Sat, 07 May
|Margate
ECO EXPO 2.0
Join us for a day of collaborative eco-education with 7 local experts as we bring creativity, eco-consciousness, and local action together.
Time & Location
07 May 2022, 14:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
About the Event
E C O E X P O P R O G R A M M E
60th ANNIVERSARY OF 'SILENT SPRING' – A TRIBUTE TO RACHEL CARSON
Professor Karen Jones, University of Kent
THANET & THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
Dr Hannah Scott, Thanet District Council
THE COASTAL PROJECT ADVANCES
Tony Child
THE ORCHIDACEOUS CORNUCOPIA AT MONKTON
Dr Clive Nuttman, Director: Monkton Nature Reserve
THANET'S URBAN FOREST
Peter Hasted, Director: Thanet Urban Forest
WHAT THE ARBOREALISTS ARE ABOUT
Dr Philippa Beale, Co-Founder: The Arborealists
TREES IN BRITISH ART
Tim Craven, Co-Founder: The Arborealists
PLUS
A concurrent exhibition of landscape art by accomplished local artist, Lisa Hawkins
'SEASONS IN THE SUN -SOMETHING GLIMPSED'
ECO EXPO artwork + poster was designed by local artist Marie Hills-Butt
Marie sourced the seaweed and shells from Whitstable beach before washing and drying them.
She then presented the shells and seaweed on white paper before taking photos and uploading them to Illustrator and working her magic. You can see more of Marie's work on her website here.