Missed previous episodes? You can catch up here: Episode One: Gareth & Suzy
Episode Two: Sydney Williams, Founder of Hiking My Feelings
Episode Three: Amira, Founder of The Wanderlust Women
We’re really happy to launch the fourth episode of our series, Barriers to the Outdoors.
As you well know, we wax lyrical about the life changing mental and physical benefits we’ve both experienced from developing connections with the natural world around us. We truly believe that the outdoors and connecting with nature is something that should be for everyone, but as it stands it isn’t. The thing is, barriers to the outdoors exist in so many ways, and in many circumstances, in ways you might not even have imagined. As we look to diversify this space and strive to make it more inclusive, every single question asked around the topic of privilege and accessibility in the outdoors, the question of barriers comes up in every single conversation. More questions spur out of the question already asked and we truly begin to gain a sense of just how complex an issue getting into the outdoors is for so many people.
In this series, we’re going to be talking to a whole host of people with really different experiences of what barriers have been presented to them and their communities and their thoughts on the issues surrounding this.
In Episode Four, we chatted to Tahir who runs Diversity iN Adventure (DNA), all about the work he is doing to help diversify the outdoor space, both on and offline. Based in Utah, USA, Tahir is passionate about making the outdoors more inclusive by way of showing that there are many more versions of an outdoor experience than those we are often shown by the media. We’d really recommend looking the work Tahir is doing and following along!
Let’s get listening!
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