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Bee Puns Are A-pollen

July 11, 2016 by davidwalsh

The past six weeks have been hectic. It feels like my feet haven’t touched the ground as I interpret wee beasties for all and sundry. Each day different than the last. And you dear reader are so lucky because I am about to ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: beetle, buglife, buttercup, David Walsh, grub, kibble palace, kilsyth, ladybird, macarena, millport, Natural Networks, orange tip butterfly, painted lady, ringlet, river kelvin, santa bee, st maurice

Getting to the Art of the Matter with Rewilding

June 29, 2016 by emmastraughan

So since May I've been involved in a fever of forums, funding and festivals, all flipping fantastic. Rewilding in Inverclyde and Yoker TCV's Green Gym at Coves Local Nature Reserve has begun as part of the Community ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BBCT, Bees, biodiversity, buglife, bumblebees, citizen science, communities, Community, conservation, csgn, education, emma straughan, engagement, environment, First Aid, funding, gcvgnp, Glasgow, Green Gym, Green Spaces, Inverclyde, Linkes, Natural Networks, rewild, SNH, TCV, trainee, volunteering, Wildlife, yoker

Sunshine, Mud Kitchens, Bushcraft and much more!

June 27, 2016 by delythhurley

Hello, well it has been another busy few months at the Tree Life Centre with lots of travelling! This blog will cover my antics in May and June and there has been lots going on! We have experienced some beautiful warm weather ...
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Wild Ways Well

June 22, 2016 by paulbarclay

Regular readers may be forgiven for thinking that my job in Cumbernauld mainly involves wandering around its green spaces in the sunshine, going on training courses, smelling poo, chatting with bumblebees and identifying ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: be active, connect, five ways well, give, keep learning, mental health, take notice, wellbeing

A Very Central Scotland Spring

June 17, 2016 by giovannabisoni

Hi everyone from gloomy Shotts, where June feels like November (minus the darkness and the snow, so not very much like November at all). It's hard to believe it now that the skies are back to their usual grey, but we just had ...
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May’s been pretty aMAYzing

June 6, 2016 by jessowen

Ok so my puns haven’t been all that amazing recently, but my adventures with TCV certainly have! I mentioned in the last blog that I was preparing to run my first ever event. As part of Falkirk Nature Festival I was asked to ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: air quality, Amanda Malcolm, badgers, bio-recording, British Dragonfly Society, BTO, bugs, Chris Peach, citizen science, Corporate Volunteering, Firth of Forth Lobster Hatchery, Glasgow, Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre, Hugel beds, Hyndland Secondary School, Jenny Holmes, Jess Owen, John Muir Trust, lichen, Lionthorn Community Woodland Association, lucy graham, Mammal tracking, minibeasts, nature, OPAL, Paul Barclay, RBS, Rosie Walker, Scotlands Big Nature Festival, Stephen Porch, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, The Lost Gardens of Penicuik, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Trees, volunteers, Wildlife

Bug-ingham palace and other puns

May 27, 2016 by davidwalsh

at naturefest As a massive yellow orb came out from behind the clouds and mysteriously heated everything up this month, my traineeship also heated up (metaphorically speaking, (could you imagine the traineeship actually ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: allanton primary school, bronze carabid, bug hotel, bug walk, bug-ingham, buglife, chapelhall primary school, charity, David Walsh, deanburn primary school, Natural Networks, pun, solitary bee, st amrys primary school, TCV

Blog 2.0 Now with added Bluebells

May 27, 2016 by paulbarclay

First of all, this blog is a slightly belated one, so my apologies, but it’s just been so busy!  I’ve been keeping a little tally and so far I’ve attended 40 events and spoken to over 3100 people.  That’s a lot of talking – ...
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All work and no play – not a chance

May 26, 2016 by emmastraughan

Holidaying around Hawick So to avoid being in Tim's bad books I took a weeks holiday in May and as luck would have it one of the best weather wise. Even on holiday though, a Natural Network Trainee is always on the look ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bees, biodiversity, bumblebees, butterfly, citizen science, communities, Community, conservation, csgn, delyth hurley, education, emma straughan, engagement, environment, gcvgnp, giovanna bisoni, Green Gym, Green Spaces, Jess Owen, John Muir Award, lichen, lucy graham, mid week group, Natural Networks, nature, OPAL, pollinator survey, rewild, TCV, trainee, urban butterfly project, urban roots, volunteering

Exchanging Green Ideas

May 23, 2016 by lucygraham

One of my first tasks as a trainee was to organise a FEVA event - that's a Forum for Environmental Volunteering Activities - half a day full of local speakers and workshops to share ideas around promoting green health in ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: activities, ageing, Community, conservation, environmental, feel, FEVA, forum, generations, good, graham, green, health, in, later, life, lucy, older, TCV, the, trainee, trainees, volunteering

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