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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #238 A Greener More Pleasant Land
Description: For the last three summers, shire horses have been at work each Lammas Day, mowing the new wildflower meadow on the former lawn of King’s College, Cambridge. The meadow isn’t just a quaint call back to East Anglia’s past, but gives a glimpse of the future, as new regulations come into force that require measurable biodiversity net gain across all new projects in England.
In this episode, we talk to Dr Cicely Marshall of King’s College, who has been tracking the impact of the meadow’s creation. The work of Dr Marshall, and other ecol...