Meet our team

“The world is complex. We need to stop dumbing it down. The current state of our world requires us to work hard to fully understand the complexity of living systems and to design elegant approaches that honor and appreciate that complexity.” Pamela works with project development teams and community groups to build critical systems thinking skills and holistic planning processes and designs that can address complex systems problems and opportunities. She also works as a faculty member for The Regenerative Practitioner series.

“To do things differently, we need to see things differently.” John is a writer, curator, event producer–and visiting professor at Tongji University–with a focus on social, ecological and relational design and urban-rural reconnection. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years and was commissioner of the 2019 China exhibition Urban-Rural. John has curated biennials and place-based xskool workshops in 20 countries. He is and his most recent book, How To Thrive In the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow’s World Today, was published in China in 2019.

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Glenn works across the boundaries of science/policy/practice with 30 years of experience building bioregional and ecosystem stewardship. Founder of SustainaMetrix in Portland, Maine, projects have taken him across the country and around the world working with government agencies, NGOs and universities. As the first Director of Conservation for the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, Glenn was awarded the title of “Environmental Hero” by U.S. Vice President Al Gore in 2001. Glenn is a constant source of inspiration to BLC, and is particularly gifted at activating people’s potential for change.

Born into a family of sailors, scientists, master swordsmen, artists and lawyers, philosophers, textile traders, engineers, digital entrepreneurs, gardeners, rally drivers, deep sea divers, and Gordonston’s survivors, Elizabeth understands the value of knowledge of all kinds. After working in the creative industry, Elizabeth founded Land Art Agency & Collective in pursuit of her lifelong dedication to creatively supporting the natural world. She is a tutor on the MA Marketing & Communications degree at Falmouth University teaching on modules including 'Industry & Innovation', 'The Art of Ethical Strategy & Leadership', 'Creative Digital Storytelling' and 'Marketing & Communications in a Digital World'. Elizabeth has a first class honours degree in Photography and an MSc in Environment, Society and Politics, UCL.

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Bridie joined BLC as Climate Adaptation Project Manager, bringing her experience working within the fields of community, sustainability, climate, conservation and science communication. She has delivered numerous community-focused environmental projects and communications within the South Devon bioregion; for Sustainable South Hams, as Communities co-lead for the Devon Local Nature Recovery Strategy and Wild About Devon, and as Communications Officer for Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Bridie’s work centres on connecting with people through education and outreach, having been a reporter, writer and podcast contributor, magazine sub editor and contributor and researcher. She is interested in the intersection of arts and ecology, particularly through performance, having worked in educational theatre with young people and now being part of local community theatre and music groups. She holds an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London, a BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology and a diploma in Community Arts Management.

Emilio Mula is a filmmaker, visual artist and animator. For over 20 years Emilio has communicated stories about the environment through social engagement and art projects using films, animations and visual installations. Emilio is currently experimenting with sensors in nature to create real time, interactive experiences, and working with climate data to convert it into more visceral audiovisual information in order to develop new ways of understanding the changes that are happening in and around us.

As someone born and bred in South Devon, Tracy has always appreciated the natural world and the incredible environment in which we live. Starting her career in banking and aviation Tracy left the corporate sector to become a part of the conservation and charitable sectors, working for the Wildlife Trusts movement for 13 years. Tracy moved to set up her own business development consultancy and then spent 4 years working for an adoption charity.  To better support the emerging Climate Change emergency, Tracy took a position as Consultant Operations Manager for Yealm Community Energy. After delivering 3 local solar farms into community ownership and creating the first carbon neutral electric ferry on the River Yealm, Tracy joined BLC in February 2024. As Programme Director for BLC, Tracy specialises in grant funding, relationship management, education, and project management.

Dr Nick Paling specialises in the analysis, visualisation and communication of strategic information to engage stakeholders and ensure that environmental actions are co-designed, targeted and co-created in locations that give the greatest magnitude and diversity of social, cultural, economic and environmental outcomes. For ~15 years, Nick has been working as a ‘knowledge-broker’ and co-creation-facilitator on local collaborative governance, participatory environmental planning, community-based climate resilience/adaptation and Nature Based Solutions projects. Since 2017, Nick has been working as a European Commission (Horizon 2020 and Joint Research Centre) Technical Expert.

As a BLC co-founder, Jane brings design into the heart of BLC’s practices and projects as a way to try things out, get stuff done, give form to ideas, spark conversation and inspire action. Her understanding of ecological complexity and large-scale restoration projects comes from living alongside the redwoods and rivers of Northern California whilst working with environmental NGO California Trout. They have been actively advocating for, and improving freshwater ecosystems for over 50 years. Jane has led and inspired inter-disciplinary teams for global design and architecture firms in London, Ohio, Boston and San Francisco. Developing projects across multiple sectors and industries provided insight into how the commercial world works. She draws on her deep experience in visioning, branding, concept creation and design in order to create mission-led, place-based experiences and meaningful forms of communication, including the arts, that make sense for today.

Isabel is a communicator, educator and large-scale project organiser. Her experience in the London art world (where her work included writing as an art critic for The Times and curating exhibitions at the Royal Academy) led her to set up and direct the Festival of Muslim Cultures that took place across Britain throughout 2006. Over 120 events in almost every conceivable art form brought audiences into contact with the Muslim world in order to build bridges of understanding between cultures. Isabel moved to South Devon in 2010 and created and led learning programmes for children and young adults with Transition Network. Since 2012 she has trained in Regenerative Development and Design with Regenesis.