All Saints' Church Hertford

Environment, Climate and Hope

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The annual All Saints Environment Day will be held on Saturday, September 12, the same day as the Historic Churches Bike 'n Hike which we always support.

This year the Environment Day will incorporate a Film Festival, showing two films - 'Six Inches of Soil' and 'Wilding'. In addition to the films, there will also be a variety of stalls which visitors can investigate to find out more about what is happening locally in terms of our environment and what we can all do to mitigate the dangers we face and also where we can find hope in our precious environment.

'Six Inches of Soil' is the inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities. This will be followed by a panel discussion with regenerative farmers, John Cherry and David White and also Andrei Lussmann who has an excellent understanding of the wider food system. They will discuss the themes of the film and answer questions.

The day will close with a showing of the film 'Wilding'. This is the story of Isabella Tree and her husband, Charlie Burrell who strive to breathe new life into the ailing Knepp estate. They reintroduce native ponies, deer, pigs and other wildlife, allowing nature to thrive. They battle entrenched tradition and dare to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.

Through the day, light lunches and refreshments will be available.

Full details will be posted here over the next few weeks.

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