A spontaneous ramble from the banks of the River Dart in Devon. Recorded mid April, this is a short reflection after spending 48hrs in the Devon landscape after a few months of working frantically.
A riff on the healing nature of the land and water, a need for solitude, the wisdom that emerges from time outside. The insanity of the myth of continual progress in the industrial growth society. Falling in love with the more than human world, the intelligence and wisdom in looking backwards. Letting go, rituals, love, feeling and working from the heart.

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In this episode I’m with Chris Salisbury - storyteller, outdoor educator, nature connection guru and founder of WildWise in Devon, UK. We explore connection to nature through experience, embodied knowledge and opening the imagination, the need for soul work in our industrialised lives, the challenges facing children, teens and us older folks in a world that has shunned ritual, wildness, community living and spaces to connect with who we truly are. How time in nature can spark our curiosity and creativity, the power of stories in oral form to inspire and support us in times of trouble. Includes guest vocals from Chris’s hens. Enjoy!

Show notes

https://wildwise.co.uk/

https://www.oxfordstorytellingfestival.co.uk/meet-the-team

https://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/short-courses/call-of-the-wild-2019

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In this episode I chat with Chris Hines, surfer, environmentalist, sustainability innovator who nearly 30 years ago co-founded environmental surf charity Surfers Against Sewage in Cornwall UK.

We chat about that journey, what was happening at that time and what drove Chris and fellow founders to build out this movement despite having no real idea what they were up against and with absolulety no resources.

This is a story to inspire all of us, that if you care enough about something then go and make s**t happen.

enjoy!

http://agos.co/

https://www.sas.org.uk/

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In this episode I head to Bristol with my son to join the Schools Climate Action strike - Fridays for Future and chat to students to gets a sense of why they're striking and what they hope to achieve. This is experimental, noisey and insightful! Enjoy!

Show notes

https://www.fridaysforfuture.org/
https://ukscn.org/
https://ukscn.org/ys4c-2
https://www.ipcc.ch/

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A conversation with big wave surfer, social activist, researcher, writer and artist Easkey Britton. Following a workshop in Dublin I caught up with Easkey for a catch up on her work around the links between human health and environmental health, with specific focus on the ocean, as well as exploring her work around patterns and cycles in nature and in ourselves with reference to 'A Lunar Cycle' -her latest film project with ocean brand Finisterre. Always a pleasure to hang out with Easkey, this is a riff on water, ocean, health, connection to our bodies, communities and the wider natural world. Enjoy!

Show Notes

A Lunar Cycle film > https://vimeo.com/288338638

http://easkeybritton.com/

http://www.wavemakercollective.com/

http://www.finisterre.com/

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In this episode I chat with Jaz O’Hara founder of the WorldWide Tribe. Jaz’s story is extraordinary. In my opinion she represents the best of what it means to be human in 2019 and her work is a total inspiration. Her story started in the summer of 2015 in the UK, by following her heart and acting on curiosity to really understand what was happening with the refugee crisis on the UK/French border in Calais. Much of the mainstream British media had been creating an atmosphere of fear and suspicion, Jaz and her brother wanted to hear the real human stories, why were these people risking their lives to get to Britain? They decided to head to Calais to find out, the rest as they say is history. This is a story of inspiration, intuition, human-ness, radical doing, creativity, leaning into uncertainty, of the positive power of the social web, of human kindness, of changing the way we see and think about issues we don’t properly understand and taking action about things we care about to make a more beautiful world. This is epic. Enjoy!

Show notes:

https://theworldwidetribe.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theworldwidetribe

https://janga.la/

https://www.thespaceship.earth/

http://wearelookingsideways.com/

https://thespaceshipearth.teemill.com/


Films…

Who Are the Worldwide Tribe >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4vlkM511KM

Jungala -Life in the Jungle refugee camp >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zER0aZCzSg

Lotus Flower - Don’t Bulldoze the Jungle >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbyCG3NA58Y

The End of the Jungle >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BEj9nsUURs

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In this episode I chat with Laura Storm, sustainability pioneer and thought leader out of Copenhagen Denmark. Laura has been blazing a trail in the world of sustainable business practice for many years at a global level. Recognised as a young global leader by WEF she has been working towards shifting the global business community to more responsible ways of operating, from leading the development of the world leading Sustainia platform to collaborating on global policy change on climate action at the COP initiatives, including the infamous COP 15 in Denmark 2009.

But along with this Laura has a deep intuitive connection to the more than human world, and has been exploring her own relationship with that through her life journey. She believes that the next paradigm shift for our civilisation has to be working in relationship with the natural world, and is now building the Regenerators platform with fellow co-creators as a way of supporting a new form of regenerative leadership approach.
We explore Laura’s story and riff on the breakdowns occurring across the planet, the pressing shift to a new way of working, leading and organising, more in tune with the wide natural world, with less fear and control. We riff on the intimate connection between human health and planetary health and the rise of a more holistic view of sustainability, where the health of self, community and planet are all interconnected and integral to a fully regenerative future. This isn’t a podcast about sustainable business, it’s a conversation about how we bring our whole selves into play everyday, the opportunity to design and create places, business and organisations with potential to regenerate people and planet and the wisdom and intelligence to be gained from a deeper form of listening, sensing and awareness. We also touch on the pain and breakdown often involved in radical self growth and shifts in being. Laura is a true force of nature.
In honour of the vibe of this show, I end with a quick hat tip to fellow Nordic fearless Spaceship Earth Uber crew member Greta Thunberg, who's courage, actions and extraordinary dedication to the planet is absolutely rocking and hopefully a wake up call to those in positions of power with ability to influence the future for the next generations . I hope you enjoy the show.

Show Notes


https://laura-storm.com/

https://www.regenerators.co/

https://thesustainian.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference

@Laura_Storm

Greta Thunberg @ COP 24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWg

Greta Thunberg @ Davos

https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2019/jan/25/i-want-you-to-panic-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-issues-climate-warning-at-davos-video

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It's early January, there's a lot of chatter around giving stuff up, creating new habits and making goals and resolutions and getting healthy. I was lucky to have a very peaceful couple of weeks over the end of last year, but getting back into the groove this week reminded me how critical my practices for grounding myself are in amongst the chaos and distraction of modern life. I've also sensed quite a bit of edginess out on the streets. So in this short episode I visit the woods and share my sitspot practice, a simple and poweful tool, for reconnecting and grounding yourself. I explain why I do it, how it works, why its useful as a tool to help you feel calm, energised and focussed and how anyone can fit the sitspot into their lives, wherever they live. It also costs nothing. Oh and discover how to give yourself deer ears too. Hope it's useful. If you dig this, check out episode 4 for more sitspot and wellbeing hacks from the woods.

https://wildwise.co.uk/

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In this episode I chat with the legend Joshua Coombes, hairdresser to the homed and homeless, social activist and his mission Do Something for Nothing. We chat about how his story started, the complexity of homelessness. How do we show up and be present for others around us in need. Being human, giving what you're good at, creative activism, being generous in a monetised world, getting out on the streets and much more.

Rad cosmic intro/outro music with gratitide to Matt Hales and Davide Rossi (Escape Goat by Soren Lorenson, published by BMG)

Show notes

https://www.instagram.com/joshuacoombes/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/dosomethingfornothing/
www.goodfornothing.com

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In this episode, I chat with Ella Saltmarshe. Writer, strategist, campaigner, activist, systems thinker.
We cover being a pluralist in a world of specialisation, system change what is it?, the role of stories and narrative in our culture and how we change the story especiallly when it comes to our relationship with the planet. Hacking popular culture, the concept of deep time, working from the heart and much more.
Rad cosmic intro/outro music with gratitide to Matt Hales and Davide Rossi (Escape Goat by Soren Lorenson, published by BMG)

Show notes:

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/using_story_to_change_systems

http://www.thepointpeople.com/

https://www.thecommslab.com/ella-saltmarshe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViwkkpROxp4

https://medium.com/@thelongtimeinquiry/the-long-time-3383b43d42ab

https://twitter.com/saltsea?lang=en

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