Ben Eagle

My Vision for Nature (and Farming)

This post was written for the ‘Vision for Nature’ Campaign being run by ‘A Focus on Nature’, the principal network for young conservationists in the UK. The original can be found on the AFON website. For me, improving the state of nature goes hand in hand with improving land management techniques and engaging with the farmingContinueContinue reading “My Vision for Nature (and Farming)”

What is High Nature Value Farming and why should we support it?

Recently I came across High Nature Value farming (HNV) as an ‘alternative’ approach to looking at the food and environmental sustainability debate. The more I have read the more embarrassed I feel to not have heard about it before. In fact, it has deep roots as an idea and has been European policy for someContinueContinue reading “What is High Nature Value Farming and why should we support it?”

George Monbiot’s Coleridge Lecture 2015

Charismatic, outspoken, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, sheep hater, rewilding proponent, journalist, activist… – all of these words could be used to describe the environmentalist George Monbiot. Yesterday evening I was fortunate enough to be able to attend his most recent lecture in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building at Bristol University, part of the ColeridgeContinueContinue reading “George Monbiot’s Coleridge Lecture 2015”

Focus on…CORNWALL WILDLIFE TRUST

There are 47 Wildlife Trusts in the UK known collectively as the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. On a personal basis I have been involved with just three of these: North Wales, Essex and Avon. For today’s ‘focus on’ post I thought I would look further afield, to Cornwall specifically, to discover the work thatContinueContinue reading “Focus on…CORNWALL WILDLIFE TRUST”

Focusing on…THE ALLERTON PROJECT

Taking part in the Big Farmland Bird Count at the weekend made me more aware of the work of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust and particularly the Allerton Project. This post will be part of a number of blog posts profiling organisations and environmental/conservation projects. According to the GWCT website the aims of theContinueContinue reading “Focusing on…THE ALLERTON PROJECT”