27 February 2020
BY:
Claire Hector
Arc are joining Futurebuild 2020 at ExCel London next week so do come and visit! Futurebuild is a key event for all involved in the world of development, architecture, infrastructure and regeneration, bringing together ‘27,000 industry influencers and shapers to drive real change. A world class knowledge programme alongside an immersive exhibition of 450 innovative
19 February 2020
BY:
Claire Hector
Arc and Artecology Ltd are working in London this week, bringing a bit of extra biodiversity to Bromley! The team will be installing Biototems, nest boxes as well as planting and sowing the first tranche of literally thousands of wildflowers. This is part of a long-term project we’re working on with The Glades, Bromley and owners, the investment
3 February 2020
BY:
Claire Hector
Arc will be adding Ecology and Eco-engineering to the STEM mix for students at this year’s Noel Turner Science Festival with Winchester Science Centre.
5 December 2019
BY:
Ian Boyd
We have forgotten that we are organisms sharing our bit of territory with the encompassing natural world. By creating spaces for wildlife in every part of the built and planted environments that our urban lives will continue to generate, we can shape better places for people too.
3 December 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Our free and homespun celebration of people, place and the festive season is back! Join us all at Sandown Bay’s cliff-top Battery for this year’s The Christmas Garden…
7 November 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
The Arc Group (both Arc and Artecology) work with clients, global investment management team LaSalle. Their Development Director, Andrew Derry, has just been in touch to say one project, Bourne Business Park, has been featured by the Better Buildings Partnership in the UK. http://www.betterbuildingspartnership.co.uk/lasalle’s-bourne-business-park-boosts-biodiversity-and-wellbeing Thanks to an inspired landscape architect at development stage and following
26 September 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Signs of change! The Willow Walk is a 1km case study of shaping better places! Part-living field study guide, community project, urban rewilding and we believe a good example of how businesses can help to build natural and social capital on their doorstep.
20 September 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Fridays for Future… Climate crisis and biodiversity loss is finally going global. Whether or not we are personally interested in the environment doesn’t matter, we are ALL in it and part of it and are affected by it. People are nature, simple. Find out about it, make informed decisions and recognise that it’s no longer business as usual.
10 September 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Our Isle of Wight’s end of summer bring-your-own-bucket celebration of people, place and nature, Under The Pier in Ryde was a packed and happy, species-rich spectacle last week with around 600 visitors on board with dozens of species discovered!
22 August 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
While Artecology are out at sea with Marineff and half of Arc are out on dormice detail, Claire’s been staring at walls…looking at the team’s back catalogue & current work, old public art to Artecology biograffiti and bee walls and how we’re rethinking the concrete tide. Luckily she hit a wall and this blog ends before she got on to our #rewilding work! Walls the Album continues later this summer.
15 August 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Under the Pier in a Biosphere… where people, wildlife and place come together!
26 July 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
The Isle of Wight has been recognised by UNESCO for its outstanding natural and cultural capital, and its creative ways in helping people and nature thrive together.
28 June 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Watching the wildlife making the most of an Arc-shaped development this spring!
27 June 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
The Lost Duver project’s really coming alive now with colour and buzz along Culver Parade, in Sandown Bay and we’ve been snapping pictures recently of this coastal flora restoration. Our not-for-profit co-organisation The Common Space curates this experimental combination of planting coastal wildflowers, tiny bit of guerilla gardening with simple cornfield annuals mix, and very
5 June 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Need an extra reason to get up early in the mornings?! What’s better than to listen out for the early morning birdsong… the Dawn Chorus. It helps having an expert naturalist to help decode it all though. Our one, Ian Boyd, led us out for Dawn Chorus Magic at the very end of the Isle
1 March 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Natural England, the Coastal Path, Tourism & Nature – share your views on the value of the Island’s wildlife, coast and landscape to your business, and to the Island’s economy through our short survey…
21 February 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
The swift, bird and summer icon, is flying the flag for urban wildlife and helping to push the agenda on nature-friendly development.
31 January 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Another boost for Sandown Bay! We’re delighted to announce that our not-for-profit co-organisation The Common Space has been awarded Coastal Revival Funding for the Ice Cream & Science project at Browns in Sandown. This funding will help to support efforts to conserve and enhance this area as the top spot it’s become for exploration of
28 January 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Sandown Bay… shortlisted for Best British Beach 2019 Award by BBC Countryfile Magazine! Votes needed….
18 January 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
‘Life is everywhere and you have a relationship with this living world, even in the most developed space.’ Listen in to find out more – Podcast interview with Ian Boyd by Joe Redston