nature
In photographs: the breathtaking scenery of Britain
From an eerily misty loch in Cumbria, to Dorset’s chalky cliffs, a new book celebrates 10 years of the Landscape Photographer of the Year award
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Could a natural history GCSE reconnect young people with nature?
Experts agree that children have far too little contact with the natural world. Could lessons about flora and fauna – a natural history GCSE – be the answer?
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‘Nature deserves better than resignation and negativity’
Mary Colwell is the driving force behind a petition to urge the government to develop a GCSE in natural history. She explains why she believes the qualification could address conservation apathy
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: unforgettable animal behaviour
From a tenacious woodpecker to a grizzly bear swiping for salmon, these images from the last 50 years of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been selected for a new book. They show extraordinary, surprising and often deeply moving acts of animal behaviour
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Campaign to make London a national park city launches competition
The campaign to make London a National Park City has announced a competition to help people imagine how the capital would look and feel if it were a national park city
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Wildlife-friendly gardening causes ‘boom’ in bird sightings in UK
A citizen survey has recorded increases in the number of certain birds – from the robin to more unusual visitors – being spotted in British gardens
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Pilgrimage: a change is afoot in Britain
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in pilgrimage; journeying on foot. Now that it is open to all – religious or not – how can it help connect us with deep meaning, the land and each other?
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Are you a human supremacist?
“There is a whole world waiting for us, ready to welcome us home,” says environmental philosopher Derrick Jensen. He explains our near-universal belief in the superiority of humans – and the possibility of looking at life anew
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