Scouts embrace rewilding to connect UK teenagers with nature

Adventure centre projects will promote interest in natural world, boosting young people's wellbeingA ?150,000 initiative to tackle the "teenage dip" in nature connectedness will see the Scout Association introduce rewilding to its adventure centres across the UK.The funding, announced today by the environmental charity Rewilding Britain, will support 11 projects aimed at putting young people at the heart of nature restoration. Several focus explicitly on reversing the sharp decline in young people's engagement with the natural world during adolescence. Continue reading...