This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Is a Gardening Organisation the Right Body for Encouraging an Appreciation of Biodiversity in English Schools?
Any attempt to improve the knowledge of and appreciation of biodiversity and nature in English schools, must be welcomed. However, the partnership, between the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS); the Natural History Museum (NHM) and the Department for Education has several odd features (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/23/schoolchildren-in-england-to-learn-about-biodiversity-in-new-rhs-project). RHS is basically a gardening organisation. Gardeners have been responsible for many introductions of many problematic alien species into the UK. It's actually a bit worrying that an anticipated awards ceremony for participants is tentatively scheduled for the Royal Chelsea Flower Show. Encouraging bioiversity isn't simply becoming more effective gardeners. The NHM is very good on species identification. It's uncertain how much time, however, its operatives would have to spend on the masses of specimens collected from the proposed school-associated 'nature parks' across England. Mapping the anticipated bidiversity in these 'green spaces' (especially, if newly-created), also may not prove to be especially meaningful in a UK-wide sense. It also seems more than a little 'Londoncentric'.
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Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.
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Greater spearwort ( Ranunculus lingua ) has been used in traditional medicine to treat rheumatism, skin conditions and digestive problems.
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Daily shots of my fully compostable Oyster mushroom pot, received for Christmas. Omelettes ahoy!
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