Aged 11-25? Gain skills to get where you want to be in the environmental sector through fun, practical and active opportunities.
Shropshire & Telford and Wrekin
Joined April 2016
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Though the Amazon is seen as vital to the Earth's atmosphere, forests in Alaska, Greenland and Siberia are as important to the global climate system as tropical rainforests. These arctic forests are now burning too, driven in part by rising temperatures. nyti.ms/2zvsMAA
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Great report! Teachers worldwide believe that playing and learning outdoors helps children in their learning and makes them healthier...and still children are spending less time outdoors today than maximum security prisoners. This needs to change! 💚💪🗣️🌱☀️
“Simply being out in fresh air, whatever the weather, has been shown to improve mood, reduce stress, improve eyesight and increase physical activity.” #playmatters #outdoorlearning #OutdoorClassroomDay outdoorclassroomday.com/reso…
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Geology will be key to any green transition, but its academic reputation needs an urgent makeover, write geologists. bit.ly/2TUJ5Ak
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Outgoing @DefraChiefScien Prof Sir Ian Boyd issues sobering warning that people 'must consume less' to meet #NetZero and address the #climateemergency #greenersociety #ethicalfinance #sustainablemortgages bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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From start to finish, the #LostWordsProm was both audibly and visually beautiful 🍃
#BBCProms
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Let us know what you’d like either the wildlife trust or other young people to know!!
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I recently took the @GrowingConf interns out to check my #cameratraps for #pinemarten activity but only just got around to looking through the remaining footage. This muntjac doe is the only mammal to venture in front of this cam in a month 😳 #invasivespecies
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Another #cameratrap highlight from recent camera checks with @GrowingConf interns was this lovely #tawny #owl. I thought she had caught a meal but appears to take off with empty talons @ShropsWildlife @WildlifeTrusts
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70% of the UK is agricultural land & #hedgerows offer the safest route for wildlife to travel across farmland. But hedgerows are becoming fragmented. As a result we're seeing a decline in species that depend on them such as hedgehogs, bats & hazel dormice: ptes.org/hedgerow/threats-to…
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Large swathes of the Amazon rainforest are burning.
There have been more than 72,000 fire outbreaks in Brazil so far this year
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5 reasons to use Ecosia instead of Google #maketheswitch
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Tesco promises to ban brands that use excessive packaging businessgreen.com/bg/news/30…
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Excellent work from the @GrowingConf summer interns for baking this amazing #pinemarten cake 😄 @ShropsWildlife
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Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rain forest - the lungs which produces 20% of our planet’s oxygen - is on fire. It is an international crisis. Members of the G7 Summit, let's discuss this emergency first order in two days! #ActForTheAmazon
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As the Amazon rainforest burns, posing a significant threat to life on earth, billionaires around the world shrug, and say if it was a cathedral they might have been inclined to help.
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BAKE SALE TODAY!!
come to st mary’s church in shrewsbury town 11-2 for cakes, cookies and more!! (all money raised in this event will go to helping severndale specialists academy in making a better learning environment for young children) 💗
#cakesale #charity #Shrewsbury #UK
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The natural world contributes to our qulaity of life in more ways than one. Help us protect it, come to our forum on the 23rd August. shropshirewildlifetrust.org.…
