Local Heroes Initiative

Approved Projects

The following list displays "Local Heroes" projects for which an event was finalised:

• The Ups and downs of sea-level - a tribute to the work of Bill Ramsbottom. Date: 20 Jan 2007. Contact: Paul Wignall.
• Sorby and the development of scientific methods. Date: 17 Feb 2007. Contact: Noel Worley.
• Granites: Shaping of the Earth and the way we live. Date: 24 Feb 2007. Contact: Helen Kokelaar. 
• A group of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the discovery in Charnwood Forest of the Precambrian fossil Charnia. Date: 10 March 2007. Contact: Mark Purnell. 
• Workshop: Pure Science in the Study of Planet Earth, its natural hazards and resources. Date: 17 March 2007. Contact: Helen Kokelaar. 
• Engineering geology through the centuries. Date: 31 March 2007. Contact: Helen Reeves.
• A celebration in Durham and other places nearby of the geology of the North Pennines, and especially of the work of Kingsley Dunham. Date: 18 April - 27 May 2007. Contact: Paula Martin.
• John Milne - the man who mapped the shaking earth. Date: 19 May 2007. Contact: Paul Kabrna.
• Celebrating the life & work of R A Bagnold. Date: 17 June 2007. Contact: Alex Carbray.
• In the footsteps of Martin Te Punga. Date: 23-27 June 2007. Contact: Peter Worsley.
• Understanding how volcanoes work. Date: June/July 2007. Contact: Steve Sparks.
• Arkell, House and Bradley. Date: 28-29th July 2007. Contact: Ray Chapman.
• Timelords. A one-day symposium and associated field trips, exhibitions and workshops in Edinburgh celebrating James Hutton and Arthur Holmes. Date: Early September. Contact: Simon Harley.
• The Ground Beneath our Feet: 200 years of geology in the Marches. Date: 13 Sept 2007. Contact: Michael Rosenbaum.
• Local Heroes of Hertfordshire geology. Date: 22-23 Sept 2007. Contact: John Catt.
• A group of events celebrating the Welsh Basin and the geologists who worked on it. Date: 24-29 Sept 2007. Contact: Colin Humphreys. 
• A group of events celebrating John Cadman, Lord Cadman of Silverdale. Date: 20-21 Oct 2007 and 22 November. Contact: Ian Stimpson.
• Quaternary Geology of Yorkshire. Date: 27 Oct 2007. Contact: Trevor Morse.
• Micropalaeontological Heroes. Date: 7 Nov 2007. Contact: Andy Henderson.
• Frederick Dixon: geological pioneer in West Sussex. Date: 4-5th April 2008.  Contact: Tony Brook.