When my youngest daughter was very small, I wanted a water feature but was really worried about safety, so we got a mini pond – essentially a large bowl that we put aquatic plants in to. We put this up out of reach at the back of the garden. It seemed at first that its sole purpose was as a […]
Hoverfly Lagoons
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 […]
Bats
Watching the bats fly over my garden at dusk never fails to bring a smile to my face. They are an indicator species, so their presence signifies that something is going right with the biodiversity in the area. Bats help to keep insect populations under control so their presence can be helpful to us in terms of reducing numbers of […]
Where Is Our $100bn a Year?
We have set up a fundraising page (soon to be pages) to raise the funds for helping the people who are already severely affected by climate change. The first charity is Shelter Box who are providing emergency shelter and tools for families who have lost their homes to climate disasters. COP26 was meant to deliver financial reparations (aka loss and […]
How Mindfulness Can Help for COP26 and Beyond
The past few weeks and months may have felt like a rather frantic swimming in a soup of social media, news and documentaries and all sorts of busyness to try to make sure that important messages about the need for urgent climate action are heard. There has been a dizzying array of events and announcements to try to keep abreast […]
COP26 – #LetsGetReal
In case you have not heard, world leaders are meeting in Glasgow in a few days to discuss what they can do about climate change. If you want to learn more about this, there are lots of resources already online. I want to talk about some of the challenges we face but also why I feel there is a lot […]
The Climate Reality Leadership Corps
When I was growing up, I would watch people complaining on the news about some issue saying that “someone should do something about it.” It frustrated me that there was never any sense of who or what they should be doing. There was always the implication that we are all happy to complain about things but never willing to step […]
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 […]
Returning to Right Relationship
Dates TBC 8 weeks Learn how to return to right relationship with our Earth and all living beings through spiritual practices and reflection and through nature connection. Weaving together a connection with our more-than-human family and an exploration of ourselves through Acceptance Commitment Training we will journey together from the mindset of separate nature as a resource towards taking our […]