Can you imagine a world without spiders? This is the question Caroline Chapman is asking to local primary schools in an assembly from November and December. Take spiders out of our food chain and our ecosystem would face collapse from pest population explosion, crop failure and famine. From bug hotels to hedgehog palaces, wildflower meadows to tree planting, school biodiversity initiatives really do matter!
Following on from Halesworth ASH Climate Action Workshop in September, in which local parishes gathered to join together to scope out a Biodiversity Action Plan, Caroline, from Halesworth ASH is engaging pupils about the importance of their small actions to preserving biodiversity – not only here but all over the world.
Pupils learn that our local Biodiversity Action Plan matters to England’s Environment Improvement Plan, which matters to Europe’s Biodiversity Strategy, which matters to the worldwide Convention on Biological Diversity which matters to the largest international summit in the world, COP 31, currently taking place in Turkey.
Inspired by Halesworth-born famous botanist, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, pupils learn about his study of plants and their importance to worldwide ecology. So far Caroline has introduced this question to schools Wenhaston, Holton St Peter, and Ilkeshall. Children naturally understand the importance of conservation and preserving biodiversity for preventing climate change and securing a sustainable future. And the importance of spiders!
For more information or to book Caroline – contact halesworthash@gmail.com
Thanks to locality funding …..
