Growing up in a wheelchair in inner-city London, nature and the countryside weren’t high on my agenda. They felt like something for “other people” that I didn’t really have access to.
Then, aged eight, I went on a school trip to a huge estate with wide open green spaces, trees, and ravines. It changed my relationship with the natural world. Lots of people – particularly those from urban areas – can feel a disconnect with nature.
The pandemic brought this into sharp focus and it felt like, for the first time, people were beginning to experience a new relationship with their surroundings.
