Autumn is a crucial time for the creatures who depend on our gardens. They need to make ensure they have enough to eat and safe places to shelter throughout the colder months, and even the smallest garden can be a lifeline if we take a few simple steps. Feel like the garden needs a tidy? […]
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Welcome to our Powerful and Positive climate conversations series. This is the fifth in a six part series exploring what works – and what doesn’t – when it comes to communicating with the people in your life about the climate and nature emergency and helping to build a movement for change. You can find the
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Last week we were lucky enough to run this activity in a wonderful wildflower meadow in the centre of Cardiff – the little patch off Park Place cared for by National Museum Wales. It was absolutely buzzing with life, and it was great to hear so much support for leaving space in the city for
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Isn’t it weird that camping is about ‘getting away from it all’ but it seems to involve so. Much. stuff. Especially if small children are involved. We went with our little squirrels last weekend and, despite all my attempts to pack light, we ended up – as usual – with a mountain of gear. Over
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Welcome to our Powerful and Positive climate conversations series. This is the fourth in a six part series exploring what works – and what doesn’t – when it comes to communicating with the people in your life about the climate and nature emergency and helping to build a movement for change. You can find the
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Most rainy day activities are cosy things to do indoors but today we wanted to do something a bit different and suggest some easy ideas to do outside when it’s raining. As we all know, getting outdoors, even when the weather is grotty, is hugely important for our wellbeing and for building our connection with
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Summer activities seem to generate a lot of stuff. From broken flip flops and abandoned beach toys to punctured paddling pools and torn tents, how can we enjoy summer outdoors without sending a heap of plastic to landfill? These kinds of items are often hard to repair and even harder to recycle – but we’ve
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Welcome to our Powerful and Positive climate conversations series. This is the third in a six part series exploring what works – and what doesn’t – when it comes to communicating with the people in your life about the climate and nature emergency and helping to build a movement for change. You can find the
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Here in the UK a staggering 100 million crayons are thrown away every year. Most wax crayons are made of paraffin wax, a petroleum based material which won’t break down in either compost heaps or landfill sites. But what to do with those annoying little nubs of crayon that are too small to use anymore?
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At Green Squirrel HQ we have a bad habit: By the time February comes round we are itching to get growing so we have a wild seed-sowing binge and run out of space on our windowsills. We’ll keep sowing here and there between March and June but by midsummer the garden looks so busy and
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