Viewpoint 85 | Autumn / Winter 2024

Viewpoint 85 | Autumn/Winter 2024 is a special youth edition created as part of our New Perspectives project as well as celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. This issue was first published in October 2024.

Contents

3 I CLOSE MY EYES AND TURN TO THE SUN – Roshni Parmar-Hill captures the magic of the Parks

4 NEW PERSPECTIVES

5 THE RIGHT TO DISCOVER NATIONAL PARKS – Introducing our latest campaign

6–8 LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD – Lily Whitmarsh imagines the next 75 years of National Parks

9 BORDERS – Daphne Harries shares her powerful poem

10–12 COMMODIFICATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE – Eben Muse reminds us that access to the countryside should be a right, not a privilege

13 NATIONAL PARKS AND PEOPLE – Alienor Hammer finds her roots

14–15 TREASURE – Andrei Stance on the loss if National Parks continue to be defunded

16–17 EMPOWERING BAME COMMUNITIES THROUGH NATIONAL PARKS – Dewan Choudhury shares his passion

18–19 THE LAST LYNX – Aila Taylor takes us back in time

20–21 PRACTICE AND PLACE – Erika Cann immerses us in her artwork

22–23 MIND OVER MOUNTAINS – Alex Staniforth on restoring mental health, naturally

24 HOW NATIONAL PARKS HELPED SHAPE MY CAREER – Olivia Watts shares her experiences

25 THE LIE OF THE LAND – Dr Rose O’Neill reviews Guy Shrubsole’s new book

26–27 NEWS FROM CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS

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