Tagged: Nature

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

The beach holds a special place in my heart. Gazing over the sea, listening to the sound of the breaking waves and feeling the sand between my toes inspires awe, instils calm, releases tension and provides a transitional space for wellbeing, recreation and many other of our human needs and desires. The beach is a […]

Fryent Country Park in northwest London has over 100 hectares of rolling fields and small woods, divided in two by a busy road. This is the park where in June 2020, two women were murdered. The park is nestled in the London Borough of Brent, a borough celebrated for being one of the most culturally […]

What does walking mean to you? Is it an opportunity to relax or something you have to do? Does it give you space to mull over challenging work problems or do you focus purely on enjoying the nature around you? Walking means many things to many people and in our second ACCESS College retreat a […]

The ACCESS team gathered our Fellows together at the end of April for the annual Leadership College Retreat at Dartington Hall. We enjoyed three days of connection, conversation and community in Dartington’s beautiful grounds. (One of our Fellows, Richard Bridge, will be sharing his reflections on the event here very soon.) One of the highlights […]

In November 2024, Professor Patrick Devine-Wright was invited to speak about ACCESS at the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES). The webinar was organised by Ethny Childs, Communities & Partnerships Lead at IES. IES were interested in exploring how interdisciplinarity can support improved policy and practice, particularly in the climate space, and were particularly keen to […]

This seminar highlights the importance of fostering human-nature connections and embracing diverse perspectives, including Indigenous, community-led, and place-based knowledge systems. With insights from renowned academics like Professor Patrick Devine-Wright (University of Exeter), Dr. Beth Brockett (Forest Research), Professor Karen Jones (University of Kent), and Dr. Eric Kumeh (University of Oxford), the panel delves into innovative, […]

Green social prescribing (GSP) is a form of social prescribing, which has become popular with the NHS as a non-clinical method of improving health and wellbeing. Green social prescribing is “an approach whereby a general practitioners (GPs) or another professional – often via an assigned intermediary known as a Link Worker – navigates a patient […]