Yesterday I had the brilliant opportunity to speak with Sam Peters who is one of the founders of Planted. I recently saw Sam speak at the Fika with Friends conference, which inspired me to get in touch.
Planted is running London’s first zero waste event at Granary Square on the 23-26th September. It was great to hear more about the event and the future plans for Planted. For instance, expanding their podcast outreach, lauching a members area, future events and much more.
Panted installation during London Design Festival in Granary Square, King’s Cross
Having spoken to Sam about my work and how our aims are very much alined to connect people to nature in innovative ways, Sam kindly offered for me to get involved in their event this September. Therefore, I will be attending the event on Thursday (23rd) and Friday (24th) and assiting in anyway I can, as well as meeting with the team. This is a very exciting opportuniy to make many more connections within my stakeholder network and learn more about cuttting-edge work in the field of biophilia and sustianability.
I will also look to work with Planted past this event as they continue to expand, and hopefully find key opportunites for overlap and collaboration in our goals.
Reflection
Being invited to take part in the Planted event feels like a big breakthrough in my work, which expresses that my project is valuable to the scetor and my stakeholders. Having this validation of my work that others are interested in it to the point that they want me to collaborate in their work allows me to feel I am on the right track, talking to the right people and persuing new ways to create changes in connecting to nature.