Gorgeous, spiritual romp of a Country diary from Dr Amy-Jane Beer Wildflowers ‘busy hauling nitrate & minerals from a humic archive of old nows, & carbon dioxide from this one. Their vigour lends ardency to my own sense of what it is to belong.’

This man Lev Parikian is brilliantly funny & humble & lovely - & his books are great. His new one is so full of love & astonishing stuff about winged beings, you’ll be even more grateful we are alive in this world. It will cheer you up no end, & make you do good-hearted things.

Tickets are now on sale to hear the adventurer and multi award-winning travel writer (& chart-topping podcast host, presenter and photographer) Phoebe ‘Wander Woman’ Smith talk about her ✨NEW BOOK✨ Wayfarer: Love, Loss & Life on Britain’s Ancient Paths. Can’t wait!!
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Thank you so much to everyone who has said such nice things about Nature's Ghosts!! And congratulations on coming up with such a diverse collection of adjectives.

A 'just transition' in farming and food is possible and essential. Blog by me on the vital need for deeper work on food and farming futures and some policy and other recommendations wildlifetrusts.org/blog/vicki-hir…

Dordi, but this is gorgeous. It haunts me too, these tattered frayed threads of a language …

🧵Yes, that’s right! The budget for cleaning up the illegal landfill waste to #rescuehoadswood is £10 million. 😲

c£3m of this is landfill tax (pocketed by the criminals) and VAT is c£1m. This cost doesn’t include the value of irreplaceable ancient woodland! 💔🌳🦌🦋🐦 (1/6)

For me, it’s awe, wonder & celebration. Connection. That kind of spirituality. Story. Sometimes, the folklore, play & conjuring, the pseudonymous characters, can represent & speak for me when I dare not. If my rights, job, home is threatened. It says ‘I’ve been here before.’

Thank you to everyone who has kindly donated to the Regent's Canal walk!

So far you've raised over £2400, which will be split between London Wildlife Trust and Wild Justice.

Please continue to donate if you can, the page will stay open until 19th May.

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Brilliant column from John Harris here ... and I can certainly vouch for it. The energy gathered from taking part in those road protests of the 90s is still coursing around, has grown stronger & is currently surging into a chapter of #WildService Right to Roam OUT NEXT WEEK!

This marvelous, important & very special place, for nature & people ... if you donate any amount to keep it influencing & inspiring the amateur naturalist in all of us, it'll be doubled!

Pre-war Borstal Boys (young offenders) learning to plough, handle horses and trim hedges. “Upon their release, they were given help with lodgings, jobs and funding, and reoffending rates were low.” (The National Archives)

This marvelous, important & very special place, for nature & people ... if you donate any amount to keep it influencing & inspiring the amateur naturalist in all of us, it'll be doubled!

Brilliant column from John Harris here ... and I can certainly vouch for it. The energy gathered from taking part in those road protests of the 90s is still coursing around, has grown stronger & is currently surging into a chapter of #WildService Right to Roam OUT NEXT WEEK!

Just learnt another local estate has been bought up by the same billionaire that began collecting them in 2022. Wasn’t for sale; but hard to say no to your new neighbour when double the value is offered … this thing isn’t slowing down, we all have stories. #WhoOwnsEngland

“The right to roam comes with responsibilities… the campaign is calling for a similar open-access model to that in Scotland.”

Great piece by Matt Rudd about Right to Roam in today’s Sunday Times - featuring Wild Service, Jon Moses & yours truly! thetimes.co.uk/article/my-day…

Sunday book review - Another England by Caroline Lucas markavery.info/2024/04/21/sun…

'... a very fine book & a very good read. I gobbled most of it up as soon as it arrived a few days ago. I recommend it highly. It's St George's Day on Tuesday.'

'... the book touches on Brexit, land

Essential reading, if you’ve not seen this yet. Peaceful protest has long been a democratic right. It’s won us so many things. The brutal crushing of environmental protesters is deeply, deeply sinister … ⬇️

'A call to action that might just be the founding text for a new environmentalism' - Patrick Barkham

Our new book, Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You, profiled in the The Guardian today.

Order here: m.cmpgn.page/kqCFTs

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A superb evening Cambridge Literary Festival listening to Caroline Lucas espousing her vision and story for another England, other than the one we are pushed by the right. Warming to hear her continued support for The Stars are for Everyone and alignment with the vision of Right to Roam with #wildservice