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Voices for Nature

Voices for Nature

By Festival of Nature

The UK’s largest free celebration of the natural world, Festival of Nature, is back and looking a bit different this year with a brand new programme of activity to help everyone discover new ways to connect with nature this summer.

This year’s festival is all about ‘Nature’s Voices’ celebrating and honouring how nature has supported us through the pandemic, and the ways we can work together with nature to support our collective recoveries.
Get involved at festivalofnature.org.uk or follow the hashtag #FestOfNature21
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Breaking into Geoscience with Dr Hazel Beaumont

Voices for NatureJun 10, 2021

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Give Back

Give Back

Hear from volunteers on the benefits of lending a helping hand by volunteering or creating a space for nature.

Jun 12, 202127:07
How Many Geese? Podcast (Festival of Nature special!)

How Many Geese? Podcast (Festival of Nature special!)

How Many Geese? Have kindly recorded a special episode for us all about festivals IN nature.

"How Many Geese?"

Investigating the best bits of nature Bill Oddie never talked about. Each episode also pits a host against a new species of animal to decide how many they could take in a fight. The show for nature lovers who recognise that failing to plan is planning to fail! So have a think: if it was you vs geese - how many geese?

You can listen to How Many Geese on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ac9xGSKV0FhtXeMFFSQHR?si=PQ1qi4wcTUKZoA6j-D2ikg&nd=1


Jun 12, 202101:01:42
Nature and Identity

Nature and Identity

We're joined by Dr Davina Quinlivan, a lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Bristol. Davina has written on nature and migration, and today we discuss her first book Shalimar: Field Notes from the Map Maker's Daughter, which is on its way to being published

Jun 12, 202112:41
Ways of Listening with Frances Mckenney

Ways of Listening with Frances Mckenney

The Ways of Listening project began as a series of guided walks designed to introduce young people to the different ‘ways’ in which scientist, musicians and poets have developed for listening to birdsong. Today Frances Mackenney joins the Voices of Nature podcast to discuss the aims of the project and how we can improve our connections with the natural world.

Jun 11, 202113:58
Bonus Episode - Stockwood Growing Together

Bonus Episode - Stockwood Growing Together

Stockwood Growing together supports local food club, supports the elderly, supports mental health, builds community - through growing food at the garden.

Find out more about Stockwood Growing Together on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sstockwoodgrowingtogether/

Jun 11, 202106:42
Demand More

Demand More

Hear from elected officials and campaigners on how to lend your voice to encourage policy makers, businesses and institutions to be more nature friendly

Jun 11, 202123:09
Bonus Episode - with Roy Kareem from Black and Green Ambassadors

Bonus Episode - with Roy Kareem from Black and Green Ambassadors

Meet Roy Kareem from Bristol's Black and Green Ambassadors and hear how to get involved with the researcher projects the Black and Green Ambassadors are currently undertaking.


Jun 11, 202103:49
Keeping up with the fastest animal on earth

Keeping up with the fastest animal on earth

Travelling at top speeds of over 300km/h, the peregrine falcon is one of the most powerful animals in the sky. But it is also an incredibly fragile species, and today we speak to Colin Knowles of the National Trust to talk about the threats facing these iconic birds and how we can best help them to thrive.

Jun 11, 202114:54
The Impact of Green Spaces on Health

The Impact of Green Spaces on Health

Hear from Professor Danielle Sinnett about the importance of green infrastructure in our cities and how important it is for our health

Jun 11, 202114:52
Take Less

Take Less

The second of four special podcast episodes - Hear from experts and researchers on how small ways of taking a little less can massively reduce our personal impact on the natural world by cutting down waste and consumption

Jun 10, 202126:45
Breaking into Geoscience with Dr Hazel Beaumont

Breaking into Geoscience with Dr Hazel Beaumont

Today, Kitty is joined by Dr Hazel Beaumont to discuss the wonderful world of geoscience and the myriad of career options that are open to the budding geoscientists of the future.

Jun 10, 202112:59
Trees and Climate Change

Trees and Climate Change

Why trees are important for climate and their role in combatting climate change? This episode features Ross Kennerley from the Woodland Trust

Jun 09, 202114:04
The Woodland Trust

The Woodland Trust

Our trees and woodlands are under pressure form human activities, diseases and pests, so how can we help protect them? In this episode of the Voices of Nature we speak to Jane Craven of the Woodland Trust to discuss the importance of woodlands and we need to step up our protection of trees.

Jun 09, 202112:43
Choose Better

Choose Better

The first of four special podcast episodes - hear from experts and researchers on how to switch to more sustainable products and services, supporting a nature friendly economy.

Jun 08, 202124:07
Blue Presciptions - How using nature can improve our health?

Blue Presciptions - How using nature can improve our health?

Our natural world has an important part to play in preventing and treating ill health and we believe more people should have the opportunity to access these incredible natural environments where they live and work. In this we hear from Jonathan Reeves, Principal Researcher (Health & Wellbeing) at WWT to discuss the Blue Prescriptions project, a a nature-based form of social prescribing.

Jun 08, 202113:41
Bonus Episode - with Ian Slomon Kawall
Jun 07, 202117:02
Let's Get Buzzing with Paul Pearce

Let's Get Buzzing with Paul Pearce

How can we maintain wild areas that promote habitats for our ever important pollinator species such as bees and butterflies? That's the question we're asking Paul Pearce of Bath & North East Somerset Council in today's episode

Jun 07, 202111:09
Voices for Nature Podcast: Dogger Bank, Brexit and the marine environment

Voices for Nature Podcast: Dogger Bank, Brexit and the marine environment

In this episode of Voices for Nature we are joined by Tom Appleby of the Blue Marine Foundation to explore how the UK's exit from the European Union is leading to improved designations for our marine protected areas, and how environmental groups are pressing for similar measures to come in to force across other European nations.

Jun 05, 202114:06
Voices for Nature Podcast: Unearthed with Lukus Robbins

Voices for Nature Podcast: Unearthed with Lukus Robbins

Soils define culture. Throughout history soil has defined human societies perhaps more strongly than any other single environmental variable. Join artist Lukus Robbins to discover how he is exploring the world beneath our feet to answer questions about soil.


Jun 05, 202114:45