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A letter from our guest editor

I spent my childhood searching under rocks for centipedes, millipedes,
toads and many other amazing creatures. I filled my days with climbing
trees, building dens, and watching badgers forage and play. I still do! Just this

weekend, I was walking through the parkland at Blenheim Palace in total awe
of the ancient oak trees still growing. I felt connected.

All this relates to biodiversity. It is the variety of plant and animal life on Earth.
It can be a massive habitat like the Amazon Rainforest or a small bucket pond

situated on your school grounds. This is what makes exploring biodiversity so
accessible to us all - and I love it!

This newsletter is all about creating and restoring that connection with
biodiversity and the natural world. That bond is innate in us all and is

particularly strong within young people. David Attenborough famously said:

“People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and
beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and pleasure”.

So let’s use those words and the ideas in this
issue to encourage our young people out into

their school grounds to explore the natural
world, create habitats for creatures big and
small, but most importantly, to connect.

Matthew Bunt - Education Officer for
Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea