Wednesday 6 December 2023 7.30pm UK
The Speaker: Jan Stannard
Jan is a co-founder and Chair of Trustees of the national rewilding charity Heal. She is also a co-founder and director of Bookmycharge, the bookable EV charging service, dubbed ‘Airbnb for electric cars’. She moved into the charity sector after 40 years serving on company boards in the strategic communications and digital marketing sectors. She first became active in campaigning for wildlife in 2015 when she set up a local swift group, which has since organised the installation of hundreds of swift boxes. She also oversaw a the largest ever amphibian ladder project in England in 2018, helping stop migrating toads from drowning in road drains. She has a BA in Geography and a first-class honours degree in Psychology, and while studying for the latter, qualified as an executive coach and trained as a resilience specialist.
Heal Rewilding was launched in March 2020 to raise money to buy land in England for nature recovery, climate change action and wellbeing. The charity’s goal is to create a new site in every English county: 48 sites in total, covering 24,000 acres. Heal acquired its first site, Heal Somerset, in December 2022 which is now open to the public.
The Talk
Jan will speak for about 20 minutes on the topics below, and offer a reading list for anyone interested to explore the topic further. She will answer your questions after the talk.
- What is rewilding, and how is it different from traditional conservation?
- What are the signs of change when land rewilds?
- Reintroductions, from flowers and butterflies to beavers and bison
- How can you take action in your own community and at home?
- How can you help Heal?
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