- - More birds are nesting in our gardens than ever before. If you’re lucky enough to have any avian residents in your garden, here’s how you can learn who lives where.
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A good friend of mine from America is over in London leading this workshop on Saturday... please share it...she is an excellent teacher - I studied Butoh with her 20 years ago. Delete the scoop?
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Tonight involved a lovely impromptu forage around the lovely Holyford Woods, East Devon. I was asked to meet up with a couple from Kent who wanted to come on a foraging course.
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Delicious Devonshire low food mile snack - a taste of May! Why not try something similar near you! Delete the scoop?
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“Invigorating, challenging, fun and best of all, outside!” – Deputy Head During the middle of last Month I delivered my largest day long INSET and Team building event to date. The weather was glorious.
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Outdoor learning INSET and teambuilding is fun with Chris Holland! Delete the scoop?
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A one day conference focusing on the positive impact outdoor learning has on children and practitioners, using Forest School as an ideal model to ensure it is fun and a positive experience for all.
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I will be doing workshops at both these conferences on 5th &14th June... come along and gain some more skills for outdoor leearning. Delete the scoop?
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I am running a day workshop at the gorgeous kingcombe centre in Dorset next Saturday13th April - fancy coming along? Delete the scoop?
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a short video outlining what chris holland nature connection and the diddgeridooman has to offer businesses
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new video slideshow from me...about what it is that wholeland can do for businesses Delete the scoop?
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anyone looking for an environmental educators job in surrey? Delete the scoop?
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Birds are keeping their nests warm and pest-free by lining them with cigarette butts, St Andrews University research suggests. Delete the scoop?
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Help us to complete this entertaining and important documentary about our changing relationship with nature. Delete the scoop?
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I will be going to this event and leading some nature connection activities before joing the band around the fire...fancy coming along to warm your heart? Delete the scoop?
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While out foraging I come upon all kinds of interesting things. The other evening I spotted this character munching away on the leaves of some cleavers. Upon investigation it turns out to be a bloody nose beetle larvae, Timarcha tenebricosa. Delete the scoop?
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Birdsong isn't just beautiful to listen to to, it is increasingly being used in some rather unusual ways.
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Fascinating! Not only does birdsong lift hearts... it does many other things too! Delete the scoop?
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Enjoy a foraging day out along Devon’s lanes and find out what the Edible Hedgerow has to offer, includes a fabulous 3-course open fire cook-up… Read more.
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Fancy coming on a forage and creating a scruptious three course meal from the finest fresh greens offered by East Devon's hedgerows? Two courses on 11th and 26th May in Otterton... Delete the scoop?
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Enjoy a foraging day out along Devon’s lanes and find out what the Edible Hedgerow has to offer, includes a fabulous 3-course open fire cook-up… Read more.
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I am leading a couple of foraging events around Otterton, East Devon over the next month or so... the first one is on the 11th May. Fancy coming along? Delete the scoop?
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A selection of photographs from the BBC Wales Flickr group capturing the essence of Valentine's Day in the natural world
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Yesterday my son and I returned from a week-long, experiential, nature-based program called the Art of Mentoring, held in the Santa Cruz mountains. The intention of this program is to bring people ...
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I enjoyed this blog on the Art of Mentoring, and was wondering how could I help people to experience and embody Gilbert Wlking Bull's "Seven Sacred Attributes" Delete the scoop?
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embercombe have some intersting courses again this year - I wish I could do the sustainable building course... Delete the scoop?
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Gregory Colbert’s Ashes and Snow feature film captures extraordinary moments of contact between people and animals as seen through the lens of the artist’s camera…
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Video poetry, slow and sepia.... I wish I could hold my breath that long and do that underwater stuff... I love pretending I am a fish! Delete the scoop?
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Juliette de Bairacli Levy: November 11th 1912 - May 28th, 2009 Juliette died very peacefully in the early hours of Thursday, May 28th, 2009 in Burgdorf, Switzerland.…
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This lady was amazing. Such an inspiration for me at the beginning of my 'learning about edible and medicinal plants journey. One of my heroines...well worth a look and a listen. A true elder and fine example of a low impact living plant medicine woman. Delete the scoop?
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Learning outside the classroom builds children's confidence and can transform their relationships with teachers. So how can schools be encouraged to organise more outdoor activities? Delete the scoop?
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What lessons has Sir David Attenborough learned in 60 years of examining the wonders of the natural world? Delete the scoop?
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