Urban Rewilding Episodes

#110: Wild Cities - Lessons from cities where biodiversity thrives
March 31, 202500:57:4939.76 MB

#110: Wild Cities - Lessons from cities where biodiversity thrives

My guest today is Chris Fitch, author of the upcoming book Wild Cities: Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle. In this episode we discuss case studies of cities around the world that embrace wilder ...

#109: (WILD) Rewilding and Reconnecting Towns with the Landscape
March 24, 202500:52:5936.46 MB

#109: (WILD) Rewilding and Reconnecting Towns with the Landscape

This episode is a conversation with Stephen Mason, Community Parks Officer at Cheltenham Borough Council. We discuss: Urban rewilding projects in Cheltenham - including meadows and orchardsReconnecting urban areas with...

#108: (WILD) Rewilding for Urban Flood Resilience
March 11, 202500:57:4139.7 MB

#108: (WILD) Rewilding for Urban Flood Resilience

My guests on this episode are Ian Russell and Jamie Kukadia from the watercourses team at London Borough of Enfield. We discuss: 'Rewilding Enfield' - rewilding urban streets, parks and rivers.Nature-based flood resili...

#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)
February 17, 202500:49:0533.83 MB

#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)

This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding. My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design. In this episode we discuss: How wild nature can be brought into city stree...

#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project
January 27, 202500:56:5339.14 MB

#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project

This episode is part of a 6-part series on Urban Rewilding. My guest is Sean McCormack, Chair of Ealing Wildlife Group. Sean led the reintroduction of harvest mice and beavers into urban parks in London, UK. In this ep...

#73: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 2)
September 05, 202300:47:0732.44 MB

#73: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 2)

Sean McCormack is a consultant Vet, the Chairperson of Ealing Wildlife Group, and an incredibly knowledgeable nature conservationist and educator based in west London. This episode is part 2 of our conversation where w...

#72: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 1)
August 21, 202301:09:4848.02 MB

#72: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 1)

Sean McCormack is a consultant Vet, the Chairperson of Ealing Wildlife Group, and an incredibly knowledgeable nature conservationist and educator based in west London. In this episode we discuss his work to rewild urba...

#68: Urban Rewilding
June 04, 202301:08:2047 MB

#68: Urban Rewilding

What is urban rewilding? Can it be done in cities? Is anyone doing it? In this episode, we explore: History of the rewilding conceptCurrent best practice in rewildingHow rewilding can be applied to citiesCase studies o...

#9: Tiago de Zoeten (Mossy Earth) - Using Reforestation and Rewilding to fight Climate Change
October 04, 202001:01:0742 MB

#9: Tiago de Zoeten (Mossy Earth) - Using Reforestation and Rewilding to fight Climate Change

Today we are taking a step outside cities to explore reforestation and rewilding in a conversation with biologist Tiago de Zoeten. Tiago is a conservation biologist at Mossy Earth, a social enterprise on a mission to r...