We are a multidisciplinary team comprised of researchers and freelancers largely based at the University of Oxford. Drawn together by a common passion, we aim to combine our diverse skillsets and interests to better understand the role water plays in weaving together communities and climate change. To contact us please email alice.chautard [at] gmail.com
Alice Chautard
Alice holds a MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from the University of Oxford. She currently works as Communications and Knowledge Exchange Manager for REACH, an Oxford University programme funded by DFID aiming to improve water security in Africa and South Asia. Alice is also a photographer, using photography as a tool to communicate the science around water security, climate change and social justice. Twitter.
Yolanda Clatworthy
Yolanda Clatworthy has an MSc in Environmental Governance at the University of Oxford. She co-founded a creative agency that highlights socio-environmental stories in the Pacific Northwest, and is interested in exploring the ways in which water weaves together communities, narratives, climate, and livelihoods in Nepal.
Nicholas O’Brien
Nicholas is working as a freelance sound engineer, musician and producer for documentaries, music and radio. Having cycled around Europe recording musicians (Record-and-Ride), co-founded a three day music festival engaging new audiences in social and environmental issues (Tandem Collective), and created immersive sound and music performances (Upcycled Sounds), the H20 project feels like a perfect continuation of his exploration into the wonderful lines between art and science, music and sounds, stories and social issues.
Ross Harrison
Ross is a freelance filmmaker based in the UK. He works independently and with a broad range of partners: from NGOs and media agencies to academic institutions and freelance producers. Projects with those aims are what drive him: combining original storytelling, immersive audiovisuals and careful content delivery to create media with impact.
Justin Falcone
Justin has an MSc in Environmental Change and Management at the University of Oxford. He previously studied environmental anthropology and global environmental change at Johns Hopkins University. He has conducted research in Kiribati, French Polynesia, and Vanuatu, and has participated in NSF and NASA research in California and Oman.
Sushma Bhatta
Sushma is travelling around Nepal interviewing people on the tough lives that they have to endure. The research is to document stories of the people’s hopes and dreams, pain and suffering. Since the April 2015 earthquake Sushma has gained a vast knowledge and experience as a District Field Coordinator. Prior to this she worked as a translator with the Carter Center monitoring the 2013 Constitutional Assembly Elections. Sushma is also a social worker in the health care sector: health and hygiene education, basic first aid, promoting woman specific needs and concerns, teaching children up to the age of 10. She also carries out research for public bodies, and interpreting for international NGOs during Nepalese elections.