May 2022 saw Earth Sea Love becoming a community interest company after many months of doubts and procrastination. We didn’t think we were worthy enough, good enough, or ready enough.
But once we became something, the pressure was off. We created a space within which we could play, safely. We didn’t have any plans but we enjoyed talking with others. We enjoyed sharing ideas. Usually while out walking in nature or inside over good food and drink. Always sharing. Always remaining open.
Now as we near the end of 2023, Earth Sea Love CIC is more than enough. In the short time of our existence not only have we continued releasing some cracking good podcast conversations, but we have moved with the big boys* and held out own. In fact, we are now leading them down the diversity, equity and inclusion path in the great outdoors. Black-led projects is how we roll. It’s the only way we roll if we want to keep our integrity.
Now it might sound as if we’re blowing our own trumpet. But hey we’re proud of what we do and don’t mind sharing it because we’re confident enough to know we make a difference.
When you invite a group out walking, for example, and one person who’s a refugee and has been in the country for a year, and turns around while striding through the fields with the wind blowing through his thin coat that this is the best he’s felt since coming here. This.
This is a reminder about why we do what we do. Why we love what we do. We offer opportunities to connect to nature for our people. Simple. But powerful.
It’s no easy task keeping the money coming in so we can continue to offer these opportunities. Sometimes, we have to go old school and bring out the friends with cars and convoy to those hard to reach places outside in order to go inside.
We’re healing ourselves in the process of connecting with nature, with each other and ourselves. So please join with us, here at Earth Sea Love CIC, as we recognise we are enough.
* the big boys, if you’re interested, are such organisations as the National Trust, the National Parks of England and Forest England.