Rita Trombin

Rita grew up in the Italian countryside, attended a non-conventional school and her environment nurtured her connection to nature. She trained and worked as a psychologist in the UK (King's College London, University College London and Imperial College London) where she combined interdisciplinary clinical and research work (while living in a boathouse with London boaters community). Rita has a strong interest for mind-body-spirit and holistic approaches to health, initially developed during her research and community experiences in India. She received grants and awards for her work in Asia (University of Hong Kong and the National University of Singapore) and developed her expertise in people-nature relationships as an environmental psychologist. Rita worked at Green School Bali and lived in a bamboo ecovillage in the jungle there, gaining hands on experience in outdoor education which she developed further in Europe engaging with the Forest School movement. She deepened her preparation in environmental psychology with the University of San Diego California (Conservation Psychology course) and the University of Padua and Institute of Architecture Venice in Italy (were she is now attending a Masters in Architectural and Landscape Psychology). Recently, Rita worked as an Erasmus+ Volunteer at Arterra Bizimodu, an intentional community in Spain where the Global Ecovillage Network European offices are based. Her goal is to continue supporting people towards sustainability, while promoting environmental and holistic health in both urban and rural contexts. She would be pleased to be contacted at [email protected]