Category: Wild wibble
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Environmental Storytelling in Children’s Films
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I love watching films, I always have. I love how they spark our imagination and leave messages with us long after the credits roll. Through conversations with like-minded friends, the topic of environmentalism in film has cropped up a few times. Film is, after all, a medium for sharing ideas…
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Who is accessing nature?
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This week I ticked off a nature reserve on my list by visiting Arne in Dorset. Upon arriving, I was surprised to see that under 24s could enter for free. Asking the volunteers at the welcome centre, they told me that the waived entry fee was part of an initiative…
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The Beauty in Things That Don’t Last
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Today’s blog is a reflection on fleeting beautiful things in nature. Recently I have enjoyed watching local forest change appearance with the season. A blanket of snowdrops seemingly popped up out of nowhere earlier in the year. Shortly after, a host of bluebells sprung up in their place. Both sights…
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Charismatic Conservation: favouring the exotic
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When I sat down to plan this blog, I was inspired by my brother’s most recent article. His writing on the histories and worlds within the soil showed one example of the incredible ecological systems that don’t fit into the more aesthetically glamorous conservation topics. It reminded me of a…
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Nature: From ownership to belonging
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“The Earth does not belong to us; we belong to the Earth.” — Chief Seattle As humans have built upon and endlessly shaped the earth, many societies have subconsciously or consciously written themselves out of nature. In doing so, a distance between humans and nature has become increasingly distinct. Historically…