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Trails Update: Widford Lodge School Group does Duke of Edinburgh

The Widford Lodge Group doing map reading and navigation in preparation for their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition.

The Wilderness Foundation's trails office, Dave Hedges, is facilitating the training for this including, campcraft, map and compassing and navigation work, kit packing, food, nutrition planning and cooking.

Next step is a practice expedition in North Yorkshire (next week) and in August they'll the be doing expedition proper in South Africa.

The Wilderness Foundation accredited as a Duke of Edinburgh Access Organisation.

First Clouddog Scholarship Programme in the Wild

Our partner clouddog has just launched their new website. This week also sees their first scholarship programme, developed in partnership with the Wilderness Foundation, being in run in South Africa.

clouddog is a charity helping students to get into the world of conservation, wildlife and environmental care - You can learn more about their work at: http://www.clouddog.org/

Today's Wilderness View

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At One - a meeting of like minds

Today saw the launch of At One - an umbrella group of 11 independent organisations – to help their front line work of transforming the lives of young people at risk. The Wilderness Foundation is a member and strong supporter of this initiative. Read a full report on the day here.

Earth in the balance sheet

Today the Wilderness Foundation UK Chairman, Euan Macdonald and Director Jo Roberts attended the Earth in the Balance Sheet lecture given at the RSA by The Hon. Al Gore, and chaired by James Naughtie. This was an interesting and informative lecture followed by a Q&A session and finally a reception in the RSA vaults.

The Wilderness Foundation welcomes the leadership provided by Al Gore in changing perceptions about what needs to and in fact can be done to avert global warming.

Resources:
- RSA Audio: Full lecture (MP3)
- RSA Manifesto Challenge: Moving towards a zero waste society
- An Inconvenient Truth
- The Wilderness Foundation Website

Today's Wilderness View

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