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Research


‘Lisa articulates research in appealing and rigorous ways. Her methods have the capacity to inspire others and change minds, hearts and practices, which is desperately needed in this time of ecological challenge.'




Biljana C. Fredriksen
Professor of Art & Craft Education
University of South-Eastern Norway





Articulating issues around temporary accommodation in London with event delegates through drawing, gifting artworks across the system, feeding into wider research. For Trust for London Creation of visual research methods, lead on writing and creating interactive research report investigating how a systems learning approach impacted the effect of Covid emergency funds. For Just Ideas. Site based participatory research into volunteer perspectives on strategy. Research author 'Finding Teams For Nature Recovery'. For Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxon Wildlife Trust Action research, exploring the viability of local tree care and seed system with Chiltern Rangers CIC, part of Bucks Tree Mission



 

Co-design





'Build a school in a day' For Creative Partnerships Sheffield, with Gillian Robertson. Tent school - co-creating a site responsive outdoor classroom with school children at Cogges Farm Oxfordshire Rooftop renewables co-design event with Thame Business Forum and Oxford Low Carbon Hub Exploring the possibility of co-designing with water. Internal Research





Catalyst projects
and events


'The most well-crafted event on climate justice I have seen.'



Ruth Mayne
Co-founder of Low Carbon West Oxford,
Lead Researcher Just Energy Transitions & Influencing, Oxfam GB






An Evening of Film and Conversation on Climate Justice, COP 27. Connecting local land/food/biodiversity and energy production practices in England, Kenya and India through bespoke films and live conversation. With Empathy Media. Land Custodians Book Project. Creation of a handmade book sharing the experience of farmers responsible for large areas of land during a time of crisis. Town electrification tours with young people. Event exploring the effect of Climate Change on Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve, with Cuttle Brook Conservation Volunteers.








Tools,provocations and objects







Testing a Rain Door as a viable camping water source Civic Shapes, a card-pack tool for exploring identity within a democratic system, with Just Ideas and New Local. Tree baskets, making more than practical homes for saplings, and imagining their future space Inviting shared human and deer spaces, Knepp Estate Model of a charcoal roof to purify the water system
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