A couple of days after the final adult volunteer session, it was the turn of the children to show us how to create meadows. On October 9th, Buglife and Urban...
04/11/2014
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Strictly Bug Dancing
Buglife Vice President Steve Backshall is an intrepid explorer, but he has probably never before done anything quite as brave as entering the national arena of Strictly Come Dancing. So...
31/10/2014
Meadow creation, the people power way
On the 7th October the volunteers of Urban Roots completed the preparation of the Toryglen meadow through grass clearance and seed sowing. Using rakes, chromes, forks and wheelbarrows, we scarified...
29/10/2014
The Drugs (Neonicotinoids) Don’t Work 5
New scientific evidence from the US Government further emphasises that Neonicotinoids simply do not improve crop yields. While in the UK, the NFU and friends continue to try, using anecdotes...
20/10/2014
The Drugs (Neonicotinoids) Don’t Work 4
Why do farmers buy pesticides when the scientific evidence strongly suggests that some are not cost effective? In previous blogs. I suggest that sales success can stem from fear, the need...
10/10/2014
To Kill or Not to Kill, That is the Question 2
Part 2 – I didn’t mean it We all do it, we all kill bugs, but what are the ethics of doing so? In ‘Part 1 – The Value of...
03/10/2014
The creation continues
Thursday saw the second major piece of work carried out in our creation of the meadow at Toryglen. I went along with nine members of the Urban Roots volunteer group...
26/09/2014
To Kill or Not to Kill That is the Question
Part 1 – The Value of Life We all do it, we all kill bugs, but what are the ethics of doing so. The famous arachnophobe Charlie Brooker wrote eloquently...
26/09/2014
Meadow Creation underway…
Last Thursday we started on the creation of the Toryglen Marvellous Meadow and we made some great progress. Throughout the day eight Urban Roots volunteers combined forces to start preparing...
19/09/2014
Britain’s First Bug Reserve – is OPEN
Something fantastic has happened, something that has taken a decade to achieve – Canvey Wick has been transformed from a brownfield site condemned be developed into a protected and highly...
19/09/2014