“children who spent time in green spaces between the ages of seven and twelve tend to think of nature as magical. As adults they are the people most likely to be indignant about lack of nature protection, while those who have had no such experience tend to regard nature as hostile or irrelevant and are indifferent to its loss. By expurgating nature from children's lives we are depriving the environment of its champions for the future.” ChildrenNatureWildlife ConservationWilding Book:Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm Source: Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm
“But the world of academia is a strange, sometimes counterproductive and often sluggish place. Where one may expect it to be open and responsive to new thinking, it can be oddly conservative and resistant to radical ideas.” NatureResearchEcologyAcademiaWilding Book:Wilding Source: Wilding