For Beth Collier, the founder and Chief Executive of Wild and City, everything the organisation does has to be rooted in authenticity. From training nature guides to influencing policy, her team ensures that people of colour don’t just build a relationship with nature but are also equipped with cultural and ancestral knowledge and tools that they can pass on to future generations.

Nafisa Gudal leads NatureWithNafisa, an organisation focusing on bringing a community of fellow Muslim women together through monthly hikes, bespoke retreats and nature-based healing spaces. What started as a solo venture in the UK is now an international organisation with a regreening initiative and contacts across East Africa, so what can Nafisa’s journey tell us about starting local but thinking global?

Alinah Azadeh describes herself as an artist, a writer, a wanderer, a cultural activist, a mother and a human being. ATE team member Sarah Groves sat down with Alinah to chat about We Hear You Now, the unforeseen challenges and benefits of the project, and to ask for some tips for our community members who want to collaborate with public bodies like National Parks…

Supporting people to feel connected to nature is important for many of the communities in our network, but what does ‘Nature Connectedness’ really mean, and how do we integrate it? 

How can we take part in ecology and biology in a way that addresses the toxicity of colonialism, normativity and patriarchy in the subject? Jasmine Qureshi speaks to us from the All The Elements stage at the Timber festival 2024…

The Summit is a residential weekend providing outdoor community leaders who are focused on POC audiences the opportunity to gather. The first session of the 2024 event was a forest bathing walkshop, co-curated by Chantelle Lindsey, Isabella McDonell and Evie Muir. Evie tells us more…