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Erecting fences and divided visions for our national parks

In a week when I was inspired to see the passion and energy coming out of the Re-imagine London Event as part of the campaign to make London a National City park, an age old argument is re-emerging in another … Continue reading

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What would a ‘National Park City’ be?

This blog was written for and first appeared on the Glasgow City National Park website.  To see the original and find out more about a National Park in Glasgow see the website. I am excited about the idea of National … Continue reading

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Trying to make the most of the last few

Trying to make the most of the last few days of cycling to work in the daylight!

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Some great news for birds and wildlife in Lakes

Some great news for birds and wildlife in the Lakes as red kites breed in Grizedale http://ow.ly/z8g3Y

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Time to start talking about positive Environmental messages

Time to start talking about positive messages and hope for the environment, a positive message from Chris Smith http://ow.ly/yJzo2

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Heading off Topic – the girl summit

This post is a little off topic for me, but my wife is currently working all the hours she has on a major event happening in July. It is the first ‘Girl Summit’, aimed at mobilising domestic and international efforts … Continue reading

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What the World Cup can teach us about saving the planet

Whilst most of my posts are environment related, I think for the next month I will mainly be thinking about football.  I made a conscious decision ten days ago that I was going to allow myself to get excited about … Continue reading

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A weekend at Knepp rewilding project

Just spent a wonderfully tranquil weekend at the Knepp Safaris campsite. It’s part of the Knepp rewilding project – a fascinating project and amazing relaxing spot just an hour from London! http://ow.ly/xyHHC

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Floods, wolves and political leadership

A busy few weeks back at Uni and much to think about and little time to write about it! Therefore in the absence of time to write a full blog I thought I would share a few links to things … Continue reading

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Chopping wood

I spent a happy hour yesterday afternoon trialling a new machete for Nomad Travel Store – by means of ridding my bedroom of an old broken chest of drawers which will be heating my house for the next few nights… … Continue reading

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