How does the new get into the world?
Across Britain, there’s a growing movement towards deeper care for the land. Re-wilding is gaining momentum, as is nature-first farming. Bioregional projects are taking shape, seeking to reconnect people and place in regenerative ways at landscape level.
And yet, so much of this positive movement remains constrained—not only by an economic system that seeks always to push us in the opposite direction, but by an ingrained attitude based in a false opposition between human culture and the land.
All of my work is an attempt to help re-seed our cultural imagination with a vision that sees the potential—and urgent need—for deep re-integration of human communities into natural living systems.
I'm actively seeking opportunities to collaborate with pioneering land stewards, change-makers, and land-based projects sharing a similar aim. I bring:
Vision
Systems thinking
Project framing
Strategic enquiry
Every project begins with assumptions—about what a place is for, what is possible there, and what different uses can or cannot coexist. Much of my contribution lies in helping to examine those assumptions, frame different questions, and recognise possibilities that conventional ways of seeing often obscure. When that happens, entirely new ways of relating to land begin to open up.
Design
Land
Buildings
Livelihoods
Design is where one-planet possibilities meet cultural reality. It’s the work of giving new patterns of relationship biophysical, social and economic form. My interest lies in bringing together the things that modern land-use systems have learnt to keep apart, so that they once again function as parts of a single living whole. The aim is not simply ecological restoration, but the cultivation of beautiful, integrated ways of living with the land.
Culture
Narrative development
Ecosystem intelligence
Imagination infrastructure
Many pioneering projects struggle to locate themselves within a much larger landscape of change. I help bring clarity to what they’re really trying to do, why it matters, the systemic conditions in which they’re operating, and the larger transition of which they form a part. From there, it becomes easier to articulate purpose, recognise natural allies, and contribute more consciously to the growing movement towards one-planet living.
If you’re working on a land-based project and sense that my input could be helpful, I’d love to hear from you. Whether you’re at the early stages ideation or deep into an established project, I’m always happy to explore what might be possible together.
Because I’m seeking to sustain this work through independent funding rather than consultancy fees, I’m able to offer these collaborations freely wherever I believe I can make a meaningful contribution.
