Blog; Thoughts, news & tips
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Eco-Friendly Adventures: Your Guide to Responsible Sea Exploration
As responsible sea explorers, it's our duty to minimise our impact on the environment. The power to make a difference lies in our hands!
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Mastering the Waves: A Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Tides & Currents.
It's crucial to understand the ebb & flow of the ocean's mighty currents. Join us as we dive into the world of tidal awareness & learn how to navigate the waves like seasoned sea paddlers.
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Eco-Friendly Tips For Sea Kayakers
Diving deep into the world of Eco-friendly sea kayaking & uncovering ways to paddle responsibly while enjoying the wonders of the sea.
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Winter Sea Kayaking in the UK
As the days grow shorter & the air turns more crisp, there's a special allure to venturing out onto the waters in winter.
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Fjallraven Polar & NOMAD Sea Kayaking
NOMAD Sea Kayaking's very own & much loved Rebecca (Becky) was chosen from 14 460 applicants to venture across the Arctic tundra with Fjallraven Polar.
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Five Good Reasons to Sea Kayak.
Sea kayaking exposes us to fresh air, exercise & good mental health, allowing us to encounter the rare quiet, spiritual moments & once in a lifetime experiences. Read on for five reasons to SEA kayak.
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Plastic-Free Paddling
A kayak adventure with a twist in Suffolk with NOMAD Community Projects.
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Trees, Bees, and Sore Knees - Crowdfunder
People in the UK are known to give generously to charities, however, only 3% of charitable giving in the UK is for nature, the environment, or UK conservation.
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Our Haven for Nature
Join us as we explore the area we plan to create our Haven for Nature.
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Offset Your CO2 Footprint!
Every event has had a CO2 calculation made for each guest, for that event & built into our website booking process.
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Help Us Help The Environment!
This is a sponsored event so get your finger out peeps!
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NOMAD Community Projects Beach Clean by Kayak '21
Our first beach clean of the 2021 season and 77 kilos of rubbish collected!
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Sixteen Tennis Courts of Trees!!
NOMAD Community Projects is planting 420 saplings with the help of our volunteers on land in Clopton, Suffolk. This is part of our strategy of offsetting carbon emissions through active rewilding.
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Rewilding Britain
People may think we already have plenty of wildland, but in fact, our National Parks and AONBs are not particularly valuable for nature conservation in the current state.
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The Environmental Impact of NOMAD Sea Kayaking
What effect we, as a business, have on our environment & what we are doing to reduce that impact.
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Dorset Kayak & Wild Camping Removed
A short explaination of why our Dorset Kayak & Wild Camp adventures are temporarily ‘on hold’ (No its not because of COVID!)
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Beach Cleaning - Kayakers Call To Arms
We have been ’Beach Cleaning’ on all of our events since before it was cool! This press release launches the first of our Big Beach Clean events.
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Alarming Study Shows Massive Insect Loss
Insects; Where have they gone & why does it matter? Here we start to answer both of these important questions.
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NSK Natural History - Entomology and Our Contribution.
Why do sea kayakers have a Natural History Channel? Let’s tell you!
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NSK Natural History Channel - Clearing an Open Fire
Do you know how to clear a fire area up after wild camping? The ‘leave no trace‘ principle isn’t about keeping things tidy as much as ensuring the environment is pristine for nature.
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NSK Natural History Channel - Introduction
Interesting, thought provoking & inspiring.
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The Plight of Little Terns (Part II) - Volunteering
If we haven’t persuaded you yet; read on!
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HOW DO WE MAKE A STAND FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT?
Stand up and Fight!
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The Plight of Little Terns
Volunteering & kayaking to help the Little Terns