Connecting to the culture of the Cook Islands
Kōrero o te `Ōrau Inc. works with Cook Islands communities to revive and restore cultural traditions and conserve their natural environment.
Nina Seale
Stories featuring Nina Seale
Nina Seale
Communications Manager
Communications
Nina is a conservation communicator with experience in fundraising, digital media, and charity storytelling. As well as her role in Synchronicity Earth’s small but ambitious communications team, Nina founded and co-runs the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Working Group at Synchronicity Earth and helps with the Synchronicity Portfolio. She has previously worked with Conservation Optimism, World Land Trust, UK Youth for Nature, and Big Canopy Campout; she also currently volunteers with Groundwork as part of the riverfly monitoring network and is a Trustee of Buglife. She has delivered guest lectures and workshops on conservation storytelling and social media to various institutions including Cardiff University, University of Plymouth, and the Royal Geographical Society. Prior to her career in conservation communications, Nina worked in South Africa as a safari guide following her degree in Zoology from the University of Edinburgh. In her spare time, she is editing her debut novel, flying on aerial silks, and taking her dog on adventures.
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From pledges to practice: How can environmental funding be more effective?
During New York Climate Week, Maliasili and Synchronicity Earth launched a report ‘From Pledges to Practice: Shifting Conservation Funding Approaches to Better Support Local African Organizations’.
Endangered encounters: A hornbill love story
Penelope and Rudy were the first breeding pair of Visayan hornbills to be reintroduced to the wild, strengthening the population of this Critically Endangered species in the Philippines.
Funding the youth biodiversity movement
Swetha Stotra Bhashyam explains how funding the youth biodiversity movement can empower their global vision.
The secret to conservation success: listening
Meet Sheherazade (Shera) and Asnim Alyoihana Lanusi (Anim), the two founders behind PROGRES Sulawesi, an organisation supported by our Asian Species Programme which uses the power of connection and community to safeguard Sulawesi’s unique and most threatened species.
From primate scientist to youth activist: Meet Swetha Stotra Bhashyam
Synchronicity Earth speaks to Swetha Stotra Bhashyam about her career in youth activism for the global biodiversity movement.
The RACE Report: Ethnic diversity and the environment sector
As conservationists, we cherish biodiversity. We understand that an ecosystem is strongest, most resilient to change, and most likely to thrive when there is diversity of habitats, species, and genes. At Synchronicity Earth, our work extends to that of conserving biocultural diversity, knowing that where cultural diversity can flourish, so can biological diversity. So, [...]
Climate disaster hits southern Brazil, thousands displaced
Conservation organisations pause operations to help the emergency relief effort as a climate catastrophe floods southern Brazil.
In it for the long haul: Transforming the crocodile from villain to hero
Wildlife corridors through oil palm plantations. Local communities saving the world’s rarest crocodile from extinction. Sweeping new protections for EU seabed. A groundbreaking coalition for amphibian conservation. When conservation organisations have access to flexible, reliable funding, their impact can be revolutionary. In this series, we look back at major victories facilitated by our long-term, [...]
Podcast: Nina Seale talks about conservation storytelling
Our Communications Manager Nina Seale spoke to Dr Nick Askew, Director of Conservation Careers, about her career in conservation communications, the challenges of Synchronicity Earth’s focus on overlooked species and ecosystems, and why she is passionate about diversity and inclusion in the environment sector. Nina with Jim Pettiward (Head [...]