She/her, 20/birder/environmental activist; pre-order Birdgirl out 6/22 https://t.co/qKT2xbazCw @officialb2n myarose@independenttalent.com/admin@black2nature.org
Jun 13, 2020 • 28 tweets • 16 min read
I am a young naturalist, passionate about birds & live near Bristol. I am 1/2 Bangladeshi & set up #Black2Nature. In Jan 2015, age 13 I realised that I never saw anyone who looked like me outdoors - never @ABA@Natures_Voice#BlackBirders#BlackBirdersWeek#BlackLivesMatter 1/
The first thing I did was persuade 5 Visible Minority Ethnic (VME) boys to come to my nature camp. They hadn't been to the countryside before & the 1st thing I learnt was that you have to make it relevant. A volunteer did this by comparing the speed of a Peregrine Falcon 2/