Our Team

  • Adah Parris

    A visionary emerging artist, speaker, and technology innovator, leads with Cyborg Shamanism™, merging ancient wisdom and digital realms. She inspires transformative thinking and fosters innovation globally. Recognised for her impact, Adah is Chair of Mental Health First Aid England, shaping a more compassionate future through art and technology.

  • Mandy Holden

    Mandy coordinates Friends of the Earth's Experiments Team, drawing on her design background as an architect and her local environmental work in the Peak District. She loves supporting groups to nurture their emerging ideas, creating welcoming spaces where imagination can flourish. She is committed to tending the relationship between nature and people.

  • Mary Stevens

    Mary co-leads Friends of the Earth’s Experiments Team. Based in Bristol, she’s a social creative, with a background in public policy, social action and research and she’s particularly interested in using innovation to support the emergence of more resilient local communities to accelerate a transition to greener, fairer, more inclusive society.