Thinking of people in Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire & other parts of the country hit - again - by #flooding.
Where is #SlowTheFlow?
Government's (inadequate) statement here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
Where is #SlowTheFlow?
Government's (inadequate) statement here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
January 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thinking of people in Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire & other parts of the country hit - again - by #flooding.
Where is #SlowTheFlow?
Government's (inadequate) statement here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
Where is #SlowTheFlow?
Government's (inadequate) statement here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
#GoodNews #SlowTheFlow #Flooding
Escaping from failed 20th-century ideas of land management
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Escaping from failed 20th-century ideas of land management
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How creating a new Waveney-Ouse fen could reduce river flooding
Rewiggling rivers and creating a fen as a downstream
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#GoodNews #SlowTheFlow #Flooding
Escaping from failed 20th-century ideas of land management
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Escaping from failed 20th-century ideas of land management
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“The urban creep of ever more tarmac, paving and development is causing the country’s struggling sewer networks to be overwhelmed with surface water run-off”
To address this, Mansfield is transforming ten acres of roadsides & neglected green spaces into sustainable & biodiverse drainage systems
To address this, Mansfield is transforming ten acres of roadsides & neglected green spaces into sustainable & biodiverse drainage systems
Green makeover creates ‘giant sponge’ to cut town’s flood risk
Specially designed flower beds are sprouting up around Mansfield as Severn Trent pumps in £76 million to tackle the danger caused by the overuse of tarmac and paving
www.thetimes.com
October 15, 2024 at 5:26 AM
We've been installing a whole lot of natural flood management leaky barriers in Sussex lately.
#StormBert should be giving them all a good workout.
#SlowTheFlow #NaturalFloodManagement
#StormBert should be giving them all a good workout.
#SlowTheFlow #NaturalFloodManagement
November 23, 2024 at 9:48 PM
We've been installing a whole lot of natural flood management leaky barriers in Sussex lately.
#StormBert should be giving them all a good workout.
#SlowTheFlow #NaturalFloodManagement
#StormBert should be giving them all a good workout.
#SlowTheFlow #NaturalFloodManagement
We really ought to be using more concrete “grids” for parking rather than tarmac - as well as the heat benefits here it also reduces rainwater runoff #SlowTheFlow
A little bit of green can make a big change.
Observe the contrast on the same street.
The asphalt road registered 33 degrees Celsius, while the newly installed semi-hardened parking lots showed a considerably lower temperature of 21 degrees Celsius.
📸 Gina Kranendonk, Rotterdam 🇳🇱
Observe the contrast on the same street.
The asphalt road registered 33 degrees Celsius, while the newly installed semi-hardened parking lots showed a considerably lower temperature of 21 degrees Celsius.
📸 Gina Kranendonk, Rotterdam 🇳🇱
August 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
We really ought to be using more concrete “grids” for parking rather than tarmac - as well as the heat benefits here it also reduces rainwater runoff #SlowTheFlow
Since 2008 it’s been a requirement to install rainwater soakaways when paving a front garden or building an extension.
Councils don’t have the resources to adequately enforce this due to austerity. #SlowTheFlow
Councils don’t have the resources to adequately enforce this due to austerity. #SlowTheFlow
Thinking today of all the water-absorbing front gardens torn out and paved over to park cars on - all without any government oversight or regulation.
Birmingham weather warning as 'significant flooding' leads to fire service callouts
Heavy rain creates problems for residents, with flood alerts in place on Thursday across the region.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Since 2008 it’s been a requirement to install rainwater soakaways when paving a front garden or building an extension.
Councils don’t have the resources to adequately enforce this due to austerity. #SlowTheFlow
Councils don’t have the resources to adequately enforce this due to austerity. #SlowTheFlow
In this #ClimateEmergency, so much more work needed to #SlowTheFlow, to change landuse and acknowledge human limits in the face of natural forces
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘Like a sea out there’: flooded Somerset residents wonder how water can be managed
People in south-west mop up after Storm Chandra and prepare for next bout of rain, with major incident declared
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:24 PM
In this #ClimateEmergency, so much more work needed to #SlowTheFlow, to change landuse and acknowledge human limits in the face of natural forces
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
There’s a ‘yes, but…’ here. Clearly the water companies are at fault, but so to is anyone who concreted over their front garden, or who left out a mandatory SUDS as building control won’t check. End result is water running off to the sea rather than into #Groundwater #SlowTheFlow
The water crisis in England and Wales – which has seen the countries facing widespread drought and utility companies fined for polluting rivers and seas – has been decades in the making. #privatization #infrastructure #water #crisis theconversation.com/water-failur...
Water failures in England and Wales are a warning for Canada and the US
Water services are too important to fail. If a utility becomes financially unstable, consequences are passed on to customers, regulators and governments.
theconversation.com
September 26, 2026 at 7:59 AM
There’s a ‘yes, but…’ here. Clearly the water companies are at fault, but so to is anyone who concreted over their front garden, or who left out a mandatory SUDS as building control won’t check. End result is water running off to the sea rather than into #Groundwater #SlowTheFlow
Exciting News! 🚨 Countryfile Feature
This Sunday, January 12th, Shropshire Wildlife Trust will be featured on BBC Countryfile, showcasing the incredible work we’re doing to tackle flooding in Shropshire through nature-based solutions 🌱
#ShropshireWildlife #SlowTheFlow #NatureBasedSolutions
This Sunday, January 12th, Shropshire Wildlife Trust will be featured on BBC Countryfile, showcasing the incredible work we’re doing to tackle flooding in Shropshire through nature-based solutions 🌱
#ShropshireWildlife #SlowTheFlow #NatureBasedSolutions
January 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Exciting News! 🚨 Countryfile Feature
This Sunday, January 12th, Shropshire Wildlife Trust will be featured on BBC Countryfile, showcasing the incredible work we’re doing to tackle flooding in Shropshire through nature-based solutions 🌱
#ShropshireWildlife #SlowTheFlow #NatureBasedSolutions
This Sunday, January 12th, Shropshire Wildlife Trust will be featured on BBC Countryfile, showcasing the incredible work we’re doing to tackle flooding in Shropshire through nature-based solutions 🌱
#ShropshireWildlife #SlowTheFlow #NatureBasedSolutions
Kentucky: planned rooftop park on brownfield site - undulating shape means the green space created will have a larger area than the flat footprint of the building. #slowtheflow
www.dezeen.com/2025/02/11/h...
www.dezeen.com/2025/02/11/h...
February 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Kentucky: planned rooftop park on brownfield site - undulating shape means the green space created will have a larger area than the flat footprint of the building. #slowtheflow
www.dezeen.com/2025/02/11/h...
www.dezeen.com/2025/02/11/h...
Out in force today for a very productive session with OART & Environment Agency volunteers making swales and leaky barriers in woodland above Newhaven.
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
March 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Out in force today for a very productive session with OART & Environment Agency volunteers making swales and leaky barriers in woodland above Newhaven.
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
Very productive day with the Environment Agency, making swales and leaky barriers in woodland above Newhaven.
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
March 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Very productive day with the Environment Agency, making swales and leaky barriers in woodland above Newhaven.
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
Paging @shitlawns.bsky.social
(This really shouldn’t be allowed on many grounds including worsening of flooding #SlowTheFlow)
(This really shouldn’t be allowed on many grounds including worsening of flooding #SlowTheFlow)
Carpark with house attached. One for @jonburkeuk.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Paging @shitlawns.bsky.social
(This really shouldn’t be allowed on many grounds including worsening of flooding #SlowTheFlow)
(This really shouldn’t be allowed on many grounds including worsening of flooding #SlowTheFlow)
Some quality river restoration chat going on on Simon Reeve tonight. #SlowTheFlow
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Some quality river restoration chat going on on Simon Reeve tonight. #SlowTheFlow
How to repurpose your Christmas tree 🎄
Make a leaky dam!
#SlowTheFlow
#SustainabilityUk
#Ecology
#SmallholdersUk
Make a leaky dam!
#SlowTheFlow
#SustainabilityUk
#Ecology
#SmallholdersUk
January 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How to repurpose your Christmas tree 🎄
Make a leaky dam!
#SlowTheFlow
#SustainabilityUk
#Ecology
#SmallholdersUk
Make a leaky dam!
#SlowTheFlow
#SustainabilityUk
#Ecology
#SmallholdersUk
This is unsurprising, and yet more evidence that handing our urban environments (where, let's not forget, many car journeys are short enough to be walkable or cyclable) to unfettered motor vehicle use is doing us harm #SlowTheFlow
August 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This is unsurprising, and yet more evidence that handing our urban environments (where, let's not forget, many car journeys are short enough to be walkable or cyclable) to unfettered motor vehicle use is doing us harm #SlowTheFlow
The Great Green Wall of #Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing #food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.
An indigenous led #nature based solution.
We've de-texturized landscapes & accelerated water off the land, everywhere. Naturally #SlowTheFlow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBd...
An indigenous led #nature based solution.
We've de-texturized landscapes & accelerated water off the land, everywhere. Naturally #SlowTheFlow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBd...
Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project
YouTube video by Andrew Millison
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Great Green Wall of #Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing #food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.
An indigenous led #nature based solution.
We've de-texturized landscapes & accelerated water off the land, everywhere. Naturally #SlowTheFlow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBd...
An indigenous led #nature based solution.
We've de-texturized landscapes & accelerated water off the land, everywhere. Naturally #SlowTheFlow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBd...
It would be interesting to see the effect #GroundwaterRestoration would have on the need for reservoirs, but that would need more beavers, more peatland restoration and most of all reducing run-off by banning impermeable paving as much as possible and making sure SUDS are actually built #SlowTheFlow
August 12, 2026 at 7:02 AM
It would be interesting to see the effect #GroundwaterRestoration would have on the need for reservoirs, but that would need more beavers, more peatland restoration and most of all reducing run-off by banning impermeable paving as much as possible and making sure SUDS are actually built #SlowTheFlow
Was wäre, wenn wir daraus jetzt Lehre ziehen? Wenn wir jedem Gewässer einen breiten Auenkorridor zugestehen? 🏞️ Nicht nur einen Randstreifen als Mindestabstand, sondern breit genug, dass das Gewässer seinen Verlauf verlagern, Kurven und Nebenrinnen ausbilden kann? #slowtheflow 2/9
January 9, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Was wäre, wenn wir daraus jetzt Lehre ziehen? Wenn wir jedem Gewässer einen breiten Auenkorridor zugestehen? 🏞️ Nicht nur einen Randstreifen als Mindestabstand, sondern breit genug, dass das Gewässer seinen Verlauf verlagern, Kurven und Nebenrinnen ausbilden kann? #slowtheflow 2/9
Yes! And according to our guide, the tube station you go to regularly flooded every winter, but mysteriously hasn't since the beavers built their dams... 🦫 #slowtheflow #naturalfloodmanagement
September 24, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Yes! And according to our guide, the tube station you go to regularly flooded every winter, but mysteriously hasn't since the beavers built their dams... 🦫 #slowtheflow #naturalfloodmanagement
Keeping water on the land makes us more resilient against wildfires. Many of us can do something to #SlowTheFlow
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Keeping water on the land makes us more resilient against wildfires. Many of us can do something to #SlowTheFlow
Please Utahns who live along the Wasatch Front: turn off your sprinkler systems. All that rain negates the need to water!
#SlowTheFlow
#utpol
#SlowTheFlow
#utpol
May 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Please Utahns who live along the Wasatch Front: turn off your sprinkler systems. All that rain negates the need to water!
#SlowTheFlow
#utpol
#SlowTheFlow
#utpol
Flood warnings are in place across the South East after Storm Chandra. 🌧️
On the upper River Mole, nature-based solutions are already working: a leaky dam in Ruben’s Ghyll is holding back fast-rising water, while 600+ new hedgerow whips over 250m help slow runoff and protect communities. #SlowTheFlow
On the upper River Mole, nature-based solutions are already working: a leaky dam in Ruben’s Ghyll is holding back fast-rising water, while 600+ new hedgerow whips over 250m help slow runoff and protect communities. #SlowTheFlow
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Flood warnings are in place across the South East after Storm Chandra. 🌧️
On the upper River Mole, nature-based solutions are already working: a leaky dam in Ruben’s Ghyll is holding back fast-rising water, while 600+ new hedgerow whips over 250m help slow runoff and protect communities. #SlowTheFlow
On the upper River Mole, nature-based solutions are already working: a leaky dam in Ruben’s Ghyll is holding back fast-rising water, while 600+ new hedgerow whips over 250m help slow runoff and protect communities. #SlowTheFlow
Another great day in the woods with OART & Environment Agency volunteers making swales and leaky barriers.
Some of yesterday's swales are already catching water 💧
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
Some of yesterday's swales are already catching water 💧
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
March 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Another great day in the woods with OART & Environment Agency volunteers making swales and leaky barriers.
Some of yesterday's swales are already catching water 💧
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
Some of yesterday's swales are already catching water 💧
All helping to #slowtheflow and reduce flood risk.
#StoringTheStorm
Practical tips from UK Charity #SlowTheFlow on what homeowners can do to reduce flooding risks. Includes quick wins like retrofitting water butts into leaky damns as well as larger water management upgrades in the home ( #SUDS #Swales, #Ponds, Permeable landscaping etc)
shorturl.at/3sJfb
shorturl.at/3sJfb
You Can Slow The Flow: At Home - Slow The Flow
Due to human development, replacing plants and soils with hard surfaces such as roofs, roads, patios and car parking, rainfall runs off much more quickly, causing surface water and combined sewer floo...
slowtheflow.net
January 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Practical tips from UK Charity #SlowTheFlow on what homeowners can do to reduce flooding risks. Includes quick wins like retrofitting water butts into leaky damns as well as larger water management upgrades in the home ( #SUDS #Swales, #Ponds, Permeable landscaping etc)
shorturl.at/3sJfb
shorturl.at/3sJfb