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The benefits of being in nature; are children losing out?
Rob spoke to Hannah Murray at Talk Radio Europe: Spain a couple of days ago. Listen here Nowadays, less than a quarter of children visit a local patch of green weekly. What sort of damage could this do...
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What do you get out of slowing down and spending time in nature?
Yesterday, I had a very pleasant chat with Sean Moncrieff on NewsTalk Ireland. Listen here We talked in particular about the transformative effect that spending quality time in nature can have. As you...
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Rob and Leo on The Culture Show!
Here is our seven-minute appearance on The Culture Show in all its glory, hope you like it! We talk about Skimming Stones, and why it is that we need to reconnect with nature. If you want more, do...
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The ones that got away II
Continuing the series of pictures we couldn’t use in the book itself, here are some birdies. Click on the images to see them larger and read more…
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Listen for the real twitterati
Our latest column in The Independent is out and this month it’s all about the splendour of birdsong, plus a few suggestions for places where you can catch the dawn chorus line in full voice. Hop on...
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A ‘brilliant book’: The Huffington Post joins the call of the wild
We often receive requests to try to boil down the activities in our book into bite-sized bits of information. The difficulty is that this is somewhat at odds with the ethos of ‘Skimming Stones‘, which...
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Give your kids a present to remember this Easter: nature
Asked to picture our favourite childhood memory, many of us will remember something outdoors, but we may well be the last generation to do so. Ask the same of today’s children and they are likely to...
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Forage for wild food: The Movie!
When Leo and I travelled about the great outdoors trying out the activities in our book Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being in the Wild, we filmed some ‘scrapbook’ videos of our exploits, like this...
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Why re-tread old ground? Holy Island revisited
In our book Skimming Stones and other ways of being in the wildwe talk about the value you can derive from visiting the same spot across the seasons, rather than always plumping for somewhere new. This...
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You are… craving time in the wild
Hands up if you’ve ever skimmed a stone. Chances are you’ve had a go at some point, maybe when you were a kid or holidaying on the coast. What feelings do such memories stir in you? A sense of fun...
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