Juanita Browne: Nature is amazing – let’s celebrate it this Biodiversity Week

It’s really important to remind ourselves that nature is still there, still surviving and ready and waiting to gain a foothold wherever it can

Join Ricky Whelan of BirdWatch Ireland for a talk on swifts in Laois this Biodiversity Week

“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make-believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise.” ― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac 

How sad is that quote? But talk in-depth to any ecologist and you can sense the ‘eco-grief’ or ‘eco-anxiety’ they have about the planet or the species or habitat they study and its uncertain future. Unfortunately along with a love of nature, comes the sadness of knowing what has already been changed, lost or may be lost in the future.