
“The River Don has a right to thrive in its own right, because it's alive and it's something we should deeply respect” ~ Now Then
As part of our Right to Thrive series on the future rights of nature, we speak to a Sheffield-based researcher who explores the relationship between trauma and the living world.
Dr Joanna Clare Dobson is a writer, researcher, artist and allotment-holder based in Sheffield. Her academic work focuses on the role the more-than-human world plays in narratives around trauma, as well as exploring the intersections between grief and nature.

Accidental Gods #176 - Bridging from the Necessary to the Possible with Emily Harris of Dark Matter Labs
If the present system is broken – and is in fact the heart of the meta-crisis – how can we transform peacefully to something that will work to create the future we’d want to leave behind?
That’s the core question of this podcast and so it was with great joy, that I found Dark Matter Labs. DML says of itself, “We’re working to create institutions, instruments and infrastructures for a more equitable, caring and sustainable future.
