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Jenny Hallam – j.hallam@derby.ac.uk Laurel Gallagher - laurel@feralstate Twitter@FeralStateUK

Jenny Hallam – j.hallam@derby.ac.uk Laurel Gallagher - laurel@feralstate.org Twitter@FeralStateUK Caroline Harvey – c.harvey@derby.ac.uk. ‘We’ve been exploring and adventuring.’ An investigation into young people’s engagement with a semi-wild, disused space. Benefits.

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Jenny Hallam – j.hallam@derby.ac.uk Laurel Gallagher - laurel@feralstate Twitter@FeralStateUK

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  1. Jenny Hallam – j.hallam@derby.ac.uk Laurel Gallagher - laurel@feralstate.org Twitter@FeralStateUK Caroline Harvey – c.harvey@derby.ac.uk ‘We’ve been exploring and adventuring.’ An investigation into young people’s engagement with a semi-wild, disused space

  2. Benefits

  3.  Kellert's (1993) Biophiliamodel has provided a useful framework for understanding why people benefit from nature

  4. Lumbar, Richardson and Sheffield's  (2017) pathways to nature model further build's upon Kellert's work and seeks to understand how we can connect people to nature

  5. Barriers

  6. Feral Spaces A child centred place making project which aims to connect young people to locally based wild, green space Organise free of charge activities designed  to give young people from a low SES area a safe place to go and an opportunity to develop a local disused space into an area that can be used positively by local communities

  7. TheIntervention 7 young people (11-12 years old) took part in the intervention funded by the canals and rivers trust The intervention ran for two hours every morning on the 20th June, 27th June and 4th July 2018 A range of naturalistic data was collected from each session and analysed using an inductive thematic analysis

  8. Engaging with the environment Contact and Emotion Indigo: Miss. I’m going to hug the tree Feral Spaces facilitator 1: Arr how does it feel being up there? Indigo: Nice. I couldn’t climb the tree. I can’t climb trees Feral Spaces facilitator 1: Well you look like you can from where I am standing

  9. Developing a sense of awe and wonderEcologistic-scientific and Contact Feral Spaces facilitator 1: You have never seen a caterpillar?  Fortex Warrior: There are so many   Feral spaces facilitator 2:  They really, really love this plant   Yeah    Feral spaces facilitator 2: I wonder what type of caterpillar they are?  Feral Spaces facilitator 1: We need to find out don’t we?   Fortex warrior: Yes and what they turn into  

  10. Respect and attachment to the spaceBeauty and Compassion Feral Spaces facilitator 1: It’s so pretty though with the dabbled light Feral Spaces facilitator 2: How did you describe this tree last week? Indigo: Nice and puffy Feral Space facilitator 3: Puffy. Yeah. So you find a puffy tree and it has got all kinds of possibilities hasn’t it? Feral Spaces facilitator 1: They (the branches) are really well attached Carbide: I swear it’s a bird’s nest. It’s some kind of nest. Leave it. We don’t want to spoil the habitat

  11. A sense of belonging Compassion Fortex warrior: Are you liking this?   Carbide: You’ve already asked me like a million times   Fortex Warrior: Yeah cause I want you to come next week    Carbide: I will because if we don’t tidy this up where are people going to play?    Fortex warrior: Exactly   Carbide: It’s a good place  

  12. Outcomes for the young people

  13. Implications for theory

  14. Find out more

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