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Dr Jane Goodall, DBE at Woburn Safari Park

Woburn Safari Park is delighted to announce that Dr Jane Goodall will be presenting two different talks about her life and work along with book signings. On Saturday the 27th September, Woburn Safari Park is privileged to be able to welcome Dr Goodall to the park for a daytime and evening talk, with the opportunity […]

Energy Activity: Energy Questionnaire

This weeks featured activity is taken from our “bite-sized” activities included as part of the Iceworld Mission. How and where is energy used in your home? The more energy we use, the more greenhouse gases are created contributing to climate change. How can we save energy? Pupils will create Home Energy Questionnaires to print/write out and take home, or […]

From Billions to none

“The wild pigeon, formerly in flocks of millions, has entirely disappeared from the face of the earth…We have given an awful exhibition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. Let us now give an example of wise conservation of what remains of the gifts of nature.” John F Lacey

Energy Activity: What Uses Energy at Home?

Our current featured activity is for our energy series from the Iceworld Mission. It’s a chance to take a look at how and where is energy used in your home? The more energy we use, the more greenhouse gases are created contributing to climate change. How can we save energy? Create a poster listing items that […]

Roots & Shoots International Leadership Event

In 2013 Dr Jane Goodall was invited to give a talk at the St George’s House Annual Lecture in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in the UK. This led to a three-year partnership between Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots and St George’s House, which regularly will be bringing together leading thinkers to discuss issues of […]

Take a closer look…

A colleague of mine was in the news last week after discovering a new species of wasp. Whilst that’s quite interesting, it’s not particularly newsworthy, given the vast number of species yet to be discovered (see my previous blog post on taxonomy). What made this newsworthy was that his discovery wasn’t made in the remote rainforests of Borneo or the amazon – but in a school playground in Kent.

Make a Bee Friendly Garden

This week’s featured activity is all about bees. Bees are a vital part of a garden – without them many flowering plants would not be able to reproduce. The activity gets you building a home for some solitary bee

Give the Birds a helping hand

Our latest featured activity is the next in the series of our Dustbowl activities. If you want to see more birds in your garden, why not use this activity to see how you can help. Throughout the year, birds spend much of their time foraging for food. During winter months especially and the breeding season, […]

Bombiculture

Honeybees have been in the news alot, but what about their cuddly cousin – the bumblebee? They’ve received less attention, perhaps we think that since they don’t produce honey, we can do without them? No bumblebees = no chips!

Newsletter Summer 2014

  Dear R&S Members, Welcome to Summer – finally! And have we got a fun packed edition in store for you. It has been yet another busy period for all our members, not to mention us here at HQ. The Roots & Shoots awards were an outstanding success and for the first time featured a […]