I’m an independent writer and photographer focused on biocultural diversity and the environment working across the Mediterranean, and occasionally beyond.
I specialize in writing and photographing stories about traditional land stewardship, water management, agricultural methods and culinary practices, and their relationships with biodiversity conservation and climate change.
I’m drawn to the mountains, sea, remote corners and places in between, and curious about what we can learn from those who live in greater harmony with the planet. I hope my work fosters curiosity, reciprocity with the environment and a sense of wonder and accountability towards our embattled but still magnificent world.
My work from Spain, Canada, West Asia and North Africa has appeared in New Lines Magazine, Earth Island Journal, Al Jazeera, BBC Future, Atlas Obscura, Nature Middle East, The New Humanitarian, Equal Times, Weapons of Reason, EATEN: The Food History Magazine, The Global Observatory, World Politics Review, Open Canada, Justice Info, Middle East Eye, Al-Fanar Media and others, and has been supported by the IWMF and journalism fund.eu
I hold a MSc. in Human Security from Aarhus University and a BA in Geography, with distinction, from the University of Victoria. I grew up in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies and currently call a small mountain village in Andalusia home after chapters in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Egypt. I’m always working on my Spanish, and I’m studying Persian in fits and starts.
To say hello: kira.a.walker [at] gmail [dot] com