Saving England's most threatened species from extinction
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1st March 2021
JESS PUGH Personally, I have lots of interests including art and nature. I have always enjoyed creating artwork and I find that drawing or painting a natural scene helps me appreciate the complex and beautiful world that we live in. My adoration of this world is what makes me want to protect it so much...
Read more22nd February 2021
JOEL ASHTON I am fortunate to have, through my business, designed, created and implemented wildlife havens in gardens, nature reserves and green spaces for around 15 years. This of course brings me closer to nature on a regular basis and allows me to see the impact that gardening with nature in mind, not against it,...
Read more27th March 2020
We Are A Many-Bodied Singing Thing is a new anthology of speculative poetry and fiction, inspired by endangered species and the people saving them. Download it for free and watch the virtual launch below! Anthology: WEB VERSION - We are a many-bodied singing thing Virtual Launch: watch it here. The things that give me the...
Read moreAs an artist in residence with Back from the Brink, I’ve had the joy of coming up with five projects exploring and celebrating the incredible conservation work being done – including a new anthology of speculative poetry and fiction, lanterns which spoke to endangered moths, a collaborative artwork celebrating the Black-tailed Godwit, and a fanzine...
Read more16th March 2020
This year, the Back from the Brink travelling exhibition will be travelling across England to a range of different spaces - from the Great North Museum: Hancok in Newcastle, to the Custard Factory in Birmingham. ‘What on earth is the Back from the Brink travelling exhibition’, I hear you cry! It all started two years...
Read more3rd December 2019
Making a Shrill Carder Bee Kazoo You Will Need: scissors, a drinking straw (preferably biodegradable material), two small rubber bands and one larger, thicker one, plus two lollipop sticks. Pens for decoration - optional. cut 2 pieces of straw about 1 inch/2cm in length take the larger rubber band and put it around 1 lolly...
Read more5th November 2019
We recently ran a creative workshop as part of our Pine Marten Project to make feeder boxes for Pine Martens at National Trust's Cragside in Northumberland. What exactly are feeder boxes? They are wooden boxes which can be filled with food, such as peanuts, and installed on a tree. A camera trap can be trained...
Read more10th October 2019
Call out for Sci-Fi/Speculative Poetry and Fiction Inspired by Endangered Species We need YOU to imagine a future for the plants and animals in England! Writing has always helped us to imagine possibilities for ourselves and the world around us. We need your imagination to support two projects saving endangered species: the Willow...
Read more27th September 2019
Wax-zine lyrical about the Shrill Carder Bee I was fortunate to be able to spend one bright Saturday in September on a hilltop in Kent, overlooking Whitstable and the mouth of the Thames Estuary. The sky was a beautiful rich blue and the sun beat down over a swathe of golden grasses, parched by a...
Read more24th September 2019
This was a rolling activity open to families and adults. On arrival, families were encouraged to research and explore the wild flowers and plants on site accompanied by Lizzie Cooke from Plantlife, and the Creative Activity Journal we had devised and printed. Back in the workroom they developed their sketches and drawings with Sarah Jane...
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