To mark National Science and Engineering week What on Earth campaign which is raising awareness of UK plants and animals facing habitat destruction and homelessness, free wildflower seeds are on offer on. The aim is to get as many people across the land to go outside into their parks and gardens and to take photos of the plants and creatures they don’t recognise. In exchange, www.whatonearth.org.uk will send each person a packet of seeds specially designed to grow a range of plants that will encourage a greater level of biodiversity. (Subject to availability).
It couldn’t be simpler or more fun. All you need to do is upload a snap of something you don’t recognise that you spot in your garden go to www.whatonearth.org.uk and you will receive native varieties of wildflower which will encourage greater biodiversity in your back garden or flower box.
The aim of what on earth is to spot, collect and identify as many species as possible over the course of the week, painting a fascinating picture of UK wildlife for us all to observe and enjoy. Organised in partnership with The Open University iSpot website, NEWS specialists from all fields of natural science will examine, identify and catalogue as many finds as they can over the course of the week and beyond.
That’s not all; a green roof will be awarded to a school in the area which has shown most support for National Science & Engineering Week. What on Earth’s campaign and uploaded the most pictures.
So whether you are an avid nature watcher or you just happen to find something unusual crawling around in your garden take a picture and submit it to www.whatonearth.org.uk
Posted under Environment
This post is a Blogger on February 22, 2010
