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. Every two weeks I write a letter weaving the three threads of that work.

One letter every two weeks. 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.

Latest letters
No. 001

Starting With Nothing

In 2018, fire took a hillside on the Garden Route. Replanting it with no money and a few thousand seedlings taught me the idea this whole letter is built on.

 25 July 2026
No. 002

Arrives early August 2026

 fortnightly
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