Nature Enquiry Weekends

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.  Albert Einstein

Through a diverse, co-created programme of talks, walks, workshops, food, movement and meditative experiences we examine our individual and 
collective understanding and experience of ourselves as part of nature.

As part of this enquiry we have asked ourselves questions about everything from what nature is and how we relate to it, to the nature of consciousness and sentience, the boundaries between human and non-human worlds (including those thrown up by new technologies), and how a reimagining of our relationship with nature could help tackle some of society’s greatest challenges. We also very much welcome new ideas and themes to bring into the programme.

These weekends have been run at The Quadrangle since October 2016 by a morphing group of friends and collaborators including practising artists, curators, researchers, campaigners and academics.

For more information, or if you are interested in joining an enquiry weekend please email us.

“The most nourishing experience I’ve had in a very long time – intellectually, spiritually, physically… I’m filled up with inspiration, re-energised to get working and inspiring others to work towards mass restoration” Participant (visual artist)

“The Nature Enquiry has had a profound effect on me – not only in how I think about my personal relationship to nature, but also in how the cultural sector and their audiences might rethink their role in the environment. It feels genuinely collaborative and experimental; it is co-curated so lightly and beautifully that everyone is an active participant while being safely held. It’s the perfect space and time to reflect and progress all those crazy ideas and questions that made you want to do what you do – but rarely get round to – with a brilliant and often unlikely group of peers. ”Participant (Director, British Council)

“The experience of being at the weekend is transformative… To be amongst people thinking about the really big questions is as reassuring as it is fun.” Participant (architect)

“Mind blown… This will 100% influence my work and who I become.” Participant (VR artist)

“The Nature Enquiry was one of those rare experiences that stays with you long after you leave. It created the space to step outside the noise of everyday life and reconnect with something much bigger — our relationship with nature, with each other, and with the possibility of a different future. To spend time with such an extraordinary group of people, exploring questions that are both profoundly important and rarely given the space they deserve, was deeply inspiring. I left feeling more connected, more curious and, above all, more hopeful about what becomes possible when we come together to imagine and create a different world.” Gaya Roshan

“The Nature Enquiry changed my life completely. It led me to patterns, practices and people that I couldn’t even imagine before I attended.” Joel Lewis