Turning the Tide

In this episode of Turning the Tide, Lucas meets Laura Fairs, the Rewilding Wizard at Embercombe near Dartmoor - a trailblazing retreat centre that's letting nature run wild again. Join us as we explore how stepping back from control unleashes cascades of life - from crickets in long grass and booming reptile populations to flocks of buzzards and berry-gorging thrushes - and why "messines...

This episode on Turning the Tide Lucas, Fyn and Matt sit down with two extraordinary trailblazers who have rewritten what it means to care in business - not about profit but also about people and planet. Guy Singh-Watson is the founder of the pioneering Riverford Organic Farmers and Geetie is a prolific publican, with her latest venture being the Bull Inn in Totnes. In fact, this episode was recor...

What is the point of caring about nature when the headlines feel so bleak? In this episode of Turning the Tide, Lucas sits down with Victoria Benns, former art teacher turned naturalist and founder of Bewild CIC, who thinks the answer starts on your doorstep rather than in Westminster. From beach cafés in Dartmouth to verges and pavements across the South Hams, she explains why reconnecting with n...

This week we're sitting down with a real life time-traveller! This isn't Doc Brown's time machine but get your Delorean ready all the same because today we're meeting Rob Hopkins: the dreamer who swapped despair for design, and convinced thousands of people to board a time machine with him. In this episode, we're sitting down with the co-founder of the Transition movement - a g...

Today, we head to Baker Street. But not in Victorian alleyways. We are off to Nairobi to meet an extraordinary plastic detective who will take us on an extraordinary journey. From bathroom sinks to the summit of Everest, one scientist's detective work rewrote what we know about pollution. Dr. Imogen Napper discovered three million microbeads in a single facial scrub - sparking a worldwide ban....

Ever had that sinking feeling when you think about the ocean? You know, where you've watched every Blue Planet episode, you've read the statistics about the great plastic gyres spiralling through our seas, and yet you still feel completely powerless? That gnawing guilt that scrolls past your feed every single day? Welcome to the real world of environmental action - where the work doesn&#39...