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17-25 October 2026

Change for rivers

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A personal journey exploring how cleaning rivers can be more complicated then we might imagine
Currently, 1,500 km of rivers in the UK have unhealthy levels of metal content due to acid drainage from abandoned mines. This metal pollution can seriously affect local fish and insect populations, as well as local flora and fauna, which cannot thrive in
COVID coinmaking process
COVID coinmaking process
Collecting river water for electroplating
Collecting river water for electroplating
Pouring the river water into a bathtub
Pouring the river water into a bathtub
Change for rivers coin in-situ
Change for rivers coin in-situ

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