Head of Restoration at Greenpop · programmes across South Africa, Malawi, Kenya and Sierra Leone

Seeding a regenerative culture,
through restoration of inner and outer landscapes.

I help organisations and communities restore degraded landscapes across Africa, bridging ecological science, inner development and systems thinking. Once a month I write a letter weaving the three threads of that work.

One letter a month. Read in five minutes. No noise, no selling, unsubscribe anytime. While the list is being set up this sends me an email and I will add you personally. Or start by reading Letter No. 001.

30,000
trees a year across Southern Africa
4
countries with live restoration work
450+
community greening days
10
urban green zones seeded

Through the programmes I help run with Greenpop and its partners.

The letters

One letter, three landscapes.

Each issue of Inner & Outer Landscapes moves through the same weave, and closes with one thing worth your time.

i.

Inner landscapes

The human dimension of restoration: nature connection, leadership, and the inner work the outer work asks of us.

ii.

Outer landscapes

Field intelligence from live projects: forests, urban green zones, agroforestry and bioregional strategy across Africa.

iii.

Regenerative culture

The provocation: what systems we want to grow, and what the shift asks of organisations, economies and us.

Where the work lives

Four landscapes, one method taking shape.

1.29°S 36.82°E · Nairobi, Kenya

Syntropic Agroforestry for Climate Adaptation

A flagship demonstration site and training centre, built with a coalition to be replicated across Africa.

15.95°S 35.63°E · Mulanje, Malawi

Mulanje Bioregional Strategy

Growing the restoration economy and regenerative value chains in a UNESCO cultural landscape.

34.66°S 19.42°E · Overberg, South Africa

Uilenkraal Forest Restoration

Resilience strategies around Africa's southernmost forest, with thousands of trees planted each season.

Also this year: a seven-dimension bioregional baseline for Matamp City, Sierra Leone. More in what I'm doing now.

"There is no better common ground than the ground beneath our feet."
Chris Nash