Abbie Barnes - Spend More Time in the WILD

Summit to Talk About

Abbie is the founder of 'Spend more time in the wild', a growing organisation and community inspiring and empowering people to get outside for the benefit of physical and mental wellbeing.
At the age of 13, Abbie began making films about our natural world and the devastating destruction to the environment through the production of palm oil. This led to Abbie speaking to MEP's in the European Parliament about the importance of ingredient labels on products.
Since then, Abbie has set up a production company - Song Thrush Productions and has made many films which have gained international recognition.
With her passion for the outdoors, Abbie is a keen long distance hiker and lover of the mountains. We chat about how it all began, Abbie's own battle with mental ill health, the many adventures she's had including the 2021 project 'Abbie bikes Britain' seeing Abbie cycle the length of Britain whilst visiting every national park on route to hike to its highest point.
Abbie has an extensive CV of adventure and you can read more by visiting her website where you'll find links to the YouTube channel, podcast and Patreon community - www.spendmoretimeinthewild.co.uk
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