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My name is Jasmine Isa Qureshi (They/She), and this is my website. Here you can find out more about my personal journey, book me for talks, events or workshops (more details below), commission me for consultancy work (more details below), read my articles, watch my seminars / poetry sets / films, learn about my organisation Soil To Sky, learn about the work I am doing in the queer, trans, muslim, nature and intersectional space, or just leave me a supportive message…
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I have years of experience working with, and in various sectors ranging from environmental NGO’s, wildlife and conservation charities, independent and mainstream media and production platforms/companies, magazines, STEM centers, CEO’s of companies, etc. I also work within the communities I come from and with other communities I intersect due to my identities. Using my lived and learned experience, and the work I have done to increase diversity, representation and format of learning in these sectors, I offer consultancy work as an expert on queer diversity, racial diversity, queer ecology, systemic issues in organizations and reformatting learning around biology, ecology, creative and factual writing. My rates and availability can be discussed upon interest and contact.
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I offer workshops and structure seminars across various topics; these include - creative writing and natural history, queer ecology and queer theory, importance of changing perspectives in biology and natural history, climate activism and diverse perspectives, spoken word and creative avenues for STEM subjects specifically ecology, trans and queer allegories in nature, south asian diaspora understanding of wildlife, and journalism in science, natural history, queer history, and Muslim queer society.
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Generation Hope
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Published Writing
Talks / Seminars / Events
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Queer Ecologies Open Access Learning Programme
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Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024
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A Dash of Lavender - Queer Botanical Poetry Evening - Chelsea Physic Garden
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Queers With Palestine - SPOKEN WORD + CABARET - Solidarity Event and Fundraiser
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Bristol University - How to communicate your PhD Research
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Explorers Conference 2023 - Natural History Museum London - An Introduction to Decolonising Conservation
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Harper Adams University - Science Communication in Insect Conservation
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Learning Festival with Unearthodox - Implementing DEI
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Heal Ourselves - Queer Nature and Assumptions
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COVERT Magazine - Poetry Reading and Queer Ecology and Unlearning workshop
Readings and Workshop to be announced soon…
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Extreme Hangout x Eden Project delivered by Earth Minutes - Climate Doomism
30.09.2023 10AM - 5PM
The Eden Project - Cornwall
In the lead up to COP28, Earth Minutes will be running an ‘Extreme Hangout’ event at Eden to celebrate the importance of youth voices within climate change leadership.
We will be exploring climate change from the lens of football, finance and music, to ensure there will be something for everyone and to encourage cross-collaboration between industries and interests.
Stop telling us that our future is doomed! The role of young people at COP28 and beyond - Panel
Emma-Louise (facilitator)
Sunita Ramani (Greenhouse Comms)
Skye Neville (SAS)
Amelia Crews (Earth Minutes)
Jasmine Isa Qureshi (Writer/Storyteller)
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Friends of the Earth - Lunchtime talk on Queer Ecology and Climate Change
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Resurgence: Youth Rewilding Summit - Eco Communication
23.09. 2023 10AM SATURDAY - 24.09.2023 17:30PM SUNDAY
Knepp Estate
This event is organised by young people FOR young people, to teach and learn about the effects and benefits of rewilding, and to connect share ideas, have fun and leave more ready than ever to shape a more nature-friendly future.
I will be speaking about my experiences and my expertise in making this space as useful for a sustainable future in terms of how we deal with diversity, perspective and natural history.
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Our Earth, our History - Queer Ecology workshop - Cardiff Museum
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Urban Nature Festival - Where Do I Start: Using the tools of Queer Ecology to combat the climate crisis
Liverpool 09.09.2023 10:00AM-18:00PM
This festival will be a day to celebrate the UK’s city-dwelling shrubs and critters and a fun creative space to meet like-minded people.
Working in collaboration with the Wildlife Trusts, we will be hosting a variety of talks, panels and activities throughout the day including:
• Get Guerilla Gardening with Ellen Miles
• A panel discussion around access to nature with: Jasmine Isa Qureshi, Mahnoor Kamran, and City Girl in Nature.
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Shambala - A Queer Ecologists Guide to Mother Natures Brain
27.08.2023 15:30-16:00PM
Nature is queer..to really understand how, and why we have ignored the magic of biology in modern science for so long, we must understand how our home, how the canvas we are painted on, has been cut into pieces by the people and ideologies that teach us about wildlife, natural history, our society, and ourselves. We must go on a journey through the brain of Mother
Nature, and discover the many, MANY thousands of ways that she has built wildlife and the environment as a spectrum of so many genders, sexualities, expressions and behaviours, and how our one track. binary format of labelling and categorising, limits us in our awareness of how nature works, how we can learn about it, and even, how we are aware of and understand each-other.
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RALLY Festival - Daytimers + Mehfil poet
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RSPB Pride in Nature and Conservation Spotlight Talk
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RHS Pride in Nature
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Bat Conservation Trust - Workshop
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TARA Theatre - Spoken Space
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"The lecture you gave was truly inspirational and amazing, it brought me a lot of peace and hope for my future and the future of bugs and entomology. You are such a brilliant and inspiring person, and please keep doing all the amazing things you're doing!"
Student - Harper Adams University
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"Very fun to meet someone who is clearly very passionate and able to articulate it in a way that navigates the nuances whilst also making it very fun"
Peer - Queer Ecology Consultancy
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"I showed my mum the first episode of 8 Out of 10 Bats and she said you should just narrate life..."
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"I never thought you could do conservation and be interested in nature, AND wear the clothes you wanted, you changed my outlook completely"
Young Person Online
