Peat-Fest South-West Broadcasts
Peat-Fest South-West will include online broadcasts which will be open to all to join in and hear more about peatland news, archaeology, stories of people working in the landscape, voices of young people and climate and ecological news.
We will included broadcasts in November 2025 to coincide with COP30 in Brazil and these will coalesce the whole Peat-Fest South-West learning and experience, leaving a legacy of knowledge, research, and a regional youth-led manifesto for peatlands shared across the UK and beyond
Broadcast 2: Peatland Stories: Peatlands, our heritage, and the role of creativity
Our second Peat-Fest South-West broadcast had a range of voices reflecting our peatland heritage from across the country and within the South-West region, these voices told the stories of our heritage below the peatland surface and nature and peatland specialists who use art to support and strengthen their knowledge.
Our speakers:
Jane Akerman, IUCN UK Peatland Programme – an overview of the heritage of peatlands, and how various artists have revealed different ways of understanding
Rose Ferraby and Melanie Giles – How the art of archaeology or peat tells stories and opens up the imagination – a conversation
Ben Totterdell from Exmoor National Park sharing how young rangers help to enrich the heritage of the peatlands of Exmoor
Rachael Milliner, RE-PEAT, sharing how RE-PEAT uses creativity to make the case for peatland justice
Chloe Uden, Director and Founder, Art and Energy - the role of creativity in making change for a better future
Peatland Stories is available to watch via our YouTube channel and a transcript (AI generated) is available to download.
Broadcast 1: Wild Connections - reaching hearts and minds of young people
Our first Peat-Fest South-West broadcast was an online training and discussion sessions, sharing our learning experience of how to engage young people with peatlands and the wider outdoor environment.
Our speakers:
Frankie Turk, RE-PEAT - frankie_turk[@]re-peat.earth (presentation)
David Onah, Shallowford Farm - david[@]shallowfordfarm.co.uk (presentation)
Karen Price, freelance youth & community worker - driftwooddreams[@]hotmail.co.uk (presentation)
Naomi Wright, Art and Energy - naomi[@]artandenergy.org (presentation)
Rachael Milliner, RE-PEAT - rachael_milliner[@]re-peat.earth (presentation)
Wild Connections is available to watch via our YouTube channel and a transcript (AI generated) is available to download.
