Community Organising Manager at Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust Owen Hodgkinson tells us how his work brings him into contact with the River Don, and thinking about nature equity, multi-species justice and new ways of valuing the natural world.
The Doncastrian writer, podcaster and musician expores his connection to the River Don in our new generative interview series looking at nature's right to thrive in South Yorkshire.
The question of whether nature should have rights is cropping up more in both public and political debate, in particular for the River Don. Where did this movement come from and what does nature having rights actually entail?
Through indigeneous languages which don't objectify and categorise, we can learn to see our relationship to nature and the causes of the climate crisis very differently, writes Calvin Po.