Introduction: Learning With Treescapes in Environmentally Endangered Times

Authors

Samyia Ambreen, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityFollow
Kate Pahl, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityFollow

Abstract

As we write this in a cool and rainy north of England, the planet is burning. Some of the highest temperatures in Earth’s history are currently being recorded in Death Valley, US. Italy is recording temperatures of 118 degrees farenheit (48 degrees Celsius). Rhodes is on fire. I (Kate) remember when I realized the extent of the disaster that is the climate emergency coming upon us. It was listening to a geologist describing the slow and then very fast loss of a glacier in the High Arctic. We are realizing our world is slipping away from us.

Author Biography

Samyia Ambreen



Samyia Ambreen is a Research Associate in Education and Social Sciences Research Institute (ESRI) at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research interests include understanding children’s interactions through a participatory research design, with a focus on ethnicity and cultural diversity. She is also interested in hope, children’s spiritualty, and care towards environment.

Kate Pahl



Kate Pahl is Professor of Arts and Literacy at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her work is concerned with literacy and language practices in communities. She is the author, with Jennifer Rowsell, of Living Literacies (MIT Press 2020). She is currently the Principal Investigator of ‘Voices of the Future’, a three year project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), exploring the relationship between children and young people and Treescapes.

Recommended Citation

Ambreen, S., & Pahl, K. (2023). Introduction: learning with treescapes in environmentally endangered times. Occasional Paper Series, (50). DOI: https://doi.org/10.58295/2375-3668.1536