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Clara Todd

@claratee.bsky.social

Water nerd and recovering techie in Cambridge UK. Ambition to be a good ancestor. www.claratodd.com

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Just a few spaces now for Water Night at the Technology Museum on Riverside (Pye building) on Wednesday at 6:30pm. Come join us to discuss local water and how some residents manage their use in the home & garden. Part of #cambridgeopenecohomes for CCF. Free. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/water-sens...

16.11.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Comment on exciting new water course creation on #SheepsGreen #cambridge (north of Fen Causeway) for fish passes/general biodiversity. 🐟 engage.cambridge.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...

05.10.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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cambridgeppf.org/etn/rof-pure-c… Tonight 6:30pm Leper Chapel: PURE CLEAN WATER.
A primer on water crisis & economic pressures in Cambridge, portrait of a chalk stream and medieval engineering.
Our oldest surviving intact building is a beautiful cinema for one more night. #riversoffilm

04.10.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pembroke auditorium - audience

Pembroke auditorium - audience

Linton village hall - audience

Linton village hall - audience

Storeys field Eddington - audience

Storeys field Eddington - audience

Museum of Cambridge - audience

Museum of Cambridge - audience

Some highlights from the #riversoffilm festival so far: oysters, ocean trawling devastation, #worldriversday poetry, chalk streams & dreams, company of filmmakers who love their rivers and life within and good audiences. Don't miss #ourblueworld cambridgeppf.org/riversoffilm/

30.09.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to start a rainwater harvesting project to support trees at #stmatthewspiece Community Orchard. Working with #petersfield residents, @camcitco.bsky.social, On the verge Cambridge and others at #stmatthewsgardens / #yorkstreet. Extra hands, smiles & tea most welcome!

19.09.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cambridge Rivers of Film Festival: Films & film-related events to inspire care, curiosity & action for our rivers and oceans.
Main: 23 Sept - 4th Oct. cambridgeppf.org/riversoffilm/
Tickets at no cost or at affordable prices, thanks to our event partners & #RiverCamCAN

31.08.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The draft Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for comment until 11 Sept. The LNRS describes our most precious habitats in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, including chalk streams & fen habitats. For benefit of future generations & our non-human kin yourvoice.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/lnrs/consult...

17.08.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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River of Film Festival seeks volunteers - Water Sensitive Cambridge The Cambridge Rivers of Film Festival 23rd Sept – 4th Oct We are partnering with Cambridge Past, Present & Future to bring an exciting programme of films, workshops and other events focused on rivers,...

Seeking volunteers πŸ™πŸΌ for The Cambridge Rivers of Film Festival
23rd Sept – 4th Oct.
Partnering with cambridgeppf.bsky.social to bring an exciting programme of films, workshops & other events focused on rivers this Autumn. We seek volunteers like you! #riversoffilmfestival #rivercamcan

18.08.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glorious morning with 100 other river lovers on a flotilla of punts, paddle boards, canoes and kayaks showing love for our #rivercam. Message to @anglianwater.bsky.social : try harder to #cleanitup! #camvalleyforum @sascampaigns.bsky.social #paddleoutprotest #puntandpaddleout

17.05.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Independent Water Commission – Call for Evidence - Defra - Citizen Space This site contains consultations that are run by Defra.

Care about water and how it's "managed" in the UK?Last few days to respond to this consultation: consult.defra.gov.uk/independent-...

19.04.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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bit.ly/3DKLbOH
For the love of River - don't forget to come to the excellent film Rave On the Avon on Saturday 3:30pm at the Arts Picturehouse - advance tickets available. With a Q&A at the end with the film director and local water/river campaigners.

21.03.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Discovering Newmarket's forgotten chalk stream and the local people tracing its path in light and love

17.03.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rave On the Avon Film / Q&A with director Charlotte Sawyer and local clean water campaigners Anne Miller cam valley forum, Ruth Sapsed & chaired by James M-W @sky_larking. March 22nd 3:30pm, @CamPicturehouse. @CambridgePPF Get your ticket: bit.ly/3DKLbOH

16.03.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wild swimming and designated bathing water regulations reform is high on the agenda. Debate yesterday in parliament, #southcambs MP @pippaheylings.bsky.social gave a brilliant speech. Watch the debate here.
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

05.03.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New #slowflow rain planters outside of 110-113 Fallowfield Cambridge. Grasses, ferns, herbs & flowers feed pollinators, while preventing 100s of litres of stormwater from overwhelming pipe & ponding at Fen Rd. Low cost #suds retrofit for climate resilient streets. #pebblefund

02.03.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Green Screen: Rave On For The Avon + Panel with director Charlotte Sawyer | Showtimes and Tickets Fall in love with the River Avon and the people fighting to protect it, the Bristol way!Rave On For The Avon is a feature-length documentary film that follows campaigners and river lovers across a yea...

πŸ’™ Charlotte Sawyer's celebration of the Bristol community, life and wild swimming in Cambridge! March 22 3:30, #picturehousegreenscreen, and #riversoffilm

The panel features fimmakers & local water loving groups. Continue conversation in the cafe afterwards. πŸ’¦
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

03.03.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Day 1 complete! Our friends at Phoenix delivered four gorgeous handmade planters to us in Fallowfield, ready to transform into #slowflow rain planters. After a day of sun, rain, mud, we'll soon be ready to plant leafy shade-loving beings here #raingardens #flowersnotfloods #pebblefund

27.02.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pistachio Wars Advance Preview Release! Stream Pistachio Wars for one week only.

Watch this. The story of how California got screwed over for its water by a billionaire couple who are more commonly known for philanthropy, glitzy hollywood parties and quirky advertising.
www.pistachiowars.com

16.02.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone said to me the other day, "It's okay if you mess up sometimes; It's much better to have lots of people trying their best and doing what they can in their imperfect ways, than a few people being perfect." x

03.02.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
First SlowFlow Planter Installed in Fallowfield | Water Sensitive Cambridge
YouTube video by Water Sensitive Cambridge First SlowFlow Planter Installed in Fallowfield | Water Sensitive Cambridge

Proud to introduce this new project by @watersencam.bsky.social in Cambridge.

Funded by #PebbleFund for biodiversity, we'll be installing six of our #SlowFlow planters in the catchment of Fallowfield's surface water drain pipe.

Not only reducing floods, bringing back nature 🌻
youtu.be/82bCVmH0GWI

22.01.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A ginger tufted common Calder bee feasting on a purple stalk of woodland sage on a street corner

A ginger tufted common Calder bee feasting on a purple stalk of woodland sage on a street corner

To help you get through #BlueMonday, here's a picture of some gorgeous purple wands of woodland sage being enjoyed by a carder bee in the Fallowfield Rain Gardens last year. Whatever is getting you down today, remember life persists. There will be spring.

20.01.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last panel session of the brilliant Rewilding Futures conference right here in Cambridge. Two days of inspirational talks and workshops from global practitioners, by Citizen Zoo.

18.01.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Swimming status of Ilkley’s River Wharfe in limbo over sewage pollution Stretch of river in West Yorkshire was first to get bathing status in 2020 but has since recorded poor water quality

The trials of England's first granted inland river bathing water site (2020) Ilkley Wharf. Last chance to achieve improvement.

17.12.2024 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A quarter of a century ago a good friend showed me Google search: elegant, simple, usable. Was immediately hooked. Set immediately as my homepage, was the cool kid at work. Then #enshitification

15.12.2024 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Consultation on Reform of the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 - Defra - Citizen Space This site contains consultations that are run by Defra.

If you want to have a say in how bathing water sites are designated, here's a survey. consult.defra.gov.uk/water/bathin...

07.12.2024 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Consultation on Reform of the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 - Defra - Citizen Space This site contains consultations that are run by Defra.

We are sad - but not at all surprised - that the River Cam at Sheep's Green was classified as "Poor". 53% of new inland river Bathing Water sites for 2024, just over half also received "poor".

07.12.2024 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry electric car owners, you too. A car is a car, tyres are still tyres. The damage we do on the living world, especially our rivers, is shocking. Now, what are we going to do about it?

05.12.2024 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Run a public information campaign on the climate crisis Communicate clearly: 1) the science behind the climate crisis - how & why for the first time in the last year we've averaged 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels 2) the implications of going beyond...

The UK government should run a public information campaign about the facts of Climate Change. Please sign and share; at 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

03.12.2024 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nando's, stop killing our rivers!
YouTube video by River Action UK Nando's, stop killing our rivers!

Industrial chicken farming is killing the River Wye, and it could kill the beautiful River Wissey too if Cranswick megafarm in Norfolk gets built.
youtube.com/shorts/5U5NP...

02.12.2024 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How may we #slowtheflow and grow #flowersnotfloods? A day of #rainlab demonstrations and chat at Phoenix Trust Christmas event in #milton!

02.12.2024 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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