October 2024 - Magazine - Page 9
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Cinema this month, as well as
our regular programme, we are
delighted to be bringing you a
special screening…. WILDING.
It’s a startling fact that the UK is
one of the world’s most naturedepleted countries, with on average
about half its biodiversity left – far
below the global average of 75%.
It means the UK is in the bottom
10% globally for biodiversity,
which is a shocking statistic.
In recognition of this, Lamberhurst
cinema will be screening Wilding
on Saturday 9 November at
7.30pm in addition to our usual
programme of films.
Wilding, a documentary lasting
one hour fiveteen minutes, tells
the true story of the Knepp Estate
in West Sussex that is unable to
farm productively, following years
of intensive agriculture. Such is the poor state of the soil, they are forced to take
drastic action. They hit on the radical idea of allowing nature to take its course on
the estate and the film follows the reclamation of the land by invertebrates, birds
and mammals.
Whilst this is a celebration of nature rewilding a parcel of land, it demonstrates
what can be done to increase biodiversity in the UK particularly if nature highways
can radiate across the country.
Alongside the film, Kent Wildlife Trust will be present for a Q&A session on their
recent acquisition of Furnace Farm, on the edge of Lamberhurst consisting of
around 145 acres. KWT have plans to adopt some of the approaches seen in
Wilding to improve biodiversity on Furnace Farm, which over time hopefully will
spread deeper into surrounding countryside. You can learn more about KWT and
the work they do by visiting their website: kentwildlifetrust.org.uk.
This will be a special screening, in aid equally of The Kent Wildlife Trust and the
Lamberhurst War Memorial Hall. Tickets will be £6 and can be bought online at
lamberhurstcinema.org along with the programme for the coming months. Our
usual bar will be open from 6.30pm together with a warm welcome. We look
forward to seeing you.
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