The People Place and Nature Podcast

To finish off the Season we wanted to say a huge thank you to all those who helped make the series what it was, all our fantastic sponsors, our fantastic production team at Monsterdon, especially Rob Montandon. Not to mention all of our incredible guests as well of course! We covered such an incredible range of topics, projects, ideas and innovations during the season that we thoug

In this episode, we are joined by Ben Harrison, Housing Sustainability Development Officer for Southend-On-Sea Council. Our second youngest guest and who is one of the key players in the award-winning retrofit home project we look at this episode. In this episode, we explore a former council house, now re-purchased by Southend-On-Sea Council. This is one of a number of homes being

In this episode, we are joined by excellent Ted Green our only returning guest of the series who has just authored a new book, Treetime. The book explores Teds lifelong adventure with trees and tree folk. Since earliest childhood, and with Windsor Great Park as his playground, Ted has been asking questions about nature and our environment. Treetime is a collection of tales from ove

In this episode, we are joined by Ramon CEO and Founder of ALIS a cutting edge biotech company based in Mexico, who are working to develop and manage new solutions to tackle issues around contaminated water, and how to produce useful, and high-end products from Algae. In this episode, we talk about the challenges facing existing infrastructure especially when it comes to water resi

In this episode, we are joined by David Prys-Jones the Biodiversity Manager at HS2 Ltd. Who is working to develop and manage the biodiversity enhancement aspects of the HS2 project, the one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe. In this episode, we talk about the challenges facing major infrastructure projects such as HS2, and how the project is working to try and manage

In this episode, we are joined by the insightful Marketa Hermova Landscape Product Specialist at Vectorworks, a software provider for built environment specialists, especially landscape architects, architects, engineers, and garden designers - also one of our fantastic sponsors! In this episode, we talk about how Marketa is working with designers and engineers to ensure that they h

In this episode, we are joined by the incredible Will Campion a young architect punching well above his weight as the founder of Offgrid Works. In this episode, we talk about Will's wide range of work on many of the mega projects going on around the world, and how he turned from this to tackle challenges like the housing crisis. Will has taken his expertise, learning, and tech

In this episode, we are joined by the influential Oliver Jones a fellow Podcast host and Associate Director – Sustainability & Innovation at Cundall. In this episode, we talk about what both Oliver and I have found out and discovered through our podcasts and what our general observations are. We also talk about Olivers background and the types of projects he has undertaken an

In this episode, we are joined by the incredible Garden Designer and Landscape Architect Marian Boswell. We talk about her fantastic new book, as well as her approach to the design of gardens. Marian has been playing a key role in developing sustainable practices for garden designs and landscape architects and has been championing sharing these ideas and her knowledge with others.

In this episode we are joined by the fantastic scientists Dr Pippa Simmonds and Dr Matthew Reed. We talk about a wide range of topics covering everything from sustainable farming, organic produce, packaging, engaging communities and challenges associated with a more sustainable transition. A key theme that came up throughout the episode was the connection between farming and many