“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
“Deep, rich orange and speckled with black, every now and again a flick of their wings flashed an underside of green and mother-of-pearl - the silver wash that gives the fritillaries their name. The female flies straight and level, the slow semaphore of her wing-beats and the scent from the tip of her abdomen exuding allure. The male swoops in tight loops under and up and in front of her, stalling so she can pass beneath him through a shower of intoxicating scent-scales shed from his forewings.” WildlifeButterfliesWildingFritillariesFritillary 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