It’s lastly correct proper right here, 4th October is World Animal Day — and at present is the day that ‘Connections With Nature: 50 moments of assembly the wild’, our Wildlife Blogger Crowd e e guide is formally accessible to purchase.
I’m excited to share that from at present, the primary £100 from e e guide product gross sales could also be donated to World Land Notion, to buy an acre of rainforest, to be protected all through the title of the Wildlife Blogger Crowd.
I’m furthermore partnering with Talek Fundamental School Narok South, Kenya, via a member of our Wildlife Blogger Crowd neighborhood, Jack Lekishon, to make the most of our books to assist assist teaching at a time when rural communities all through the Maasai Mara have been affected by Covid-19 outbreaks and a subsequent meals disaster as a consequence of lack of revenue via tourism. On my retailer web internet web page, there’s an choice to buy a e e guide to donate to this Fundamental School in Kenya.
Concerning the Connections With Nature anthology
“This e e guide is proof that it could take just a few phrases to steer us to, and be touched by, nature’s magic.” Virginia McKenna OBE, Born Free Co-Founder and Trustee
On this model new anthology; Connections With Nature: 50 moments of assembly the wild, be a part of the collective of nature-loving storytellers, generally often known as ‘The Wildlife Blogger Crowd’, on a journey to meet the wild.
By 50 tales of memorable moments with nature, this anthology serves to remind us of the wonders of the pure world, some nice advantages of growing connections with wildlife and wild areas, and highlights how our lives are usually way more entwined with ‘the wild’ than we would instantly realise.
The e e guide’s foreword is written by presenter, photographer and filmmaker Jonathan Scott ‘The Giant Cat Man’, and the epilogue contributed by Virginia McKenna OBE, Founding father of the Born Free Basis.
Fully totally different notable contributors to Connections With Nature: 50 Moments of Assembly the Wild embody: Kate Stephenson (e e guide creator and editor), Will Travers OBE, Bella Lack, Tiffany Francis-Baker, Hannah Rudd, Joe Harkness (Hen Therapy), and loads of additional.
Barry Madden reminds us how we’ll all improve our lives with minimal worth and vitality, as rapidly as we step away from the present show; Tiffany Francis-Baker marvels on the Moon; seven-year-old Benjamin Fallow evaluation the small print of a Barn Owl feather; and Alicia Hayden evokes the spectacle of the ‘moorland fairground’ at nightfall, with cowl illustrations by artist Chloé Valerie Harmsworth.
Connections in circumstances of Covid
The Wildlife Blogger Crowd was established in 2020, from a must create a wildlife and nature weblog neighborhood devoted to supporting each other, sharing articles, organising collaborations, asking questions, and searching for new like-minded associates, occupation choices and mentors.
Kate Stephenson says; “The course of all individuals’s life modified in 2020. I decided all by means of that point, that if I couldn’t get out and uncover the world; have the benefit of its wild picks and write about it myself, then I need to ship the world to me and share in quite a few individuals’s natureful experiences by making a worldwide neighborhood of wildlife storytellers.”
“After 10 years of working a weblog, and persistently reaffirming the ability of storytelling, my imaginative and prescient for The Wildlife Blogger Crowd obtained proper right here from a must create a secure area for wildlife and nature bloggers to share posts, be a part of discussions and assist utterly totally different content material materials supplies creators in our mixed set off.”
“Because of the Wildlife Blogger Group grew and connections between members grew to show into stronger, plans for a printed e e guide started to formulate. A chance to provide each member the prospect to earn a byline as a printed creator, and attain new audiences with their message.” View a full doc of contributors correct proper right here.
“By encouraging individuals of all ages to share their love of the pure world alongside collectively along with her non-public distinctive model of vitality and enthusiasm, ingenuity and creativity, Kate is collaborating in a priceless half in reconnecting individuals to the marvel and pleasure that all amongst us can uncover in Nature. We merely should open our eyes and start the journey.” Jonathan Scott, zoologist, wildlife photographer and tv presenter, acknowledged for his work on Giant Cat Diaries and Giant Cat Tales.
“On this fascinating and really personal e e guide, lots of the writers have given us a glimpse of their inside beliefs; their views on individuals who exploit and disrespect animals; their pleasure as they watch bugs busily exploring the verges of roads or seabirds swooping over the ocean. Perhaps, what struck me most of all, was the realisation of the gratitude so lots of the authors felt in course of untamed creatures and wild locations. Is that this the opposite facet of the Covid coin?” Virginia McKenna OBE, Born Free Co-Founder and Trustee
Which may be purchased from: www.thewildlifebloggercrowd.com
Be a part of us for The ‘Connections With Nature’ On-line E-book Launch
You’re invited to affix us for a selected, digital night of poetry, reside music and reflections on the wonders of nature from a few of our neighborhood of wildlife storytellers.
The occasion was first aired as a free reside stream by the Wildlife Blogger Crowd on Monday 4th of October 2021, World Animal Day to rejoice our Connections With Nature!