Sustainababble

#188: Rewilding


Listen Later

Who fancies dodging a wolf on the way to work? Or perhaps a lynx barging through your catflap while pelicans pinch the fish in your pond?If rewilders get their way, these animals - all once common in Blighty - will be familiar sights once more.But rewilding isn't just about reintroducing showstopping species, even if Boris 'Beavers' Johnson recently got in on the act. As much as anything, it's giving the land a break and letting whatever wants to grow just... grow. All very lovely, but can it be done while everyone stays fed? Will farmers let it happen? And can *literally doing nothing* really be an appropriate response to the ecological emergencies engulfing us?Alasdair Cameron (he off of episode #61) knows, and joins us to tell us about his own rewilding efforts in Somerset as director of the magnificent Somerset Wildlands, an organisation buying land in the Levels to make space for nature. Thanks to Joseph Monkhouse for his majestic soundscape of iron age Somerset levels. Watch the full youtube video to see credits for individual sound recordists.Sustainababble is your friendly environment podcast, out weekly. Theme music by the legendary Dicky Moore – @dickymoo. Sustainababble logo by the splendid Arthur Stovell. Ecoguff read out by Arabella. Love the babble? Bung us a few pennies at www.patreon.com/sustainababble.MERCH: sustainababble.teemill.comAvailable on iTunes, Spotify, Acast & all those types of things, or at sustainababble.fish. Visit us at @thebabblewagon and at Facebook.com/sustainababble. Email us at [email protected].
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

SustainababbleBy Sustainababble: comedy, nature, climate change.

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

122 ratings


More shows like Sustainababble

View all
Intelligence Squared by Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

784 Listeners

The Plodcast by Our Media

The Plodcast

105 Listeners

The Audio Long Read by The Guardian

The Audio Long Read

841 Listeners

Novara Media by Novara Media

Novara Media

170 Listeners

The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White

The Guilty Feminist

1,552 Listeners

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster by Plosive

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

2,769 Listeners

The Adventure Podcast by Coldhouse Collective

The Adventure Podcast

72 Listeners

Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast by Persephonica and Global Optimism

Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast

465 Listeners

All Things Sustainable by S&P Global

All Things Sustainable

64 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,185 Listeners

Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett

35 Listeners

The Climate Question by BBC World Service

The Climate Question

176 Listeners

A Life More Wild by Canopy & Stars

A Life More Wild

24 Listeners

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens by Nate Hagens

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

411 Listeners

Garys Economics by Gary Stevenson

Garys Economics

130 Listeners