359. Learn how to rewild yourself and your community with adventurer Alastair Humphreys
About this episode
Alastair Humphreys discusses the importance of reconnecting with nature and rewilding ourselves and our communities.
One of the biggest issues facing our wildlife and wild places is our own disconnection from the natural world. You've got to love it to save it, says this week's guest Alastair Humphreys. Plodcast host Fergus Collins meets Alastair on the River Medway in Kent to hear how we have become 'Unwilded' and what we can do to bring nature into every day of our lives – and make positive changes to the world around. Plus, Alastair takes the plunge into the river for a magnificent finale.This Plodcast also contains whitethroats, yellowhammers, kestrels and many other wild species.Alastair's book, Unwilded: Finding Our Way Back to Nature is published by Eye Books.Get in touch on Facebook! Search "BBC Countryfile Magazine - Plodcast Community" or join the discussion here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/countryfilemagazineplodcast/?ref=shareThe BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast is the Publishers Podcast Awards Special Interest Podcast of the Year 2024 & 2025 and the PPA Podcast of the Year 2022. If you've enjoyed the plodcast, don't forget to leave likes and positive reviews. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: theplodcast@countryfile.com. If your…
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