Bore-Lampeter Link
In 2008 Lampeter community and the Giriama in Bore, Kenya forged a reciprocal link through carbon.
Based on evidence that states trees reabsorb carbon more readily and efficiently on the equatorial band a not-for-profit group formed to create a relationship through sponsored tree planting projects.
Funded in part by the Welsh Assembly Government through the Gold Star Communities Scheme and used as a pilot project for the Size of Wales initiative supported by HRH The Prince of Wales, the CCL continues to distribute cashew nut trees to the local farmers: to date, over 10,000. The trees absorb carbon as they grow, thus cleaning our atmosphere but they also give the farmers a cash crop which discourages deforestation previously caused by charcoal burning. Reforestation also encourages biodiversity and benefits the local water table.
Trinity Saint David’s relationship with this project is interdepartmental and interdisciplinary. Anthropologists are involved in studying the consequences and rationale for both communities involved; some staff and students from the Film and Media department have been involved making films of events through a voluntary project, The Great Primate Handshake and the Widening Access department has helped link local schools with the primary school in Bore.
