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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Soil scientist and environmentalist Jo says she has her dream job, because working for the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group is where she can make the most difference. If the Environment Agency is the stick, FWAG are the carrot, helping farmers find ways to work with nature as they grow food, and access the funds they need to support the changes.
We get granular (pun intended) about soil, farming practices and crops, as we circle and visit the rather sad Hillfarrance Brook - one of the tributaries of the River Tone in ‘poor ecological status’. In this seeming rural idyll problems can be harder to root out, because they are widely dispersed and easily hidden. FWAG’s new project “Upper Tone 360’ hopes to do just that, and so bring health back to the brook, and the river it feeds.
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