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May 18, 2021

Winter Wonderland

Emma’s Monthly Blog – a Youth Participant from Circle of Life Rediscovery 2013. New Year. New Beginning. It only felt like last week that Christmas was around the corner. It’s amazing how fast time flies, January is nearly over! I love January, there’s something about the freshness of the first month of the new year that brings a smile to my face. The air is cold. The wind is chilly. The frost is thick. Your
Nicola Chester’s top tips for getting yourself and your family closer to nature: What worked for Nicola as a child • Spend some time just being outdoors no pressure because you’re not ‘doing’ anything. • Gardening, walking a dog, photography, collecting – finding a new way. • Find new ways! Raise butterflies and tadpoles. • Keep a diary of what you see. • There’s nothing like the buzz of discovering something for yourself. You don’t
“I NEVER TOOK IT FOR GRANTED, but nature was always in my life: I loved it, need it and it defined me. Somehow it made a connection with everything else. As a child, we walked a lot. Not having a car, my mother was resourceful and independent and could find her way home from anywhere. Having a dog ensured good, long walks were a necessity whatever the weather and we did simple things: we played

May 18, 2021

Volunteer for CLR!

Volunteer for CLR! https://eepurl.com/ubfSD Interested in Volunteering for Circle of Life Rediscovery, Outdoor Learning Specialist? Get in touch! [email protected]
The introductory speech for the launch of the film Call of the Wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmKOyFJCzqs Written by Emma, a young person who participated in the project. I’ve been asked to write a speech today about the woodland projects in partnership with CAMHS and Circle of Life Rediscovery. I want to share with you what these woodland projects mean to me. The over-riding feeling that I get when being in the woods is FREEDOM. I’m sure I’m not
Eco-philospher Joanna Macy from “The Work That Reconnects”, talking about the concept of a Great Turning.

May 18, 2021

A Poem, for you.

A poem written by a young woman who participated in the Call of the Wild project about her year, 2012. The end of 2012 is fast approaching, could this have been the worst year yet? So much has happened… So many laughs yet so many tears, so many positives, yet so many negatives. The dominating question in my head is why? I thought 2012 was supposed to be the best year yet? I had entered