About Zennor Protect
Zennor Protect is an organisation set up to raise awareness of the unique character of the landscape and environment in the Parish of Zennor in West Cornwall. In the long term, Zennor Protect intends to find creative ways to enable public appreciation and understanding of the landscape, archaeology, and cultural heritage in the Parish, and to support the conservation and protection of its physical and natural environment.
We are developing a number of projects to record the special things about Zennor, with suggestions of personal histories, recording of flora and fauna, alternative proposals to unacceptable developments, and of course ideas of how to combat climate change and support our farmers in their farming practices. We are positive thinking and focussed on a future where our precious and rare landscape is preserved for generations to come – for the many and not just for a few individuals. Where possible we hope to work with Zennor Parish Council and other agencies in this.
Zennor Protect would like to use this forum to exchange information and ideas. If you would like further information, become a member, or lend your support in any way, please contact info@zennorprotect.com
Founding Members
Susie Gray
Susie was born and raised on a farm in Zennor. She has a DipHe in Youth and Community and has co-founded two charities working with children, young people and families living in under resourced communities in Nottingham and Cornwall. Susie brings her extensive experience of voluntary sector leadership, fundraising, financial management and reporting to Zennor Protect. Her particular interests lie in equity of access to England’s AONB’s and how the natural world can be used to support the emotional wellbeing of children and young people impacted by trauma.
Katharine Heron MBE
Katharine has been a Zennor resident since the age of eight and continues her family’s invaluable legacy of protecting Zennor’s unique landscape, artistic culture and history. Katharine is Emeritus Professor at the University of Westminster and was Head of the Department of Architecture from 1997 to 2014. Katharine was awarded an MBE in 2015 for services to Architecture and Higher Education. Amongst various projects she was founder with MSC funding of the Mudchute Farm on the Isle of Dogs; joint architect for the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney; with Julian Feary prepared the Feasibility study to select the site for Tate St Ives.
Antony Penhaul
Antony (Chunky) is a retired geography teacher who has lived in Zennor for over 50 years. He is an active member of the local community and has served on a number of committees including as Chair of Zennor Parish Council and was a member of the local Auxiliary Coastguard for over 25 years. In 2000, he spent three months in Ghana as a Project Manager for the youth development charity Raleigh International. Antony is committed to preserving the beauty and social history of the Parish of Zennor for future generations and his work in this area has included the recording and archiving of social histories. He is presently Treasurer for a West Cornwall youth and family charity with an annual turnover of £650,000. His financial management experience will support the long-term financial viability of Zennor Protect.
Catherine Penhaul
Catherine is a third generation Zennor resident. Now retired, Catherine has taught in primary schools in London’s East End and West Cornwall’s rural communities. She is passionate about preserving Zennor’s beautiful landscape for both the local community and the wider public. Her experience of managing community projects is extensive and includes the facilitation of a series of camping residentials in the parish of Zennor for inner-city youth clubs and project management of the £60,000 restoration of Zennor Church Bells. Catherine has served on Zennor PCC and Zennor PC.
Dziga D. P. Walker
Dziga was born in London and moved to Zennor with his family in 1983 at the age of 4. After schooling in West Cornwall, he started astrophysics at University College London, followed by Oceanography at the University of Plymouth. In 2002 he enrolled in the Autosub Under Ice PhD programme funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council and managed by the Open University and the British Antarctic Survey, resulting in three journal publications in the field of Antarctic Ocean physics. Since 2008, Dziga moved into the offshore hydrographic survey sector, conducting marine environmental, geophysical, and met-ocean surveys around the world, predominantly in the marine renewable energy sector. Dziga moved back to Cornwall in 2008, and back to Zennor in 2014 where he intends to stay. He brings with him a wealth of environmental science, research and project management expertise, and is committed to preserving Zennor’s unique historical sites and natural environment.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dziga-walker-2046aa82/
Publications
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jgrc.20212
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006GL028154
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2013JC008871