Not My Green Space? White Attitudes to Black Presence in Green Spaces. An Auto-Ethnography is a Chapter published within Plüschke-Altof, Sooväli-Sepping (Eds.) (2022) Whose Green […]
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BBC World Service, The Evidence
The nature of mental health The EvidenceThe Evidence Claudia Hammond and her panel of experts address that widely-held view, even intuition, that plants and nature […]
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Transition Together: Rewilding
In recent years rewildling is an idea that has taken on a life of its own. But what does it mean for community activists? How […]
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Royal Anthropological Institute
Anthropology and Conservation Conference 2021 P047: Producing a Black Anthropology of the Conservation field; The experiences of BIPOC ethnographers conducting research within white dominated conservation […]
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Black Ballad
The body remembers what the mind forgets:Alternative therapies and Black women Chloe Lovell explores therapies addressing trauma, featuring the benefits of nature and Nature Allied […]
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Agile Rabbit
Protecting Nature – Improving our Health A deep dive into the benefits of nature with Luke Pollard MP, Dr Ben Wheeler, Dr Jonathan Reeves, Emily […]
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Come Hell or Come High Water
Following the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art screening of “Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek” on August 19, 2021, Beth Collier […]
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Channel 4 News
Beth was featured in a Channel 4 news item filmed with Wild in the City and others exploring the work of black organisations increasing diversity […]
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The Reader
Wild in the City is a London-based organisation seeking to make nature a meaningful part of everyday life. They offer natural history, ecotherapy and woodland […]
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Imperial Lates
Sunshine, health and wellbeing As the cold dark winter gives way to spring, we celebrate the warming sun on our skin and the physical and […]
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Reasons to be Cheerful
I spoke with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd for a Reasons To Be Cheerful podcast episode exploring the importance of parks and green spaces, and […]
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Taking Nature Black
It was a pleasure to speak at the annual Taking Nature Black festival, hosted by the Audubon Naturalist Society. This year’s title was ‘Call and […]
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De-traumatising the city
A version of this essay was first published by Nesta as part of their Rethinking Parks essay collection. This essay explores the physiological impact of […]
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Covid-19 and the race factor in access to green space
Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately affected by environmental conditions which evoke stress and harm our health. In a time of global crisis and […]
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