Episode 6: The Rewilder

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 "messiness" is the secret to healing both land and hearts. Laura shares radical tips for young listeners on inviting chaos into gardens, minds, and communities: ditch the phone, get deliberately lost, and listen to what the landscape whispers back. We dive into rewilding people as much as places, challenging our obsession with tidy lawns and productive checklists in favour of deep time, cycles of decay, and animistic kinship with the wild.

This is Turning the Tide: A brand new Roots Media production. The tide is turning. The only question is, will you listen in as tomorrow gets written?

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