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Elsa’s whole life is about nature – she is dedicated to using whatever time, energy, skills and resources she has to help this beautiful planet. She practices active hope, and is supported by her loving partner Max and dog/sidekick Fergal.
Elsa graduated from Schumacher College in 2023 with a distinction in Ecological Design Thinking MA, and studied Health and Human Sciences at Durham University.
She co-founded the Tamar and Tavy Osprey Project at Warleigh Barton in 2023 and has driven the whole 480acre farm’s journey towards regeneration over a number of years.
She has made and worked on a number of environmental films, both behind and in front of the camera, producing, directing and editing.
She’s worked in Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya in both horseback safari coordination, conservation and film projects, but has more recently specialised in environmental education.
In 2021 she began working for Kivukoni School to instigate a whole school shift towards more ecological ways of being, and this work has seen the creation of a whole school nature curriculum, a dedicated ‘Eco Hub,’ employment of a local Kenyan nature teacher, the creation of her first book ‘reconnecting schools to nature’ and so much more.
Her work at Kivukoni was noticed, and soon she was asked to coordinate the education component for the Kaya Connect Project – restoring the East African coastal forest biodiversity hotspot. She trained up local environmental educators and designed a programme through which the communities and schools in and around the ancient forests have been receiving holistic, empowering and engaging environmental education, so as to protect the longevity of the restoration work and indeed the forests long into the future.
Elsa grew up on a farm in Devon and was always dedicated to looking after all animals to the best of her abilities. Whether cows, orphaned lambs, baby ducklings or injured amphibians, her sense of compassion for nature was her strongest characteristic. She was incredibly academic, achieving 10A*s at GCSE and 43 points in the International Baccalaureate, followed by both an academic and an allrounder scholarship to Bryanston School. Having travelled and worked across the world in diverse settings and capacities, she became aware of the injustices shared by many (both human and non human), and a life of active engagement, and leaning into these issues was born.
She now specialises in environmental education, and works on varied projects in film, adventure, design and farming.
I’ve had the absolute pleasure of working closely with Kivukoni in Kilifi, Kenya, on everything relating to environmental education. From curriculum design, to the creation of a new eco hub, nature club, and much more. Click here to find out more.
This is a large project funded by the Darwin Initiative and run largely by BGCI and LEAF, to restore the East African coastal forest biodiversity hotspot. I was asked to coordinate the education component of the project. I trained up local environmental educators and designed a programme through which the communities and schools in and around the ancient forests have been receiving holistic, empowering and engaging environmental education, so as to protect the longevity of the restoration work and indeed the forests long into the future. Find out more here.
Committed to serving the natural world with my head, heart and hands.
I’m always keen to learn from others in the environmental movement, and to offer whatever I can to help. Please do get in touch and let’s work together to allow nature to thrive once again.
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