Today we are launching our first policy report: Pebble in the Pond, Opportunities for farming, food and nature after Brexit. You can download the report here Here’s a summary As England prepares to leave the EU we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to change the way we support England’s land managers. This […]
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Reimagining Lost Landscapes. Pale Blue Dot’s Jane King on the Nature of Art-Science Collaboration
This piece first appeared on Pale Blue Dot’s website. The Nature of Art-Science Collaboration Artists and scientists may be predisposed to different ways of thinking but they often operate in similar ways: they research their subjects, experiment, problem solve and practice their chosen disciplines exhaustively in the pursuit of some kind of perfection. Any […]
How Nature Regulates Emotions and the Heart for Wellbeing
This is a fascinating blog distilling a newly publish paper by Dr Miles Richardson at University of Derby. How Nature Regulates Emotions and the Heart for Wellbeing There is plenty of evidence that nature is good for us, but how does being in nature impact on our emotions, body and wellbeing? Our latest paper, just published […]
Reflections on Lodge Hill: Watch, by Paul Evans
Today’s blog continues the series of reflections following our expedition to Lodge Hill, part of the “remimagining lost and forgotten landscapes” project. This is the second from broadcaster and writer Paul Evans. Watch The lane down from the Lodge has a roadblock and is bordered by chain-link fencing and barbed wire. The derelict buildings […]
Guest Blog: Silent Space 2016 – a pilot study by Liz Ware
By milesking on August 23, 2016 in gardening, nature and reflection, nature connection, Uncategorized
Today’s Guest Blog is by garden writer and photographer Liz Ware, who has been running a pilot study this summer that encourages gardens that open to the public to reserve an area where visitors can be silent. How often do we allow ourselves the time to be silent in a green place – […]
A World Away, So Near. Julian Hoffman reflects on Lodge Hill, Kent
By milesking on August 22, 2016 in inspired by nature, Lodge Hill, Public Land, re-imagining lost landscapes, Uncategorized
A World Away, So Near On May 19th 1924, the BBC made history with its first live broadcast of a wild animal, setting its microphones and sound equipment in the leafy Surrey garden of cellist Beatrice Harrison as she performed a duet with a nightingale. Against all of the expectations of BBC founder Lord Reith […]
People Need Nature expedition to Lodge Hill, Kent: photographic reflection by Marian Nunzia
By milesking on August 19, 2016 in inspired by nature, Lodge Hill, Public Land, re-imagining lost landscapes
Continuing our series of reflections on the People Need Nature “reimagining lost landscapes” expedition to Lodge Hill in Kent, here is a photographic essay from Maria Nunzia @Varvera. https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=WmWDbBSXAr8&u=/watch%3Fv%3DiFCNoxHXWOE%26feature%3Dem-share_video_user
Winning Poems of the “Ways to be Wilder” Poetry Competition: Summer Photograph by Amy Wolstenholme
This is the first in a series of pages publishing the winning and highly commended poems in our “ways to be wilder” poetry competition. We’re also publishing our competition Judge, Jen Hadfield’s comments for each poem. Summer Photograph Amy Wolstenholme (18) Bluebells bloom from the refuse heap, Plait a crown for broken pots […]
Re-imagining Lost Landscapes: People Need Nature Expedition to Lodge Hill, by Catherine Shoard
By milesking on July 11, 2016 in Guest blog, inspired by nature, Lodge Hill, Public Land, re-imagining lost landscapes
Today we continue our series of posts inspired by the People Need Nature expedition to Lodge Hill, Kent. This one is from the Guardian’s film critic Catherine Shoard, is cleverly disguised as a review of Independence Day: Resurgence. The CGI monsters of Independence Day will never haunt the imagination An alien from Independence […]
Testament of Hoo – Richard Baxell
We continue our series of posts about the expedition to Lodge Hill, Kent, with this from Historian Dr. Richard Baxell. Testament of Hoo You may never have heard of the Hoo Peninsula. I imagine many people living outside the south-east of England haven’t. You might, however, have come across it under the name ‘Boris Island’, […]