.
September 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Kevin Barton FLI, from Robert Bray Associates, comes to Cambridge to deliver two practical, full-day SuDS masterclasses on 21-22 Oct
Learn how to integrate SuDS from the earliest design stages through to delivery
bit.ly/SuDSClass

#SuDS #SustainableDrainage #wsud #WaterSensitiveUrbanDesign
September 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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🌿 Welcome to the fourth week of The Cambridge Nature Festival!  🌼 Films, systems, bioblitzes - explore the full programme https://f.mtr.cool/kovsafugai

Pictures: TogetherCulture, H&I Biobliz and brunch, Six Inches of Soil, Litterpick, Girton Nature Recovery
June 22, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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🌳 The Cambridge Nature Festival is over halfway through 🌿 - but don't you worry 😄, there is still PLENTY to do! 🌼

Highlights for 15–21 June include Walks, talks, orchids, moths, library, cycles, boats...check out the full shebang here:
https://cambridgenaturenetwork.org/events/
June 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Join us & Living Streets Cambridge at 2pm today (14 June) outside of Green Dragon Pub, explore riverside sites incl Fallowfield rain gardens, & new Chisholm Trail Bridge Mural. No need to book. 💙
@livingstreets #CambridgeNatureFestival, a celebration of Nature on our doorstep
June 14, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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Before the sky opened (what rain!), we joined @jolly_green_gardens, & ORRA to explore with @livingstreetscambridge. Swifts, hedgehog highways, & ponds. https://cambridgenaturenetwork.org/naturefestival
#CambridgeNatureFestival #Cambridgeshire #DoublingNature #ConnectWithNature
June 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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☀️ Good morning, Cambridge! Today marks the official launch of the Cambridge Nature Festival 2026 (23rd May – 30th June)! 🚀🎉 Over the next five (and a bit) weeks, we’re celebrating Nature right here on our doorstep. 🌍
Plan your perfect green week: https://cambridgenaturenetwork.org/events 🌲✨
May 23, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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☀️ Happy Saturday, Nature lovers of Cambridge! The second week of the Cambridge Nature Festival 2026 starts now.
Plan your week: https://cambridgenaturenetwork.org/naturefestival/
#CambridgeNatureFestival #Cambridgeshire #DoublingNature #ConnectWithNature #WeAreNature
May 30, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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🌿 Looking for something to do this week?

This week's Cambridge Nature Festival highlights include:

🦇 Bat Walk around Coldham's Brook (5 June)
🌱 Festival of Plants (6 June)
🌼 Summer Wild Flowers of Wandlebury (7 June)
🌙 Moth Trapping (7 June)
https://cambridgenaturenetwork.org/naturefestival/
June 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Coming up in the Nature Festival: ancient willows, fantastic flowers & flying friends (moths, bats, swifts). Next week -Great Big Green Week brings regional sustainability, climate & nature events
#CambridgeNatureFestival #Cambridgeshire #DoublingNature #ConnectWithNature
June 4, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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💧🔆 Rain or shine, there's always something to do in the 🦋 Cambridge Nature Festival.
We join forces with the Great Big Green Week - local climate action & sustainability

https://cambridgenaturenetwork.org/naturefestival/
#thingstodoincambridge #greatbiggreenweek #cambridgeevents #naturelovers
June 4, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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Witness the birth of river goddesses, explore river systems, themes of grief & healing. Rivers of Film Fest in Cambridge Nature Festival at the UL. 28th May, 5:30.  #CambridgeNatureFestival
https://cambridgenaturenetwork.org/event/rivers-of-film-screening-of-part-one
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May 27, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Cambridge Nature Festival starts this Saturday!
🌿🎉 Over 100 nature-based activities and events held in and around Cambridge. 🐝
📅 Saturday 23 May – Tuesday 30 June
📍 Venues in and around Cambridge
📋 https://cambridgenaturenetwork.org/events/
May 19, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Dame Judi Dench's petition to bring back our ancient woodlands is getting handed in on Tuesday. Let's help her get a many signatures as possible before then. Add your name now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back our ancient woodlands
Dame Judi Dench's petition is getting handed in on Tuesday. Let's help her get as many signatures as possible before then. Add your name now:
you.38degrees.org.uk
May 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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‘The Mystery of the Murky Rhee’ sounds like an Enid Blyton adventure. Instead, it’s an investigation on turbidity on one of our local rivers. In the 1990s the Rhee had characteristics of a classic chalk stream: So what happened? Mike & Anne look for clues 🕵️‍♀️ camvalleyforum.uk/publications/
Our Publications - Cam Valley Forum
This page lists our Presentations and Reports, followed by a selection of our reviews of publications by our members. Go to the Consultations page of this website to see our responses to formal Consul...
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May 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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25 May 10am - A gorgeous walking workshop with WaterSenCam & Cambridge Community Design Research Lab. Walking with Water in Common

We engage creatively with the river, discover ways that water connects us, and explore how we might care for water collectively. luma.com/78mjmtzz
Walking with Water in Common · Luma
What does it mean to notice a stream that is sometimes visible, sometimes hidden, yet shapes where and how we live? This walking workshop invites you to get to…
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May 12, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is proven to replenish groundwater & restore ecosystems, and provides a reliable climate-independent water supply. So why does policy block the use of it in some of the world’s most water-challenged places? phys.org/news/2026-05...
Aquifer recharge could buffer water scarcity, yet policy blocks uptake in five countries
Climate change will increasingly stress water supply and economic and environmental systems, creating a mounting need for more ideas to reduce reliance and conserve diminishing river and groundwater r...
phys.org
May 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Living cities - Urban planners need the tools, training & support to recognise freshwater ecosystems as valuable living systems that underpin city resilience, human health and everyday wellbeing rather than obstacles to be overcome.
theconversation.com/how-to-build...
How to build cities for wildlife, not just people – new research
Urban waterways sit at the heart of the global nature crisis.
theconversation.com
May 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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Happy #earthday 🌍🌎🌏
Let's celebrate our incredible corner of the universe! 🤗

We're transforming public spaces, schools & private gardens, making room for rainwater, flowers, & all beings 🌧️🌻🦋

Want to do the same? Follow for tips, DM for collaborations!
#flowersnotfloods #rainwater #springhassprung
April 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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🌏 Explore 4.6 billion years of Earth history with
a Deep Time Walk 👣 in Cambridge. Two events just added:
- Wed 22 April 5-8pm (for Earth Day)
- Saturday 31 May 11am-3pm (for Cambridge Nature Festival)
www.tickettailor.com/events/water...
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Water Sensitive Cambridge – Water Sensitive Cambridge is on a mission to get rain back into the ground near where it falls. A community-based initiative to...
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April 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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13.1 miles ran, 3 miles walked, and 100% ready for a nap. #cambridgehalfmarathon2026 #cambridgelivingstreets
March 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Join us for WATER SENSITIVE STREETS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE - a walk through some projects in East Chesterton on 8th March at 2pm for Cambridge Living Streets, meet at Stourbridge Common end of Green Dragon Bridge. maps.app.goo.gl/d9mCHuw7o1Bp...
See you there!
March 2, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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Join us at the Guildhall for a discussion about the flood risk in Cambridge and how it will be affected by the climate crisis. Cambridge Resilience Web

How Resilient is Cambridge re: Flooding

Guildhall, 5-7 pm - February 25th
Doors at 4:30 for networking
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3 speakers: JJ Waters, associate landscape architect, LDA design Clara Todd, Water Sensitive Cambridge @watersencam Anne Miller, Carbon Neutral Cambridge Feb 25th 5-7pm - doors open at 4:30. Get Free tickets on Eventbrite
February 25, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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The People’s Commission on Water: Calling for radical changes to the web of interests, structures and narratives that sustains the current system www.thepeoplescommissiononthewatersector.co.uk/blog/the-pla...
People’s Commission Response to the Water White Paper — The People's Commission on the Water Sector
Radical reform needs to address the web of interests, structures and narratives that sustains the current system, and stands in the way of genuine change.
www.thepeoplescommissiononthewatersector.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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A close look at the #VR180 camera at #fallowfieldraingardens. Kelman of Neon8 interviewed us for a documentary film commissioned by the Cambridge Central Library. The film features the townie stretch of the Cam & people who love, care for, &/or call it home. #DigitalSpaces
February 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM