Passionate about the Gloucestershire countryside

3/4 of employees want to learn at work and 94% say they would stay longer at a company that invested in their #learning.

Find out more about our PRACTICAL #leadership & business development programmes for directors & senior managers at http://www.quolux.co.uk

#workbasedlearning

Women in the Hills will be launched at a festival dedicated to nature-writing, called The Lost Voices, taking place in Newcastle, 13-14 June 2020. Let me tell you about the festival! Since nature-writing emerged as a genre in the C18th, it's been dominated by the lone white male.

Did you know that spending time in forests is proven to alleviate the #WinterBlues?

With shorter days, and longer nights… don’t retreat into the heat of your home! Read our blog on why you shouldn’t stop going outside when it’s dark >
http://forestryeng.land/Get-Outside

BREAKING: We've found that more than half of small towns in SW and NE England are, or could soon become, ‘transport deserts’ – places with no options for convenient and affordable public transport. @CBTransport

Rural communities deserve a better deal. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/transport-deserts/

How climate-conscious children are forcing their schools to be more eco-friendly #environment #ClimateChange https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/school-pupils-environment-climate-change-greta-thunberg-campaign-a9299366.html

4. You may not know that hedgehogs visit your garden, so please clean up spilled bird food before dusk and put out a dish of dry cat food, just in case. That small effort and tiny cost may seem like nothing much to you, but it could mean the whole world to a starving hedgehog.

Want a really simple way to help bumblebees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies and other wildlife? The dandelions will be back soon. Don't mow them. Don't spray them. Just let them grow. Job done 🐝

What if we only ate food from local farms? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51225644

Our report found 94% of housing developments in rural areas should not have gone ahead because the design was ‘poor’ or ‘mediocre’.

The govt should take on the findings of the 'Building Better' commission to deliver the quality homes communities deserve.
https://www.cpre.org.uk/about-us/cpre-media/bbbc-response/

‘If you’re part of something that is alive and important, and your connection to it matters, then the bond between you and the countryside becomes stronger.’ – Michael Morpurgo

We all need a #SpaceToBreathe. Let’s reconnect with our countryside 💚 https://bit.ly/3aRmFYS

Planning your garden? Think like a pollinator 🐝

Last week the English Housing Survey provided yet more evidence that the only way out of the national housing emergency is to #buildsocialhousing - here’s our ⁦@Shelter⁩ blog to explain https://blog.shelter.org.uk/2020/01/new-data-makes-the-case-for-a-new-generation-of-social-homes/

We are providing a confidential drop in service today at the @RoyalAgUni 10.00-14.00. You can find us at the medical centre 📍#HereToHelp @rausu_official

Do you like the British countryside? ✅

Want your say in how our land should be managed? ✅

Come to a workshop at Newcastle Uni on 17 Feb or 9 March to share your views! 💬

You'll be given a £30 Amazon voucher & free meal for your time 🥪
Sign up here:
https://nclafrd.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5uW9vrQe8WTVKYZ

Interesting event, the speaker is Chris Goodall who will be talking about climate change and what we need to do now, follow the link for details...
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-goodall-chippenham-what-we-need-to-do-now-tickets-90304048841?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Young (ish), ambitious, excited about future of #ag? Live/work in #Gloucestershire? Come & hear how you can work with #NFU to shape future of #farming | 11.30 | 6 Feb. DM for more info...

'Like I wasn't there': climate activist Vanessa Nakate on being erased from a movement https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/29/vanessa-nakate-interview-climate-activism-cropped-photo-davos?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1580287115