19.10 - 20.10

Location: Lye Valley

Supporting Caroline Vitzhum 

The Lye Valley is a 14’000 year old alkaline fen in Oxford which supports dozens of nationally rare plants and invertebrates. Used as a dump during neighbouring construction works during the 20th century, for over a decade it has been and continues to be restored by weekly Friends of Lye Valley work parties. 

05.10

10AM - 5PM

Supporting Funky Fens with Metal Peterborough Peterborough sits on the edge of what was once the largest lake in lowland England, Whittlesea Mere. Over the course of the 17th century, the lake was drained, along with the surrounding extensive and abundant peatlands managed as commons by local people for millennia.

Line-up Molly Dancing Workshop - Fennish Folk Songs - Fens Inspired Lunch - Fens Dialect Word Games - Fen Flag Making - Fen Time Stories Open Mic Show and Tell 

25.09 - 29.09

Supporting Tromsø Natur og Ungdom with Tromsø Kunstforening / Romssa Dáiddasiida

Finnheia is a large area of peatland in Tromsø, providing home to rare biodiversity, storing thousands of tonnes of carbon and acting as an important site for Samí reindeer herders. Following a long history of threats, an attempt is once again being made to build a luxury ski-centre on the peatland. 

22.09

Location: Floating, Berlin

Anthropo-moss-ism [ an-thruh-puh-mɒs-iz-uhm ] noun the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a fictional moss creature Join RE-PEAT on a journey of deep mapping Peatland Justice. Through embodied and performative exercises, we will explore perceptions of who and what lives in, on, and with the bog. This event is one in a series of workshops in the Peatland Justice campaign, each making a contribution to RE-PEATs deep map of European peatlands. Free dinner is included for all participants

23.06

Location: ADM het Groene Veld, Amsterdam

We’ll be cooking with some plants that are grown on peatlands, under paludiculture conditions. RE-PEAT will give an introduction to peatlands and discuss these ecosystems while we cook together!

25.02 13.30-14.30

Location: Ru Pare; Chris Lebeaustraat 4, 1062 DC Amsterdam

Sinking into the Dark Earth is an exploration on how we can enter and exist in uncomfortable, maybe fearful places and imagine playful/creative ways of how we can get out again. This workshop is designed to open a space for us to explore some of the lessons that peatlands can teach us about death and loss. There is going to be a guided meditation, some reading and imagination and creative activities.