May 18, 2021
How connected to nature are you?
“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]
May 18, 2021
Opening Speech, Call of the Wild
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
May 18, 2021
Joanna Macy on The Great Turning
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
May 18, 2021
Volunteer Feedback from 2012
Why did you volunteer? For the experience, and I wanted to contribute. I am very interested in conversation. I read about CLR and thought it sounded amazing and worthwhile. I wanted to volunteer for the project. I would like to eventually work in this area, and thought this would be a really good experience. To gain experience working with children. As a member of staff, what did you most get out of this programme? It
May 18, 2021
The Value of Nature Connection
In 1992, during the Rio Earth Summit, I was a 23 year old student at Manchester Polytechnic in my final year studying Environmental Management, and co-running Friends of the Earth Rainforest Group. We stood outside the DIY stores with our banners, letting people know about the destruction of the rainforests! It’s hard to imagine that this was 20 years ago. Today it seems, we aren’t much wiser in our behaviour and understanding of the importance
May 18, 2021
Call of the Wild
Over the last 3 years we have reached over 2000 young people and families across woodland days, teenage camp, youth training and leadership programmes, forest schools and family days. Our flagship projects, Call of the Wild and Earthwise, were funded under Natural England’s Access to Nature Grant and MIND’s Ecominds Grant and raised over £160,000 towards creating outdoor opportunities for the most disadvantaged groups in our society. The results show that this kind of work