Wild About Wellbeing

By The Wildlife Trusts

Wild About Wellbeing is a podcast by The Wildlife Trusts. Here, join Rob Gordon and Dom Higgins as they talk about all things to do with nature and health.

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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

Wild About Wellbeing episodes:

April 05, 2024 Nature In Mind: Hope
It's the last episode of season one. On this episode, Dom and Rob talk about hope and reflect on what's been explored over the course of our first season of Wild About Wellbeing. They are then joined by Tristan Phipps, ambassador to TUSK and The Born Free Foundation, former safari guide, and Made in Chelsea star about his passion for conservation and his hopes for the future of the environment. Finally, they are joined by Rowan Cannon from Wild Rumpus, who use art and play to deepen nature connectedness through a variety of exciting projects.
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55min
March 22, 2024 Nature In Mind: Urban Environments and Eco-Anxiety
A very special episode of the Wild About Wellbeing podcast! This is a recording of a live panel discussion about urban environments and eco-anxiety. Dom and Rob are joined by David Lindo, a broadcaster and educator also known as The Urban Birder, Dr Delia Garratt, Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country, and Jazzie Peffly, from London Wildlife Trust's Youth Board.
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57min
March 12, 2024 Urban Areas & Eco-Anxiety - Coming To You LIVE!
Our next episode of Wild About Wellbeing is going to be coming to you live from YouTube! We'll be talking about urban areas and eco-anxiety with a range of fantastic guests once again. This includes David Lindo, aka The Urban Birder, Dr Delia Garratt, Chief Executive of the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country, and more!

The episode will be on YouTube on Tuesday 19th March, from 7PM to 8PM. You can sign up to the event on The Wildlife Trusts website: Wild About Wellbeing: Urban Areas and Eco-Anxiety, where you can also ask us questions in advance. Otherwise, join us on The Wildlife Trusts YouTube channel at the time of the event.

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1min
March 08, 2024 Nature In Mind: Is Eco-Anxiety Equal?
On this episode of the podcast, Dom and Rob take a look at the topic of equality, diversity and inclusion with eco-anxiety and combatting climate change. They are joined by Meera Inglis, Policy Officer at RSPB and vice chair of Wildlife & Countryside Link's EDI working group, Kamran Mallick and Dan White from Disability Rights UK, and biologist, activist, writer and freelance journalist Jasmine Isa Qureshi. Together, they all ask the question: is eco-anxiety equal?
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1h 35min
February 23, 2024 Nature In Mind: Community Matters
On this episode of Wild About Wellbeing, Dom and Rob take a look at how important community is to tackling eco-anxiety. They are joined by some fantastic special guests. Trewin Restorick talks about how community ties into his own work towards a greener future, before Nikki and Bella from The Wildlife Trusts talk about the Nextdoor Nature project and Climate Cafes respectively. Finally, Dom is joined by Professor Bernadka Dubicka.
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1h 14min
January 12, 2024 Nature In Mind: Body Scan Exercise (Bonus)
Whilst we're on our winter break, here is a bonus episode that takes you through a body scan exercise.
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8min
December 15, 2023 Nature In Mind: Mindfulness In Nature (Bonus)
Whilst we're on our winter break, here's a small bonus episode that talks through a handful of exercises you could do to practice mindfulness in nature.
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7min
November 24, 2023 Nature In Mind: Bright Futures
This episode is a live recording of an event in Hope Week, from the Wildlife Trusts. Hope Week was a series of live events, and a chance to bring together young people to enjoy workshops, talks and entertainment. We took part in the first session of Hope Week, looking at the topic of Health and Wellbeing in Nature.

The session began with a fantastic live magic show from the Environmental Magician Megan Swann, using magic as a communications tool to try to help save the planet. After her show, Dom and I had a chance to speak with Megan and then open up a discussion with the attendees for our event.

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32min
November 10, 2023 Nature In Mind: Beating The Blues With Blue
On this episode of Wild About Wellbeing, we're talking about all things water. Dom and Rob discuss how our water environments, whether freshwater or marine, play a part in the conversation about eco-anxiety.

We are then joined by Dr James Szymankiewicz, a GP whose passion for wellbeing and surfing sees him help communities reconnect with the natural world. Our second guest is Libby Smith, a member of Generation Sea - a youth steering group from The Wildlife Trusts made up of young people who are passionate about protecting and restoring the marine environment. Finally, we talk to Ella Garrud of Sussex Wildlife Trust and Sophia Pinheiro Vergara of the Marine Conservation Society, about their fantastic work in bringing people together with inclusion and hope in mind with the Wild Coast Sussex project.

Correction (13:20): we mention 90 Martine Conservation Zone and 4 Highly Protected Marine Areas. Please note that the correct figures are 97 Marine Conservation Zones and 3 Highly Protected Marine Areas currently.

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1h 9min
October 27, 2023 Nature In Mind: Mental Health Matters
On the second episode of Wild About Wellbeing, we continue the theme of Nature In Mind by taking a look at mental health and eco-anxiety. Dom and Rob talk about the link between these two topics, before being joined by some fantastic guests. Tony Li and Ruth Taylor from mental health charity Mind provide some vital insight into their own work with nature and mental health, and examples of how we can think about eco-anxiety with our mental health in mind.

If you are in any way impacted by some of the discussions in this episode, please look at the contacts on the following link: Mind - Useful Contacts

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1h 1min

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