Our relationship with nature has emerged as one of the most valuable sources of resilience and pleasure during lockdown. This article was published in The […]
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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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There’s a trauma in loss of connection to nature, we need to stop saying that it’s not for us
Black dismissiveness of nature isn’t just simple dislike, it belies a legacy of trauma and the interference of white supremacy. A version of this article […]
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Black Nature Narratives
Black Nature Narratives explores black perspectives on issues relating to the natural world and our relationship with nature
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Black absence in green spaces
Many people of colour have been disenfranchised from nature through human interference… An absence rooted in historical and current traumas of shame, hardship and racism […]
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BBC London, Can farm animals improve your mental health?
In this short film, on location at Crystal Palace Park Farm, I help make the case for the importance of access to nature and animals […]
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Belonging & Un-belonging in the English countryside: Panel discussion
‘Belonging & Un-belonging in the English Countryside’ symposium took place on Thursday 2 May 2019. Part I: Being in the English Countryside Panel discussion chaired […]
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Belonging & Un-belonging in the English countryside
‘Belonging & Un-belonging in the English Countryside’ was a day long symposium which took place at the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes on Thursday 2 […]
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Over the Bridge: Reconnecting with Nature
In discussion with Over the Bridge podcast, discussing ‘Reconnecting with Nature’ and our relationship with the countryside and natural spaces as black people.
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BBC, Cities: Nature’s New Wild
I was featured in Episode 3, Outcasts, talking about importance of a relationship with nature to urban resident’s well-being. The script for the section on […]
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Beth Collier, a therapist who works in the woods
Le bonheur est dans le jardin If Beth Collier had not met a young boy a few years ago, locked in his anger and impervious […]
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Let’s say goodbye to Respectability and welcome Assertiveness
In a politics of Assertiveness our aim is to remove ourselves from the drama of being made to feel aggressive or that we need to […]
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Culture of Confinement is a Child Rights Issue
Today less than one in 10 children play regularly in green spaces, half the number of children who played outdoors a generation ago … This […]
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Colourful Radio interview
In discussion with Colourful Radio presenter Jacqueline Malcolm, talking nature, identity and well-being.
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