safeguarding our
water for
the future
Love Your Lakes |
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Phosphate in the lakes in and around Keswick is affecting the natural balance of these important water bodies. The Love your Lakes Project aims to persuade millions of national park visitors and tourist operators to stop using polluting cleaning products that are a major source of phosphate in the catchment. Although Love your Lakes focuses mainly on Derwentwater, it will also impact on Bassenthwaite Lake, where phosphate levels – partly caused by household detergents - need to be cut by 40 per cent. Through advice leaflets, hotel visits, cards and online information targeting around half a million web users, it is hoped sweeping changes can be made. As well as reducing damaging detergents, Love your Lakes wants to encourage more environmentally friendly cleaning materials and have secured a locally-produced Lake District phosphate-free brand. To find out more about this project visit the Love Your Lakes website. To arrange a visit from an business advisor contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . |
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Thursday 4 November 2010
Water Workshop
Time: 10.30am - 2pm Location: Bassenthwaite Sailing Club
We’re inviting local businesses and community members to come along and hear how to protect their local landscape, lakes and livelihoods.
To book a place and for further information, please contact ruth@nurturelakeland.org or call 01539 822622
Free lunch included, kindly donated by Keswick Fairtrade.
Friday 19 March 2010
You, Your Guests and the Environment
Time: 10.30am - 2pm Location: Glaramara Outdoor Centre, Borrowdale
A free environmental workshop for hospitality providers organised in partnership with Love your Lakes, North Lakes Accommodation Providers and Keswick Tourism Association, hosted by Glaramara Outdoor Centre
Book your place onto this informative and important workshop to explore and understand more about environmental issues impacting your business and receive advice and support on how we can work to look after the beautiful environment in which we live and work.
Light lunch and refreshments provided (Donation by Keswick Fairtrade)
Free transport from Keswick available (Places Limited)
To book your place call 017687 74785 / 73204
Sunday 23 May 2010
Kate Rew at the Keswick Mountain Festival
Time: 1 - 2 pm Location: Fell Theatre, Moot Hall, Keswick (above the Information Centre)
‘Wild Swim’ author and founder of the Outdoor Swimming Association, in conversation with Richard Leafe, Lake District National Park Chief Executive supporting ‘Love your Lakes.’
A fantastic chance to hear Kate talk about her Wild Swim experiences and to learn all you need to know about taking part in this fast-growing, fun and fabulous activity.
Tickets £8
To book, visit www.keswickmountainfestival.co.uk/programme/fell-theatre/wild-swimming-kate-rew/
- Supporting Materials
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The project works across the Bassenthwaite Lake catchment. Businesses in the catchment may contact the Tourism and Conservation Partnership for a free counsultation on how they can reduce the amount of phosphate they use in detergent.
| Acorns to mighty oaks |
24 November 2010 Schools around Bassenthwaite have been thinking trees in the run-up to Christmas but decorated firs have been pipped at the post by mighty oaks.
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| Roman relics revealed |
17 November 2010 Cockermouth is set to unveil secrets buried for nearly 2,000 years in an exhibition revealing a nationally important discovery.
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| Get yourself published |
22 October 2010 Calling all budding young artists and authors! The Love Your Lakes team, who have been engaging the community in and around Keswick throughout 2010 to help look after Derwentwater and
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