Women in Nature: Karen Lloyd and We Are Nature Collective
Following recent walks supported by WayWORD, we bring together members of We Are Nature Collective with nature writer KarenLloydto share their work and reflect on their engagements with nature, ecology, and climate and land justice. Lloyd will discuss her latest book, Earthworks: Land and Nature in Uncertain Times, which explores the hidden life of habitats and species including sloths, the rockpool shrimp and the worlds only truly wild horse, while assessing our human impact on the lives of creatures whose survival is deeply intertwined with our own. We Are Nature Collective will share poetry from their first artefact publication, as well as new work they are developing for their second in response to further walks in the North East of Scotland, supported by WayWORD. This event will be chaired by writerMae Diansangu.
Our work with We Are Nature Collective is supported by the University of Aberdeen's Impact Fund and the Interdisciplinary Institute.
Karen Lloyd lives on the edge of the English Lake District. Her recent book Abundance: Nature in Recovery was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2022 for writing on conservation. The Gathering Tide: A Journey Around the Edge of Morecambe Bay (Saraband, 2015) was an Authors Book of the Year in The Observer. Until autumn 2025, Karen was a senior researcher and writer in residence with Lancaster Universitys Future Places Centre and now holds an honorary research post with the Institute of Science and Environment at The University of Cumbria.
We Are Nature Collective is a women-led creative group rooted in North-East Scotland. Together the group walks, listens, and creates, exploring the threads between people, place, and planet. The collectives work centres climate and land justice, recognising that the ecological crisis is inseparable from questions of social and economic justice. Through collective walks, creative prompts, and exhibitions, they create spaces where diverse women including those who are racialised, migrant, or living with limited resources can bring their lived experience into dialogue with wider community and policy conversations.
WayWORD empowers young people to produce a cross-arts literary festival in Aberdeen. Celebrating new work and ideas, amplifying diverse voices and breaking down barriers to culture in our community, WayWORD is part of the WORD Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen.
Our work with We Are Nature Collective is supported by the University of Aberdeen's Impact Fund and the Interdisciplinary Institute.
Karen Lloyd lives on the edge of the English Lake District. Her recent book Abundance: Nature in Recovery was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2022 for writing on conservation. The Gathering Tide: A Journey Around the Edge of Morecambe Bay (Saraband, 2015) was an Authors Book of the Year in The Observer. Until autumn 2025, Karen was a senior researcher and writer in residence with Lancaster Universitys Future Places Centre and now holds an honorary research post with the Institute of Science and Environment at The University of Cumbria.
We Are Nature Collective is a women-led creative group rooted in North-East Scotland. Together the group walks, listens, and creates, exploring the threads between people, place, and planet. The collectives work centres climate and land justice, recognising that the ecological crisis is inseparable from questions of social and economic justice. Through collective walks, creative prompts, and exhibitions, they create spaces where diverse women including those who are racialised, migrant, or living with limited resources can bring their lived experience into dialogue with wider community and policy conversations.
WayWORD empowers young people to produce a cross-arts literary festival in Aberdeen. Celebrating new work and ideas, amplifying diverse voices and breaking down barriers to culture in our community, WayWORD is part of the WORD Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen.
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