Down the Drain delves deep into issues around climate change and Cornwall’s fresh water - looking at everything from heavier rain leading to more sewage overflows, flooding and loss of topsoil, to how warmer river water is affecting fish, and the surprising carbon footprint of the water we use every day.
It also focuses on how people around Cornwall are working to tackle these problems - from farmers changing the way they manage their land to a project to ‘re-wet’ Bodmin Moor’s peat bogs, and efforts to reintroduce the beaver - which was driven to extinction in the UK about 400 years ago. Presented by the ‘lone kayaker’ Rupert Kirkwood, this film takes us on a journey through Cornwall’s water cycle, and offers tips and solutions for how each of us can help to protect this vital resource that we all depend on.
Up Next in Season 1
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Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge is presented by a passionate ultra runner who travels around the Cornish coast path, witnessing the ever-increasing impacts of coastal erosion, and learning about how Cornwall's coastal communities are preparing for the future as sea levels rise. This is the third in Cornwall's...
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Plenty More Fish?
Episode two of Cornwall's Climate Stories looks at how Cornwalls fishing industry is being affected by climate change.
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Under the Surface
Has the huge rise in public awareness about plastic pollution diverted attention from an even more urgent environmental problem affecting the sea?
In Under the Surface, marine experts talk about how a changing climate is affecting Cornwall's basking sharks, plankton, seals and seabirds - but also...
