Tag: Biodiversity Loss

215: Just Earth with Tony Juniper

Book cover for 'Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet' by Tony Juniper, published by Bloomsbury. The cover features a cream-coloured background with the title in large serif typeface. Above the title is an illustration of brass balance scales, with a green tree on one side and golden coins on the other, symbolising the balance between environmental and economic concerns.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4EqpJ3litKRJYtGlA0qBBe?si=A8Pki3aLQIKSSxrT__RAVg Why are we failing to make progress on climate change and biodiversity loss despite fifty years of environmental campaigning? What changed in recent years that made it so difficult to rally support for nature? Could social inequality be the root cause undermining all our conservation efforts? These are the questions Tony Juniper addresses in … Continue reading 215: Just Earth with Tony Juniper →

181: Farming and Soil Biodiversity with Stuart Meikle

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3u0iFOeVuZ4sY9XK3sDAwa What is sustainable agriculture? Does regenerative farming mean focusing primarily on the soil biome? Is farming a leading cause of biodiversity loss? …and do we really have only 60 harvests left? To get the answers to those and other questions about farming and biodiversity, join me for a conversation with an agricultural management and … Continue reading 181: Farming and Soil Biodiversity with Stuart Meikle →

Episode 71: The European Federation for Hunting and Conservation with David Scallan

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Lu0zHfpt3i4UrZirQFmk5?si=iiABBxaHSZ6LQXHRCGQaBQ&dl_branch=1 The European Federation for Hunting and Conservation, or FACE for short, is an international organization that represents the interests of European hunters. It serves as a bridge between the institutions of the European Union and hunters. In episode 59 I talked with Dan Curley, the chairman of NARGC, the Irish member organization of FACE. … Continue reading Episode 71: The European Federation for Hunting and Conservation with David Scallan →

Episode 68: Rewilding, Wolves and Biodiversity with Pádraic Fogarty

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UVSyEdYMpO5oPtBQ0Cb1f?si=j-Wgn-BETLSoeq7T8ClhYA&dl_branch=1 Pádraic is well known to my podcast listeners. He was our guest in episodes 20 and 35. And in episode 62 I talked with Patrick Cross about his work inspired by Pádraic’s book. There have been many things I have wanted to talk to Pádraic about since our last podcast, which was a year … Continue reading Episode 68: Rewilding, Wolves and Biodiversity with Pádraic Fogarty →

Episode 62: Whittled Away, a Photography Series, with Patrick Cross

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IblemBO2ApQz2F5XVLjI3?si=8_Egc8iGSLuLSGXJjiV4HA&dl_branch=1 We have talked about the book “Whittled Away - Ireland’s Vanishing Nature” twice already. In episode 20 our guest was the author, Pádraic Fogarty, who was also featured in episode 35 where I brought you the recording of his talk under the same title as the book. Today I talk with Patrick Cross about … Continue reading Episode 62: Whittled Away, a Photography Series, with Patrick Cross →