Engaging Environments: Final Report – Project Summaries, Outcomes & Legacy

The Engaging Environments team is pleased to be able to share with you the final report from our ‘Project of Projects’.

In response to the climate emergency and the intersectional challenges of environmental and social justice, Engaging Environments sought to build the capacity of environmental scientists and diverse communities to work towards equitable partnerships that help reduce the impact of the climate and biodiversity crisis on the most affected people and places.

In this report, we outline how EE developed partnerships across Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), diverse communities, cultural partners, and critical friends. The project co-ordinated activities and allocated funding to the various project communities around the country for distinct programmes of work in various regional settings. Projects focused on listening, learning, and developing common principles, values, and practices of co-creation and co-inquiry, equitable partnerships, capacity-building, and community engagement (see project diagram). The partnership also offered mutual learning and knowledge exchange opportunities between local project communities to help shape practice around the country.

We hope that you enjoy and learn from this report and our experiences, and join the legacy of the project in creating conditions for change.

If you would like any further information, please contact Matt Burrows at University of Reading (m.j.burrows@reading.ac.uk).