Art and Energy will host an online broadcast session as part of Peat-Fest South-West, join us for Peatland Stories: Peatlands, our heritage, and the role of creativity.

We will have a range of voices reflecting our peatland heritage from across the country and within the South-West region, these voices will tell the stories of our heritage below the peatland surface and nature and peatland specialists who use art to support and strengthen their knowledge.

Speakers include:

• Ben Totterdell from Exmoor National Park sharing how young rangers help to enrich the heritage of the peatlands of Exmoor

• Jane Akerman, IUCN UK Peatland Programme – an overview of the heritage of peatlands, and how various artists have revealed different ways of understanding

• Chloe Uden, Director and Founder, Art and Energy - the role of creativity in making change for a better future

• Rachael Milliner, RE-PEAT, sharing how RE-PEAT uses creativity to make the case for peatland justice

• Rose Ferraby and Melanie Giles – How the art of archaeology or peat tells stories and opens up the imagination – a conversation

• Additional speakers to be confirmed.

Join us for an early lunch break to hear peatland stories and stimulate new ways to think about, and engage with, our peatland landscapes.

All welcome to join us.

This will be an online session hosted via Teams, the session will be recorded and the recording will be shared publicly and form part of the lasting legacy of Peat-Fest South-West.

Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.