Why We Care Nature in urban spaces: a human right? with Ellen Miles, Activist and Author of “Get Guerrilla Gardening”
In today’s episode I’m speaking with Ellen Miles, guerrilla gardener, activist and author. I found out about guerrilla gardening when I first met her a few months ago - in case you haven’t heard of it yet, it means planting flowers and plants in public spaces in your neighbourhood, both to support biodiversity but also to reclaim those spaces and connect with your local community. I asked her a ton of questions about it so if you’re curious and want to learn more about guerilla gardening, you’re in the right place!
She also recently wrote an entire book about it which I’ll link in the show notes in case you’d like to dig even deeper (pun completely intended). The other book she wrote is called ‘Nature is a Human Right’, another movement she started to advocate for more access to nature in our increasingly urbanised world. So we also spoke about this a little bit and how regular contact with nature is absolutely crucial for our health.
Want to dig deeper?
- Read ‘Get Guerrilla Gardening’ - https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/ellen-miles/get-guerrilla-gardening/9780241593349
- Read ‘Nature is a Human Right’ - https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/ellen-miles/nature-is-a-human-right/9780241531358
- Ellen’s organisation, Dream Green - https://www.dreamgreen.earth/
- Vital Seeds - https://vitalseeds.co.uk/
Come say hi!
- Ellen on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/octaviachill
- Why We Care on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/whywecarepodcast/
- Tiphaine on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tiphainemarie_/
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