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Our relationship with our natural surroundings creates a sense of place, identity and belonging. And if this strange year has taught us anything, it’s that we need to live in a more holistic way: to design urban green spaces, to rewild, to make use of pockets of unused land, and to create wildlife corridors where nature can continue to feel safe and untouched. Research now suggests that in 2020 there was a drop in seismic noise — the hum of vibrations on the Earth’s crust — as transport networks and industry ground to a halt.
At rakesprogress, we’re still adjusting to this new world order, but, as you can see, the magazine is still here, more profuse in pages — and we’d like to think — better than ever. So, here is volume 12, a bumper issue to make up for its absence this summer. It’s not a lockdown issue, but it is filled with some of the lessons learned over the last six months. We look at birdsong, deserted playgrounds and lockdown flowers. We talk to the forensic scientist who solves crimes using her knowledge of pollen and botany. We meet Masami-Charlotte Lavault, who bravely set up Paris’ first flower farm in an old graveyard. We ask Dan Pearson about his 20-year involvement with the Tokachi Millennium Forest, and discover how he fell in love with Japan and the Japanese sensitivity to nature. There is magic in this attention to detail, to the forensic examination of nature.
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DESCRIPTION ABOUT REVIEWS Our British made recycled 100% wool blanket is made from all the excess material and yarn leftover from the production of other blankets, creating an eco-friendly British made...
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DESCRIPTION ABOUT REVIEWS This amazing go-to pot of happiness is a 100% natural multi-purpose healing and beauty balm. A cult product crammed with yarrow, the hero herb used for centuries...
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DESCRIPTION ABOUT REVIEWS> The coconut oil and baking soda base in this Fat and The Moon deodorant cream are a bacteria checking dynamic duo. Mixed with the moisture absorbing properties...
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DESCRIPTION ABOUT REVIEWS The sheer work and amount of skill that goes into creating each one of these fair trade Jute macrame tote bags is amazing. Macrame is a form...