One day conference hosted by the Department of Geographical and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Saturday 20th October 2012, from 10.00 in the Powell Building.
October 2012 is the 25th anniversary of the ‘Great Storm’ that toppled some 15 million trees in southern and SE England.
This one day conference uses the anniversary to celebrate the legacy of the storm and the importance of trees to society, especially their impact on education, community, health and well-being.
The conference also celebrates the planting of the Jubilee Orchard at the Canterbury campus as part Canterbury Christ Church University’s 50th Jubilee celebrations.
The orchard is part of the ‘Bioversity’ initiative to foster the green spaces of St Augustine's Abbey as part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site. The orchard is registered as part of the national NHS Forest.
The conference is open to all students and staff and to members of the public and registration is FREE.
We need to know numbers for refreshments, seating, etc., so you MUST register with the Department of Geographical and Life Sciences.
To register for the conference please ring Jaimie Morris or Maria Hamilton on 01227 782331/782337 or email maria.hamilton@canterbury.ac.uk
Programme
10.00 Welcome and introduction
Session 1: Healed landscapes? Twenty-five years since the Great Storm
10.15-10.45 Releasing history – the Great storm and the history revealed.
Andrew Richardson, Finds Manager, Canterbury Archaeological Trust.
10.45-11.15 The Great Storm - tree and fungi responses to the hurricane
Ted Green, Ancient Tree Forum
11.15 – 11.35 Refreshment Break
11.35 – 12.05 The Great Storm and UK woodlands
12.05 – 12.35 Windthrow trees, Nature’s survivors: East Kent case studies
12.35 – 13.25 LUNCH
Session 2: Healing landscapes – trees, society and well-being
13.25 – 13.55 Forest schools – saving our children from nature-deficit disorder
Clair Hobson Earthcraftuk, Kent / Executive Board Member of the Forest School Association
13.55 – 14.25 A sense of place - community woodlands as local resources
Jenny Tippen, Chair of Ashford Community Woodland
14.25 – 14.45 Refreshment Break
14.45 – 15.15 The Woodland Trust – ‘Creating woodland together’
John Harvey, Woodland Trust, Kent
15.15 – 15.45 England’s Community Forests – involvement, inclusion, environmental regeneration and green infrastructure creation
Ann Bartleet, Chair of Thames Chase Trust, Community Forests
15.45 – 16.00 End of conference.
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