Book review – Silent Spring revisited

You may have noticed that I have been blogging on the RSPB website since 1 June – in the run up to the Rio+20 conference of world ‘leaders’ which starts next week. My blog for the RSPB today is about the widespread use of ‘-cides’ – chemical poisons. Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, was published…

Book Review – I love my World by Chris Holland

This book describes itself as ‘the playful, hands-on, nature connection guidebook’ – and so it is. If you spend any time with children out of doors then this book will give you lots of ideas for games, activities and things to talk about with young people. And those young people could be of any age…

Book offer – Simon Barnes’s new book

birdwatching with your eyes closed is Simon Barnes’s new book, published by Short Books.  It’s an introduction to birdsong and if you are a novice bird-watcher then it will help you to be an expert bird-listener. Simon told me that ‘Learning birdsong really has changed the way I see the world. I’d love to help…