In 2024, The Poetry Society has been collaborating with the University of Exeter and the South West Peatland Partnership on the Bog Talk project, funded by Natural England, to encourage education and creative engagement with peatland landscapes. In November, a group of creatives, peat restorers, scientists and archeologists came together for a day’s discussion about bogs in Exeter, followed by a poetry reading. Young Poets Networker Freya Gillard reports on how the day unfolded.| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society has been teaming up with researchers at the University of Exeter to find ways of engaging communities with bogs and peatlands through the ‘Bog Talk’ project. Bog Talk, funded by Natural England, is part of Exeter University’s RENEW partnership programme, which is working to encourage biodiversity in the UK. One of the communities we’re engaging with is children and young people. Primary-school pupils from Plymouth have taken part in workshops with professional poets...| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society has a long history of championing poetry as a means to explore our relationship with the natural world. We provide resources to schools, profile environmental work on Young Poets Network, and work with environmental organisations and academic institutions to raise awareness about climate change and biodiversity.| poetrysociety.org.uk
Over the past year, The Poetry Society has been collaborating with the University of Exeter and the South West Peatland Partnership on the Bog Talk project, funded by Natural England, to encourage education and creative engagement with peatland landscapes. In November 2024, a group of creatives, peat restorers, scientists and archeologists came together for a day’s discussion about bogs in Exeter, followed by a poetry reading. Young Poets Networker Freya Gillard reports on how the day unfol...| Young Poets Network
