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Research and Co-design


‘Lisa articulates research in appealing and rigorous ways. Her methods have the capacity to inspire others and change practices, which is desperately needed in this time of ecological challenge.'




Biljana C. Fredriksen
Professor of Art & Craft Education
University of South-Eastern Norway





Designing and delivering arts based research into the value of cultural ecosystem services. Developing methods for presenting arts based research alongside economic data to policy makers. For the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aqua Culture Science, with Evolved Research and Consulting. Exploring the possibility of co-designing with water. Internal research. Reintroducing Pine Martens to Devon and Somerset. Developing bespoke creative evaluation guidance, toolkit and data collation system, following co-design workshop with species reintroduction team. Devon Wildlife Trust. 'Finding Teams For Nature Recovery' Site based action research into practical conservation volunteer perspectives on community organising. For Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxon Wildlife Trust. Arts based research workshop, Lowestoft, UK East Coast. For CEFAS, with Evolved research and Consulting. Arts based research photomontage method sample. Researching food production in West End, Woking. Internal research. Creation of visual research methods, lead on writing and creating interactive research report investigating how a systems learning approach impacted the effect of Covid emergency funds. For Just Ideas. Build a School in Day, for Creative Partnerships Sheffield, With Gillian Roberstson. Articulating issues around temporary accommodation in London with event delegates through drawing, gifting artworks across the system, feeding into wider research. For Trust for London. Designing a creative evaluation system with Devon and Somerset Wildlife Trust. With Kath Daly, researching whether the award winning 'Tracking the Impact' nature recovery monitoring programme could be scaled up across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes to support the delivery of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Commissioned by Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Natural Environment Partnership, funded by Natural England. Action research, exploring the viability of local tree care and seed system with Chiltern Rangers CIC, part of Bucks Tree Mission.






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Tools, Provocations and Props


‘Wild Pear helped us uncover rich insights that traditional methods might have overlooked. Lisa’s  professionalism, and deep understanding of both artistic practice and environmental themes made her an invaluable collaborator. We highly recommend Wild Pear to anyone looking to integrate innovative, art-led methodologies into their work.'




 Racheal Gallaher, Director, Evolved Research and Consulting
Lead organisation, research into marine cultural ecosystem services for CEFAS.





Imagining a different relationship with rain, through a tent 'rain door'. Species and habitat domes for nature recovery zones, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Nature Recovery Strategy, designed with Laure Carnet. Inviting questions about shared human and deer spaces, Knepp Rewilding. Natural character zone maps, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Local Nature Recovery Strategy, designed with Laure Carnet. Crafting tree baskets, to imagine the future lives of saplings. With Chiltern Rangers CIC. Bespoke field notebooks, for Tracking the Impact research workshop for Environmental organisations. Species Top Trumps, sharing cross disciplinary knowledge at the Tracking the Impact workshop, for Natural England, with Kath Daly. Adapted Civic Shape. Chancy architecture - designed through a spiderly imagination. Internal. Civic Shapes, a card-pack tool for exploring identity within a democratic system, with Just Ideas and New Local. Trying to think like a spider, who is trying to think like a human, Internal design methods development What to do with all those tents. Proposal for post-festival debris. Internal. Thinking about light and time with a portable sundial tent. Creative Partnerships Sheffield.





Catalyst projects
and events


'The most well-crafted event on
climate justice I have seen’.




Ruth Mayne
Co-founder of Low Carbon West Oxford,
Lead Researcher Just Energy Transitions & Influencing, Oxfam GB
- An Evening of Film and conversation, Thame COP






Farmer and landowner local nature recovery strategy event, The Bell Pub, Wimslow. For Buckinghamshire Council. Designing and delivering a mass-workshop to sense check and evaluate the first iteration of the Buckinghamshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, with 100 farmers, ecologists, community volunteers, developers and businesses. For Buckinghamshire Council, with Kath Daly. An Evening of Film and Conversation on Climate Justice, COP 27. Connecting local land/food/biodiversity and energy production practices in England, Kenya and India through bespoke films and live conversation. With Empathy Media. One of 38 businesses to take part in the Thame COP Commitments Campaign developed by Wild Pear CIC. Town electrification tours with young people, Thame COP 26. Event exploring the effect of Climate Change on Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve, with Cuttle Brook Conservation Volunteers. Lisa Meaney and Kath Daly leading the LNRS Stakeholder Engagement Event. Practising water slugging a pre dinner ritual, to remember the liveliness of water, before we settle down to consumption. Internal project. Renewable energy Co-design Event , with Oxfordshire SME's. Funded by South Oxfordshire District Council.









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