Cities don’t have to fight nature—they can breathe with it.

In this conversation with artist–ecologist Josh Harrison, we explore cities as living ecosystems: cooling with plants, capturing stormwater, and designing with indigenous stewardship in mind.

We go beyond “green decor” to talk symbiogenesis, circular materials, and what shifts when we remember: I am nature, and I have a role to play.

You’ll leave with fresh language, grounded examples, and a clearer sense of how to tend your place—on the street you live.

What You’ll Learn About Ecoliving & Urban Ecology
🌱 Why urban rewilding works: evapotranspiration, shade, and soil as climate tech
🌱 How indigenous fire and tending create resilience (not chaos)
🌱 A practical look at green roofs, bioswales, and circular materials (upcycled “soil”)
🌱 The mindset reframe from “humans vs. nature” to “we are nature”

✨ Resources ✨
🌱 Expanded Show Notes
🌱 Leaf Island (green roof & circular soil innovation)
🌱 Kat Anderson, Tending the Wild

🔗 Connect & Explore More
🌿 Website
🌿 Contact
🌿 Shop Eco-Conscious Partners

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🎵 Credits
Opening + Closing music by @Cyberinga and Poinsettia

What if wildness is our DEEPEST intelligence?

In this solo episode, I explore how plants model adaptive, root-deep wisdom—and how you can rewild your inner landscape without burning your life down. We’ll move from self-containment to flow, learn to read openings like a plant reads light, and create the conditions (soil, water, community) your authentic expression needs to thrive.

You’ll leave with a grounded way to notice where your gifts want to grow now, plus simple practices to partner with a plant ally and build a living ecosystem that supports your next evolution.

What You’ll Learn About Being Yourself and Personal Growth
🌱 Wildness = adaptability: respond to change without losing your essence.
🌱 Flow over containment: grow toward light, set living membranes (not rigid walls).
🌱 Prepare the ground: design conditions—time, space, community—so your gifts can root.
🌱 Partner with a plant ally to mirror your wild intelligence in daily life.

✨ Resources ✨
🌱 Expanded Show Notes
🌱 Reconnect with Plant Kin (monthly workshop) — last Saturday each month
🌱 Naturally Conscious Community (Blooming/Flourishing Sprouts)
🌱 Root to Rise discovery call
🌱 Episode 74 (living membranes vs rigid boundaries)
🌱 Plant Wisdom Book Club & Plant-Inspired Masterclass

✨ Chapters ✨
00:00 Introduction
08:15 Path & context
18:04 Ad: Zencastr
26:40 Defining wildness
34:50 Guiding your wild self
43:08 Cattail lesson
51:27 Practice & next steps

🔗 Connect & Explore More
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🌿 Shop Eco-Conscious Partners

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🎵 Credits
Opening + Closing music by @Cyberinga and Poinsettia

What if stories of monsters could help us see climate change in a new light?

In this conversation with fantasy author Laurel Colless, we explore her magical eco-fiction series that uses imagination, environmental awareness, and the voices of nature spirits to help children (and us adults!) reconnect with the living world.

You’ll discover how fantasy can carry truth, how “nature spirits gone rogue” reveal our own relationship with consumption, and why nurturing imagination is essential for the next generation.

What You’ll Learn About Eco Fantasy Fiction for Climate Awareness
🌱 Why fantasy fiction is a powerful way to tell climate truths
🌱 How monsters reflect human choices and ecological imbalance
🌱 The role of plant communication and “tree speakers” in reimagining connection
🌱 Why fostering imagination is essential for hope and resilience

✨ Resources ✨
🌱 Expanded Show Notes
🌱 Laurel Colless book series (Eye of the Storm Lord, Renegale Tales, Knights Unite)
🌱 Naturally Conscious Community (courses, discussions, events)
🌱 Plant Wisdom Book Club

👤 Guest Spotlight: Laurel Colless, Children's Author → laurelcolless.com

Australian-New Zealander children’s author Laurel Colless grew up with books as her friends. Always a fan of adventure stories with twists, Laurel reverts to her eleven-year-old self when writing the Peter Blue books, a science fantasy series where a group of friends at an eco-school solve big world problems and battle evil climate demons birthed from human garbage dumps.

A literary-comparatist by education, Laurel spent 25 years working in environmental business and journalism in Asia, the US and Europe, before coming back to writing. She is the founder of the Carbon Busters Club, a kids’ climate-science program that combines storytelling with science education. In 2013, Laurel Colless became an Al Gore Climate Reality Leader.

When Laurel is not writing or busting carbon, she likes reading, watching movies, forest walking with her dog (and sometimes even her cat!) and spending time with her teenage daughters. Laurel now makes her home in Helsinki with her Finnish husband, their two daughters, a wiry-haired dachshund and a rescue cat.

✨ Chapters ✨
00:00 Introduction
08:10 Essential Nature & Belief
16:30 Plasticity & Acceptance
24:45 Self-Awareness Tools
32:55 Natural Rhythms
40:17 Ad: Music of Plants
49:30 Plant Types & Self-Quiz
57:30 Closing & Community

🔗 Connect & Explore More
🌿 Website
🌿 Contact
🌿 Shop Eco-Conscious Partners

Socials
📸 Instagram
📘 Facebook
💼 LinkedIn
▶️ YouTube

🎵 Credits
Opening + Closing music by @Cyberinga and Poinsettia