Join us on March 10th at 1pm for our Green Week webinar on Rewilding and Outdoor Education. We are Delighted to be joined by Kay Synott and Rachel Geary for this webinar.

Rewilding has become a bit of a buzz word in recent times. In its truest sense it involves the process of restoring an area of land to its natural uncultivated state with the reintroduction of species of wild animal that have been driven out or exterminated. However public and private institutions, businesses as well as community groups and individuals can do much to ‘rewild’ smaller areas of land and provide valuable habitats for flora and fauna. This webinar will explain the concept of rewilding and illustrate practical actions anyone can take to increase and maintain biodiversity.

The Learning about Forests programme is well-recognised internationally, with over twenty countries from around the world participating. Through interactive learning and field trips the programme reconnects the next generation with their environment, educating them to be more conscious of protecting it and instilling in students a sense of ownership of the natural world that surrounds them.

About Kay

Kay Synott is a qualified horticulturalist and educator currently working in the area of further education and training for the Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board as well as for the Heritage in Schools Scheme providing school garden and environmental education workshops for primary schools. She enjoys working with both adults and children in various educational and community settings and is passionate about sustainable, biodiverse, organic gardening. As the owner of ‘Living Gardens’ she has designed public and private gardens, provided courses and workshops and set up and helped to maintain school and community gardens in County Galway and City since 2005.

About Rachel

Rachel completed an undergraduate Degree in Biodiversity Conservation and a Masters in Biology. She worked as a Green-Schools Officer for over seven years raising awareness about importance of protecting our environment and biodiversity among teachers, students and community members. She has worked for the Foundation for Environmental Education as International Coordinator for the Learning about Forests (LEAF) programme. A challenging and exciting role, working with over 20 countries from around the world to help strengthen and enhance the programme. Rachel returned to Ireland in 2016 and is currently the National Coordinator of the LEAF programme in Ireland.