Join the UK’s biggest celebration of the natural world in Bristol this October.

Bristol Festival of Nature is an ambitious and imaginative three-week programme of film screenings, animal encounters, exhibitions, walks, talks, workshops and competitions for all ages and interests.

Enjoy the wonder of the natural world through this unmissable series of public events taking place in a variety of locations in and around Bristol and find out how we can all help to look after our planet.

At-Bristol is participating in the Festival of Nature with a variety of events for all ages and interests.
 

Click here for schools events. Click here to see other events taking place At-Bristol.

For more information and tickets for At-Bristol events please call our booking line on 0845 345 1235.

For more information on the Festival of Nature and to register for priority mailings about Festival events
call 0117 915 7235, email: info@festivalofnature.org or visit www.festivalofnature.org.

Bristol Natural History Consortium is a collaboration between:

 Consuming Nature

The Karl Ammann Photographic Exposition
1 October to 26 November 2004
10am - 6pm
Free with a ticket to Wildwalk-At-Bristol

This photographic exposition of the Great Apes looks closely at these fascinating animals and also focuses on the bushmeat trade and destruction of their habitats. Karl Ammann is a wildlife photographer and conservation activist and a leader of the campaign that gained worldwide recognition of the bushmeat crisis in Africa.

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Visit the Karl Ammann website.

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  Chimp Art

1 October to 26 November 2004
Free with a ticket to Wildwalk-At-Bristol

WildWalk is hosting a fascinating chimp art exhibition as part of its public programme highlighting threats to the survival of the great apes. The expo features paintings from Billy Jo, Toby and Tom, chimpanzees rescued from North American zoos, research labs and entertainment industry, who are now living in a sanctuary run by the Fauna Foundation. This Canadian non-profit organisation offers art therapy as one way to help the animals to recover from years of mistreatment.

The Chimp Art shown in Wildwalk will be auctioned at the end of the exhibition, with proceeds going to The Fauna Foundation.

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For biographies of Fauna Foundation’s chimpanzees visit http://www.faunafoundation.org

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  Earth from the Air

From 9 October 2004
Millennium Square and Anchor Square, At-Bristol
24 hours a day
Free

At-Bristol's public squares are to be transformed into an outdoor gallery throughout the Bristol Festival of Nature, with the arrival of a major photographic exhibition "EARTH FROM THE AIR - a bird's eye view" by world famous photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

The 120 images, each one 2.5m x 2m in size, capture the characteristics and patterns of the natural world from a unique aerial perspective, providing a breathtaking pictorial record of our planet today. The exhibition is free and is open 24 hours a day.

Visit the Earth from the Air website.
Visit Yann Arthus-Bertrand's website. www.yannarthusbertrand.com

The National Tour. Exhibition supported by

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