Last year, Save Windermere, in partnership with Richard Flemmings , embarked on a groundbreaking data collection programme, backed by the UK Space Agency , to study England's largest freshwater lake, Windermere.
Well, now we are incredibly excited to announce that we have the results! And…
J M R MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Switzerland is civilized and its water systems are in public ownership. This is our dog in the River Thur, which discharges into Lake Constance, which feeds into the Rhine system. Everyone swims in the rivers and lakes. Because you can.
The work of @mapimpact combined chlorophyll analysis with mobile phone data - to estimate the number of people in the catchment. This can vary widely from ~40k residents to 300k in the touristy summer.
#usegeography
Tourist influx turns Windermere green
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MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL What a brilliant visualisation and explanation of the Windermere sewage pollution!!
Excellent video by MattStaniek and the Save Windermere team👍👍👍👍👍
MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Really good video that gets the simple message across. #windermere United Utilities what are you doing to resolve this issue?
MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I think we can quite safely say that this is the problem in the whole of the Country. They don't have the infrastructure to do their job efficiently cos that would affect profits. None of a countries infrastructure should be in the hands of for profit companies. Simple.
MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Great informative video that explains everything even United Utilities complete uselessness OFWATs uselessness and our useless government too act
MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Massive respect to you, Matt. Keep at it.
MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Thank you MattStaniek for a great video explainer. The Map Impact report is brilliant in understanding how we got here.
#savewindermere #stopthepoo
MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Great work MattStaniek sad that ordinary citizens need to fight so hard to keep our environment clean and protected.
Dandy Mingle MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Yes - need to look at all the inputs. UU is an easy target but also would be unable to do what's being demanded anyway under the way the industry is currently regulated.
MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Surely it's the mark of a civilised country for its lakes and rivers to be clean.
MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Have often wondered where does all the 💩 go in holiday destinations abroad.
#ibiza
J M R MattStaniek Richard Flemmings UK Space Agency Feargal Sharkey BBC Breakfast Terry Abraham FRGS Chris Packham Michaela Strachan Gary Lineker Surfers Against Sewage Jenny Jones The University of Manchester ALASTAIR CAMPBELL You'd hope so but especially within national parks.
