Answering the Answers
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The episode discusses the perception of nature in the context of selfies and encourages mindfulness in engaging with the environment.
Thanks very much for joining us for this episode of The People's Countryside Environmental Debate Podcast. If we had our time again, we might choose a shorter title, because it has to be one of the longest podcast titles in the world! We answer two questions in every episode, sent in by you, the listeners. We try not to see them before we press record. That is intentional. Where possible, we go in cold. Bronwen from Atlanta, Georgia, USA then asks the first question for this episode - “Is nature just becoming a nice backdrop to selfies?” Off the back of Bronwen’s question, William reflects on how nature is increasingly used as a backdrop for selfies, suggesting that many people still view it as something separate and distant, rather than something woven into everyday life all around us. Stuart argues that for some people, nature becomes so visually incidental in moments like selfies, that it effectively disappears from awareness altogether, with individuals not recognising they are even in natural environments. Stuart goes on to urge listeners to recognise that nature is not something distant out there, but something all around us, and even within us. Emphasising that we are part…
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