Urban Rewilding Episodes

#117: (WILD) Wilding Campuses
May 12, 202500:52:3836.18 MB

#117: (WILD) Wilding Campuses

This episode is a conversation about the 'Wilding Campuses' programme, led by Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK). We talk about the practicalities of applying a 'wilding' approach on highly altered and des...

#115: (WILD) Urban Rewilding with Communities, with Citizen Zoo
May 05, 202500:40:0227.52 MB

#115: (WILD) Urban Rewilding with Communities, with Citizen Zoo

This is a conversation with Elliot Newton and Ben Stockwell of Citizen Zoo, a Community Interest Company that are rewilding urban areas with communities. We talk about: What rewilding in the city meansGrazing animals i...

#110: Wild Cities - Lessons from cities where biodiversity thrives
March 31, 202500:57:1239.33 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, 202500:52:2236.04 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, 202500:57:0439.28 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, 202500:48:2833.41 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, 202500:56:1638.72 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, 202300:46:3032.02 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, 202301:09:1147.6 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...