From solitary bees to putting biodiversity into South & South East In Bloom, community rewilding is pure gold for people and for wildlife!

From world-class science and back garden safaris, Sea Eagle origami to magic tricks, flag-making, live music, dance school, carrot whistles and clay, animation and much more, Hullabaloo At Home turned Covid-19 adversity into amazements with a festival you can explore for ever more online!

Commissioned by The Common Space and Down to the Coast, this new report and blueprint is the next step in revitalising the first Henry Cotton-designed 1930s golf course, celebrating its layers of natural, cultural and military heritage and year-round appeal, and bringing a new coastal Biosphere Centre to tangible life in the Bay.

Public Announcement…! Sandown Bay’s grassroots community spectacular is go! Join Arc in the Discovery Bay ‘marquee’ at Hullabaloo At Home where we’ll help you build your own Biosphere and a wild new Roomiverse!

DISCOVERY BAY goes WALKABOUT!   We have made the decision to take this Sunday’s British Science Week event outdoors because the usual close handling and sharing of our amazing specimens and scientific equipment is probably best left until the current public health situation has improved.   So! Rather than invite you to come and explore

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!

Under the Pier in a Biosphere… where people, wildlife and place come together!

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.

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

Sandown Bay… shortlisted for Best British Beach 2019 Award by BBC Countryfile Magazine! Votes needed….

‘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

We are delighted to announce that The Bay Coastal Community Team in partnership with the The National Poo Museum and the Isle of Wight Council, have secured a £50,000 Coastal Revival Fund towards the continued restoration of Sandown Barrack Battery. Arc and partners oversaw the first phase of Recharging the Battery, helping to breathe life back into

A quick thank you and an update on how this rare and exceptional transition mire on the Isle of Wight is coming back to life now and for the future, thanks to a combined local effort.

Our free community celebration, The Christmas Garden brings light, music and spirit to the Bay’s cliff-top gardens again for 2018, thanks to The Common Space & Ventnor Exchange.

Island wildlife from past to present, from fossils to live moths and the most microscopic, was supersized into brilliant focus by the Discovery Bay team for National Biology Week… here’s an update on the latest of our science & nature calendar events for 2018.

Arc, Artecology and clients Wightlink and La Salle Investment Management are recognised at this year’s CIRIA Biodiversity Challenge

Under The Pier is a magic, informal introduction to the curious and amazing marine life that makes its home under one of the Island’s icons, Ryde Pier.