There are those who study nature, and then there are those who listen to it. Alan Watson Featherstone is such a listener, a quiet revolutionary who has spent his life translating Earth's silent longing into action.

In this episode, we walk with Alan through:

The act of rewilding — not just restoring land, but restoring relationship

Why healing broken ecosystems is the most radical hope we have

How a single sapling carries within it an entire future

A man of many gifts — photographer, storyteller, planter of forests — Alan founded Trees for Life in 1986 and for three decades served as its guiding spirit, transforming Scotland's barren glens into cathedrals of green. A vegan since 1979, his life reminds us that compassion must stretch beyond our species

This is not a lecture on ecology. This is an invitation to remember, to see, as Alan does, that every act of rewilding is a love letter to a better future for everyone

Website/Socials

Alan Watson Featherstone

https://alanwatsonfeatherstone.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-watson-featherstone-8063961a 

X @AlanWatsonFeat1

Photography https://www.naturepl.com/search?s=Alan+Watson 

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@alanwatsonfeatherstone9676/videos 

Other links

Findhorn community https://www.visitecovillagefindhorn.uk 

Trees for Life https://treesforlife.org.uk

Ishmael https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_(Quinn_novel)

Kathleen Jannaway https://youtu.be/2ai7lnUsVPE?feature=shared 

Auroville https://auroville.org 

Jack Whitten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Whitten 

Birchfield https://birchfieldhighlands.org 

Emi Leese

https://emilialeese.substack.com  

http://thinklikeavegan.com   

http://emilialeese.com  

Instagram @emi.leese

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos    

Credits

Host: Emilia A. Leese 

Guest: Alan Watson Featherstone

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com 

Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com 

Music

Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business 

Interlude: "Contemporary Music Too" by Matthew Gerstenberger

Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com