S2 Ep2: Finding Our Way with Dwayne Fields - Young People, Urban Britain and Nature Connection

Finding Our Way - Diverse Outdoor Voices

In this one we sit down with National Geographic explorer Dwayne Fields to talk about giving young people chance to shine, helping urban communities connect with the wild, advice for allies and how to respect the outdoors.

• Growing up in Jamaica and the traumatic transition to life in London
• How Scouts gave him freedom to be himself
• Training in UK mountain environments
• The special magic of challenging yourself in the outdoors
• Overcoming the fear of going into wild places for the first time
• Experiencing inner city gang violence – being robbed, stabbed and an attempted shooting
• Discovering the outdoors as a way to be his real self
• Being the first black Briton to walk to the North Pole, and what that was like
• Why outdoor and adventure communities aren’t representative, and what needs to change
• The We Two Foundation and giving underprivileged youngsters a chance
• The Scouts and the Agoonoree Camp for Scouts with special needs
• How to be an ally to improve diversity in the outdoors
• Leave No Trace and wild camping
• What’s next for Dwayne

Show notes and full transcript available at https://www.thebmc.co.uk/finding-our-way-podcast-dwayne-fields-on-urban-britain-nature-connection

Follow Dwayne on social - @dwayne_fields, @teamwetwo, www.dwayne-fields.com