Bright Green Nature is a nature restoration charity based in the Scottish Borders.
We are thrilled to launch our new website with a special gift for you – a Mindful Minute from Deer Park. Please take a moment to pause, breathe, and immerse yourself in the peace of this beautiful place. Notice how it makes you feel and let nature’s calm inspire you.
Our aim is to empower and enable communities to protect nature in the places they love and to restore and protect rare and vulnerable habitats.
We work exclusively at small scale and grass roots level, working alongside communities to restore the places that they value.
We rely on the help of our valued volunteers and partners to achieve our ambitions.
Get in touch to learn how you can join us and help to make a difference.
We restore and protect the health and resilience of natural ecosystems, by:
Restoring, protecting and connecting habitats to conserve and improve abundance and resilience of native biodiversity
Restoring and protecting ecosystem function, health and resilience
Supporting and conducting research into ecosystem restoration practices; dissemination and interpretation of results to benefit nature and people
We connect and engage people with nature, by:
Improving the connectivity of people with Nature so that they are motivated to protect it
Making nature accessible to all; reaching new audiences through using nature to connect with people in innovative ways
Connecting people with their natural and cultural heritage to understand its importance in shaping how we understand nature and how we live with nature in the future
Empowering communities and individuals to learn new nature based skills and knowledge, to improve wellbeing and employability
Our Disrupters have a busy few months ahead of them as they continue to make a difference to their 🌎.
Thanks to a micro grant from the University of Edinburgh | Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability we launched our Disrupting Food Waste – Young Changemakers in Action Project yesterday 🤩
First up was a discussion on what food waste is, what it does to the planet, the impact on humans and what we could do to reduce it.
Next we watched the documentary Just Eat it to extend our understanding of food waste globally 😮
The second part of yesterday’s session ( and by far the most fun 😉) was hosted by Fraser from Bright Green Nature who linked food waste to our local environment and the need for insects, plants and rewilding.
Coming up in the next few weeks we will be working in collaboration with the experts in reducing food waste ( not to mention our friends! ) - Cafe ReCharge CIC so watch this space! 👏🤩
Ever wanted to be a part of scientific research, but didn't know where to start?
Come along to a free introductory-session on biological recording where we'll show the how, why, where and when of biological recording, followed by the opportunity to use sweep netting to put these skills to practice. We'll then move on to pond dipping, where we will dive into the world of pond invertebrates.
This citizen science training is part of Nature Networks: Climate Change, an activity which is supported through the Scottish Government's Climate Engagement Fund. This is a climate engagement project run by Bright Green Nature, SBCAN and The Selkirk Hill Group to raise awareness of the local impacts of climate change.
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We have got a packed programme of hands-on events coming up over the next couple of months as part of the Nature Networks, climate change project in Selkirk. From learning about how nature restoration can help reduce the risk of wildfires, to helping build leaky dams to re-wet areas of Selkirk Hill, we're giving you the chance to get to grips with the impact that climate change is having in our area and help learn about practicaladaptation measures.
Swipe through the photos to see the full list of events.
Folks in the Borders are beginning to realise that the Bright Green Nature team will do pretty much anything when it comes to helping other people who want to help nature.
So when the Jedburgh Grammar Campus teaching staff needed a large bird box (for Tawny Owls) erected they thought.....
Who you gonna call?
Well, obviously - Bright Green Nature!
This bird box had to be fitted at a height of 3m minimum, facing east (sheltered from prevailing winds) and with an unobstructed flight path. Job done, and let's hope some lovely tawney's take advantage of this new home.
