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Why the conversation about our relationship with nature must start now
Jul 25, 2025 • Kate Howlett
The most powerful environmental action you can take in 2026
How to make your money work for the planet instead of against it
Jan 2 • Kate Howlett
Roots and relationships: A letter of thanks to end the year
Reflecting on a year of community, gratitude and shared love for the natural world
Dec 26, 2025 • Kate Howlett
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Why feeling small is the biggest gift
Sep 19, 2025 • Kate Howlett
The boots that carried me
Oct 10, 2025 • Kate Howlett
The most powerful environmental action you can take in 2026
Jan 2 • Kate Howlett
Nature documentaries are lying to you
Sep 2, 2025 • Kate Howlett
Can trees really fight depression?
Nov 4, 2025 • Kate Howlett
The man who wanted to save a butterfly
Oct 17, 2025 • Kate Howlett
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Even in December, dragonflies exist
A meditation on time, presence and the comfort of what continues unseen
Dec 19, 2025 • Kate Howlett
How I made peace with December
Why I’ve stopped feeling guilty for wanting solitude at Christmas
Dec 12, 2025 • Kate Howlett
Notes from a vanishing forest
When we take our world away, we discover the real one
Dec 5, 2025 • Kate Howlett
The one thing education policy keeps ignoring
It's not tech, AI or discipline—it's trees
Dec 2, 2025 • Kate Howlett
Nature isn't a hobby
How 'environmentalist' became a niche label—and why that needs to change
Nov 28, 2025 • Kate Howlett
Conservation hope lies in people
Why local communities hold the key to making conservation stick
Nov 21, 2025 • Kate Howlett
The woods that won't let me forget
On changing seasons, grief and gratitude
Nov 14, 2025 • Kate Howlett
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