LIBRARY
A brief selection of resources, organisations and ideas to learn from.
Read
A selection of books that have influenced this project:
A field guide to the British Countryside by Alfred Leutscher
England on Fire by Stephen Ellcock
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside? by Guy Shrubsole
Making Sense of the Place Names of The Lake District by David Watson
Nature of Snowdonia by Mike Raines
Practising Place: Creative and Critical Reflections on Place editied by Elaine Speight
The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley
Time on Rock by Anna Fleming
The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett-Carnac
Underland by Robert Macfarlane
Weird Walk zine series
Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You editied by Nick Hayes and Jon Moses
Listen
Black Earth - Black Earth Podcast
Buried - BBC Radio 4
Eco Chamber - Environmental Data Services
Finding Our Way: Diverse Outdoor Voices - BMC
Folk on Foot - Matthew Bannister
Naturebang - BBC Radio 4
PhotoFutures: Photography and Sustainability (round table discussion) - Impressions Gallery
Rare Earth - BBC Radio 4
The Long Time Academy - Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios
The Joy Report - Intersectional Environmentalist
The Nature Of - Atmos
Watch
Adra | Pertex (53 mins)
Outdoors For All (subtitled) | BMC TV (5 mins)
The Lakes: Wild Once More | Wild Haweswater (11 mins)
The Landscape Project | Malham Cove and Gordale Scar | BMC TV (8 mins)
The Wanderlust Women | BMC TV (7 mins)
The Wood Wide Web - with Dan Snow | Friends of the Earth (2 mins)
Why are Dinorwic Slate Quarry's historical Welsh names so important? | Tudur Owen: What's in a name? (3 mins)
Visit + support
Volunteer + act
Friends of the Earth - Local groups, petitions and resources
Good to Grow - Community gardens
One Earth - Climate solutions at home
Right to Roam - local groups, rights and actions
Surfers Against Sewage - Campaign, clean and protect/monitor water quality
The British Mountaineering Council - Roles in your local area and conservation days
The Rivers Trust - Support your local group and river
The Wildlife Trusts - Help at home, citizen science, community hub and local opportunities
Trash Free Trails - Resources for trail cleaning and citizen science
Woodland Trust - Natures Calendar recording
Pay attention to the life around you, join or start your own community group, protest and put pressure on the government and big capitalist companies!