Jemma offers opportunities for transformative experiences outdoors that help individuals rethink their relationship with the environment. Her approach is designed to inspire a change in values, guiding individuals from environmental awareness to active engagement. Her work is a blend of experiential environmental education, psychology and creative communication.

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Jemma earned a Master of Science (MSc) from the Durrell Institute of Conservation Ecology and began her professional journey in marine turtle conservation in South America.

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In 2003 Jemma returned home to join the Cornwall Sustainable Tourism Project, a cutting-edge

social enterprise set up to catalyse sustainable behaviour via the tourism industry. Central to this work, and of specific interest, was exploring what inspires people to change their behaviour to live more sustainably.

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In 2010 Jemma followed this inquiry into ecopsychology and outdoor ecotherapy, training to facilitate groups outdoors using approaches pioneered on WWF’s Natural Change Project. Natural Change is an innovative and powerful experiential programme designed to engage and support sustainability leaders. Jemma helped set up Natural Change as a social enterprise, to build a community of professionals to lead future programmes with this approach.

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An adventure into motherhood later, Jemma’s recent work has been experiential environmental education with groups of young people in Cornwall. It is this experience and passion she brings to Cusgarne Organic Farm’s Growing Minds Organically youth education programme.

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A Practice for Our Times has been designed to sit alongside her youth work, to connect with her own practice and journey towards regenerative living.

 

Jemma's hope is to build and nurture a local community fluent in a shared practice, to support one another in these challenging times.

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