Among Green Soldiers - Rewilding Scotland
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2021
- We went riding Among Green Soldiers. A film about rewilding Scotland with Funn Components.
We’re excited to share with you this exciting project we’ve been working on this year. We’re passionate about the mountains, accessing the hills and understanding the places we ride. With widespread issues of biodiversity across the UK the efforts being made to revive parts of the Cairngorm back to its former self are critical to preserving the spaces we access on bikes and on foot.
A huge thanks to Ronan Dugan, an ecologist working in the Cairngorms, for sharing more about the incredible work that’s ongoing to rewild this part of Scotland and helping to highlight the climate crisis we’re currently in. While it’s a holistic approach to recovering this landscape the pioneering Scots pines play a critical role in supporting and increasing the biodiversity.
Thanks to all those involved. We’re pretty proud of this one.
Location: Glen Feshie Estate, Cairngorm National Park
Cover photo: Doug Somerville
A Contour Collective Production under Contour Creative.
Directed and Produced by Chris Hutchens and Christo Gallagher
Filmed and Edited by Thomas Hogben
Featuring Ronan Dugan and the Green Soldiers of Glen Feshie Estate
Music by Loom - the track Corsa will be released separately and was produced for Among Green Soldiers. Thanks to Loom for their involvement.
This Video was made possible by Funn Mountain Bike Components.
Huge thanks to:
Ronan Duggan
Glen Feshie Estate
Scotland for being awesome
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Excellent. As an ecologist myself, I quite like this "rewilding" concept that is based on natural restoration & regeneration of ecosystems & the landscape. Well done Scotland!
Great video, Very informative and enjoyable. Well done all.
Thanks and glad you enjoyed it. Enjoy the hills.
Great work fella's. Showcasing all that's great about Scotland's fantastic landscapes and the importance of getting out in nature, enjoying and respecting it without putting yourself and others at risk.
Thanks papa Hutchens 🙏
Beautiful work and landscape!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏
Stunningly shot. Beautiful video and great cause. 😍
Thanks!
Great video and such a good cause, nice work everyone! 🌲
Beautifully shot - cheers!
Thanks for watching! Thomas Hogben was the pro behind the lens for this one and did an incredible job!
what a cracking film, this is exactly why I love to mountain bike.
I have never seen skiing bikes ! Brill 👍
The snow was so good for it! Thanks for watching
Glen Affric is also a great example of reforestation with native trees .
I worked at Glen Feshie a couple of times , it's good to see how it's all coming on .
Glen Affric is on our list of places to be visiting! Not been for years, but it’s an incredible place
Crackin video! Well done
We had a MTB Club Trip long weekend to Lagganlia several years ago. It was the back end of the Summer so warmer. Some great xc riding done 👍🏽
Absolutely outstanding film, among the very best biking ones out there. Beautifully shot in that unique Scottish light and also informative about a very valuable project. As the film suggests this is a completely different biking experience and we're extremely lucky in Scotland with the access laws to be able to sample such magnificent scenery.
Thank you 🙏
Absolutely. I noticed a decline in nature after lockdown, we shouldnt be separated from each other
Awesome work guys, so inspiring to see what awesome work people out there are doing! The fine balance of our environment is in all of our hands and we need more of these examples to get in front of more eyes.
Thank you so much! We are Looking forward to seeing more rewilding efforts across Scotland
Stunning video and a great narrative. Heres to more regeneration projects
Thank you! Hopefully Scotland can return to a more wild and diverse place
Cracking film love the knowledge and angle for telling the story brilliant work
Thanks for the kind words 🙏
incredible video The Contour Collective. I killed that thumbs up on your video. Always keep up the superior work.
Thanks for such kind words 🙏
Awesome vid! Great to hear a bit more info on the regeneration projects going on in Scotland.
Really glad you enjoyed it! Hope you learned something 👍
superb
Many thanks cameron
Fantastic to tie together the rewilding movement and mountain biking. I wonder if mountain biking will offer a revenue stream to areas that previously relied on high densities of sheep and deer or monoculture forestry?
There's definitely the potential for it. It depends on how deep bikers pockets are. There has to be options for land owners/managers to provide services to users such as parking, accommodation, bike washing, shops/cafes and in some places pay to use trails although that's a little more challenging in Scotland.
I wrote something on this about 18 months ago See - www.dw-agency.co.uk/journal/access-agriculture-and-bikes-a-route-forward/
@@dwaco_films Just read that now - superb piece.
@@sebstott3573 Working on a few schemes - very hard to fit into timings of stewardships subsidies but I think we are getting there.
That was ace. Have to recommend someone to you guys with your passion for mountains. hangman1128
What a place….. started skiing there when I was 8, so that’s 52yrs ago….. A lot of walking back up with strangers for a lad who’s parents didn’t ski….And rewilding had started then, although I don’t know if it was ‘good’ rewilding - I was 8! There were birds being reintroduced I believe. But what I remember is the reindeer which was important then. I recall a guy called Utsie and I’ve just Googled and his name was Mikel Utsie and they started in 1952, 12 years earlier. I loved going to watch them being fed which was all very carefully managed. Rewilding after the last record was from 800yrs before. Visit www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk/history-of-the-herd/
Thanks for reminding me and getting me to think this through more constructively 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Sounds amazing!