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UK and Ireland Menu
PART
1 - Introduction - your garden and how to help bring back wildlife
PART 2 - Pond life
& how to make a wildlife pond
PART 3 - Mammals,
birds, plants and insects - environment and care
you
are here> PART
4 - Reduce food miles and grow your own fruit and veg
FURTHER
READING - A great selection of wildlife gardening books
Further
information for Schools
The Local Revolution.
Creating and
maintaining a wildlife garden is all about making a positive difference
to the planet, while in turn improving your own well-being - thanks
to the feed-good factor this activity provides. Your contribution
to the environment in this way can significantly add momentum to
the new wave of economics called the "green economy".
By including a final dimension to your wildlife garden, namely an
organic fruit and veg area, you will become part of a pioneering
force that could significantly speed up the green economy towards
a pace which could dramatically slow down planetary destabilisation
caused by Co2 emissions.
The combination of creating a flourishing ecosystem in your garden
alongside an organic vegetable and fruit plot is perfectly feasible.
In fact growing organic fruit and veg is an integral part of wildlife
garden planning, and one of VeggieGlobal's main missions is to encourage
people to think "regional" / "locally grown";
to actively reduce carbon footprints by cutting food miles to the
bare minimum. We wish to encourage all homeowners with gardens to
begin growing their own - and even planning co-operatives with neighbours
so you can freely exchange fruit and veg, depending on what each
garden grows more abundantly.
On these pages we are not currently providing specific tips on what
to grow except to make it clear that wildlife and vegetable patches
can live side-by-side in perfect harmony ... no chemicals or pesticides.
By following some of the philosophy scattered across the pages of
VeggieGlobal, you should find inspiration; to understand how to
blend productivity for human consumption while leaving nature to
do its own thing.
For Schools
& Colleges
We strongly
advise schools and colleges undertaking wildlife projects to include
fruit and vegetable plots as part of their wildlife garden planning.
It is very important that young people are encouraged to associate
the "locally grown" trend with nature - to understand
how flora and fauna of a wildlife garden can coexist with crops
- and with positive results. The positive economical and environmental
impact of changing the way consumers access food, based on regional
(local) production instead of being brought in from long-haul destinations
should be included in this educational program. Explain how food
/ product miles - including packaging - causes extensive Co2 emissions
and provide examples.
More Information
for UK Schools & Colleges Undertaking Wildlife Projects
If you are a
school working on a wildlife project and would like to develop a
wildlife area or garden based on VeggieGlobal's schemes then you
can request further information not currently available on-line.
Contact
us with your details and initial ideas on a wildlife
area and we will try to provide you with further, more customised
help.
Alternatively
find more tips and ideas for a school wildlife garden here
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John O'Donnell (VeggieGlobal.com and Looking-Glass.co.uk)
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UK and Ireland Menu
PART
1 - Introduction - your garden and how to help bring back wildlife
PART 2 - Pond life
& how to make a wildlife pond
PART 3 - Mammals,
birds, plants and insects - environment and care
you
are here> PART
4 - Reduce food miles and grow your own fruit and veg
FURTHER
READING - A great selection of wildlife gardening books
Further
information for Schools
More Related
Areas
Sharing
This Planet With The Animals - a useful guide to
help you live side by side with your animal friends.
UK and Ireland
may also wish to visit the Wildlife
Files section here at VeggieGlobal for more advice
about wildlife friendly gardens.
The
dotCOMpassionZone here
at VeggieGlobal provides you with a selection of books, DVDs and
interactive programmes relating to animals, nature and humanitarian
reference. There is also a childrens section.
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