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• London National Park City - https://www.nationalparkcity.london/
• Slow Ways - https://ravenellison.com/portfolio/slow-ways/
• Banksy's artwork is about putting things 'out of place' and this gets people thinking differently about the world
• Guerrilla gardening and Seed Bombs - https://www.guerrillagardening.org/ggseedbombs.html
• Thinking about, and exploring places in different ways
• Chooses slow burn, disruptive, difficult projects
• When I see things not being done I find it hard not to fill those spaces, even if it takes a few years
• Exploration is about asking questions, searching for answers, being curious. It is about taking risks to find those answers
• We are all explorers and subconscious adventurers
• Enjoys asking "What if?" questions
• The UK in 100 seconds - https://vimeo.com/291108273
• Some of the best things that have happened comes from ridiculous ideas
• Slow Ways - a network of walking routes connecting Britain's towns and cities
• We have 200,000km of access routes in the UK, but they are often neglected now.
• What if we reimagined all these footpaths to make them more useful once again?
• 7000 routes mapped out by 700 volunteers. These can be daisy-chained together.
• If there is a choice between a high route and a low route, the option in Slow Ways should always be the low, easy route.
• 15,000 species, 8 species of bats, one of the most biodiverse regions of the country: Greater London
• Every recognised habitat has national parks - why not cities too?
• We need to recognise the value of urban landscapes and not treat them as less important
• The soft power of love and caring for wildlife can make a big difference to wildlife
• Do Nothing for Nature - great campaign idea: https://makelifebetter.nationalparkcity.london/quest/do_nothing_for_nature
• Map of the London National Park City - https://www.nationalparkcity.london/map
• Map of the Green Spaces of London, in the style of the Tube Map - https://www.nationalparkcity.london/component/content/article/8-place/134-the-greenground-map-by-helen-ilus
• Trees of London map - https://londonist.com/london/maps/great-trees-of-london-map
• Urban Good wants you to explore - https://www.urbangood.org/
• London is full of empty childhoods. Children are an indicator species to the health of a community.
• By not letting kids play outside parents are depriving them of so much (including their health)
• Shifting baseline syndrome
• Childhood needs to be safe enough, but not totally safe
• What if? Why not' is the mantra of NPC
• Why are we not prioritising nature, wildlife, childhoods in our cities?
• We need to open imaginations and also highlight injustices
• The geographies of why different groups of people are not going outside is very complicated and varied - the answers can change from one end of a street to another.
• Other than white men - every other social group is under-represented in nature
• Taking people out into nature and showing them it is an important way to broaden the range of people who experience it
• People like watching nature on TV, but don't really care about it enough to actually care for it
• The power of the story, and giving people epiphanies, is key to getting ideas off the ground
• There is so much to be positive about. 
• Within cities we already have all the talent we need to make changes. The trouble is that the ideas are not spreading quickly enough and for action to take place.
• It often takes years to get to the starting point. 
• It's often about jumping into the void and hoping for the best
• We have very distorted impressions about land use and how much space there is in our countries.
• 5-7% of the country has been built on. 50% is used for agriculture ('milk and cheese')
• Britain is one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet
• If we were to double the size of all hedgerows and holloways it would be fantastic, and easy
• Thinking about our diets is a critical approach to making more space for nature
• There's a movement to leave half of the planet for nature, including gardens and window boxes
• Let's not 'protect' wild places, but actively create more wild places and create nature and wildlife. It's very exciting - even regarding things like gardening
• I am a pragmatic optimist
• Bland comments like "saving nature" are not helpful. And we have already lost millions and millions of individual lives.
• How will future generations regard our actions?
• Do more good stuff more of the time
• Good Netflix viewing - Into The Night - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGosoC7q_po
• The best place to hide in hide&seek is up a tree
• Infographic of Jeff Bezos' wealth - https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/