Making the most of the sunshine!
Last week during the mini heatwave, we decided to go for a walk to Victoria Park. Since coming on the initial open day at the University of Leicester I’ve always thought it was lovely to have a campus in such close proximity to nature. It reminded me of home. I took my laptop and […]
Battling nature – the fight to save Vicky Park Pond
It’s a widely-used narrative: humanity vs. nature. Man vs. crocodile, little town vs. big tornado, riverside town vs. flooding river, farmer vs. pests. In modern western society we’re prone to putting ourselves outside of nature, that we are separate, superior to other species and the ’empty wilderness’. We treat the planet as our rightful property, extract resources from the […]
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