Nature is Dying. It’s time to rewild!
Wild Card is a grassroots movement challenging Britain’s biggest landowners to rewild their land before it’s too late. Will you join us today and help us play the wild card?
BRING BACK OUR ANCIENT WOODLANDS
REWILD THE GHOST WOODS
Across England our ancient woodlands lie smothered beneath regimented rows of timber plantations. Now is our only chance to bring back these ghost woods. If we delay they will be lost forever.
We began our campaign by searching for the ghosts of ancient woodlands in sites across England. Next, led by a giant lemon slug called Mal, we staged a Slugrising, taking our 145,000+ petition to DEFRA. Now we need your help to continue the fight for ancient woodland restoration. Find out more and join the growing demand for action!
GETTING BACK TO THE GARDEN
REWILD THE CHURCH
The Church Commissioners of England steward over 100,000 acres of UK land—presenting both a responsibility and a remarkable opportunity to protect and restore nature. That’s why, alongside members of the Church community, we’re calling for 30% of their land to be rewilded by 2030.
Our new report, Getting Back to the Garden, sets out what a practical, financially sound and legally robust pathway to 30by30 for the Church Commissioners could look like. Endorsed by leaders in economics, conservation and land policy including Sir Partha Dasgupta, Isabella Tree, Deborah Meaden and Professor Ian Bateman, the report demonstrates that the Church Commissioners has the opportunity, the resources, and the mandate to take action at scale.
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THE GHOST WOODS video zine
In the pages of this zine you will find reflections from artists spanning the width and breadth of Britain, each of whom care deeply for our Ghost Woods.
Art is one of the most powerful tools for creating change and we hope that this collection will inspire you to see your woodlands with fresh eyes.
FROM OUR BLOG
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Landmark legal opinion supports the Church Commissioners to go further for creation care
A landmark legal opinion has confirmed that the Church Commissioners for England need not feel inhibited from going further in their care for creation. The opinion confirms that they face no legal barrier to adopting “30by30” nature restoration targets – indeed, there are sound moral and theological imperatives for them to do so.
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Rewilding Species of the Month – The Golden Eagle
In 2016, the last Golden Eagle in England passed away. It was in reading Lee Schofield’s book ‘Wild Fell’ that I was first introduced to the plight of this incredible species, as well as the importance of rewilded landscapes to their survival.
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What does the Bible say about Rewilding?
As Rewild the Church asks the Church Commissioners to rewild 30% of their land by 2030, guest author Rev Jules Middleton asks the question What would a theology of rewilding look like? What does the Bible say that might help us make a case for nature protection?
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