PARKS AND REC: green space for all
In this episode
Parks and green spaces have been more important than ever over the last year but there are deep inequalities in who has access to them. We’re asking why that is and what we can do about it. Kate Ashbrook from the Open Spaces Society talks us through the history. Then Beth Collier from Wild in the City and Helen Griffiths from Fields in Trust discuss how we can ensure everyone can access to good quality green space.
Plus radio host Stuart Maconie on ‘The Nanny State Made Me’.
Guests
Kate Ashbrook (@CampaignerKate), general secretary of the Open Spaces Society
Helen Griffiths (@hegriffiths), chief executive of Fields in Trust
Beth Collier (@WildintheCity1), founder of Wild in the City
Stuart Maconie (@StuartMaconie), radio host and author of ‘The Nanny State Made Me’
More info
Access to green space
NEF: Escaping green deprivation (Jan 2021)
Helen Griffiths: Levelling-up playing fields, parks and greens spaces across the UK (Jan 2021)
Ramblers Association: The grass isn’t greener for everyone (Sep 2020)
Friends of the Earth: England’s green space gap (Sep 2020)
Helen Griffiths: People need parks (Sep 2020)
Beth Collier: The race factor in access to green spaces (May 2020)
History in the UK
Tribune: The Kinder Scout Mass Protest (Apr 2019)
Kate Ashbrook: Saving Open Spaces – history book (2015)
The Guardian: UK national parks: celebrating a country’s natural beauty (Aug 2013)
The Nanny State Made Me
FT: The Nanny State Made Me – a timely defence of big government (May 2020)
Guardian: The Nanny State Made Me review (Mar 2020)