An Irish Atlantic Rainforest

Peter Mabey reviews a new book by Eoghan Daltun which presents an inspiring example of individual action in the face of climate change

Bringing More Land Back to Life

Luci Attala gives an update on the Kogi’s exciting regeneration project, Munekan Masha, in Colombia

Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You

Charlotte Maberly reviews a new book that argues that it is only by including human beings in nature that we can preserve it

Introducing… ‘Tiger Work’ by Ben Okri

Barbara Vellacott reads from and discusses a new book of stories, parables and poems about climate change

Book Review: “Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time” by Kapka Kassabova

Charlotte Maberly reviews a book about the search for wholeness, and a heartfelt plea to reclaim our spiritual, physical and emotional unity with nature

Eating the Wild

Charlotte Maberly investigates the benefits of foraging, and talks to Scottish food writer and historian Fi Martynoga

‘Eating nature may be the best and most accessible method we have of creating bonds with it.’

Bringing the Land Back to Life

Alan Ereira talks about the wisdom of the Kogi Indians and an important new UNESCO project in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia

‘There is one system; we are part of it and the world is part of us. If you separate us from the world or the world from us, neither can survive.’

Connecting Threads on the River Tweed

Charlotte Maberly investigates an innovative project which explores cultural engagement as the driver of ecological change

The Grandeur of the Night Sky

Hannah Dalgleish invites us to rekindle our ancient relationship with the night at a time when light pollution is becoming a global disruption

‘The night has always held a special place in human spirituality, associated with the mystery of the unknown and the search for self-knowledge.’

The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

Jane Clark | reviews a book about the effects of climate change on the great boreal forest at the top of the world

An Integral Approach to Dementia

Gerontologist Bettina Wichers talks about her holistic understanding of this widespread disease of old age

‘Even though the mind dissolves itself, it is still in consciousness, because this existence is always in consciousness…’

Book Review: “Sacred Nature” by Karen Armstrong

Richard Gault presents a book which urges us to radically rethink our relationship with the natural world

Richard Holding: The Art of Acute Listening

The distinguished osteopath talks about his holistic approach to healing

‘The idea of being fully present in the moment is at the heart of healing. By working to clear toxins and allergies, by dealing with trauma and re-establishing hormonal balance, we become more able to do this.’

Introducing… Fantastic Fungi

David Hyams is inspired by a documentary which presents recent research into these extraordinary beings, and proposes that they hold the key to our future on earth

Cooking in the Ainu Way

Artist Eiko Soga talks about her experience of living with the indigenous people of Japan

‘Kane-san speaks to non-human beings, including what we call ‘inanimate objects’, as if they are her friends.’

Neurodiversity and Creativity

Catalysing change through artful agitation: a conversation with artist and researcher Dr Kai Syng Tan

‘There are many different ways of being human; people have different brains, different minds, different modes of communication and different modes of behaviour.’

The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh

Christopher Ryan | reviews an insightful new book on climate change by the distinguished novelist

Fighting Fire with Fire

Victor Steffensen talks to Rosemary Rule about his pioneering work reintroducing indigenous cultural burning practices in Australia

‘Climate change means the land is telling us something. It is not all doom and gloom. If we look at it the right way, it is an opportunity for change.’

Introducing: My Octopus Teacher

David Hyams | reviews the award-winning documentary about friendship across species

Introducing… Living in the Time of Dying

Jim Griffin | presents an unexpectedly life-affirming film about climate change

Rediscovering Our Earth Emotions

Environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht talks about climate change, solastalgia and his inspiring vision for the future

“I envisage the next age as one where we learn to live in harmony with the rest of creation – when the idea of symbiosis, rather than competition, becomes the basis for our reconnection to the rest of life.”

Introducing… Joanna Macy on ‘Climate Crisis as Spiritual Path’

Jane Clark | presents a short video by the pioneering eco-philosopher and activist

Review: Finding the Mother Tree

David Hyams | reviews Suzanne Simard’s book about the intelligence and cooperative behaviour of trees

Paddling the Magic Canoe: The Wisdom of Wa’xaid

Briony Penn talks about her relationship with the native elder Cecil Paul and their campaign to preserve the glorious Kitlope River area in Canada

“The thing I discovered with Cecil was a coherent world view and a culture which is all about relationship. If you get out of relationship then you are in trouble.”

Reflections: Covid Refuge

Robert Hirschfield | contemplates the experience of locked-down New York

Review: The Great Re-Think

Richard Gault | reviews the latest book by Colin Tudge, which lays out a new vision for agriculture and farming based upon principles of unity and compassion

Reflections: Wild Cycling

Kathy Tiernan | discovers the delights of wild places during the Covid-19 lockdown

Reflections: The Transforming Power of Bread

Kawther Luay | contemplates the resurgence of bread-making during the Covid-19 lockdown, and offers two nourishing poems

The Healing Power of Plants

Anne McIntyre on the Western and Eastern traditions of herbal medicine, and their importance in the contemporary world

“Herbs are amazing because they resonate on all the different levels; mental, emotional, physical, and also at a spiritual level.”

Free, Fair and Alive

Michael Dunwell | This inspiring book by David Bollier and Silke Helfrich explores in depth the theory and practice of ‘The Commons’ – a new way of thinking about economics that is not based upon the individual per se, but recognises the deep connections between our own interests and well-being of others.

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Barbara Vellacott | Robert Macfarlane’s latest book takes us to extraordinary places deep under the earth, bringing together the physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions of the journey into darkness.

Rewilding: A Hope for the Future

In the light of the recent UN report on the radical decline of biodiversity, Richard Twinch investigates a movement which promises to restore ecological harmony

“Nature can bounce back, as long as we have the will to let it.”

The Unity of Bee-ing

An interview with Heidi Herrmann about the work of The Natural Beekeeping Trust in preserving our precious populations of bees

“We need to address the many ways in which we have fallen so far from the ideal place of humanity. The bees demonstrate this as a whole phenomenon – as ‘the Bee’.”

Yoga: a spiritual practice for our time

An interview with Judith Hanson Lasater

“This is the freedom that yoga offers: it allows us to find that moment when we can choose the empathetic response, the compassionate response.”

A Biology of Wonder

Dr Andreas Weber talks to David Hornsby about a new way of understanding nature

“It is intrinsic to life to create the experience of self through connection. What is the difference between this and saying that there is an intrinsic yearning to love?”

Ayurveda: A Medical Science Based on Consciousness

Dr. Sunil Joshi talks to Elizabeth Roberts

“There is a natural intelligence that is flowing through each tissue, each cell of the body, making a beautiful connection between your mind, your soul, your senses and your physical body.”

 

Thought for Food

Charlotte Maberly on the new science of Gastronomy

“If we get food ‘right’, solutions to the majority of our current global crises will follow.”

Understanding Strangers

Inspire Dialogue 2016

“Conversation is an existential ‘turning-towards’ the other in recognition of what it means to be human.”