In 2000 Sasha founded conservation education charity Siren, the charity website can be found on www.siren.org.uk. Sasha is the creative force behind Siren as well as keeping an eagle eye on maintaining scientific accuracy. United Kingdom- Writing, producing and promoting Talking Tree trails at Hinksey Heights in Oxford and Angling Spring Woods in the Chilterns- Running nature experience workshops and events for schools and families in Oxfordshire, Herefordshire and Berkshire- Promoting wildlife friendly gardening at a Croudace Housing development site- Setting up an online art gallery for everyone at www.naturebook.org
- Creating and promoting educational resources for UK schools about environmental issues in Africa: www.paceproject.net, www.silentforests.net, with help from teachers and students at the Warriner School, Bloxham, Lord Williams School, Thame, Holmer Green School, Bucks, and Cherwell School, Oxford, and funds from Tusk and a UK government Department for International Development Development Awareness grant
- Acting as consultant to Earth Trust’s Connecting Naturally project, providing activities for children on visits to nature reserves and running a Naturebook event at the Earth Trust Autumn Festival
- Providing a workshop venue and facilitation to the New Economics Foundation, Herefordshire
Spain
- Purchasing and protecting a coastal nature reserve in Tarifa, Southern Spain
- Developing partnership with Spanish environmental organisation COCN with plans to deliver environmental education on site.
AFRICA: Through Siren, Sasha has worked in Zimbabwe, designing and building an education centre in Hwange National Park based around the African wild, or painted dog. This was through a large grant from the UK Government’s Darwin Initiative for Community Conservation Education in with Tusk Trust and the Painted Dog Conservation project. Following on from this she was asked by Tusk to create Pan African Conservation Education project: www.paceproject.net, and to write the book ‘Africa Our Home’, a 199 page full-colour illustrated guide to environmental issues for African teachers and communities. This book was accompanied by Action Sheets with detailed information on the sustainable development techniques shown in the PACE resource pack and the materials and book have been shared with more than 400 organisations in 27 African countries
Commenting on Sasha's book
HRH Prince William, said:
If you haven’t already seen Tusk’s PACE environmental education films and books, I urge you to do so: they are quite extraordinary. The imperative of balancing conservation of wildlife and natural resources with the ever-growing needs of the human race is at the heart of the great challenge facing mankind today.
