Wanderful - Inspiration On The Go – Details, episodes & analysis

With the World Wide Wander just weeks away, we've edited together just a few of our favourite guests from the Wanderful podcast - sharing what they love about taking their creativity for a walk. 

If you would like to join us in exercising your imagination, take a wander to https://www.theworldwidewander.com and sign up for free Walkshops across the globe, special guests, inspiration, ideas and laughter, all with like minded folk wanting to find #betterways 

Timeline:

00.00 - 00.47: Intro Theme

00.47 - 04.55: Introducing the World Wide Wander 

The Perfect Strangers

04.55 - 09.04: Pippa Evans

09.05 - 11.24: Ruby Rare

11.25 - 14.33: Sarah Ellis

15.12 - 16.50: Philip Cowell

16.51 - 21.01: Deborah Coughlin

21.02 - 23.13: Sir Tim Smit

24.19 - 25.50: Traci Ruble

25.51 - 27.20: Oli Barrett

27.21 - 31.05: Kia Cannons

31.06 - 34.24: Libby DeLana

34.25 - 38.17: Tom Morley

38.18 - 39.56: Satish Kumar

40.25 - 41.30: Sarah Corbett

41.31 - 42.40: Phillip Blom

42.41 - 44.18: Tina Roth Eisenberg

44.19 - 46.54: Introducing our Perfect Strangers / Reminder of the World Wide Wander

46.55 - 47.15 End Credits

Credits

David Pearl (Host)

Web: https://www.davidpearl.net

Web: https://wanderfulpodcast.com

Twitter: @davidpearlhere

Instagram: davidpearl_here

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter: @ItPainesMe

Hello wanderers… welcome to the finale of our fifth season of ‘Wanderful’".

If you’ve listened to any of the previous episodes, you will know this is a podcast which has been designed to be walked to, providing you with some ‘inspiration on the go’

Every week we invite an inspiring guest to join us… somebody with a refreshing take on life and its various twists and turns.

What you don’t know is that lots of the wonderful conversations get left on the cutting room floor.

However… David and our producer, Andrew, have scooped up some of that interview gold so you can take a wander through the magic we missed out on.

As ever… you can listen to this podcast in your home, but we think you will get the most inspiration if you boot up and join David @davidpearl_here @streetwisdom_ out on the streets or https://wanderfulpodcast.com

Season 5 finale features conversations with pianist, singer, choir leader, environmental campaigner and curator, Holly Cullen-Davies: Bestselling author, broadcaster and two-time TED speaker and voice of the Slow Movement, Carl Honoré: Peace-pilgrim, life-long activist, and former monk, Satish Kumar: Senior Partner McKinsey & Co, Arne Gast: Historian and author of several novels, journalism, politics, and philosophy; radio presenter, documentary film maker and public lecturer, Philipp Blom: The ‘Stand Up Drummer’, musician, key note speaker and team builder, Tom Morley and executive creative director, founder of ‘This Morning Walk’, co-host of the podcast This Morning Walk and author of ‘Do Walk’, Libby De Lana

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl

Time Line

00.00 - 00.44: Theme

00.45 - 02.50: Introducing Season 5 Omnibus

02.51 - 03.55: Introducing Libby De Lana

03.57 - 08.09: Libby DeLana: The Hell Yes Chapter!

08.10 - 10.00: Introducing Tom Morley

10.02 - 15.53: Tom Morley: A Brush With The Law

15.55 - 18.40: Introducing Philipp Blom

18.42 - 21.29: Philipp Blom: Grouse & Imagine: The Culture Of The Cafe

21.30 - 23.52: Introducing Arne Gast

23.55 - 29.40: Arne Gast: Riding the S-Curves

29.45 - 31.08: Introducing Satish Kumar

31.10 - 33.13: Satish Kumar: A Maternal Wisdom

33.20 - 35.07: Introducing Carl Honoré

35.10 - 37.34: Carl Honoré: The Genesis of (B)older

37.40 - 39.00: Introducing Holly Cullen-Davies

39.04 - 41.54: Holly Cullen-Davies: Thula Mama

41.57 - 44.00: Epilogue: Gratitude

44.00 - 44.26: Closing credits

Quotes

Libby DeLana

“I’m a big believer in the beginner’s mind. Starting things is terrifying and wonderful and interesting, so am I a beginner? I’m a 60 year old beginner of everything.”

Tom Morley

“The Clash sung ‘I fought the law and the law won.” I would love to re-mix that and call it ‘I fought the law and the people won.’ We have to stand up for our eroding rights.”

Philipp Blom

“The coffee you buy (in the cafe) is in fact not a cup of coffee: it’s an entrance ticket. It entitles you to sit there as long as you want… that means of course, that things can develop and you can sit there and watch people, and sit there and read your novel or sit there and write your novel. It’s such a luxury in today’s world.”

Arne Gast

“ I see that my (S) curve is flattening when i become at ease; when I feel like I got this, I like this, that’s the moment the inner voice starts saying… hmm.. let’s do another near-death experience, start anew somewhere.”

Satish Kumar

“Whatever you see… is divine, is sacred. There is no separation between humans and nature and no separation between God and nature. This is the beauty of Indian culture: everything is God, everything is divine, everything is nature. This is what I learned from my Mother.”

Carl Honoré

“In the blink of an eye, I went from goal-scorer to Grandad… age took on this terrible power… defining and limiting me. I just thought this can’t be right. Why was I feeling a door was being slammed in my face just because of the numbers on my birth certificate?”

Holly Cullen-Davies

“Singing is proven to release endorphins in the same way as exercise is and it’s proven to release more endorphins when you do it with other people and I just see these people light up.”

Links

Libby DeLana

Web: https://libbydelana.com/

Twitter: @parkhere

Instagram: @parkhere

This Morning Walk: https://www.thismorningwalk.com/

Tom Morley

Website: https://tommorley.com/

Twitter: @TomMorley

Instagram: _tommorley_

Philipp Blom

Blomcast: https://blomcast.buzzsprout.com/

Website: https://philipp-blom.eu/cms/en/

Arne Gast

Website: https://aberkyn.com/humans/arne-gast/

Satish Kumar

Website: https://www.resurgence.org/satish-kumar/

Carl Honore

Instagram: @carlhonore

Instagram: @carlhonore

Twitter: @carlhonore

YouTube:@carlhonore

Facebook: @carlhonore and @carlhonorepage

LinkedIn: @carlhonore

Pinterest: @carlhonore

TED Talk 1: Slow

TED Talk 2: Age

TED Course: How to slow down

Holly Cullen-Davies

Web: https://www.concertsdontcosttheearth.org/

Web: http://www.hollycullendavies.com/

Instagram @daviesanddaughters

Instagram @thulamamalondon

David Pearl (Host)

Web: https://www.davidpearl.net

Web: https://wanderfulpodcast.com

Twitter: @davidpearlhere

Instagram: davidpearl_here

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter: @ItPainesMe

"My purpose is to be a beacon for inspiration."

Anuradha Chugh is the CEO of Pukka Herbs since July 2021. She firmly believes that businesses can – and should – tackle climate change and address inequality. Anu has over 25 years’ experience in the CPG industry, holding positions in values-led progressive businesses like Ben & Jerry’s as Managing Director- Europe, as well as in some of Unilever’s flagship brands like Dove & Lipton, in different geographies of Europe, US, Latin America, Turkey & India.  

 Anu has demonstrated that she can lead businesses to thrive, transform and grow by creating value that is long-lasting and purpose driven. She is passionate about using the power of business to make a positive impact in society and is not afraid to step out of her comfort zone to drive change.  

 Anu is married to Rohit with whom she has two kids: Aditi and Varun, and loves spending time outdoors with their dog, Alfie.

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl 

Timeline

00.00 - 00.43 Theme

00.44 - 05.05 David introduces Anuradha Chugh

05.07 - 09.10 Speaking to and from the heart

09.12 - 11.50 Meeting people’s needs

12.20 - 13.30 Choosing ice cream over detergents

14.00 - 15.43 Where to find inspiration: How to be a beacon for inspiration

16.00 - 19.56  What inspires Anu?

17.00 - 18.21 Routes: Mentoring women who have come from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds

18.40 - 21.38 Doing good and doing well: Business and impact: Giving back to the Planet

22.50 - 24.22 Who benefits from Pukka Teas work?

26.40 - 25.49 The well being and health benefits of tea

26.41 - 27.57 How does Anu promote her own health?

28.00 - 31.25 Work in the post-pandemic world

29.41 - 33.54 The Wanderful Exercise: The Heart Led Walk

34.10 - 38.00 Epilogue

38.01 - 38.50 End Credits

Quotes

“I don’t think choices can be all that rational.” (Anu)

“Packaging has to emotively speak to you. It has to grab you emotionally, while you’re walking down an aisle. Something as functional as that really has to be emotionally driven.” (Anu)

“You gravitate towards what you find exciting - there is a little bit of intentionality that comes into it.” (Anu)

“You have to find the higher purpose of what really makes you tick in that space - you have to articulate for yourself the purpose of why you get up in the morning.” (Anu)

“I need to inspire myself and inspire those I lead. You get the best work from yourself if you are a beacon for inspiration.” (Anu)

“We’re rediscovering business as a force for good.” (Anu)

“The more you grow the more positive impact you have.” (Anu)

“In today’s world we all have to do business which is regenerative.” (Anu)

“As long as people keep buying what you’re selling, then everything that you then sell has a positive impact to that last person or maybe that first person who has been wild berry picking somewhere in Guatemala. And that’s the circle.” (Anu)

“The solution will be with business working with governments and charity institutions.” (Anu)

“You are putting health and well-being in their cup.” (Anu)

“You’re selling health.” (Anu)

“Life is more about being rather than doing.” (Anu)

Further Reading

Bianca Pitt - Co Founder of She Changes Climate

https://www.shechangesclimate.org

Pukka Teas - Impact & Sustainability

https://www.pukkaherbs.com/uk/en/impact-and-sustainability

Routes

https://routescollective.com/

Contacts

Anuradha Chugh: @pukkaherbs

David Pearl:

Twitter @DavidPearlHere

Instagram @davidpearl_here

Website www.davidpearl.net

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter @ItPainesMe

The Green Room at COP26 - What (On Earth's) The Story?

Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM

Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM

‘What one mountain taught one Londoner about life …step…by wobbly step.”

 This week’s episode is a little off the straight and narrow. But that’s what Wanderful is all about. Finding wonder in life’s side roads.

 I reckon the planet needs us to be more creative.  So for World Nature Conservation Day, we decided to get improvising. Our producer Andrew Paine took some words that came into my mind as I was struggling down an Italian mountain and asked the  composer Laura Cannell to add whatever music came into her mind as she listened to the text. We’re calling it the Stumblers’ Guide. I deliberately didn’t listen to what she’s done so this is a premiere for you and me. And also a chance to say thanks to a mountain that taught me a lot.

 Happy wandering (and stumbling)

David Pearl

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl 

Laura Cannell

Laura Cannell's music straddles the worlds of experimental, contemporary, early & medieval music, her semi-composed, semi-improvised music draws on the emotional influences of the landscape whilst exploring the spaces between early and experimental music. She has released seven solo albums to critical acclaim, mainly performing on Overbowed Violin and Double Recorders. Her new solo album 'Antiphony of the Trees’, was The Quietus Album of the week and month in March 2022, received a 4 star review from Songlines Magazine and is featured in the May Wire Magazine. Laura’s music has been used for film & television internationally.

http://www.lauracannell.co.uk/

Twitter @laurarecorder

Insta @lauracannellmusic

David Pearl (Host)

Twitter @DavidPearlHere

Instagram @davidpearl_here

Website www.davidpearl.net

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter @ItPainesMe

The Green Room at COP26 - What (On Earth's) The Story?

Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM

Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM

"My activism is just one tool in the activism tool kit."

Sarah Corbett is an award-winning activist, author, Ashoka Fellow and founder of the global Craftivist Collective. She grew up in a low-income area of the UK into an activist family and has worked as a professional campaigner for over a decade, most recently with Oxfam GB. She started doing craftivism (craft + activism) in 2008 to add a different tool of activism into the toolkit - a form of slow, quiet and intimate effective activism she calls ‘Gentle Protest’. 

Due to demand, Sarah set up the award-winning Craftivist Collective in 2009, providing products and services for individuals, groups and organisations around the world to be effective gentle craftivists. Sarah’s work has helped change government laws, business policies as well as hearts and minds through her unique ‘Gentle Protest’ methodology. She works across the arts sector, charity sector and academia, as well as with unusual allies to reach people nervous of activism in an attractive and empowering way. Corbett regularly gives talks, events and happenings around the world. Her book “How To Be A Craftivist: the art of gentle protest” is now available in paperback. Her talk ‘Activism Needs Introverts’ was chosen as a TED Talk of the Day and has over a million views. You can preorder her Craftivist Collective Handbook here

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl

Time Line

00.00 - 00.45 Opening Credits

00.46 - 04.58 Introducing Sarah Corbett

05.00 - 06.25 Growing up in an activist family

06.25 - 09.05 Routes into Gentle Activism

09.10 - 13.00 The Canary Campaign

13.05 - 15.55 The importance of courage and care

15.57 - 18.10 Different forms of craftivism

18.30 - 23.15 Gentle protest & self control

23.18 - 26.35 Making change

26.38 - 27.41 Being ‘crafty’ but kind

27.43 - 29.30 How Sarah manages anger

29.35 - 34.25 The Tale of the MP & the Handkerchief

34.28 - 37.55 The Wanderful Exercise: In Their Shoes

38.12 - 41.29 Epilogue

41.30 - 42.16 End Credits

Quotations

“My activism is just one tool in the activism tool-kit.” (Sarah)

“I knew change doesn’t just happen in transactional and loud and public ways.” (Sarah)

“My craftivism is all about where are the gaps and where can craftivism fill certain gaps to compliment other tactics and where can it bring in audiences who are scared of activism but (who are) influential.” (Sarah)

“My approach to craftivism is Gentle Protest.” (Sarah)

“There’s something in the process of craft that’s really helping me slow down, calm down and think more strategically, so I thought there must be something in this.” (Sarah)

“If we want to make change then gentleness can be so powerful, and putting yourself in the power holder’s shoes, and not just the person affected.” (Sarah)

“The gentleness is treading lightly and being gentle with people.” (Sarah)

“It’s more about trying things out and being light touch on everything… not holding things and forcing things.” (Sarah)

“If you receive something which feels a little manipulative… you’re going to close off. You want people to feel genuinely encouraged and accountable.” (Sarah)

“When I’m angry… I jump it out, I dance it out, I power walk somewhere, I just shake the anger out of me. Long term anger is chronic and produces really bad health and mental health problems. I know anger is a good catalyst, but I need to shake it out.” (Sarah)

“I swing from really angry to okay.. .how am I going to use this anger in an effective, useful way, which won’t change the world dramatically but I can try and make some nudges and tweaks with the little power I have as one little scouser.” (Sarah)

Contact Information

Sarah Corbett

https://craftivist-collective.com/

Twitter: @craftivists

Instagram: @Craftivists

David Pearl (Host)

Twitter @DavidPearlHere

Instagram @davidpearl_here

Website www.davidpearl.net

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter @ItPainesMe

The Green Room at COP26 - What (On Earth's) The Story?

Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM

Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM

Dr Dale Vince OBE

With more than 25 years experience as a green entrepreneur,  Dale launched Ecotricity (http://www.ecotricity.co.uk), the world’s first green energy company back in 1995.  Today, it powers around  200,000 homes and businesses across the UK with renewable energy from the wind and sun.

Dale also owns Devil’s Kitchen (http://www.thedevilskitchen.co.uk), which makes vegan school dinners, and his latest business, Skydiamond (http://skydiamond.co.uk) – creating lab grown diamonds from the wind, rain and sun. His work focuses on three key areas – energy, transport and food – collectively responsible for 80% of our own carbon emissions. 

He is Chairman and owner of Forest Green Rovers (http://fgr.co.uk) - recognised by FIFA as the “world’s greenest football club” and became a United Nations Climate Champion in 2018.  He launched his first book, Manifesto in 2020, and is Executive Producer of the Netflix Original documentary, Seaspiracy. 

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl

Time Line

00.00 - 00.44 Wanderful Theme

00.45 - 04.25 Introducing Dale Vince

04.30 - 09.48 Travelling & living off-grid

10.05 - 13.25 The Origins of Ecotricity

13.27 - 15.33 Green Populism

16.45 - 19.10 Forest Green Rovers FC and the Green Agenda

20.00 - 21.40 Business versus Politics

21.50 - 23.00 Thoughts on Leadership - the Ecotricity ethos

23.40 - 25.27 Adopting the best elements of business

25.30 - 27.20 Business, Government and the People

27.25 - 29.12 The Wanderful Exercise - Slow Right Down

29.30 - 33.10 Epilogue

33.11 - 33.55 - Outro

Quotes

“ A term I learned in my twenties, was ‘new radical dis-possessed’ and we had been dispossessed… we are dispossessed by the system of wealth and wealth maintenance. Money stays with the people who have money and the rest of us are kind of cogs in the wheel.” (Dale)

“When were the first company in the world to start selling green electricity and were able to price match brown electricity… it seems obvious to me the way to get real traction for the environment cause for sustainability is for it to become a business opportunity or at least for it to be business like.” (Dale)

“The conventional environmentalist way of communicating is too often about doom and gloom and catastrophe on a global scale, which makes people feel a little powerless and a little bit hopeless. At the same time the presentation of living a green life is made to feel like we’re asking people to give up the way we live.” (Dale)

“Living a green life is just as good, it’s actually better - you will live healthier and longer.” (Dale)

“We have to get away from this altruism first approach, which says its about polar bears, melting ice and people somewhere else in the world and actually come back to the people in this country which we’re asking to change their lives and say ‘this is actually about you’, our economy, it’s about Green sustainable jobs, a stronger economy that supports our people better and in the process doesn’t create pollution of the air, the land and the water and then fighting the climate crisis just becomes a happy by-product.” (Dale)

“On day 1 of being in charge of a football club (Forest Green Rovers) I found we were serving red meat to the players and I got the manager and the chef together and we agreed to stop it on that day. The Sun called it a ‘red meat ban’ which was fantastic, we leaned into that infamy that they created for us and day by day I bumped into things that had to change in terms of environment and ethics. After a couple of weeks, I realised this meant we would be creating a green football club and we would be communicating to a very different audience, the world of football fans, and that appealed to me.” (Dale)

“Football is the most incredible platform to reach people..” (Dale)

“We have a one-page ecotricity manifesto, which we share with everybody that joins us.  It talks about how we want people to treat other people - it’s about openness and honesty, admitting mistakes when made, so we can fix them and move on in a non-judgemental way, and treat people how you would like to be treated yourself.” (Dale)

“I think it’s really important to do something before you talk about it. Prove it, do it and then when you talk about it you’ve got a standing to persuade other people to then pick that up themselves. There are two ways to bring change in the world. One is to do it yourself, necessarily limited by what one person can do. The other is to be the catalyst for other people and it comes back to do it first, show other people you can become a catalyst and other people will follow you and then you create more change that way..” (Dale)

“There are three things, which between them, account for about 80% of everybody’s carbon footprint and general unsustainability - energy, transport & food - it’s about how we power our homes, how we travel and what we eat and these are things we all spend money on every day. If we choose to spend that money on a greener option, where we can, that sends a very big signal to businesses who are picking this up and changing what they do, adapting to what people want and then the government picks that up from business. And these three sectors from our society are the main players - business, government and the people - and we have much more power than we realise because ultimately - we’re the consumers of everything that’s produced, we are the people who drive demand and our money gets to choose which way the world goes round.” (Dale)

Links

Dr Dale Vince OBE

Twitter @DaleVince

Insta @zerocarbonista

David Pearl (host)

Twitter @DavidPearlHere

Instagram @davidpearl_here

Website www.davidpearl.net

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter @ItPainesMe

The Green Room at COP26 - What (On Earth's) The Story?

Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM

Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM

“Trust Breeds Magic”

Tina Roth Eisenberg is a Swiss born and trained graphic designer. Over the past 16 years, she has started side projects that have organically turned into businesses: Tattly, Creative Mornings, Teux Deux and FRIENDS. Tina believes in generosity and kindness. She considers creating a fulfilling, kind work environment and welcoming, safe communities as her way of having a positive impact on the world.

Tina’s blog swissmiss launched in March of 2005 as a personal visual archive. Little did she know that it would eventually grow into a viral design journal with an average of 1 million unique visitors a month.

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl

Time Line

00.00 - 00.46 Wanderful Intro & Theme

00.46 - 04.09 Introducing Tina Roth Eisenberg

04.10 - 05.26 Swiss Miss: Designing our own lives

06.59 - 10.56 How the universe cheers Tina on

12.27 - 18.13 Origins of ‘Creative Mornings’

19.44 - 22.21 The link between creativity and innocence - everyone is welcome

22.38 - 23.38 Creative Mornings Manifesto

26.40 - 29.29 The Purpose of Creative Mornings

29.30 - 31.53 The ‘Field Trips’

32.50 - 35.30 Trust Breeds Magic

35.33 - 37.33 ’The Design Walk’ Exercise

37.54 - 40.26 Epilogue

40.27 - 41.12 Closing Credits

Quotes

“Your outer world is an expression of your inner world” (Tina)

“What would it be to live your life as if it were an art-work?” (Charles Handy via David)

“Creative Mornings has grown into the world’s largest face to face creativity community.” (Tina)

“There needs to be a bit more pure, honest, innocent gathering opportunities… we’re basically a church for creative opportunities.” (Tina)

“If you love something and you’re not insane, millions of other people will love it too, you’ve just got to find a way for them to find you.” (David)

“Living is a creative act and I don’t want to define creativity just by you outputting things that are on walls.” (Tina)

“In my world there are basically two modes… you’re either in love or you’re in fear.” (Tina)

“Trust Breeds Magic” (Tina)

Links

Tina Roth Eisenberg (Guest)

@swissmiss

https://creativemornings.com/

https://www.swiss-miss.com/

https://tattly.com/pages/custom

https://teuxdeux.com/home

http://www.friendsworkhere.com/

David Pearl (Host)

Twitter @DavidPearlHere

Instagram @davidpearl_here

Website www.davidpearl.net

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter @ItPainesMe

‘Surface Of The Water’ excerpt by Andrew Paine & Caroline McKenzie

The Green Room at COP26 - What (On Earth's) The Story?

Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM

Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM

"The wolves represent ‘wildness’ and if you ever have the occasion to see them and walk in the same place where they live and share the same territory as them, it's a privilege."

Paul Bulencea is an award-winning author, educator, entrepreneur and speaker inspiring forward-thinking Fortune 500 companies and governments to foster innovation and drive sustainable growth by shifting business models from services to co-creative transformational experiences.

Following his vision to help organisations migrate to the Experience Economy, he co-founded The College of Extraordinary Experiences in 2016, which serves as a worldwide community and think tank for experience designers. The College is described by creative thought leaders a must for pioneers in experience design. 

Since she was a child Valeria Roselli walked along the paths through the forest of the mountains where she was born. Her curiosity led her to explore and get to know the territory. While listening to stories from older people in the area, Valeria learnt the importance of the local traditions and how necessary it was to preserve traditions and value the past.

Her love of nature and for the Abruzzo mountain’s became her passion, which in turn became her profession. She is now a nature guide, environmental interpreter and Nordic walking instructor and an expert guide in the Italian Apennines.

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl

Timeline

00.00 - 00.44 Intro Theme

00.45 - 06.54 David introduces the re-wilding special

06.55 - 11.59 What is the fascination with ‘tracking’ wildlife?

12.00 - 12.48 Combining tracking with trailing

12.50 - 13.53 The benefits of sitting and observing

13.56 - 17.15 The story of the Red Deer

17.30 - 26.55 The Eye of the Wild Bison

26.57 - 29.54 What we can learn from the Wolves?

29.56 - 32.00 David’s ‘Sit Spot’ exercise - observing nature

32.22 - 36.08 Epilogue: The story of the fox

36.09 - Bonus Feature: David descends the mountain (field recording)

Quotes

“What I like about tracking is that it shows you how everything is inter-connected. (Therefore), it’s much easier to become self-aware and to understand how inter-twined everything is by observing and seeing and noticing.” (Paul)

“Trailing is where you follow the tracks until you find and discover the animal.” (Paul)

“The moments spent in nature are special. Every day is a new day for a new moment and a new emotion.” (Valeria)

“One of the Bison came very close, he was very curious… about 7 metres and was just looking at us. I made eye-contact and in that gaze with a wild animal… it felt like finding ‘home’. It’s very hard to describe because it’s an experience we rarely have nowadays.” (Paul)

“When you’re calm and not tense, then you start seeing things all around you.” (Paul)

"The wolves represent ‘wildness’ and if you ever have the occasion to see them and walk in the same place where they live and share the same territory as them, it's a privilege.” (Valeria)

Links

Paul Bulencea

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbulencea/

Valeria Roselli

https://www.wildlifeadventures.it/en/meet-our-team/

David Pearl (Host)

Twitter @DavidPearlHere

Instagram @davidpearl_here

Website www.davidpearl.net

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter @ItPainesMe

The Green Room at COP26 - What (On Earth's) The Story?

Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM

Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM

“Despite all our best endeavours… we rely on six inches  of soil and the fact that it rains.”

Discover more stories of hope with Johanna and other climate innovators on the newly released ‘The Green Room - What (On Earth’s) The Story’ film on You Tube.

Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM

Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM

Johanna Gibbons is a Landscape Architect and Fellow of the Landscape Institute. Jo was named a Royal Designer for Industry for her ‘pioneering and influential work combining design with activism, education and professional practice’. She is founding Partner of J & L Gibbons practice, Director of social enterprise Landscape Learn and a core research partner with Kings College London of Urban Mind. Jo is a panel advisor to Historic England and the Forestry Commission. She is a Trustee of Open City and publishes and lectures widely.

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl

Time Line

00.00 - 00.45 Opening credits

00.46 - 05.37 Introducing Johanna Gibbons

05.40 - 08.19 Johanna’s Origin Story

08.54 - 12.47 The untold story of the soil

13.07 - 16.10 How we can connect with the soil: re-wilding, composting, digging holes

16.55 - 19.15 Community effort and grass-roots

19.17 - 21.12 Day-lighting water and understanding natural processes

21.15 - 26.50 Johanna’s Four Steps

26.51 - 31.18 The Wanderful Exercise: Someone’s Something

31.36 - 35.05 Epilogue - Post Exercise

35.06 - 35.52 Closing Credits

Quotations

“ Landscape connects our family. It’s my work but it’s also all my passions - soil diversity, urban forestry, rain water management and the connection with the natural cycles and connection with everything that feeds the soul and gives you a joy of life.” (Johanna)

“To me, a city is a landscape.” (Johanna)

“It’s not muck-away, this is one of the most important, critical infrastructures of the planet and we talk about muck-away. It comes from ignorance, it comes from a mis-understanding or nobody pointed it out in the first place.” (Johanna)

“There is a disconnect with nature and the most fundamental aspect of terrestrial life on earth… is soil.” (Johanna)

“A handful of soil has more microbes than there are people on this earth.” (Johanna)

“We do like digging holes. Because when you dig a hole you reveal all sorts of secret horizons, a layer cake of human endeavour, of natural cycles, it depends if it’s urban, brownfield, greenfield… and therein lies the story.” (Johanna)

“The whole re-cycling energy is to do with the soil and not touching it… letting it repair itself.” (Johanna)

“Nature is resilient if we would let it be.” (Johanna)

“Composting… because it is (soil) like black gold. You take your good quality waste, you put it into a hot rotter (?) and it comes back as soil. It is quite a magical thing.” (Johanna)

“Despite all our best endeavours… we rely on six inches of soil and the fact that it rains.” (Johanna)

Social Media

Johanna Gibbons

Web:  www.jlg-london.com

Instagram: @jlg_london

David Pearl (Host)

Twitter @DavidPearlHere

Instagram @davidpearl_here

Website www.davidpearl.net

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter @ItPainesMe

“In 2018 we built the world’s first sailing boat, made from already used plastic.”

Discover more stories of hope with Ben and other climate innovators on the newly released ‘The Green Room - What (On Earth’s) The Story’ film on You Tube.

Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM

Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM

Ben Morison is CEO of Far & Wide Travel, and has worked in the Africa travel industry all his life. He started the Flipflopi Project after witnessing the dramatic impact that plastics are having on the continent that has given so much to him.  He became convinced that plastic was far too valuable, versatile and often beautiful to be used just once and thrown away.  His mission; ‘a world without single-use plastics’.

https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl

Timeline

00.00 - 04.38: Introducing Ben Morison

04.44 - 07.07: Building a boat out of re-cycled plastic

07.10 - 08.35 : How Ben arrived at Flipflopi

08.36 - 10.54: Positive African Voices & Leadership Roles

10.56 - 14.20: Fast Emerging Consumer Populations and Winning the Plastics Challenge

14.24 - 18.15: Bringing value to re-cycled plastic

18.17 - 21.18: Using creativity to convene

21.20 - 24.11: The Wanderful Exercise: Finding value in ‘rubbish’

24.32 - 29.07: Epilogue: Waste as an act of appreciation

29.08 - 30.02: Closing credits

Quotations

“In 2018 we built the world’s first sailing boat, made from already used plastic.” (Ben)

“The reality of this challenge we have around plastic pollution and climate change generally, is it needs a holistic global approach. So what’s lacking here is confident, cheerful, positive voices from… African voices, who are taking leadership roles… and if you look around there’s not really many strong leadership roles, positive one’s too, that are coming from our environment. It’s really important for us to have that positive voice.” (Ben)

“The reality is, if I am a young man in Kenya and I am on a date with somebody, I’ll be in a car… I will wind down the window, I will drink my bottle of water and I will throw it out the window in a deliberate ostentatious show of… ‘I’ve arrived, I’m a consumer now.” (Ben)

“We as the developed world have had the starter, main course and dessert of this amazing thing called plastic… it’s developed our economies and now… just as some other parts of the world are just starting to develop consumer economies… we… how dare we go… oh we don’t want you to start with that (plastic). So, there’s some complexity to how we as a global community have this conversation. We have to be nuanced and thoughtful.” (Ben)

“If you give value to anything… stuff will happen. So what we wanted to show by building a boat was, using already used plastic… we can build a boat. That’s got value as a creative art object. It’s got value as something you go fishing in or take tourists in or travel in. It’s not really about the boat, it’s about the fact we were able to re-cycle or re-use and create something of value.” (Ben)

“The boat is a convener. If I arrive up the Clyde in a brightly coloured boat that looks like Elmer the Elephant, I can guarantee that the policy makers will definitely be keen to come and welcome it in and its going to draw lots and lots of crowds of people, because they want to see it. Of course, for the media it’s a very interesting thing to capture, so you now have the three ingredients you want to engage with.” (Ben)

Social Media

Ben Morison

Web https://www.theflipflopi.com/

Twitter @theflipflopi

Instagram @theflipflopi

David Pearl

Twitter @DavidPearlHere

Instagram @davidpearl_here

Web: www.davidpearl.net

Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer)

Twitter @ItPainesMe