“We’re swimming in the sea of story,” says award-winning oral storyteller and author Danyah Miller. “Story helps us imagine a new world.” Especially for children, the core focus of our chat on the podcast “Hope! Camera! Action!” Film/audio pods youtu.be/ntqsCx2DlPY www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

Stories of the Ancients: #6 Bhutan For the fire and drought of noon-halted summer! “The brocade strings and reeds Weave daily music, Half of it with the clouds, Half river breezes.” Tu Fu [712-770] Kyichu Lhakhang Temple, Paro

The Noon-Halted Summer Time at Bottengoms: Plants and Painted Landscape, with Jon Zerr youtu.be/jI-pdCmL-Sc It’s summer at Bottengoms. Noon-halted time! After long dormancy, many plants are reappearing: ladybird poppy, purple columbine, also poisonous plants that were favourites of John Nash

It's a great episode @dabaden.bsky.social ! Come and listen, it's a big hot hole we're all in...

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I had a great chat with @julespretty.bsky.social on the power of positive stories to spark sustainability transformations in his podcast. Heat Camera Action. #ClimateStorytelling #AJigsawToSaveTheWorld @habitatpress.bsky.social

I enjoyed my chat with @julespretty.bsky.social on the Heat Camera Action podcast. We talked about the #AJigsawToSaveTheWorld project and the power of positive stories to spark sustainability transformations. www.buzzsprout.com/2608197/epis...

14 Denise Baden on the power of positive stories to spark sustainability transformations - Heat! Camera! Action!

In our online chat in her Southampton studio, we hear from activist, author and creator Denise Baden about the power of positive story. She is Professor of Sustainable Business, and came to realise th...

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“Renaturing is open to everyone”, says author and nature restorer, James Canton Podcast “Hope! Camera! Action!” James says, “I evolved, The Field evolved.” From barren patch to abundance of wildflower meadow, scrub, trees and pond Film & audio pod youtu.be/RUGCu1yXpXA www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

“Positive stories motivate everyone”, says author & creator Denise Baden. “I paint a picture of the good stuff.” Podcast Hope! Camera! Action! In our latest episode (out Wed 22nd July), Denise says “Also, it's more fun.” Film & audio pod versions youtu.be/NWe1eCFgSiM www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

Stories of the Ancients: #5 Japan Along the trail’s edge, beside a sparkling river, In the willow shade, I lingered to take a nap, Lingered, and I’m still here. [Saigyō Hōshi, 1116-1190] The Kiso River, Kiso Fukushima

“We all want the same thing of oceans and seas,” says Leanne Hepburn, director of the Ocean Literacy Project. “To move from extraction to regenerative processes.” Podcast “Hope! Camera! Action!” Film and audio pod versions youtu.be/HAI9nPU2AKs www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

“Within days, magic begins to happen,” says Ben Goldsmith, of rewilding on his farm. “Look at the joy, think of the magic.” Podcast “Hope! Camera! Action!” Our latest episode out this Wed 15th July) Film and audio pod versions youtu.be/qdvXIYFaiEQ www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

Stories of the Ancients: #5 Bhutan The sky has cleared and there is the vast plain, And so far as the eye can see no dust in the air… The white water shining beyond the fields, The blue peaks jutting behind the fields.” Wang Wei [699-761] Paro Valley and Himalayan Peaks

“You see people instantly smile,” says Nicky Saunter. Put on an animal mask, and everything changes. We become animals Podcast “Hope! Camera! Action!” Out today Wed 8th July), Nicky also talks of beavers and river rights Film and audio pod versions youtu.be/7BRsvp2Guzk www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

Stories of the Ancients: #4 Japan/China "The fields are overgrown, Granaries are empty, But the nobles’ clothes are gorgeous." [Lao-Tzu/Tao Te Ching, 400 BCE] Yamamura Daikan Yashinki, Magistrate’s Residence, Kiso Fukushima

This is a longer pod than usual. Richard Bawden's dying from cancer (he’s not “living with it”). It’s untreatable. And yet. We laugh, tell stories, wander over a life of 87 years It’s a podcast memoir of a radical educator Film & audio pod versions youtu.be/0isxNpWV1dI www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

10 Richard Bawden on life as a radical agricultural educator, & how it feels to be dying from cancer

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“At least verse can’t make it worse”, says Mandy Haggith from her Assynt croft. She’s using poetry to create a sense of agency when so much seems bleak Podcast “Hope! Camera! Action!” Out today Wed 1st July Film and audio pod versions youtu.be/7uaiOP3ne6c www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

09 Mandy Haggith on poetry as a kind method for climate and nature action

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Excerpts: Stories of the Ancients #3 Iceland In those days, Laxdæla the salmon-river vale, Was so fine a pasture that the leading sheep arrived at market, Before the last had left the farm at Höskuldstadir. The Saga of Laxdæla: Guðrún’s hot pool at Laugar

“The story of conservation is the story of people”, says Rich Yates of Essex Wildlife Trust Hope! Camera! Action! Episode out Wed 24 June, Rich talks about his first day, how the HQ emptied in search of a rare butterfly Audio and pod versions youtu.be/CvSBPwTWu_4 www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

“There are mountains hidden in sky. There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness.” [Dōgen Zenji, 1200-1253] Taktstang Temple (The Tiger’s Nest), Bhutan

“It has to be free” says Genevieve Christie of the First Light Beach Festival You could salute the sunrise at 4.30am this weekend. The old gods always said midsummer was a festival of fire and water. “Hope! Camera! Action!” podcast Film and audio youtu.be/faKPpOB15_Y www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

07 Genevieve Christie on the cultural and environmental values of a free-festival at the coast

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“Living in a mud hut makes you endlessly happy!” In our latest episode, Jacquie McGlade talks about hope in Global South and the value of talk in international negotiations Hope! Camera! Action! Podcast: Film and audio versions youtu.be/RMsOG-MDDEI www.buzzsprout.com/2608197

06 Jacquie McGlade on hope from the Global South and the value of talk in international negotiations

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“You ask why I live, Alone in the mountain forest, And I smile and am silent, Until even my soul grows quiet.” [Li Po, 701-761] Mount Beten-dake, Nyonin-michi pilgrim route, Koyasan

Biographer Ian Collins on the great Ronald Blythe, so we’re sitting in his garden for this episode of “Heat! Camera! Action!” “Next to Nature”, Ronnie’s final book, was publ when he was 100 Film: YouTube www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58 Audio – your normal pod places! Happy listening!

"We concluded that Nature is still the only real game in town - we need to conserve, to rewild, to restore Nature because we already have a lot to work with." - a 🧵 on #TheClimateRestorers documentaries in my conversation w @julespretty.bsky.social on his great new podcast, Heat! Camera! Action!

Couple of new podcast episodes out today: "Heat! Camera! Action!" Here's a clip of @rupertread.bsky.social talking about XR and the emergence of the Climate Majority Project "We need most people to get involved in climate and nature action" "It's an enormous ask"

Trailer for next podcast release - June 3rd "Heat! Camera! Action!" Phoebe Barnard, global scientist and film-maker, talks of scarcity and abundance, and says, "I do think we are moving into a more feminine and ancient-based world" Her dog is quite the star in the pod...

Launches today! Very honoured to be kicking this off - a great way into positive stories from many trailblazers about tackling the multi-crisis with Jules Pretty.

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“Heat! Camera! Action!” It’s here! Podcast launched today - two episodes 01 Anita Roy on nature writing and making stuff happen in transition towns 02 Lloyd Peck on living in the Antarctic and how it’s changed over two decades @anitaroy1000.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk Good story is a finding place

“Heat! Camera! Action!” It’s here! Podcast launched today - two episodes 01 Anita Roy on nature writing and making stuff happen in transition towns 02 Lloyd Peck on living in the Antarctic and how it’s changed over two decades @anitaroy1000.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk Good story is a finding place

A week today: this new podcast launches Heat! Camera! Action! Two episodes on May 29th Piece today in @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/... The 5 min trailer: video on YouTube or listen on all pod platforms

Getting out of the hole: how to save our world

In a new climate crisis podcast: “Heat! Camera! Action!” Jules Pretty and his guests share personal stories and ideas to give courage for the future

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"Requiem for Sail" Film short here: youtu.be/OwCRE5UdtnY Maldon, the Blackwater Estuary Famed location for sailing barges. Once thousands, up and down the east coast. Moving goods by wind alone. Then came the marvel of fossil fuels. This is the requiem for the sailing barge.

Requiem for Sail

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Spring at Bottengoms! Ronnie Blythe’s home and garden The second in a series of films with head gardener Jon Zerr Part 1: the woods & orchard youtu.be/OWjHHZ36ii4 Part 2: the borders and flowers youtu.be/0ZYhLRoyISI More films and podcast trailer at www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty...

Spring at Bottengoms, Part 1: Woods & Orchard, with Jon Zerr

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