Glasgow gets wetter and greener with Govan Wetland Project

In the past Govan was the centre of Clydeside shipbuilding industry but today with the help of Blue Green Glasgow CIC, a community interest company which is involved with restoring the areas post-industrial landscape. By building wetland, or blue-green ecosystems to help with climate adaptation it aims to engage with the local community and creating sustainable jobs.

The organisation’s Govan Wetland Project site in the heart of Glasgow, right across the river from COP26, and makes up a 5-acre wetland restoration site where coastal wetland ecosystems are being built to capture carbon, rehabilitate soils, and support wildlife. The site also features regenerative farming practices. They are on a mission to increase the size of urban wetlands in Glasgow, and the reason is simple they absorb over 30 times more carbon than the rainforest, and can help protect our coasts from rising sea-levels as well as being home to an variety of plant and animal life.

Watch this video shot by John Devlin