Lockdown has given me more time at home and the chance to try my hand at growing some of my own food. I live in a small terraced house in south Manchester, so am not blessed with a big garden. I am lucky enough to have a small one though and an alley behind that, both of which get plenty of sun in the summer. It turns out you don’t need to have lots of equipment or space to have a go at growing some tasty veg! If you live a flat, you don’t need any outdoor space - just a sunn

There is a lot of evidence that suggests both people and nature lose out when they do not interact. Being in nature is good for our mental and physical health and people are much more likely to both care about nature and contribute to its protection if they have positive formative experiences in it. Within the conservation sector, the term ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ (NDD) has been coined to describe the growing separation between children and the natural world. I fiercely beli

In this guest post, Gina Maffey from Seedball shares why planting for biodiversity is so important and how we can all play our part in promoting insect health. In the UK alone, we have approximately 40,000 species of invertebrates - animals lacking a backbone - and over 24,000 of these are classed as insects. This incredible level of biodiversity ensures the health of our ecosystems and generally keeps the planet ticking along on a daily basis. So let’s hear it for the creepy

Emily is a conservation and sustainability journalist. She feels passionately about endangered species. You can see her latest work on her blog, Conservation Folks, or follow her on Twitter. As human populations have progressed, industrialised and grown, they have trodden upon areas of the planet once reserved solely for wildlife and the natural ecosystems in which they had peacefully lived. This has lead to local and global extinctions and overall declines in biodiversity. S

Emily is a researcher and writer who currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland. She works for the British Assocation of Nature Conservationists (BANC) and for Capacity, a start-up helping refugees find work in Zurich. She has a PhD in Geography (studying beekeeping knowledge and engagement with science and policy), and a background in biology and conservation. She loves hiking, botanising and painting, and runs a small silk painting company in her spare time. In this piece she e

Lucas Bainbridge, a Sixth Form student from London, shares his thoughts on conservation, why we should protect the natural world and why his generation must act. Lucas has an interest in conservation and is planning to study geography at University; he is volunteering for Action for Conservation. What is conservation? Conservation is the idea that we should not deplete something; whether that be in nature, say an animal or plant, or energy or indeed most quantifiable matter.

Action for Conservation & The Wild Trout Trust were responsible for selecting two UK youth delegates to attend the first IntercontinentalTrout Masterclass in Slovenia in August 2014, hosted and organised by the Continental Trout Conservation Fund with speakers from WWF Austria and Trout Unlimited among others. Our two UK delegates, Tom Bird & Matt Penny, share their experiences: Day 1 - 25th August 2014: It’s all about the marble trout! Day 1 of the ITM answered the question