Nature's Words About Helen Moore

An ecopoet based in Frome, Somerset, Helen publishes poetry, essays and reviews in various anthologies and journals, including The Wolf, Magma, The Nail, Green Spirit, Caduceus and Resurgence Magazine, for which she has been guest poetry editor and unoffical poet in residence.

Regularly performing her poetry at events and conferences around the UK, Helen also works as a children’s author, community artist and Forest Schools practitioner (Shared eARTh Learning Project and Bath Forest School).

She leads The Imagineers, a group of eco-aware artists from disciplines including theatre, visual arts, storytelling, poetry and ecopsychology, which meets monthly in Bath.

Her books include: Changing Nature (GreenSeer Books, 2006), Hope and the Magic Martian (Lollypop Publishing, 2008) and Hope and the Super Green Highway (Lollypop Publishing, 2009).

"For art to be relevant, artists must address the social and spiritual issues of our time...."

art at the heart of learning about our big home and the global dimension of our lives in schools and the community

• Exploration of climate change and other local/global environmental issues through creative and interactive means – e.g. Ecopoetry; participatory theatre activities; story; collage/sculpture with recycled and/found natural materials and willow; handmade books; and digital photography etc.

• Promotion of ecological awareness and ecoliteracy (local knowledge of flora and fauna) through Nature/wild foods walks combined with creativity

• Celebration of diversity and beauty in the natural world through ceremonies and events

My first children's book, Hope and the Magic Martian, (first in a series of three) introduces children to climate change and visions some solutions. I am available to do readings in primary schools (Key Stage 2), and can also offer a range of interactive, theatre-based activities related to the book and climate change communication. For more details, contact me.

I regularly perform my ecopoetry at environmental conferences around the UK, and have shared platforms with modern visionaries such as Joanna Macy, Mathew Fox, Vandana Shiva, Thomas Berry, Patrick Holden and Satish Kumar. I’ve also made appearances at a variety of festivals, including the Hay Festival, the Bristol Schumacher Lectures and the Big Green Gathering.

Other community events to which I’ve contributed have been opening a community garden in London; marking Remembrance Sunday at a Tree Festival, and annually writing and performing Wassail poems in my local community.

From time to time I also collaborate with musician, Ken Masters, who accompanies me on recorder and cello.

In December 2003 I won the annually awarded Bard of Bath title. As a modern Bard I draw on our ancient cultural heritage to reinterpret the role and responsibilities of the poet in today's world. I seek to bridge oral and literary traditions, developing my performance skills to make my poetry alive and accessible, and publishing it in as sustainable way as possible. (See Books/Photos/CD)

Winner of the Bard of Bath title 2003-4