WELL-BEING & ECOLOGY
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.’
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.’
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…’
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.’
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.’
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.’
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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