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Kinder Mass Trespass 92 Weekend

April 23, 2024
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The Kinder Trespass 92 Weekend event is a festival celebrating the 92nd anniversary of the Mass Trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932.

The festival is a collaboration between Hayfield Kinder Trespass Group, Tent People, Spirit of Kinder and Outdoors for All.

Our CEO and founder Maxwel A Ayamba BEM, will be speaking at the event.

The festival runs from Saturday 27th April 2024 to Sunday 28th April 2024.

On Saturday there will be speakers, stalls, food and drink, exhibitions and book launches ‘Wild Service’ Ed. by Nick Hayes and Jon Moses; and ‘Another England’ by Caroline Lucas.

Events begin on Saturday 27th April at 1.45 pm at St Matthew’s Church Hall, Church St, Hayfield, High Peak SK22 2JE

The 92nd Kinder Scout Mass Trespass anniversary walk takes place on Sunday 28th April. Food and entertainment wil be provided from midday onwards.

You can download the festival programme here.

You can also join the walk on Sunday 28th using MeetUp or Eventbrite.

Free Event High Hazels Park Sunday 28th April

April 21, 2024
Green Recovery Challenge Fund Round 1 Final Evaluation Report

Save the Date: Sunday 28th April at High Hazels Park, Darnall, Sheffield

Please come along to the launch of our exciting new community project we are delivering in parnership with Kids Plant Trees!

A fun-packed event of nature-based activities for families awaits in High Hazels Park on Sunday 28th April 2024. Refreshments will be provided. This is a FREE event for families in the Darnall area but booking is required. Please book here for your free ticket.

Green Recovery Challenge Fund Round 1 Final Evaluation Report

Our free community project for families who live in the Darnall to inspire you to reconnect with nature and explore how you can improve green space where you live.

Asian Voice Article

March 25, 2024

In a recent opinion piece entitled “Minorities and a bid for inclusion in environmental decision-making” columnist Ketan Dattani writes an insightful article on our CEO and founder Maxwell Ayamba BEM’s work championing BAMER participation in the British countryside.

You can read the article published on 21st March 2024 is on the Asian Voice website.

Published in the UK since 1972, Asian Voice strives to; “champion the causes of our readers”, and “cover the diverse interests of the Asian community with the depth and insight they deserve.”

Walking Summit 2024

March 13, 2024
Workshop attendees with SEM CEO Maxwell Ayamba BEM, & Jenosn Grant. Photos Courtesy of Sam Wakeling @Living Streets.

On March 7th 2024, SEM founder and CEO Maxwell Ayamba BEM, was invited to lead a walk as part of the 2024 UK Walking Summit conference.

Workshop attendees look at the different types of Lichens growing on a tree branche. Photo Courtesy of Sam Wakeling @Living Streets.

Supported by Jenson Grant from SEM, Mawell took a group of conference attendees on a 60 minute walk that began at the conference venue and went along some of the city centres’ most congested roads. Attendees used citizen science air quality investigation methods to look for lichens growing on tree bark, which are indicators of air pollution. Trees that have large numbers of Nitrogen insensetive Lichens on their bark indicate that they may be growing in areas with high levels of air pollution.

Workshop attendees look for Nitrogen sensetive & insensetive Lichens on tree bark. Photo Courtesy of Sam Wakeling @Living Streets.
Workshop attendees compare Lichen growth on trees at different city centre locations. Photo Courtesy of Sam Wakeling @Living Streets.


Maxwell said; “SEM’s work using the Imperial College’s Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) is innovative and impactful in the sense that, unlike Sheffield City Council stationing air monitoring diffusion tubes to monitor the impact of air pollution in communities by taking readings however, this data is not visually shared and therefore difficult to evidence and communicate to educate communities in these polluted zones. However, in the case of SEM applying OPAL Explore Nature Air Quality Survey using natural indicators such as nitrogen-loving lichens it is able to demonstrate the impact of air pollution visually in the most polluted zone across the city”.

An Ash tree near Park Hill flats is covered in Nitrogen insensetive Lichen. Photo Courtesy of Sam Wakeling @Living Streets.
Workshop attendees with SEM CEO Maxwell Ayamba BEM, & Jenson Grant. Photo Courtesy of Sam Wakeling @Living Streets.

Living Streets is a UK based environmental charity whose mission is to: “achieve a better walking environment and inspire people to walk more.” Visit Living Streets UK to find out more about their work.

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