Join us for our first episode of Unfurling, as we explore the topic of 'Joy and Wonder'.
Unfurling will cover a broad range of subjects - from climate change to networks, economics to adventure - but we’ve chosen to start with a personal conversation between the two of us, simply about the joy and wonder that the natural world evokes in us. We share experiences, stories, science, poetry, and more -- from the intimate and personal, via networks and relationships, through to the wider world and universe. Together, we have experience as coaches; in non-profits; in local politics; as writers; and more, and we bring experience of all of these worlds into our episodes.
'Joy and Wonder' is the subject for our first episode because we want to weave in a dimension of joy and wonder throughout our entire podcast series - whatever topic is at hand and however complex or challenging it is.
We end by sharing a few ideas about accessing joy and wonder in and through the natural world:
1. We leave you with three questions to reflect on.
2. We encourage you to explore the concept of “biophilia”, a love of living things and nature; to notice what’s around you, however small; and to experiment with a more nature-inspired mindset.
3. We also share book and documentary recommendations, also outlined in the Reference section below.
We would love to hear your reflections and feedback on this episode and encourage you to join our Facebook group, 'Unfurling Podcast', in which we’ll be sharing questions and resources, and encouraging conversation about joy and wonder and future episode themes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/313645743154222/
Thank you, and enjoy this unfurling conversation!
References (with minute markers):
Minute ~1: “Oh The Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss
~4: “Recovering Together” by RSPB (https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/recovering-together-report/recovering-together-report_nature-and-green-recovery_rspbyougov_june-2020.pdf)
~8: J. D. Salinger quote: “The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.”
~11: Marcel Proust quote: "The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
~14: “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett
~15: “Last Child in the Woods” by Richard Louv
~16: “Teach the Children” from “Upstream: Selected Essays” by Mary Oliver
~18: “Ode to Falcon Park” on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/odetofalconpark/
~19: “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver
~22: Arukah Network (https://www.arukahnetwork.org/)
~22: “How Trees Talk To Each Other” by Suzanne Simard (https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other)
~25: Sir Peter Scott (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Scott)
~26: Slimbridge Wetland Centre: https://www.wwt.org.uk/who-we-are
~26: Robert Falcon Scott quote: “Make the boy [Peter] interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games."
~26: Story about Sir Peter Scott from “Sir Peter Scott's legacy lives on at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust” in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/10/peter-scott-wildfowl-wetlands-trust)
~29: “Apollo 11” on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81078076)
~32: “Pale Blue Dot” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot)
~34: “To see a World in a Grain of Sand…” from “Auguries of Innocence” by William Blake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguries_of_Innocence)
~38: “The Canticle of the Sun” by Saint Francis of Assissi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canticle_of_the_Sun)
~42: “The Overstory” by Richard Powers
~42: “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
~42: “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery
~43: “Unfurling Podcast” group on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/313645743154222/)
Podcast Music: “Birds Day” by Elizabells (www.premiumbeat.com)
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