TheNatureKind
A series of weekly conversations with nature-lovers who live, create and act for the planet.
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I’m inspired everyday by the trees in my local forest, and the miracle that is growing food.
Rosanna Morris' linocut and woodcut illustrations are traditional yet contemporary, delicately floral and yet full of the power and strength of revolution.
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The world is so complex and fascinating, there’s so much to discover.
Joanna Ayre is a freelance marketing consultant and owner of an allotment plot in a local community garden where she enjoys growing her own food.
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I’d like to be an ancestor who simply instils kindness in generations to come.
Tej is the assistant food grower and The Seed Saving Network coordinator at OmVed Gardens, a gardener, scholar and interdisciplinary artist.
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I just try to celebrate nature, I have a tree I talk to every day.
Moïse Polobi is a 69-year-old musician from Guadeloupe. He’s been singing and sounding his djembé-like Gwo ka drums since childhood, heart-beating the memory of his ancestors.
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The complexity of nature is irreplaceable and we can regenerate spaces up to a point but we also need to step back.
Karen Leason is the director and founder of OmVed Gardens, a garden, exhibition space and sustainable food project in north London.
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Complex life was possible because of cooperation, of mingling, and testing out how to best thrive together.
Randa has been facilitating foraging and wildcrafting walks for BPOC communities to connect with a sense of ecological belonging in the urban locale.
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I find my creative process is mostly challenged when I am in dialogue with nature, its envelope of diverse context, and that is best when I walk, trail, breath, sense and meditate.
David Behar Perahia is an artist and researcher, working on the seam between sculpture and architecture.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was dedicated to building a business that improved the human-to-nature connection
Galahad Clark is a seventh-generation cobbler. His ancestors founded Clarks shoes, and he is now the driving force behind Vivobarefoot
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How well do you know your water - can you name your nearest body of water and how well it’s doing?
Easkey Britton is a scientist, academic and social activist, with a PhD in Environment and Society, her work is deeply influenced by the ocean.
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Accept the institution as a living organism and move away from the slick, sterile environment to view art, so prevalent in the art world.
Helen Turner is the joint Artistic Director of E-WERK Luckenwalde. Turner holds an MA in Psychosocial studies from Birkbeck University of London under Slavoj Žižek and a BA in Fine Art.
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I feel most at ease at the beach. It doesn't matter what time it is, just sitting and watching the ocean and listening to the sounds of the waves gives me a calm and relaxed feeling.
Kalpa Gandhari, hailing from Unawatuna, Sri Lanka, is the programmes manager and former translator at SeaSisters.
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The comparison between names and evolution is fascinating.
Dr Gregory J Kenicer is the author of Scottish Plant Names, Scottish Plant Lore and Plant Magic. A botanist and tutor at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.