Walking With the Land

We've been a bit quiet lately... This is why. Autumn has led us to slow down and reflect. We'll be doing more of that over the winter, and we'll see what creativity emerges out of the longer nights and crisp days 🍂🌕🕯

Going with the season — Walking With The Land The nights are drawing in and so is our energy at Walking with the Land. We reflect on where we’ve got to, and what the autumn/winter season brings for each of us.

An insightful and provocative blog from Alex, that challenges us to rethink our use of the word "nature".

Is the concept of nature a dangerous idea, the driving force behind the destruction of our ecosystems?

End of Nature — Walking With The Land “Nature” is a massive problem. In fact it might be the single biggest issue facing industrialised society. Why is this - and is this as ridiculous as it sounds?

In her work as a geologist, Mathilde (Steps in Stone) is collaborating with artist Sara Dudman and exploring the various rocks and muds of the Somerset coast. They held a mud painting event on Brean Beach in August.

Conversations we held about the traces we leave behind as humans, and how working with materials from the coast itself helps us build a closer relationship with it. Read on to find out more!

A geologist and an artist walk onto a beach... — Walking With The Land As a scientist, exploring the Somerset coast with artist Sara Dudman has been an enriching experience. What did running a mud painting event on Brean Beach teach me?

Really looking forward to running our first workshops at the Westbury Wildlife Park! It's a beautiful rewilded space, perfect for our time exploring the ecological crisis together and what we can do to bring about meaningful change...

Come and join! 🌳🍄

Walking with the Land, a Bristol based collective, are running workshops at Westbury Wildlife Park on August 29th and September 4th. "What is your ecological crisis?" is an introductory workshop aimed at helping people to understand the climate and ecological crisis and explore what we can each do to make a difference. It's open to anyone, with a particular focus on people starting to enquire into the crisis. Entry is on a donation basis. Visit our website for more details: https://www.walkingwiththeland.org/workshops-1

An advert on public transport says that doing our bit for the environment is easy and little. Are they right?

This blog explores how important it is that change is at human scale, but that this change needs to be a little deeper than just consumption choices.

https://www.walkingwiththeland.org/blog/little-thing

Just a Little Thing? — Walking With The Land An advert on public transport says that doing our bit for the environment is easy and little. This feels uncomfortable. Are they right?

Latest post from Alex on Walking with the Land! 🌳💻🌍

As most of us are now office workers, or spend a considerable amount of time working indoors, I'm sure this will captivate many people's imagination!

"Many of us now work at computers for the majority of our working days. Can the desk be a place where we feel part of the more than human world?"

https://www.walkingwiththeland.org/blog/at-the-desk

At the Desk — Walking With The Land Many of us now work at computers for the majority of our working days. Can the desk be a place where we feel part of the more than human world?

The Earth’s long history can often seem inaccessible to people. Is our society’s inability to engage with the scale and urgency of the ecological crisis linked to our incapacity to grasp the compression of geological time into human timescales? “Anthropocene” is a term that speaks to this merging of timescales. Is it a helpful term or yet another sign of our self-absorption?

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https://www.walkingwiththeland.org/blog/anthropocene-an-insightful-or-self-absorbed-concept

Anthropocene: an insightful or self-absorbed concept? — Walking With The Land The Earth’s long history can often seem inaccessible to people. I wonder whether our society’s inability to engage with the scale and urgency of the ecological crisis is linked to our incapacity to grasp the compression of geological time into human timescales. “Anthropocene” is a term that ...

In a society that only recognises human voices, is it possible for us to speak for other beings? What does this feel like and what does it change in us?

Read about Mathilde Braddock's experience with the M32 Maples, a majestic and sadly now destroyed alley of trees in the St Paul's neighbourhood of Bristol.

https://www.walkingwiththeland.org/blog/speaking-for-nature-healing-the-disconnect

Speaking for nature and healing the disconnect — Walking With The Land I share a profound experience I had with a tree and community in my neighbourhood - the M32 Maple and its protectors. It made me reflect on the voice of nature in our cities and our lives more generally.

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"Science’s default assumption is that the more than human world is inefficient until proven otherwise. What does this tell us about how we see the world?"

https://www.walkingwiththeland.org/blog/butterfly-wings

Butterfly Wings — Walking With The Land Science’s default assumption is that the more than human world is inefficient until proven otherwise. What does this tell us about how we see the world?

During the winter and lockdown, we were focusing on writing the blog and developing content for our workshops. Now with restrictions lifting and summer round the corner, we're looking forward to trialing our workshops with you soon! 🌳🌻🌍

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Walking With The Land We examine how we have become disconnected from our relationship with the Earth, and how the process of restoring this relationship can be nurtured and amplified across our modern world.

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