About
My work aims to help people live in deeper connection and harmony with nature.
The climate and nature crises are symptoms of disharmony in the relationship, and whilst it’s vital to work on alleviating the symptoms, we also need to address the root cause: cultural beliefs that humans are separate from and superior to nature, that we are entitled to exploit nature for our own ends, and that we can transcend the limits of nature. Driven by these beliefs, modern human societies are pushing the climate system into chaos and causing mass extinction of species. Without a profound shift in how we relate to the rest of nature, we face catastrophic ecological breakdown.
Serious work, with a playful spirit.
I am a mindfulness and nature-connection coach/trainer and mountain leader. I work part-time in the Scottish Government providing social research, organisational learning and systems thinking expertise. I’m also a Visiting Researcher at the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business Lancaster University, a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance, and an advisor on Reneé Lertzman’s Project InsideOut.
Following a PhD in the psychology of pro-environmental behaviour, I worked in the science team of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change technical support unit for Working Group II (impacts, vulnerability and adaptation) with a focus on social sciences and psychology for the Sixth Assessment Report.
In my early career I worked in the music industry and arts & heritage sector.
Accredited and certified coach (2012)
Mindfulness teacher training (2013)
Qualified Mountain Leader (2018)
Certified Holden QiGong Instructor (2025)
Nadine Andrews : life-friendly practices 