“From Tiny Insects to the Wildest Wildlife
From Beautiful Trees to Mighty Mountains
We Love All of Nature”
Caring for Nature is Very Important to us. We have a Wonderful Connection with Nature and we want to take Good Care of it.
One of our main aims for Pure Joy Retreat is to Protect and Care for Nature in the Best way we can.
“Nature Looks After us, so Surely we should Look After Nature”.
We Believe that All of Nature has a Unique Purpose and works Together to Create Harmony. Every Element of Nature is in some way Connected. That’s why it’s so Important to Care for All of Nature.
Our aim is to Help people Enjoy the Wonders of Nature whilst Protecting and Caring for Nature’s Wonders.
We are currently looking for Forest / Land in Scotland where we can run Pure Joy Retreat.
If you know of Anywhere that might be suitable Please Contact Us
Protect ~ Preserve ~ Promote
Protect
Protecting Nature is Very Important. For centuries human activity has Destroyed many of Nature’s Natural Environments.
Our aim is to Help Nature to Flourish in the Natural Environment that it was Created to live in.
“Nature was here well before humans. It has just as much right to live in Peace and Harmony as what people do”.
Nature is Essential for human life.
- Trees Clean the Air that we Breath
- Insects Pollenate the Food we Eat
- Nature Energises us, Heals us and Fills us with Joy
Surely it’s worth Protecting for those things alone, yet there is so much More that Nature does for us.
“It’s time for people to say Thank You to Nature by Caring for it”
To Protect something shows Love and Care for it.
We All Need to do Whatever we can to Protect Nature, including Natures Natural Environment. Nature Thrives Best when its in its own Natural Environment with All of Nature Living in Harmony.
Every Little Bit Helps.
Many people have got the Wrong Attitude towards Spiders, Flies and other Insects. People ‘Think’ they’re All bad and often Kill them for no reason. The Truth is Insects are Very Beneficial to the Life of Many Living things (including people). If an Insect is not doing any Harm then Don’t kill it, Look After it.
If we notice a fly or moth or spider etc that’s landed in some water in the sink and looks like it’s dying, we try to pick it up with a tissue and gently dab the water to dry it off before putting it on the windowsill to warm up and dry out. Quite often they will dry out and Happily carry on Enjoying their day doing the Great work that they do.
That’s just a tiny fraction of our Love for Nature.
We Love it All, however Big or Small.
At Pure Joy, we will do whatever ‘we’ can to Protect Nature in its Natural Environment, we also Hope to Inspire and Encourage other people to Protect Nature themselves by offering Guidance and Encouraging people to spend Quality Time with Nature so they can Discover for themselves the Importance of Nature and also the Joy of Nature.
Preserve
Preserving the Nature that is Already Here makes more sense than trying to Replace the Nature that will be Lost by not Preserving it.
We Need to Look After the Nature that is Here ‘Now’ and not wait until it gets to the point of being Endangered or becoming Extinct before something is done.
There are too many things in Nature that people take for granted and Assume that they will always be here. But if the Elements of Nature (whether that’s Animals, Trees, Insects etc) are not Preserved even when they are Flourishing, then they can easily be lost.
Trees
There is an increasing ‘Trend/Fad’ about Replacing ‘Non Native Trees’ with ‘Native Trees’.
Thousands and Thousands of Healthy Trees are being Cut Down and Destroyed simply because they are not Native to this country.
At a time when we All Need to be Planting More Trees to Help the Planet, it makes ‘No Sense’ at all to be Cutting Down Existing Trees that are currently doing a Fantastic job of Helping the Planet.
There is nothing wrong with Planting Native Trees to Help Wildlife etc but cutting down Healthy ‘Mature’ Trees to Replace them with ‘Saplings’ makes ‘No Sense’.
It makes More Sense to Plant new Tree Saplings ‘As Well’ as ‘Keeping’ the Mature Existing Trees.
The Native Trees can be Planted in other areas which would then allow the Existing Trees to ‘Carry On’ doing the Wonderful work of Cleaning the Air we Breath, Helping Reduce Pollution and Providing Homes for the Existing Wildlife.
“We Strongly believe in Preserving the Existing Trees which are Already Helping the Planet and have been for Years”
A Tree (and more importantly a Forest of Trees) that are maybe 30, 40, 50 years old will obviously be doing more to Clean the Air, Help prevent Flooding, Help Reduce Carbon, Provide Homes for Wildlife and Generally Look After the Planet than Tree Saplings that are only a year or 2 old. These saplings would then need another 30, 40, 50 years or so before they would be doing the Same Wonderful things as the Trees that Already Exist.
Mature Trees (Native or Non Native) provide an Amazing Habitat for a Huge variety of Nature from Tiny Microscopic Insects to a Wide Range Birds & Animals and from Fungi & Lichens to Woodland Plants & Grasses. It’s believed that there can be over 200 Individual Species of Nature living on 1 Single Tree. By cutting down and destroying Non Native Trees, this also Destroys the Homes of this Wonderful Nature.
There needs to be More Trees all living at the same time to make a difference. If Trees are cut down so that new Trees can be planted them that’s Not actually Increasing the Overall Benefits of planting new Trees.
“A Big part of our Vision for Pure Joy Retreat is to Protect and Preserve Existing Trees as well as Planting New Trees”.
Whether a Tree is Native to the country or not, it is still a Very Important part of Nature. ~ Every Tree is Special and is worth Preserving.
Promote
One of the Best ways to Take Care Nature is to Inspire other people to ‘Care About‘ Nature.
If people ‘Care About ‘something then they are more likely to ‘Take Care’ of it.
Here at Pure Joy Retreat our aim is to Help people gain a Better Understanding of Nature and to Discover for themselves the Amazing Wonders of Nature.
We Hope to Inspire people with Fascinating Insights into the World of Nature that many people are not aware of. Things that will Fill people with an Deep sense of Peace and an Amazing feeling of Joy.
Our Aim is to Inspire people with some of the Amazing Experiences that we have been Blessed with and to Encourage and Guide people how to Experience Nature to the Full.
(Once we have found the Place/Places to run Pure Joy Retreat) we have got plans to do Guided Nature Walks, run Nature Workshops such as ‘Nature In Detail’ helping people Explore Nature from the Microscopic to the Mighty, and much more all aimed at Helping people to Discover Nature for themselves.
One of our Goals is to have an area of Nature’s Natural Environment where people can spend Quality Time with Nature, undisturbed by other people and by the distractions of the modern world. An area where people can Connect with Nature.
“The more we can Help people Discover for themselves the Peace and Joy of Nature, the more people will Love and Care for Nature”.
Nature is Extremely Important. It forms the Vast Majority of the World we live in. It’s time to Acknowledge Nature and Not take it for granted.
Say Thank You to Nature by Taking Good Care of it.
Pure Joy 