TW: Discussion of suicide

In this episode, Paul Knowles joins Susan to have a chat about ecocriticism. With a lot of discussion about the climate crisis characterized by catastrophe, it is very easy to be overwhelmed by the discourse. However, in the field of ecocriticism, one has a different way to articulate the human relationship to the natural and more human world in a way that can build empathy and promote discussion in a way that hard statistics sometimes can't. Of course, it's a massive area of research and literature, but I had a great discussion with Paul and he's so knowledgeable about this work, and our discussion prompted a lot of post-interview followup web-searching on my part!

For more information on:

The Southern council in trouble for tree felling in Plymouth: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65074972

A great discussion from BBC Radio 4 about preserving ancient woodlands: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001l940

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