A Burning World

Our world is on fire, and so even more essential habitat will be lost and ecosystems destroyed or fragmented. This means populations of species will be struggling even more to survive and stay healthy. We can push for changes to the systems of the human world, but these can take a long time to get going, and so many people either can't or don't want to change. It can feel as if we are helpless in the face of it all. But we can use our towns to create refugias and corridors for the natural world. By planting native species in urban gardens and parks, even within the more formal flower beds of our public buildings, we can help insects and birds and small mammals find a foothold again. These wilder urban areas can join up populations across our countryside.

Here in Sussex there is a wonderful project called Weald to Waves which seeks to create a biodiversity corridor from the High Weald to the coast. You can register your own garden on their website and they will take you through how to wild it step by step.