Julia Webster Ayuso is a Spanish-British journalist based in Paris, where she writes about culture, identity and the climate crisis, and the relationships between them all. She has worked for Monocle and TIME Magazine, and her stories have also appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times and The Daily Beast. Growing up in Barcelona speaking Catalan, Spanish and English, she went on to study French and Italian at the University of Bristol, followed by a master’s in journalism at City University of London. Her reporting regularly takes her around France and Spain.
In what ways does nature inspire or inform your work?
My reporting tends to focus on culture in a very broad sense. I’m interested in the shared beliefs, values, traditions and forms of expression that bring groups of people together. These are almost always tied to a strong sense of place. We often forget that humans are part of nature, not separate from it, and that caring for the environment means taking care of each other and ourselves.
What does it mean to you to be part of a thriving ecosystem?
Being part of a thriving ecosystem means being mindful and aware of how everything is connected, and then acting in a way that facilitates those connections.
