Mel McCree

Bristol, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Director at Free Range Creativity

Writing / Publishing

I am a specialist in outdoor arts, play and learning with 20 years experience. I work as a senior researcher and lecturer (UWE, Plymouth University), consultant, writer, participatory artist and Forest School practitioner. My research interests include outdoor creativity, place-based collaboration, nature-society relations, community land access, outdoor practitioner training, intercultural perspectives, human geography, environmental sociology, environmental education, creative methodologies, arts in health, arts in education, applied improvisation and participatory arts. My PhD (2014) was an ethnography of the experiences of Forest School Practitioners. Alongside my academic work I ha...