TONAL - Rivers Beyond Sewage reaches behind the headlines to explore water issues in the UK, with a special focus on the River Tone in Somerset. Through riverside conversations with people who have profound relationships with water Feral Practice leads us into the politics, law, art and science of rivers with curiosity and humor.
Moving beyond the adversarial tone that dominates news and social media, Tonal offers powerful and entertaining listening — professional, political, ecological and spiritual — while keeping a close ear on the river herself. The artist Feral Practice lives in Somerset, UK. Their work explores and expands our relationship to other species and the living earth.
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TONAL - Rivers Beyond Sewage reaches behind the headlines to explore water issues in the UK, with a special focus on the River Tone in Somerset. Through riverside conversations with people who have profound relationships with water Feral Practice leads us into the politics, law, art and science of rivers with curiosity and humor.
Moving beyond the adversarial tone that dominates news and social media, Tonal offers powerful and entertaining listening — professional, political, ecological and spiritual — while keeping a close ear on the river herself. The artist Feral Practice lives in Somerset, UK. Their work explores and expands our relationship to other species and the living earth.
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Olly’s job is to find and solve the causes of river pollution. Every misconnected pipe contributes to damage. In a rural area like Somerset, with thousands of small farms and houses with private water, slurry and sewage systems, it’s challenging to stay on top of it all.
As we walk around the lanes and fields about a mile upstream of Taunton’s official bathing place he points out some recent problems – a nursing home that had wastewater pipes going straight to the river, a vast dairy farm which leaked slurry, an illegal dump of soil in the river. From wild swimmers to migrating salmon and the invertebrates and gravel they depend upon, the whole ecology can suffer 'death by a thousand cuts'.
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Love and learn your rivers by subscribing to new episodes :)
Visit the website - https://www.tonal-uk.com/
Follow Feral Practice - https://www.instagram.com/feralpractice/
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