Right to roam: why activists are reviving the mass trespass protests of the 1930s

The recent efforts of countryside access campaigners evoke the Kinder mass trespass of 90 years earlier.

Ben Mayfield, Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University • conversation
May 12, 2022 ~6 min

UK land now stores 7% more carbon than 300 years ago – what that means for the environment

Scientists need to know how much we can rely on the land to offset our emissions.

Jess Davies, Chair Professor in Sustainability, Lancaster University • conversation
April 16, 2021 ~6 min


In a time of social and environmental crisis, Aldo Leopold's call for a 'land ethic' is still relevant

Jan. 11 marks the birthday of conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), who called for thinking about land as a living community to protect, not a resource to exploit.

Curt D. Meine, Adjunct Associate Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison • conversation
Jan. 5, 2021 ~9 min

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