Projects

Oct 2024

Urban Tree Observatory - Trees and People Knowledge Exchange Day

This event was about sharing knowledge and insights about building positive relationships bewteen people and trees. Topics for discussion included:

  1. Better understood, better protected. How do we increase knowledge in arboriculture and urban forestry in the public sphere?
  2. Bright ideas: What techniques can we use to inspire all members of society to engage with urban forestry?
  3. Tree Wars - How can we depolarise opinions around trees and work better together?

 

Other Work: 

Expert Judge and Media Spokesperson: National Trust’s Trees of Hope project.

Aacdemic Roles:

  • University of York’s Branching Out project (NERC funded): Facilitation and guidance.
  • University of Sheffield’s School of Landscape Architecture:
    • Assessing Master’s student final projects.
    • Facilitating Spatial Street Tree Mapping events.
  • University of Sheffield’s School of Biosciences - Leading Tree Equity and Public Engagement knowledge exchange for the Urban Tree Observatory project.
  • Manchester Met University: Voices of the Future (NERC Funded)

- Community Engagement: Tree planting in Grimsby with Woodland Dwelling Ltd.

 - Event Consultancy: Trees for Cities and Birmingham Tree People’s Tree People Network Day.

Speaking and media

  • Media: Spokesperson for trees  including appearances in the Guardian, Telegraph, BBC News, Channel 5 News, ITV’s Good Morning Britain, and BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme.
  • Webinars: Tree Council, TDAG, National Trust, Treeconomics, Wildlife Trust and more
  • Tree People and the Built Environment: Steering Group member and Day 1 panelist (hosted by Kevin McCloud).
  • Speaker at Arb Association Conference, Tree Care Forum and more

Other Roles

  •  Senior Associate: Treeconomics 
  • Non-Executive Director: Kids Plant Trees.
  • Committee Member: Women in Arboriculture (Arboricultural Association).
  • Associate Member: Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF).
  • Steering Group Member: ICF Emerging Leaders group.

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