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Celebrating nature Bristol fashion

THE UK’s biggest festival of the natural world will be happening on 7 and 8 June 2008 in Bristol.

prone met the festival organisers at Bristol Zoo. It’s the fifth oldest zoo in the world (since 1835) and these days, one of the most well-loved.

The zoo’s part of the Bristol Natural History Consortium which includes the BBC Natural History Unit, WWF-UK, Bristol University, Wildscreen – including the world-beating ARKive project – and more.

At prone we also really love the Bristol Naturalists’ Society. It’s been going for 150 years as well, and still prints a little newsletter with sections in it about insects, spiders, flora and fauna. They have things like an Otter Group and organise walks where you can go into the woods and look for bats, or meet at dawn and watch the peregrine falcons. Awesome really.

Truth is, most people care about wildlife and want to preserve it.

But what’s the best way?

Are zoos the way forward? Or a digital ARKive?

Leave a comment in the box below and tell us what you think.