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Thought Pieces

Beaver blog

Could beavers be introduced into the Calder Valley to reduce flood risk?

February 19, 2021 by Slow The Flow

This is one of the first questions Slow The Flow is asked when we talk about Natural Flood Management (NFM). … Read more

Rooted living christmas trees

Green for life, not just for Christmas

December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 by Slow The Flow

by Sara Tomkins, founder of Rooted, living Christmas trees, Todmorden. INNOVATION is one of the key factors in making Natural … Read more

carbon blog

Slowing the Flow and Carbon Reduction through Floodwater Storage

April 15, 2020April 8, 2020 by Slow The Flow

Climate change is already impacting the British climate, with more heavy and frequent rainfall resulting in local and regional flooding … Read more

What do Coronavirus and NFM have in common?

April 2, 2020March 23, 2020 by Slow The Flow

Amongst the COVID-19 chaos, is a glimmer of hope. We, as a society, at all scales, are realising that individual … Read more

NFM and SuDS Opportunity Mapping – now live!!

April 2, 2020March 23, 2020 by Slow The Flow

Our clickable Google Map parcels up the pilot area into manageable chunks – you can zoom in and click on … Read more

Economics of Attenuation Ponds

April 2, 2020February 25, 2020 by Slow The Flow

  The Economics of Upper Catchment Small Scale Attenuation Ponds versus A Capital Intensive Flood Alleviation Scheme Since the Boxing … Read more

Flood Prevention at Oldroyd

April 2, 2020February 14, 2020 by Slow The Flow

Oldroyd Terrace Saved From Storm Ciara, Here’s How The summer floods of 2012 and the Boxing Day flood of 2015 … Read more

Peat,Trees & Rewilding

April 2, 2020January 3, 2020 by Slow The Flow

But what have peat bogs ever done for me ?……..‘Gwapple me gwapenuts’   If when you think about peat bogs … Read more

Landscape Story

April 2, 2020October 18, 2019 by Slow The Flow

My wellington boots sink into the dark, wet earth in the bed of the gully as I heave on the … Read more

Slow The Flow Community Led Natural Flood Management Conference – March 2019

April 2, 2020June 18, 2019 by Slow The Flow

Over two days, nearly 100 people from around the UK descended onto our beautiful town of Hebden Bridge in the … Read more

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