Daniel Hoffmann 🌼Jul 10, 2025
Love this story: the filthiest sewage carrying trench crossing an industrial wasteland is turned back into a living river. My university colleagues (e.g. @danielheringude.bsky.social) help and learn. #renaturing #emscher
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/10/emscher-europe-dirtiest-river-nature-sewer-of-ruher
‘It was filthy and it stank terribly’: how Europe’s dirtiest river was brought back to life

A €5.5bn project has transformed the Emscher from ‘the sewer of the Ruhr’ to a place where nature is starting to flourish

The Guardian
MattMar 17, 2025
Dwarf daffodils in one of my favourite parts of the garden: the tiny triangle between our gate and the front wall. We dug up the concrete and planted wild flowers and bulbs. #garden #daffodils #renaturing
Show threadReNature LdnMar 15, 2025

And from this February, Ian's latest film showcasing some of our network and following up on its #renaturing outcomes on #HackneyMarshes and the Old River Lea.

"Small poo suggests a shrew"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RzXC3MWaM

#ReNatureLdn

Small Mammal Recovery and River Restoration on Hackney Marshes

YouTube
Show threadReNature LdnMar 13, 2025
Giant standing log pile with kestrel nest box above installed in the new #NorthMarshCopse.
3m loggery mimics some of the micro habitats of a large decaying tree.
Nest box from parts of reused garden shed for kestrels that have recently returned to #HackneyMarshes.
#ReNatureLdn #ReNature #ReNaturing
Show threadReNature LdnMar 13, 2025

The next stage in #ReNaturing #HackneyMarshes. Building mega log piles for small mammals, invertebrates, fungi, etc in a new ride cut through #WickWoodland. More light, more decaying wood, more life.

#HabitatRestoration #LocalKnowledge
#NatureRecovery for wildlife, not headlines.