The People's Countryside Environmental Debate Podcast

It's time for another relaxing, and roaming conversation, with hosts Stuart and William, as they offer up a very real discussion, while exploring a listener question, from Rory in Darwin, Australia. "I (Rory) heard your recent episode about food security. and the process of water seeping through soil. and into water courses. Are landfill sites then ticking timebombs. Whereby toxins leach into rive...

Join hosts Stuart and William on another roaming and wandering, insightful conversation, offering up a very real discussion, as they explore a listener question, from Gail in Headington, Oxford, England. "Climate change and the rainforest destruction are intertwined. How can we truly hope to progress, when our world is on fire?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine, dis...

Join another meandering, unscripted conversation, as hosts Stuart and William again delve into another listener question, from Nguyen, in Vietnam. "I've heard you talk about the sensory walks you lead out in nature. Which of the main senses do you feel elicits the best response from people, if you want them to be motivated to start protecting nature?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and...

Using their meandering, unscripted conversational chat style, hosts Stuart and William explore and examine a listener question, from Marc in Dudley, West Midlands, England. "How important is mental health in the environmental and ecological fight we face?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine, discuss or debate? Send us an email thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com with...

Using their usual meandering, unscripted conversational style, hosts Stuart and William delve into a listener question, from Pauline in Farmoor, Oxfordshire, England. "Why can't we have a mainstream day? We have World AIDS Day, International Women's Day, LGBTQ Day, Gay Pride Day, and various other environmental days. Why can't we have a Mainstream Day?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart an...

Using their meandering, unscripted conversational chat style, hosts Stuart and William offer up a very real discussion, as they explore a listener question, from Rich in Burnley, Lancashire, England. "Is the message more powerful if it's positive when we talk about the multiple crisis we face, compared with negative messaging?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine, disc...

Stuart and William wish you a Happy Easter 2021, wherever you are in the world. Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine, discuss or delve into? Send us an email thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com with your name, where you're listening from, and your question. Find out more about the wider project at: https://thepeoplescountryside.co.uk/ Support the project through Patreon: htt...

In another meandering, unscripted conversation, bulging with authentic views and real opinions, hosts Stuart and William explore a listener question, from Chia-Ling, in Taiwan. "How impactful and inspirational can individuals really be, in making positive things happen, where we live locally?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to explore, discuss or debate? Send us an email the...

Stuart and William preview tomorrow's release (30th March 2021), where they will be discussing, exploring, and examining a question sent in by listener Chia-Ling, from Taiwan. Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine, discuss or explore? Send us an email thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com with your name, where you're listening from, and your question. Find out more about the wi...

Your hosts Stuart and William head off on another meandering, deep conversation, as they examine a listener question, from Jonati, in Israel. "How can we make humanity excel again?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to delve into, discuss or debate? Send us an email thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com with your name, where you're listening from, and your question.

Join hosts Stuart and William, in their usual meandering discussion style, as they examine a question from listener Khalid, in Oman. "I enjoyed your Covid series, when you shared your personal challenges, and the lessons you felt were there to be learned, and put towards the ecological crisis we face. Could you share your thoughts about the challenges you, and we, still face at this poin...

Honest opinions, using their meandering, unscripted conversational chat style, hosts Stuart and William explore and examine a listener question, from Raul from Peru. "£8.50 in British currency, is the societal return for every £1 invested in volunteering in nature, by businesses. The return is mainly through wellbeing, so how can we encourage more people into wild working days, and getting busines...

Another meandering, unscripted, real discussion, and authentic opinions, as hosts Stuart and William, delve into a listener question, from Yvette, in Marston, Oxford, England. "My view [Yvette's] is we need to prioritize relationships when building local and international links. I'd be intrigued to see where you go with this idea in your debates and conversations on this podcast. You always go off...

Authentic views and opinions, in another wide ranging, unscripted, real discussion. As hosts Stuart and William, delve into a listener question, this time, from Aleksei in Russia. "Food brings us together, culturally and practically. It offers a nutritional life, and a community life, helping the most vulnerable. It brings the haves and have nots together, with emotions wrapped up in food too. Is...

Welcome to another unscripted meandering real discussion, bordering on a debate . Stretch your thinking with hosts Stuart and William, as they delve into a listener question, from Roisin from London, England. "You [Stuart], were motivated to be an activist through anger in the early 1980s, do you see history repeating itself?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine,...

Authentic views, in another meandering conversation, from hosts Stuart and William, who examine a listener question, from Alvaro in Spain. "The next step in human progress, is to live within the fabric of the nature and the environment that underpins us. Revealing that we're not an isolated species, away from nature. Do you agree, or do you think there is another step, or multiple steps to come fi...

A meandering unscripted real discussion, and opinions, as hosts Stuart and William delve into a listener question, from Preben in Sweden. "If we go to other planets to mine minerals, are we expanding the mistakes we're making on this planet, to other planets?". Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine, discuss or debate? Send us an email thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com with...

Using their meandering, unscripted conversational chat style, hosts Stuart and William explore and examine a listener question, from Pete in Islip, Oxfordshire, England. "We have enough water on the planet for everybody, yet the amount that is uncontaminated and usable for drinking water, each year, gets smaller. I've heard by 2030, the demand for drinking water will exceed the amount of water ava...

In this episode, Stuart and William explore and examine a question, from listener Vandana in India, "Do you have any examples of people watering down their anti-environmentalist stance, when confronted with a real person, that they personally know, who has environmental activist views? It's hard to generalize all environmentalists as snowflakes, when we start to see people as human beings.".

Outside of the usual release schedule, here's some audio extracted from a teaser video, just released, detailing an exclusive, just for our Green Transformer tier over on our Patreon page. Your Co-hosts Stuart and William, will be talking about how they approach guests / collaborators for the podcast and other projects. To hear/see the complete version of this exclusive material, become a Green Tr...

In this episode Stuart and William explore and examine a question from listener Ben in Islip, Oxfordshire, England, "Why are so many ready to consume and believe fake news? Covid vaccines have shown this. The BAME community seem to be at high risk of fatality from the virus, with high numbers of death rates, yet that community has a large volume of people not willing to take the vaccine as they sa...

In this episode Stuart and William explore and examine a question from listener Ivan in Suffolk, England, "Climate science to some is more about alarmist journalism than anything else, which I don't agree with. Those that scream about problems are the privileged few, and this doesn't help those on the ground, facing real hardship, which I don't necessarily agree with either. What I do think as the...

In this episode Stuart and William delve into this second question from listener Ron in Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, England, "Where does the confidence come from to change our lives, and live sustainably, when we know it'll be tough, and a huge transition?".

In this episode Stuart and William explore a question from listener Al in Limerick, Southern Ireland, "How can we normalize non-confrontational discussions, disagreements, and debates? Can we disagree nicely as you often say on the podcast? Does having differing views, always have to be approached abrasively, aggressively, and shouting louder than the person in front of you, that disagrees with yo...

In this episode Stuart and William examine a question from listener Ivy in Worthing, West Sussex, England, "Do you feel you over analyze questions you debate on the podcast? ".