...............(tectonic plates, that is) has been happening since early in the formation of the Earth, and has been a major factor in what we now see in the Devon Landscape.
Professor Malcolm Hart, of the Plymouth University Dept of Geological Sciences gave Coastwise members a clear picture of the processes behind the landscape that we currently see, starting with an overview of the visionaries who contributed to modern knowledge.
.......with Dr Rob Stoneman and Rewilding Europe.
Rewilding the landscape is a topic which is gaining traction, based on the pioneering work of John Muir in the USA, and given an impetus in the UK recently by Isabella Tree's account of re-wilding the Kneppe Estate in Sussex.
.....shown by Coastwise members is remarkable, and exemplified by the Autumn Programmme's opening meeting.
This featured two talks by members.
Firstly, Martin Corfe illustrated various fascinating and evocative aspects of local history with Dorothy Beera's slides of life along the Taw and Torridge.
Dorothy was instrumental in the setting up of the Appledore Maritime Museum, and she documented a bygone age maritime life around our estuaries, as Eric Ravilious did for rurual life two decades earlier.
.....although restricted to Zoom !
The new program of talks starts on Thursday 8th Oct, and you can download it here.
This is the new membership form
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