A selection of my work and projects I'm involved with:
Together with a team led by Elahe Rajabiani, we developed the More–Than-Human Policy Reader - a digital tool that helps put the perspectives of other beings squarely in the policy picture.
Policy workA multispecies deliberations workshop at Quinta das Águias sanctuary.
WorkshopA public storytelling event for the Just Conservation Futures workshop at the University of Barcelona.
StorytellingWhispering with Wildlife
A public storytelling and performance evening I hosted in Amsterdam where people shared their experiences of relationships with other animals.
StorytellingThe rhino with no name and other stories
How storytelling creates transformative change in conservation. Society and Animals.
Academic articleMaking a case for compassionate rewilding.
Academic article
Kincentric Leadership asks that we include radically other ways of being, learn from multiple forms of intelligence, and that we use our influence to move towards a shared purpose of reciprocal respect, dignity and mutual thriving. It is underpinned by 8 core principles: Sacredness, Animacy & Intelligence, Interdependence, Kinship, Justice & Equity, Diversity & Cocreation, Belonging & Place, and Unravelling.
I have found the Kincentric Leadership handbook and benchmarking tool invaluable in shaping my work and identifying blind spots in how I collaborate with the living world.
Animal communication
Intuitive interspecies communication - speaking with animals - is a gift I believe all humans have. However, in the fast-paced noise of modern life this gift is increasingly forgotten. So I'm trying to re-learn what is already encoded within us. And you can try it too.
Here are some steps if you want to try communicating with the other beings in your life, inspired by professional interspecies communicator, Anna Breytenbach:
- Set your intention - silently say ‘I connect heart to heart with [the animal you are trying to communicate with]’
- Clear your mind - sigh deeply 3 times. Relax your body
- Feel the sensations in your body and your heart
- Connect - imagine a golden thread connecting from their heart to yours
- Say hello - silently say hello. If you know their name, use it
- Ask one question at a time - ‘is there anything you want to tell me?’
- Listen patiently - listen with your heart and wait for their answer. Do you hear any words? See any pictures? Feel something change in your body?
- Don’t assume. Be curious. Don’t assume you know the answers. Be curious and let the animal share their truth, even if it isn’t what you expected
- Say thank you
- Share what you discovered - Tell a friend or write it down
