Hannah Mulvany

Wildlife Biologist/Communications Specialist, Song & Dance Communications

About Hannah Mulvany

I started my conservation career as a researcher/author for the Arkive online natural world encyclopedia, before managing the Wildscreen Exchange project which gives 350+ organisations across the world access to free photographs and videos for their communications. From working on this project, I developed a keen interest in conservation communications and began researching impact and technique.

I also ran the public section of the Wildscreen Festival, Witness the Wild, which is an event programme that includes a travelling bicycle-powered wildlife film cinema, the world's largest recycled and recyclable photography exhibition, and a nature-themed street art gallery. Since then, I have been running my own conservation communications business, Song and Dance Communications, but split my time 50/50 between this and field work, which mostly centres around ecosystem restoration and short-term contracts in the ecotourism industry. I also produce a seldom updated blog, which I hope to spend more time on at some point in the not-too-distant future!

Which category below best describes the type of organisation you currently work for/or run?

Consultancy

Areas of expertise

Behaviour change campaigns Communication and marketing Project/programme management Species Management

Would you be willing to be approached and share your lessons learned in your area(s) of expertise with our community?

Yes

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Recent Comments

Jun 28, 2024

Thanks so much for your comment and insight into this topic Jon! Being environmentally conscious can really take its toll, so I'm hoping that this conversation can have a similar effect on others as it had for me. I think the more good news that comes out of the environmental movement, the more drive we all get to keep going. That's why movements like Conservation Optimism and all the 'environmental good news' posts on social media are so motivating and important. Doom and gloom sells newspapers and drives web traffic, unfortunately, but good news stories are little slices of therapy in themselves!

I actually spoke at the very first Conservation Optimism Summit many, many moons ago when I was working for Wildscreen. My session was on how art can work hand in hand with conservation. I would love to come again but I'm waaaaay up in the north of Scotland with the seals, ospreys and dolphins these days and it's a bit harder for me to get down there. I wish you all the best with it though and hope I can attend again someday!

Jun 28, 2024

You're very welcome! Would love to think the conversation has a positive impact on others, as it did on me :)

Apr 23, 2024

Hi Aiita, I may be able to help with advising - I'll send you an email now :)

Sep 01, 2023

You can contact them through their Instagrams - they're all tagged in the ETH posts about the episode. I know they have an LGBTQIA+ community through the Jackson Collective, but I think it's very heavily US-focused, and this community is a lot more EU/rest of the world, so could be a good extension of the space.

Sep 01, 2023

Hiya Thirza! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! Indonesia was so many different things all rolled into one...challenging, inspiring, de-motivating, exhausting, joyful...it's going to take me a while to actually be able to summarise it without being completely confused about my feelings! Definitely an experience.

Jul 11, 2022

My pleasure! Thanks for listening!

Jul 08, 2022

Hiya Lara - great, I hope you enjoy it! I've changed the link to a hyperlink so hopefully that works better!

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