Riversong: Save the Wye

24 May 2025: Over a hundred climate choir singers massed by the River Wye to join with others protesting the appalling pollution of its waters in recent years by farms expelling harmful waste. The River Goddess towered majestically over the bankside with Lady Wye as songs rang out. Welsh Water was named in one song as a supposed guardian of water quality and Nandos and Cargill as examples of companies profiting from mass production chicken farming practices that damage rivers. In a moving river ceremony children and adults brought jars of water from their local rivers and lakes all around Britain to be blessed and to pledge the crucial importance of protecting the cleanliness of our waterways. The Climate Choirs’ songs included the angry Why Wye Wye and the lyrical Flow Wandering River. Singers gave a heartfelt farewell to Jo Flanagan whose huge inspiration and hard work has grown the movement from seeds three years ago to the vibrant body it is now. Jo is stepping down to take a well-earned rest. She hands over to an energetic well established core team.