Down to Earth- the Land and the Soil. CRES Day 8th November 2025

Down to Earth- the Land and the Soil. CRES Day 8th November 2025

Our next CRES in-person day (open to all) is on Saturday, 8th November 2025, at Ripon College Cuddesdon (RCC) near Oxford. Our speakers are Rev. Margot Hodson (Director of Theology and Education at the John Ray Initiative) and Martin Parsons (Peatland Restoration Officer with Natural England).
In the morning, Margot will speak on “Sacred Land? Integral Ecological reflection on the sale of church land at Langford, Oxfordshire.”
In the afternoon, Martin will speak on “Rewetting Peat in the Fens – The complex interdependencies of water, carbon and food in a landscape under threat.”

For more details of the day and the booking procedure, go HERE. So book early with Lynda to ensure your place.

The picture is of Holme Fen posts on the Great Fen. Installed level with the peat surface in the 1850s when the last great mere (Whittlesea Mere) was drained.
Image credit: Martin Parsons