In order to attempt to reverse some of the effects of the climate crisis, we have to work with the natural world, letting go of the reins and walking with it. But most of us have no idea what this looks or feels like. To best protect our green spaces, whether that be big parks or our back gardens, we first have to understand them and feel connected to them.

Using a template taken from the values of an English folk festival from the South of England (wassailing, a thanksgiving ceremony to the trees in orchard communities), this project instructs the user on how to reintegrate into local ecosystems through an emotional process.

This process guides the user on a journey of emotional care for both the people in their community and the local green space. Through this process, a relationship is slowly built up between person and land which means that they as humans can begin to care for the space from within, rather than as an onlooker. It allows the user to incorporate aspects of their own culture around nature and their own personal opinions on the natural world and what they are interested in. This project uses nostalgic, soft aesthetics to communicate an aspect of play and gentleness so as to reassure the user that even though climate change is scary and relentless, we can do this, together.

The outcomes include a manual of how to perform the process, an instructional film and a film that shows an example of the instructions being interpreted by the designer along with the props that went into that process.

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