A talk by Professor Rob Duck
Wed 30th April 7pm, Broughty Ferry Community Library. Download flyer
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Dundee’s Lost Coastline: The Story of Will’s Braes
A talk by Professor Rob Duck
Thursday 1st May 2025
By Friends of Dundee City Archives: Tickets and Registration here
The opening of the Dundee to Perth railway in 1847 brought great economic benefits. However, in Dundee it initiated unprecedented environmental devastation, severing the connection between the land and the Tay. The coastal ‘paradise’ between Invergowrie and Magdalen Green, much treasured by the town’s inhabitants, was destroyed with loss of botanical, geological and recreational amenity, together with the creation of pollutant-filled lagoons. This talk explores the changes that have taken place along this once natural ‘Riverside’ to the present day.
Doors open from 12.30pm at the Glasite Hall on King Street. Please enter from the churchyard or the east side of the building (the lift is available from both sides but the accessible door is at the east entrance). You DO NOT need to bring a printed ticket.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available to purchase before the talk. Entry to the talks are free but if you would like to make a donation towards the hire of the hall, there will be a donations tin available.
If you need to cancel for any reason, please do so via Eventbrite or email: archives@dundeecity.gov.uk
For more information about the Friends of Dundee City Archives, or to join, please see their website: http://www.fdca.org.uk/
River South Esk Event: Catchment Management Plan 2
Tuesday 22nd April, Brechin. All details here:
Congratulations to Wendy!
Awarded the British Empire Medal, for thirty years of service to Easthaven & Carnoustie
New Year Honours List, 2025
Wendy Murray has lived in the coastal village of East Haven in Angus for 35 years. She first became involved with Dundee University in 1992 when she wanted to understand more about the low lying dune system and the Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Since then Wendy has developed her community and environmental volunteering activities to achieve on local and national priorities. She volunteers for many organisations including Keep Scotland Beautiful, Scotland’s Coastal Communities Network and Angus Rural Partnership. Wendy is Lead Trustee for East Haven Together and works with partners across Tayside to enhance the natural environment and increase wildlife and biodiversity.
V&A Exhibition: A Fragile Correspondence, commissioned by Scotland + Venice
Running until 25th May 2025 (information and booking here)
Discover the fascinating connection between land, language, and architecture
TEF Chair, Professor Rob Duck will present: Coastal Challenges for Dundee as part of a sequence of presentations and workshops to celebrate the exhibition on 22 March 2025
A Fragile Correspondence will take visitors on a journey through three Scottish landscapes across the Highlands, Islands and Lowlands, mapping a collection of creative responses by architects, artists and writers.
Exploring the relationships between land, architecture and language, the exhibition seeks new ways of working in connection with the land rather than simply upon it.
Responding to the theme Laboratory of the Future, this project was selected to represent Scotland at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023, an international exhibition inviting participants to engage with ideas for the environments we live in.
Curated by Architecture Fringe, -ism magazine, and /other, this exhibition represented Scotland at the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2023.
TEF asks: How is water quality & waste water management prioritised in the coastal/marine context?
A Competitive Coastline: Pressures and Prioritisation of (Waste) Water
Management at the interface of Terrestrial and Marine Planning
TEF Report (Spring, 2024) commissioned by Catchment Tay Ltd explores how the changing interface between Terrestrial and Marine planning affects the water sector.
Read the report HERE
Tayside Garden Bioblitz
Tayside Biodiversity Festival
From June 1st to 30th 2024, Tayside Biodiversity Festival is celebrating the 25 year anniversary of the Tayside Biodiversity Partnership with a diverse programme of local events! Find out What’s on HERE
Lunan Bay Excursion
The Impact of Winter Storms, field trip led by Prof. Rob Duck, TEF Chair, June 18. 2024
TEF took part in Tayside Biodiversity Festival 2024 by leading a free excursion to examine erosion damage following a series of destructive Winter storms to the dunes and to see how the beach is recovering. This is part of a broader awareness TEF is bringing to regional Climate Change impacts.
Insider’s Guide to Angus – 100 Unmissable Experiences
It’s time to have your say.
With your help over the next five weeks, we are going to create the ‘Insider’s Guide to Angus – 100 Unmissable Experiences’.
Take part using our Social PinPoint and plot your unmissable experiences on the map, or join in the conversation with us over on our Facebook page, where we will explore different categories over the next five weeks.