I have often found myself observing an animal and pondered what it’s like for them to experience life. Never, I must admit, have I given any thought to physically attempting to live as one. Charles Foster however, did just that in his book Being a Beast.
#CumbriaWildlifeMedia
The purpose of his experiment was to better understand the life’s of non-human animals. In doing so he took it upon himself to display the behaviours of a few selected species, while also attempting to fully emerge himself in their world to ‘become the animal’
My first thoughts regarded the success of his findings. We don’t yet know the cognitive ability of such species, so don’t know how they process things. Thus, I doubt he is experiencing life like that animal, but plainly experiencing what it is for a human to act as an animal.
However, this could be the closest humans will get to gaining an in-depth perspective of other species lives. In turn, his findings could lead to new approaches to conservation efforts. Although sceptical, I’m intrigued to see what could come from this.

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In my opinion, rewilding is one of the most important things we can do for wildlife. Creating resilient ecosystem diversity is vital for the conservation of an area. In Scotland beavers were reintroduced with high hopes of them aiding in rewilding the land.
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The choice regarding beavers was down to there remarkable ability to naturally rewild an area. Doing so by creating many different habitats that are vital for invertebrates, species know to be essential to ecosystems, as well as improving water quality through daming. #nature Image
Unfortunately, the reintroduced beavers are under threat from conflict. There natural behaviour gets them into bother with agriculture such as when dambed rivers overflow and destroy crops. The number of beavers killed by farmers had been increasing.
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Regenerative farming!
I’ve recently been reading James Rebanks, English pastoral. I have to admit upon first hearing of his book I had little knowledge regarding the recent dramatic changes within farming. Rebanks however, makes clear the issues regarding modern day farming. Image
The constant increase in food demand resulted in rapid changes to traditional farming. Resulting in the overuse of harsh pesticides and machines. Regenerative farming works in opposition. It’s purpose, to farm ethically and sustainably without the use of damaging practices.
Climate change is no doubt our most troubling challenge to overcome. Yet, regenerative farming is known to effectively reduce carbon emissions and has the potential to stop the climate crisis.
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