The podcast will start with Sheffield Environmental Movement, exploring what the
organisation does, the communities it works alongside and what that work looks
like day to day.
Our conversation will then broaden into the meaning of “access to nature”. We’ll
explore whether being able to visit the countryside is the same as feeling visible
and that you genuinely belong there. We’ll also consider whose stories about the
British countryside have been overlooked and whether describing communities
as “hard to reach” prevents us from asking who actually needs to do the
Reaching.
Podcast host: Julia Baker, Mott MacDonald Global Submarket Lead for Nature
With over twenty years’ experience, Julia has a wealth of expertise in
biodiversity net gain, ecosystem services and ecological mitigation. She is also a visiting
researcher at Oxford University, chair of the British Standards Group
on Biodiversity.