Hello, I’m George Kemp, Environmental Community Worker for Falkland Stewards. I work with lots of different people – volunteers, school children and groups of vulnerable people – to help improve the landscape and townscape of Falkland. Together, we carry out conservation work such as path maintenance and clearing non-native species. In 2006 I worked with over 2000 school children from throughout Fife to grow and plant silver birch trees.

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Lockerbie Conservation Group volunteers help to clear the paths in Maspie Den of debris after winter storms caused significant wind-blow and rock fall. The path network linking Maspie Den to Craigmead is expected to be open in early May

Over the last year I have been working closely with children from the local Primary School to transform Sugar Acre from a field in the middle of Falkland into a community garden. Lately, the children have been very busy constructing a wildlife pond. This will support the rich wildlife in Sugar Acre and offer a new aquatic environment.
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International Composting Week (6 to 12 May 2007) sees the launch of a home composting project which will run until February 2008. Working with Falkland Centre for Stewardship and funded by the INCREASE Programme, I will be helping the 40% of households who try home composting and give up, or those who have not yet started. Don’t give up! Help is at hand. For more information on home composting, go to the CRNS site

I hope to see you all at the Big Tent 2007: Scotland's Festival of Stewardship (Friday 15 June to Sunday 17 June) where I will be providing help and advice on home composting.