#622: Sierian Sumner on eco-literacy

Sierian Sumner has written a useful post for 'The Conversation'.

She works at UCL.

The article makes some useful points about the GCSE Natural History and its draft subject content which is up for consultation.

#564: Routes Journal - a special issue

Routes is a journal which features articles by students.

Volume 5 Issue 2 is now published, and is a special issue on young rewilders. Check out the articles on the links below. Well done to all those who have contributed to this special issue.

Editorial Introduction: Young People and Rewilding

By Oscar Hartman Davies (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and Jonathon Turnbull (Durham University)

by Routes10/04/2026

Essays

Turning back the clock or facing the future? Rewilding’s alternative conception of time and the potential for social justice

By Alfie Wraith (University of Cambridge)

by Routes10/04/2026

BIG FISH, BIG TIME: Exploring more-than-human temporal affect with respect to sturgeon

By Jessica Barker-Wren (University College London)

by Routes11/04/2026

Restoring forests in a changing world: the ash dieback crisis

By Haoran Wu (University of Oxford)

by Routes11/04/2026

The role of young people in the UK species reintroduction movement

By Șeniz Mustafa (The Ealing Beaver Project)

by Routes11/04/2026

Rewilding Research: Exploring young people’s perceptions of nature, identity and home

Ben Harris and Eden Sedman (Rewilding Youth)

by Routes11/04/2026

Balancing radical and sustainable rewilding: A case study of London’s urban future through the Neighbourhood Mobility Map Guide

Trisha Mehta (Royal College of Art School of Design)

by Routes11/04/2026

Rewilding and complex human-nature relationship in cities: Ecological parks in Chengdu, China

Ruoyan Zhu (Hong Kong Baptist University)

by Routes11/04/2026

Blue rewilding and nature-inclusive design: Offshore wind farms as anchors for marine biodiversity recovery in the UK

Prerena Balu (Newcastle University)

by Routes11/04/2026

#489: From 'Inside Worthing'

Dinosaurs and the Theory of Evolution? Absolutely

The sort of climate change alarmism that teachers will no doubt be pushing in the Natural History GCSE? Maybe not so much

Matilda Cutting, age 16 - in Inside Worthing pic.twitter.com/qQbCaO3dL2

— Sussex Globe (@SussexGlobe) August 8, 2025

#482: Slow Ways Crowdfunder

This could be a useful context for work outside the classroom, and mapping routes to wildlife, wildflowers, woodlands and other habitats. Students could get involved in mapping the routes.

I've blogged about Slow Ways before.

You have until the end of August to join in with the Slow Ways Crowdfunder to fund the next stage of development and get some benefits in return. Details are here.

Where we’re coming from

Thanks to thousands of people we’ve already created a Slow Ways national walking network with 140,000km of routes that connect all of Britain’s towns, cities and national landscapes.

We’ve proven the idea. Now it’s time to take it to the next level.

Where we’re going

With your support we’ll help millions of people to find, follow and enjoy great routes that match their diverse interests and needs - making places more enjoyable and inclusive in the process.

We'll make the network much bigger and better, add more ways of getting around, enable groups and organisations to share routes for communities and develop website and app to make it all happen.

Slow Ways routes will always be publicly available and free for everyone to follow and enjoy.

We’ll be introducing memberships for people and groups that would like to support our work. In return, we’ll give you extra benefits, features and powers.

For less than the cost of a pair of walking socks and few coffees, as an individual member you’ll be able to enjoy special member-only benefits, including:

✔︎ Better features and functionality - See the table below!
✔︎ A growing calendar of talks, podcasts, meet-ups and workshops
✔︎ Votes on what we develop next

Community organisation members will additionally get:

✔︎ Tools to collaboratively develop route collections and networks
✔︎ Training, talks, workshops, newsletters, podcasts and online forums
✔ Public profile on the platform, with the same abilities as individuals