Nature Changes Lives

Award-winning adventurer Joshua Adeyemi (@talesbyjosh) explores how green space supports health, connection and community resilience.

Join Joshua Adeyemi – Founder of Black Scottish Adventurers and the creator behind Tales by Josh – for an interactive online session on why connecting with nature is essential for physical and mental wellbeing, stronger communities and a safer urban environment. Drawing on his journey from the green spaces of rural Nigeria to leading inclusive outdoor adventures in Scotland, Joshua will explore how access to quality green space can reduce stress, improve health and help people feel they belong. The session will sit within a wider theme of environmental risk and resilience, linking personal stories to practical action in towns and cities facing climate, nature and social pressures.

What Joshua will cover:
How time in nature supports physical and mental health, with evidence that neighbourhood green spaces are linked to better mental wellbeing, especially for people in disadvantaged communities.
Why fair access to safe, high‑quality green spaces matters for tackling inequalities, and how design, maintenance and community use can reduce fear, litter and antisocial behaviour.
Real stories from Black Scottish Adventurers about how outdoor experiences have reduced loneliness, built confidence and created new social networks for people who previously felt the outdoors “wasn’t for them”.
Practical examples of how greener streets, parks and urban nature projects can help manage climate and nature risks – from heat and flooding to biodiversity loss – while improving everyday quality of life.
Simple, inclusive ideas for getting more people outside safely and confidently, including how to remove barriers such as confidence, cost, skills and representation.

Why attend:
Learn from an experienced outdoor leader, influencer and charity board member who has dedicated his work to helping people connect with nature and understand their role in protecting the planet.

Leave with ideas you can act on immediately – from small changes in local spaces to designing programmes that use green places to support wellbeing, reduce isolation and build community cohesion.

Who it’s for:
Community groups, charities and volunteers looking for fresh ways to use local parks, paths and wild spaces to bring people together.

Anyone curious about how spending more time outdoors can change lives – starting with their own.

If you share an interest in health, resilience, community or the future of urban nature, this webinar offers an engaging, story‑led space to rethink what green space can do – and how you can help make it happen where you are.

This webinar is part of the Nature Secure Project.

Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)