Travelling into a green future
Discover how confidence in adopting pollinator-friendly actions is taking hold around Scotland’s transport network, old and new, in this post by Scottish Pollinators (12 February 2024). Read about how ScotRail and Scottish Canals are skilfully showcasing the many things we can do to help wildlife, and the involvement of local [...]
Bringing Peatland ACTION to life
This blog post on Scotland’s Nature (9 February 2024) shares the reasons peatland restoration is so important, the benefits that it can bring, and the dedication of the landowners, managers, Peatland ACTION project officers, surveyors and contractors who make it all happen. Checkout 4 new cases studies in bogs and [...]
City lover or Nature lover?
This Finding Nature post (6 February 2024) shares recent research which explores different responses to green and urban spaces, depending on people’s degrees of nature connectedness.
Field Notes: Young people and nature
Sandwood Conservation officer Lynn Munro reports on a fun community engagement programme in this John Muir Trust news item (21 Dec 2023) . This involved working with local partners to engage young people in wild places and the John Muir Award. Read about how young students from the age or [...]
Where Crops Once Grew
In this NatureScot post (22 January 2024), Roddy Maclean looks at place-name evidence for agriculture in locations which are uncultivated today. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig / Read in Gaelic
Nature-based field training for educators, Minnesota.
This Children and Nature Network feature (January 2024) shares how educators in Minnesota participate in an immersive nature-based field training. This is designed to help them transform their curricula, approaches to teaching, and ultimately, their school cultures. This is the first extended nature-based professional development series for teachers in Minnesota [...]
