In category: Nature & Environment

The project will provide insight into media narratives, debates and discourses surrounding outdoor swimming, with a particular focus on water-based risk, pollution and water quality. C3DS will be using AI-assisted taxonomy tools they have developed to explore media content at scale, combining computational analysis and large-language model assisted methods with detailed qualitative analysis of themes. […]

Anita Lateano began her academic journey with a BSc in Psychology at the University of Exeter. It was during this degree, where she started exploring the role of language and discourse in encouraging pro-environmental behaviour, that her desire to forge a career within the environmental sector was sparked. After graduating, she interned for an NGO in […]

The Marine Participation Review, led by ACCESS Leadership College Fellow Dr Pamela Buchan (University of Exeter), is funded by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) – the principal marine manager and regulator in England. Dr Buchan’s team is conducting a systematic review of the opportunities (both in regulation and practice) for public participation in marine decision-making […]

Dr Najma Mohamed is Head of Nature-Based Solutions at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) at the University of Cambridge. Dr Mohamed delivered a keynote at this year’s ACCESS Annual Assembly 2025 on ‘Putting People at the Heart of Place-Sensitive Just Transitions‘. We interviewed her afterwards, asking about her academic journey, […]

How do communities care for their people, nature and place? Of The Land is a musical exploration of community experiences and practices in Badenoch and Strathspey as they respond to climate and nature crises. This event is part of the Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care project, led by Sarah Parry (University of Edinburgh), which received an […]

Walking is easy right? You just put on a pair of shoes, leave the house and walk along the pavements, woods or beaches right outside your door. We all know the importance of walking; it’s good for our blood pressure, circulation, keeping a healthy weight, muscle tone, heart, lungs etc. etc and it can give […]

What the evidence tells us about nature, and human health and well-being Evidence for the complex links between nature and health and well-being cuts-across sectors and research disciplines. There is a lot of useful evidence out there, but its breadth has made it difficult to draw together and use to inform decision making. This was […]

Catherine and Co-Investigator Tom Bott will be using a case study focussing on the deployment of biochar to test the suitability and further develop the conceptual framework. Biochar is an ideal case study as it is a ‘new technology’ that is currently being investigated for its greenhouse gas removal potential at scale and which has a direct […]

Bethan and Co-Investigator Lindsay Hetherington are working with partners; Devon Wildlife Trust – Wilder Learning; Plymouth City Council – Natural Infrastructure; and Zebra Collective. Bethan has also added some great videos to their project webpage that showcase urban biodiversity in her local neighbourhood. Read more  

Lewis is an Environmental Social Scientist who co-runs Lestari, a research-led consultancy based in the South-West of England. He specialises in outdoor experiential education and behaviour change. He is an engaged research facilitator at the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, and is a research fellow at the University of Exeter. Lewis became […]