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Joining Forces and Feeling Mulch Better

April 15, 2016 by emmastraughan

March has been a hive of activity, almost literally, thanks, in part, to a training course on Bumblebees, chances to job shadow, a number of forums, site visits and case studies and joining forces to green up Glasgow and the ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bumblebee Conservation Trust, bumblebees, citizen science, Community, community growing, csgn, Edinburgh Living Landscapes, emma straughan, engagement, FEVA, forest skills, Forestry Commission, gcvgnp, Green Spaces, John Muir Award, lichen, Natural Networks, nhs, OPAL, RBGE, rewild, Seven Lochs, sighted guide, TCV, trainee, training, volunteering

Bedazzling Bug Walks!

April 14, 2016 by davidwalsh

Hello again! It has been a really hectic month in my traineeship.  I broke free of the office and made it out into the field to go on some magical bug walks with young inquisitive minds. Apologies if this blog does sound ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bedazzling, bug walks, bumblebees, butterfly, calderbank, communities, conservation, cumbernauld community park, cychrus caraboides, David Walsh, engagement, glasgrow, lions teeth, maryhill community hub, minibeast, Natural Networks, newt, possilpark, stewarton park, TCV, Wildlife

(Re)Wild at Heart

April 11, 2016 by emmastraughan

So my name is Emma Straughan and if my surname wasn't enough of a mouthful wait until you read my job title. I am the Urban Rewilding Community Officer based with Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership, working ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Community, csgn, emma straughan, engagement, gcvgnp, Green Spaces, Natural Networks, rewild, TCV, trainee

My first month as a Natural Networks trainee!

March 22, 2016 by jessowen

HELLO! I am Jess Owen and I have just become the Citizen Science in Woodlands Natural Networks trainee with TCV and Forestry Commission Scotland. That is quite a mouthful of a job title! Put more simply, my role is to help ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amy Styles, Anna Hamilton, biodiversity, citizen science, conservation, Drumpellier Park, education, engagement, environment, Flanders Moss, Forestry Commission, Green Gym, Hen harrier, Jess Owen, ladybird, lichen, Natural Networks, nature, newts, OPAL, Scottish Autism, Seven Lochs, TCV, Tree Planting, Trees, volunteer, volunteering, Wildlife, woodlands

NEW NATURAL NETWORKS NATTER!

March 18, 2016 by davidwalsh

Hello!  It has been an amazing month! My name is David  I have just started as a natural network trainee with TCV and the fun has just not stopped throughout the month.  I work in conjunction with a conservation charity ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: alva glen, bee dance, Bees, buglife, butterfly, communities, David Walsh, education, engagement, environment, fun, John Muir Award, Natural Networks, New Job, North Lanarkshire, OPAL, TCV

Some Final Words from out West

October 7, 2015 by simongray

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BCNI, communities, conservation, Crom, education, engagement, environment, Fermanagh, moth night, national trust, Natural Networks, nature, Northern Ireland, Wildlife

Creating Magnificence, Meadows for Everyone!!

September 3, 2015 by simongray

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: communities, conservation, education, engagement, environment, Fermanagh, Magnificent Meadows, Natural Networks, Northern Ireland, TCVNI, Ulster Wildlife

“What happens if you stick your finger into the Faerie world for 1 second???”

June 4, 2015 by simongray

If you are going to tell a group of school kids about how a lone Hawthorn tree signifies an entrance into the faerie world where time stands still then do it at the end of an event, not the beginning! Otherwise that question ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: communities, Community, conservation, education, engagement, enniksillen, environment, faeries, fairies, Fermanagh, Natural Networks, Northern Ireland, TCVNI

Becoming a toad & other Kentish happenings

April 7, 2015 by carrieeeles

My second month at Singleton has seen Spring descend with a spectacular display of amorous of frogs and newts. Staff and volunteers at the centre are very proud of their pond and rightly so- it serves as a breeding pond for ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Community, conservation, engagement

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