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People in the UK today often need to relearn how to be connected to nature – something which should come so instinctively.  This is why access to nature is so important and why it needs to start at a young age.  It’s not just good for nature connectedness, it’s good for your child’s health too:…

The announcement of Labour’s first budget has serious implications for every area of society; from schools to defence, farming to train tickets. Prior to the release of the budget there were widespread fears that there would be cuts of £100 million to DEFRA’s nature-friendly farming budget, primarily focused on the Environmental Landscape Management Scheme (ELMs).…

We have the well-known accounts of creation in Genesis 1 and 2, andagain in Proverbs 8 and in the book of Job, marvelling at the wonder andgoodness of creation. We have psalms that speak of the earth declaring the glory of God, ofthe trees and the fields clapping their hands. Of God’s care and concernfor…

The webinar was very well-attended, with about 350 people joining us to see how we can drive forward this campaign into tangible outcomes. Building off an amazing legacy from the Church that has already fully divested and set a net zero target, as well as the 100 acre nature restoration project started by the Church…

What is the Rewild The Church campaign? The Rewild the Church Campaign is a movement of people within the Church and beyond, asking the Church Commissioners to commit to rewilding 30% of their land by 2030 – the target set by the UN, and committed to by the UK Government, to help avert the interminable…

The weekend after our action at St Paul’s Cathedral, most of the Wild Card team headed up to Langholm for a weekend to be together in person, without managing a large crowd and photographers, to dream into the future, and to gain inspiration from visiting the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve.

We were blessed with the weather. Planning an action for October in London, and especially by the Thames was a potential disaster, but the sun was shining and the breeze light. The gathering together is my favourite part of an action, as the energy rises, and people arrive, bringing children, dogs, music and colour with…

On the very day we marched to St Paul’s Cathedral, Archbishop Justin Welby issued this statement. We at Wild Card applaud the Archbishop’s clear and positive response to our campaign calling for 30% of Church land to be rewilded by 2030. We’re delighted that he “welcomes the initiative” and shares our concerns around biodiversity decline.…

The Christian tradition has often taken one particular biblical text as its guide for tackling ecological issues: Genesis 1:28. This passage’s divine instruction states that humans should “fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that…