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Why Nature-Based Learning Matters More Than Ever in a Digital Age

Counterbalancing Digital Dominance In a world where screens dominate both the education and leisure time of our young people, the importance of nature-based learning has never been more relevant.  Forest School, with its child-led, outdoor approach, provides a powerful counterbalance to the digital overload experienced by today’s primary-aged children.  While we support the use of […]

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Nature's awe and wonder: A bee or wasp on a green leaf is about to alight. There is a quote from Henry David Thoreau: nature will bear the closes inspection.

Nature’s Awe And Wonder

What Happened To Awe And Wonder? Have we lost the art of being captivated by the natural world?  Nature’s awe and wonder is there for all to see, we need to take the time to look.  Henry David Thoreau was quoted as saying: ‘Nature will bear the closest inspection.’ What It Looks Like We need

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Buxton based charity the Thomas Theyer Foundation has a connection to Solomon's Temple.

We Need to Talk Talk About Thomas

Connection I worked a professional photographer for over 12 years in a previous career.  By chance one day while visiting Buxton, my wife and I visited the charity shop for the Thomas Theyer Foundation (TTF Website).  This was the beginning of my connection to as a customer of the charity shop.  I donated a framed

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