sam

REWILD mentor & forest school leader.

Sam has a natural childlike curiosity and playfulness and loves helping children and adults to find their confidence in nature. She likes to meet people where they’re at and find what excites and motivates them. She studied sculpture, then worked in practical countryside management and ecology for the National Trust and Sussex Wildlife Trust. She is a L3 forest school leader and has been working with children in nature since 2012. For the last 9 years Sam has been studying and practicing nature connection with Jon Young and the 8 Shields movement where supportive practices of gratitude, mentoring, storytelling and deep listening, among others, help to build healthy, connective communities.

 

“Some of my earliest positive memories are around experiences with nature...exploring and taking apart leaves and flowers, watching leaves flicker in the breeze, and these memories remain strong.  As I got older I started to notice a feeling of deeper connection on occasions when I allowed myself to slow down and be truly present in nature. This feeling of being held, of community and kinship, of interconnectedness is the feeling that I want to help other people experience.”