Why are trees important? It’s simple: We need trees, and they need us. Or life on Earth won’t survive. But trees fulfil lots of important functions. Find out more here: 4 Reasons Why We Need Every Tree and Plant on Planet Earth. ‘Why are Trees Important’ Poster All the reasons why we need trees are
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The Amazon is burning! Forests are being cleared by the football-field! Trees are being cut back or felled! These things are awful, but why should we care? What have trees got to do with us? Let’s look at 4 important reasons why we need trees… You might have heard that trees are the “lungs of
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Hedgehogs are often named as the UK’s and other countries’ favourite animals. But sadly, their numbers are declining as they, like other wildlife, are struggling to survive on this human-controlled planet. Find out what you can do to help save hedgehogs in this blog post. Here are some hedgehog resources for you… ‘How to Help
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Butterflies and Moths are very important pollinators and invertebrates. If we don’t start looking after the little things like Butterflies and Moths, we humans won’t survive on Earth. Find out why Butterflies and Moths matter in this blog post. All the main info is summarised in a colourful poster I created for you. Download and
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Butterflies and Moths are fascinating, other-worldly, fluttery creatures. As it’s now summer in the Northern Hemisphere, you should be seeing them around flowers on sunny days, particularly butterflies. If you’re lucky. I say ‘lucky’, because butterfly and moth populations, like many invertebrates and other species on this Earth, are in serious decline. Besides being pretty
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Hedgehogs, those cute, spikey critters are under threat. There should be millions of them across the globe, but their populations are shrinking fast. What can we do to help Hedgehogs survive? We need to make our gardens and parks and common spaces hedgehog-friendly. Keep your garden and other natural areas litter-free. Hedgehogs and other wildlife
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If you’re wondering what to do with the kids this April, why not bring them along to Waterstones in Welwyn Garden City on Wednesday 17th April? I will be running more of my popular Kid’s Writing Workshops – this time “Write a Story to Save Elephants“. We’ll be looking at all the situations where elephants
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Elephants – an important part of the great web of life – do matter! But they’re having a tough time, thanks to humans. Poached for ivory, culled, hunted, suffering from habitat loss, captured for zoos and circuses, caged or confined as working animals… Find out more about the struggles of elephants, and why we need
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I love elephants. I’m in awe of their huge size, their intelligence, their community spirit, their fierceness, their grace, their extreme care for each other, their strength, their resolve, their beauty, their elephant-ness. But I’m also very worried. I’m scared that one day, soon, too soon, there will be only a handful of elephants left…
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Veganism: passing fad or here to stay? Veganism is being embraced, especially by young celebrities and their followers, and the numbers of people adopting vegan diets have risen exponentially in the last 10 years. Are they just trying to be trendy, or is there something else going on? Matt Prior, a vegan and vegan activist in
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