Hoverfly lagoons are a fantastic way to help these wonderful pollinators. We first made one after spotting the interest that the hoverflies were taking in our pond. It’s a great project to do with kids and really easy. It is also something you can do if you are unable to have a pond and/or have limited outdoor space, but also […]
Clare’s episode on the Daring Self-Leadership Podcast
I was recently invited by a fellow Climate Reality Leader to speak on a podcast episode for Dare Greatly Coaching. We covered nature connection, the Climate Reality Leadership training, Nature-Connected Neighbourhoods and Climate Justice fundraising. It was great fun chatting with Gerdi.
Life at the Intersections – Nature, Climate and Social Justice
I started on my journey concerned about wildlife. It was not that I did not care about societal injustices or did nothing about them, but I felt I was most qualified to do something about the natural environment. It turns out that as I have progressed along this path I have had to come to terms with being unqualified in […]
Nature-Connected Neighbourhoods
The 2019 State of Nature report presented a gloomy picture of the declines in UK wildlife since the 1970s. According to the report, butterfly and moth populations are down by 17% and 25% respectively and 26% of UK mammal species are at risk of becoming extinct in the UK. Hedgehogs have been in “massive long-term declines.” There are multiple causes […]
Climate Anxiety – An Appropriate Response
There’s a lot of focus on eco-anxiety specifically in young people and the toll it is having on them. It should be a wake-up call to fix the source of the problem, but it runs into a number of false narratives:1. It affects only young people2. It only affects them because they do not have the skills to deal with […]
Just One Thing – Individual Actions for Biodiversity
Many of us watched the David Attenborough programme “Extinction: The Facts” and felt huge sadness and alarm as well as a deep desire to do something. So, what is the problem and what can we do as individuals to help? According to the WWF Living Nature Report 2020, we have lost an average of 68% of our wildlife populations. Biodiversity […]
Why Biodiversity Matters
When an opportunity presented itself to join a voluntary Green Task Force at my place of work, I jumped at the chance. The group was to be divided up into smaller focus groups and I knew immediately which group I wanted to devote my time to – I wanted to be a biodiversity champion. I was expecting to be disappointed, […]