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Outdoor Daily III

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 06/02/202106/02/2021
  • carbon footprint

I am fascinated by the eery beauty of the shore’s reflections in the mirror of the water. Horizontal symmetry. Rocks and branches disappear into the image. And I see different things every time.

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Outdoor Daily III

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 24/01/202124/01/2021
  • carbon footprint

The low midday sun backlights mature fern leaves, revealing the pattern of their sori, clusters of sporangia (spore cases) on the underside of leaves. They seem ready to go! Check out the intriguing life cycle […]

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Darwin200 Episode 22: Wind Power!

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 09/09/202001/01/2021
  • carbon footprint

The Darwin200 science crew teams up with the engineer to set up a wind turbine on the Pelican of London. Watch the project here:

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Darwin 200 day 18 later: pottering between Raasay and Skye

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 06/09/202004/10/2020
  • Appreciation

With the beautiful backdrop of the Inner Hebrides, we’ve got a day packed with science and filming. The diving team is studying the benthos and once more bring specimen aboard. This starfish is regrowing several […]

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Darwin200 day 17: under sail due South

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 05/09/202004/10/2020
  • carbon footprint

The exhaust repair successfully completed, we’ve set sail as soon as leaving the dock and are cruising comfortably South at 5 – 6 knots, now powered by the wind. Sustainability in practice! We’ll pick up […]

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Outdoor Daily

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 21/06/202021/06/2020
  • Appreciation

It’s Father’s Day in the UK. One thing I really don’t miss during lockdown is shopping and, by extension, the madness of consumerism on days, such as this. Christmas, Valentine’s, Easter, Mothering Sunday, Halloween, Guy […]

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Outdoor Daily

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 11/06/202011/06/2020
  • Appreciation

12 weeks in lockdown and I’m looking for the silver lining… What are we learning? About the value of life? About the value of health and looking after mind, body and spirit? About the value […]

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Outdoor Daily

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 08/06/202008/06/2020
  • Appreciation

Damp ferns glistening. I very much enjoyed the 12 weeks of near- uninterrupted sunshine in Cornwall. It made lockdown bearable. But soils dried and despite watering, some of the new woodland trees, planted for my […]

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Outdoor Daily

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 02/06/2020
  • agriculture

A shard of pottery in a field reminds me of something in the history of the valley I live in. Market gardening in the Tamar Valley (Devon and Cornwall, UK) has a rich tradition of […]

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Outdoor Daily

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 27/05/202027/05/2020
  • Appreciation

Happy fetching a stick out of a cool stream. So simple. Just living the moment. Lockdown has forced (most of) us to simplify our lives. Bare essentials. For some, less than that. Is there, among […]

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