25 minutes | Thursday, 25 April 2024
Fiona McArdle is our host as we hear about Manx Wildlife Week (27th April - 4th May), which brings together Manx National Heritage, the Manx Wildlife Trust and UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man and many of the volunteer groups they each support. The programme can be found at this website - https://manxnationalheritage.im/whats-on/
We hear an overview from: Lauren McCoy, curator of natural history at MNH; Lucy Chapman of the Manx Wildlife Trust; and Jo Overty of UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man. We then join MWT's Community Ranger, Hannah Phillips, who tells us about some of the things the Trust is involved in during the week.
We also hear about the Luke Jerram installation, Gaia, in St Thomas's Church in Douglas from Aly Lewin of Net Zero Isle of Man of which the website can be found at - https://www.netzero.im/