Life at All Scales
Examining nature at all scales is the theme of this year’s meeting – come along and be inspired and challenged in equal measure.
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New Networks and the Green Party New Deal
Our annual conference, Nature Matters, brings people together from a variety of backgrounds in the arts, sciences and conservation. Over three days we listen to each other, see the world from different angles and celebrate nature as a community of fellow-travellers. We know that many new ideas and plans are sparked when different worlds come
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The Shock of the New Nature Writing
A surprising and wonderful development in the last fifteen years or so has been the resurgence in Britain of the nature writing genre. By this I mean literary nature writing – books, articles and newspaper columns (important in this genre) – as distinct from nature guides and scientific natural history for the general reader. Literary
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The Jewel of the North is Finished!
The spectacular Tansey beetle mural is finished and on display in York
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Raising the Hare – A film by Bevis Bowden
RAISING THE HARE TO BE SCREENED AT NATURE MATTERS 2019: TIME FOR NATURE I am excited to announce that Raising the Hare will be shown as part of Nature Matters 2019: Time for Nature on Saturday 2nd November in York. To mark this screening the film has been re-worked with new footage. “I thought I could almost see myself in
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This Wild Land
Yorkshire Dales National Park In this year’s programme we have a session dedicated to upland Britain. Taking three different perspectives, we will give a flavour of the wonder and the complexity surrounding these high profile (forgive the pun) landscapes. For some, the uplands of Britain represent a forbidding wildness. Away from the safety of the
Hidden Art
Tim Birkhead on the wonders of ancient art, explored in this year’s New Networks for Nature Confernece
Tansy beetle in search of real estate to create lasting eco legacy in York
An artist is searching for a space in the city centre to create a lasting eco art mural, featuring a giant green beetle. The tansy beetle is a creepy-crawlie jewel in the city of York’s crown. Until recently, this startlingly beautiful insect faced extinction in the UK and our flood-prone river banks were the only
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2018 New Networks Round-Up by Jeremy Mynott
Jeremy Mynott, one of the founders of New Networks for Nature, gives us his take on this year’s 10th anniversary meeting.
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