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Hello, we'd like you to make a Scruffy Spot (or two) where you live, for wildlife, for carbon capture and for ease of life - no more having to cut that grass! Save a scruffy spot for nature! 
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On the left, that's us the Eco-committee (well not all of us). On the right, that's Mr Zuill who teaches at Levenmouth Academy and does the outdoor learning. |
Nature loves untidiness, biodiverse places are messy but in a good way, there is decay, disorder and disturbance. The best strategy to protect wildlife is to leave it alone as much as possible.
Long grass hides litter, cushions the ground, gives a home for insects and small animals, soaks up noise, catches dust, cleans the air of dust and pollution, calms the weather and invigorates the soil. Different species of plants come and go through the year in a constantly changing scene of opportunities for nature to thrive!
We need a world peppered with 'scruffy spots' for birds, animals, bees, wasps, beetles, ants, butterflies and worms because there is no life on earth without an ecosystem to support it.
2. Where can I make a 'Scruffy Spot'?
Wherever you can get permission!
Your GARDEN!
Your LOCAL PARK!
ANY patch of land could be a 'scruffy spot'!
Go get it!
YES!
This is where 'scruffy spots' is chiefly concentrating and our campaign was first piloted in Levenmouth Academy in Fife (see photos on homepage and its Bat's Wood page).
There is an urgent need to plant of trees in unused playing field land.
The reasons are compelling:
4. Where did this idea come from?
There are lots of sources:
Half Earth by E. O. Wilson
Rewilding by Isobella Tree
Rebirding by Benedict MacDonald
Feral by George Monbiot
See also: Bat's Wood
5. Where did Scruffy Spots come from?
Scruffy Spots came from this project here!
