It has been a joy and a privilege to put together this post which explores the activities and achievements of AFON over the course of this year – and what a year it has been! It has allowed me to relive activities and re-read blogs as well as hear from other members about their favourite AFON moments of 2015.
Something happened to me not that long ago that has really stuck with me; for the first time in a very very long time, I got laughed at and called a geek, because of my love of nature.
“…this has become an annual pilgrimage to Stamford at the start of winter to meet with a diverse range of people from all over the UK (and a few from overseas).”
After enduring the most dismal six months of weather I have ever lived through working in the lowlands of Scotland, I arrived on what would be the first of an entire month (for the most part) of gloriously hot, clear September days at Dundreggan estate, the operational heartland of Trees For Life. A charity with a remarkable long-term re-wilding focus and the goal of ‘restoring the Caledonian forest’.
Earlier this week, representatives from A Focus On Nature and 25 other conservation organisations attended the launch of the Response for Nature:England report.
Island Life – my conservation story so far – Morgan Vaughan
Anyone who is gearing their career towards the conservation or environmental preservation sector will be fully aware from the off, it’s not an easy road. In this day and age where jobs in conservation are like gold dust and everybody wants to work outdoors, the stakes are high and the competition fierce.