I thought I would write a blog that contains a simple but uplifting and positive message that progress within the community to connect them with green spaces is possible and worthwhile. These trainee posts can be very ...
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Some Final Words from out West
Being simultaneously sad but incredibly happy at the same time is an odd feeling but that's whats currently going on in my head now that I've been offered a permanent job! I'm sad to be leaving my traineeship early and ...
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Managing Bulgaria’s natural assets against economic pressure: what can we learn?
I was recently given the opportunity to be part of an Erasmus+ programme to Bulgaria, to gain insight into how their natural assets are being managed in the face of economic pressure. With our wonderful guide Velis, we were ...
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Marymass 2015 – What does nature say to you?
So I must admit this event was in the middle of August but I thought I would save it for a rainy day. Seeing as the warm weather is leaving us and the event itself reminds me of warmth i thought I would publish it it out now. ...
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Human contemplation, wildness and inspiration
Philosophers more grave than wise Hunt science down in Butterflies;
Or fondly poring on a Spider
Stretch human contemplation wider;
Fossiles give joy to Galen’s soul,
He digs for knowledge, like a Mole;
In shells so ...
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Bats, Bugs and Boardwalks 2015
Oh what a day it was for Bats, Bugs and Boardwalks our CSV Action Earth funded project at Ardeer Quarry LNR in Stevenston. The sun was out and with it some smiling volunteers ready to kick in to action for mother earth!
We ...
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“Go Wild at Sale Water Park”: Post Event
Despite the weather and the competition of lots of other bank holiday activities, our event Go Wild at Sale Water Park was a huge success!
Go Wild is the first large event to be run on site since the previous ranger ...
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Creating Magnificence, Meadows for Everyone!!
I'll grant you every habitat has something special about it, an aspect of itself that causes you to stop and become exceedingly aware of your existence. I'm talking about the misty morning in a wooded valley when the dawn ...
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My Wonderwall: Dry Stone Walling, the Lancashire Way
It's a lovely sunny weekend in Baxenden (aka home of the Holland's Pie factory) and a group of TCV volunteers are hard at work in a grazing field on the slopes of the Rossendale valley, dry stone walling.
I don't know if ...
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Blooming Birmingham
A little late but here it is, my blog post about the exciting month that was July. My excuse for the lateness of this post is the Birmingham In Bloom judging, and I'm hoping that I'll be forgiven! The regional judging took ...
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