{"id":25407,"date":"2020-09-16T05:09:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T05:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk\/index.php\/home-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:42:27","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learn.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-aos= \"fade\" data-aos-duration=\"400\" data-aos-delay=\"0\" data-aos-easing=\"ease\" data-aos-once=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-fab9018d alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c0aed59a118c3060cd2955f8993d4235\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:4rem\">Knowledge for nature<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"subheading-home-title has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53c4a31cf7e053aea4044b495930574b\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:1.6rem\">Our online courses help you to learn more about Scotland&#8217;s wildlife and how to take meaningful action to protect and restore our natural environment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-1ee487c2 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hide-btn-login is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"learndash-wrapper\"><a class=\"ld-login ld-login ld-login-text ld-login-button ld-button\" href=\"#login\"><span class=\"ld-icon ld-icon-login ld-icon-left\"><\/span>Login<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5c248a0ea8e229c6b98347ad86734c38\" style=\"color:#6e6e6e\">With knowledge comes power&#8230;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0b89cca17ae1d4c348d1ae0185b346a2\" style=\"color:#6e6e6e\">Nature is an endless source of fascination and learning. As an organisation, one of our core values is that we are &#8216;always learning&#8217; and we believe that <strong>knowledge is power<\/strong> when it comes to conserving our environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8dd51f205bfc19b34fa5f437b91405d7\" style=\"color:#6e6e6e\">Over the coming years, we intend to develop a number of eLearning courses so that you too can help tackle the nature crisis. 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