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I have a plot on a community allotment, where we have a space we've left 'wild' although we're trying to manage the levels of bracken on it. I've really gotten behind the knepp estate after listening to their podcast and reading their book.

Geoff Lawton's 'greening the desert' project is extremely interesting and viable. Growing food in cities is catching on. The Garth Hillside Organic Garden is an outstanding example of volunteer-driven permaculture, local to me. Small farms and orchards are popping up everywhere. Turning disused buildings to indoor food growing is certainly worth investigating. RSPB do so much to protect land from destructive development. Introducing schools to gardening is a great idea. Conservation and habitat creation are the way to go. Rewilding is equally worth pursuing. The 'slow the flow' movement are working hard to reduce lowland flooding by upland reforesting. Permaculture is a force for good.

Cloud forest reigns everywhere and dominates the landscape. The built environment is integrated lovingly within it. There are no more bare hills or vast monoculture deserts any more. Careful land management has created systems for harvesting rainwater, catching and storing it from hilltop to lowland. Floods are hugely alleviated, as the ground is now so much more absorbent. The crime of Ecocide has put untold irresponsible billionaires and corporations forever behind bars. Permaculture is the norm. Biodynamic and organic methods are mainstream. We eat far less meat and rely on wild high-welfare animals for what meat we do eat, with a deep respect for these creatures. We are one with nature.

We are part of nature. It's not just a trendy addition to the urban norm, it's who we are and where we come from. I love the sheer diversity of animals and plants and fungi, I marvel at how they have come to be as they are, what they must have gone through to achieve their current form. I feel at peace and greatly healed when I'm out and about in the wild. If it disappeared, well, we'd be dead, and would arrive there in excruciating agony of body mind and spirit.

Land that is currently reserved for privileged recreation like grouse and deer shooting estates has been rewilded. Farming in in the uplands has also been shifted towards supporting nature and more land is left unmanaged. Key species reintroductions like beavers, lynx and bison have altered the habitats available to wildlife and restored degraded ecosystems. We all try to take a more hands off approach to living alongside nature rather than controlling it and we benefit from both ecosystem services and the wellbeing that comes from seeing nature thrive.

I love seeing the plants and animals around me going about their daily errands, either mundane or strange to me. It reminds me that the World is bigger than current events or my immediate concerns.

We are part of nature. It is not something we can choose to dispense with and might 'miss' but can do without. Nature encompasses us and everything we value.

Arkham’s Meadows near Bishop Wilton

The roar of traffic has gone and the air and water is clean and full of life

The sound of insects and birds

Farmers coming together or trying it alone, to protect, restore or create nature on their land. Despite being some of the hardest working people with the responsibility to produce our food, they are committing more and more to nature. support from businesses and government is improving this and should carry on getting better.

I love seeing projects where people are working to enhance the wildlife value of a space. I've seen:
Local people managing the heath near my village.
School children planting flowers for insects at a nature reserve.
My children's school teachers, children and families working to create new pond habitats in the their school grounds.
My family creating wildflower areas in the garden, mini ponds, log piles, hedgehog feeding stations, long grass spaces.
Farmers leaving edges of fields near waterways to minimise runoff to improve water quality.
Rewilding projects on farms that have / are creating amazing spaces for wildlife.
Education projects on beaches to protect nesting birds and seals.

Green space being used for development destruction of natural habitats. Stop building in places already overcrowded use brown sites

I would love to see more wildlife in our country by 2050. I want to see clouds of butterflies; hear a variety of bird calls across the countryside - not just confined to nature reserves; have loads of insects stuck to the front of my car like they used to when I was a child; know that hedgehog populations are thriving; see a variety of wildflowers when walking through the countryside; have quality wildlife rich green spaces in towns and cities. Space needs to be managed to allow wildlife to thrive. Pesticides need to be used less by farmers and possibly not at all by gardeners. The land needs to be viewed as a ecosystem to balance not just space to be exploited.

We have realised that we cannot thrive without nature thriving. And so, protection and restoration has become the first priority with every human project, from development to social justice. We have torn ourselves away from the short-term mindset that cannot account for nature, and by taking a longer view we are able to see nature protection as a sacred investment that ensures the long-term viability of the project which can be enjoyed by the current and future generations alike. Nature isn't seen as a barrier that gets in the way, rather the source of all prosperity that should be nurtured.

I would miss the beauty and meaning of planet Earth that arise from the wonderful harmony of the innumerable and intricate interconnections between all things. The hum of life across a multi-coloured meadow in the height of summer as the bees hurriedly go about collecting nectar and pollinating the flowers to create the next generation, is what I would miss most.
Nature just is, it doesn't ask for anything, it doesn't judge nor condemn. This calms us, gives us perspective and allows us to connect with our true compassionate humanity. Without it we will become lost in ego, self-centredness and anxiety. We are nothing without Nature.