Saw this beautiful book The Museum of English Rural Life today and had a peak at Dr Ollie Douglas 's copy~ super excited to order and read.

#whynatureneedsyou Right to Roam

Saw your chapters Nicola Chester & Dr Amy-Jane Beer

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People have some bizarre (and sometimes, unhinged) ideas about how humans move in the landscape when they're given unrestricted access.

No, they don't trample every bluebell. Nor do they carry out search & destroy operations on every bird nest.

Here are some examples 🧵

Tuesday's front page: British nature in crisis - and every political party failing to save wildlife
#Tomorrowspaperstoday

Latest by Lucie Heath: trib.al/cukibSH

Government has a legal duty to stop wildlife decline by 2030. It's a great target, but the main political parties don't have a credible plan to meet it.

Join us in London on 22 June & ask politicians how they'd #RestoreNatureNow :
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TONIGHT Adrián Lamo.30 I'm chairing this discussion between Nadia Shaikh & Lucy Lapwing where we'll be talking about the theme of 'Recommoning'.

Expect spicy takes on conservation & where we're going wrong with 'saving' nature.

Catch us live on YouTube here: youtube.com/@righttoroam?f…

Tonights book club will be focusing on the chapter: RECOMMONING by Nadia Shaikh.

'Recommoning is the idea that all humans can and should have the collective responsibility to care for nature.'

Leave your questions in the comments so we can answer and discuss them tonight. ⬇️

What are we campaigning for and why?

A good explainer in The Week today.

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In this short film the BMC explores the fundamental importance of connecting with nature and why they campaign for a default of responsible access, advocating for the right to wild camp, walk and climb.
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Thanks for a v inspiring event today at @MUD_CIC in Platt Fields Park, organisers Patagonia Manchester & Right to Roam with superb speakers Dr Amy-Jane Beer & Dal Kular. #WildService book is a chorus of voices building 'a new culture that returns nature to the very heart of society”

'a major part of the problem with the English concept of nature is that we tend to view it as a world separate from our own lives [...] a venue for recreation, a temporary respite from the real world, not an essential, indivisible part of us.' - Caroline Lucas

Delighted to say I've been granted a debate in Parliament on biodiversity loss next Wednesday. I'll be opening up the debate - and needless to say, I've got an awful lot I want to say. Some captured in this article, based on my new book Another England waterstones.com/book/another-e…

Don't miss our next book club⤵️
Nadia Shaikh, R2R director, ornithologist and author of the chapter Recommoning, will be joined by Lucy Lapwing , a self proclaimed nature nerd, who lives to tell the world about how amazing the nature closest to you is.
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The stars are for everyone > resurgence.org/magazine/artic…

Fern Leigh Albert reports on the ongoing campaign to keep wild camping legal in Devon’s Dartmoor National Park. In the run up to a case at The Supreme Court, further actions are planned to highlight this deeply valued freedom to

Calling all lawyers seeking time in nature! This Saturday I’ll be hosting Lawyers for Nature’s 1st ever Nature for Lawyers event. We’ll gather around the fire beside River Medway & walk out at dusk to listen to the unforgettable song of the nightingale

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Environmental law & regulatory bodies who are supposed to enforce it have clearly failed & few case studies illustrate this better than tragic story of Hoad’s Wood in Kent. Here’s my piece on why we need a Rights of Nature & Guardianship approach instead

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✨The Stars Are For Everyone✨Delighted to have written an article about the wild camping campaign for the latest issue of Resurgence Trust 🌎 - copies available at my upcoming exhibition 'Wild Campers' #Dartmoor 11-25th May southcombebarn.com/events/ The Stars are for Everyone Right to Roam

A long history of The Commons, & its modern rights & responsibilities today - proud to be an ambassador for a new community wetland project (upcoming) that comes from this gloriously stubborn, independent rural town nickhayesillustration Right to Roam

#WildService is such an inspiring book, a chorus of voices building 'a new culture that returns nature to the very heart of society, by restoring communities to the beating heart of the natural world.' There's Nadia Shaikh on recommoning, Guy Shrubsole on stewardship & more!