Michele Allen is a multimedia artist with a practice deeply rooted in place and community. She explores the relationships we form with the natural environment and each other. Her current work focuses on biodiversity and habitat restoration in the context of climate change and species loss, asking what it will take to repair our damaged ecosystems and imagine a more sustainable future. More Than a Lifetime is a digital video documenting Tees Rivers Trust’s restoration projects with local volunteers, reflecting on past, present and future coastal habitats, and the long-term recovery of marine ecosystems shaped by time, care and environmental change.