The new webinar series is shaping up, with the first two speakers lined up for 29 October and 17 November respectively. You can book for Jenni Hughes-Ellis’ session on the work of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust here. We’ll set up the booking page for the next one as soon as that has passed. Other […]
Our last webinar of the series was intended to take place in March 2026 – but we wanted something on a farming theme and, having persuaded Hywel Morgan to give us the webinar, were politely but firmly told that March is no time for giving a webinar, there’s far too much going on. So, […]
The Dyfi Biosphere is the only UNESCO Biosphere in Wales, and the co-ordinator for a wide range of projects on the northern edge of the Cambrian Mountains. But what exactly is a Biosphere and how does it work? Jane Powell gave us a low-down. You can watch the video here. Apologies for the recording starting a […]
The Cambrian Mountains offer some of the darkest of Dark Skies in the United Kingdom. Gazing into a starry sky is one of the most awe-inspiring experiences on offer here, and something humans have been doing for thousands of years. We may have lost much of the mythology early civilisations created around the night sky, […]
Nia Lloyd-Knott is a mountain guide and also an Ambassador for two of Wales’ National Parks – but since she “discovered” the Cambrian Mountains, she has also become a fan of this less-celebrated part of Wales’ uplands. In this webinar she explains how Romanticism, based in feelings such as awe and joy found through being […]
Everybody knows peatlands are important, both for their carbon sequestration over thousands of years and for their role in managing flood waters. But how many people have ever really looked at a peat bog and understood how it comes to be there, which organisms are responsible and how it performs its vital functions? In this […]
Temperate rainforests are all the rage at present – Britain’s most valuable habitat. Mostly found in the wetter, western upland parts of the island, it’s no surprise we have several important areas in the Cambrian Mountains – three of which are being managed as part of the LIFE Celtic Rainforests project. In this webinar, Gethin […]
After a gap of a year, we’re restarting our series of autumn-winter webinars on topics relating to the Cambrian Mountains. First up will be Gethin Davies of the Celtic Rainforest project, talking about the residual areas of temperate rainforest to be found within the region, on 7 October 2025. You can book a place here or […]
We’ve been out and about explaining the fallacies around packing the Cambrian Mountains with commercial wind farms, and several times been asked if we could put the slides online. That didn’t seem worthwhile without the actual presentation, so in July we recorded it as a webinar – slightly expanded and more technical, to try […]
Our recording of July’s excellent webinar with Professor David James explaining the economics, geology and (lack of) science behind the scattering of mines optimistically built in the Cambrians over the ages, is available above. And, if viewing (or remembering) it leaves you wanting more then we’re pleased to say the Cambrian Mines Trust has agreed […]