As a nation we have failed in protecting our natural environment and wildlife. Over the next 10 years we want to reverse this decline
I was on the Clent Hills in Worcestershire on Friday morning, there to meet the local MP and secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Sajid Javid. This area of National Trust-owned woodland and common is a historic “green lung” for the people of the Birmingham.
When I arrived at 9 am, it was rammed with people there to watch the eclipse; in the course of the morning we saw dog walkers, geography students on a field trip, runners and riders (bikes and horses), and lots of people just out for a stroll on a sunny morning, enjoying the amazing views across to the Black Country and beyond.
Related: National Trust aims to ‘nurse British countryside back to health’
from Environment | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1OrQcYQ
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