Can nature help you grieve? 🏔️In this episode, Amy Chapman and Katrina Ridley chat with Tinuke Oyediran, outdoor presenter, Guinness World skater record holder, adventure therapist in training and self-proclaimed nature addict, about how she turned profound loss into healing through adventure.After losing her immediate family, Tinuke solo-hiked the Grand Canyon, mountaineered in Iceland and climbed Kilimanjaro, all the while spreading her mother's ashes on mountain peaks along the way. She shares how she adapts EMDR therapy while hiking (tapping and eye movements on the trail) and why movement and nature can work when traditional therapy rooms don't.We also talk micro-adventures (you don't need Everest!), representation for Black women in the outdoors, her directory Elsewhere for diverse outdoor events in the UK, cold water swimming, and how forest bathing can help you feel calmer TODAY. 🌍 Connect to Nature Season Two is sponsored by the Fairtrade Foundation If you care about nature, climate change and where your food comes from, Fairtrade's Do It Fair campaign is calling for a future that's fair on the planet. You can help by choosing Fairtrade products and adding your voice to Fairtrade's petition calling for stronger laws to protect people and the planet. Find out more and sign the Fair on the Planet petition at https://action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fair-on-the-planet-connect-to-... Together, we can help build a future that's fair to people and fair to the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chef Doug McMaster explains how the food we eat can reconnect us with nature, from regenerative farming to zero-waste living and healthier systems. Food is one of the most powerful ways we connect with nature, but how often do we stop to think about where it comes from? In this episode of Connect to Nature, zero-waste chef Doug McMaster explores how food, philosophy and regenerative farming can help us build a healthier relationship with the natural world. From creating the world's first zero-waste restaurant to rethinking waste, soil and sustainability, Doug shares how nature's circular systems can inspire the way we cook, eat and live. It's a thought-provoking conversation that challenges us to see food not just as nourishment, but as a connection to nature itself. 🌍 Connect to Nature Season Two is sponsored by the Fairtrade Foundation If you care about nature, climate change and where your food comes from, Fairtrade's Do It Fair campaign is calling for a future that's fair on the planet. You can help by choosing Fairtrade products and adding your voice to Fairtrade's petition calling for stronger laws to protect people and the planet. Find out more and sign the Fair on the Planet petition at https://action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fair-on-the-planet-connect-to-... Together, we can help build a future that's fair to people and fair to the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What does your weekly shop have to do with climate justice? 🌍In this episode of Connect to Nature, Amy Chapman and Katrina Ridley are joined by Larissa Kennedy, doctoral researcher, community builder and trustee of the Fairtrade Foundation, to explore how our food choices connect us to people, planet and heritage.Raised in Croydon, she is a 'granddaughter of the Windrush generation', with family roots in Jamaica, Barbados, the Grenadine and St Vincent. Here, Larissa shares why her grandmother's garden offered her first connection to nature, food systems, and climate justice, and how fair trade creates real solidarity between shoppers and farmers on the front lines of the climate crisis.From a sick turtle on a beach to Kenyan tea farmers feeling climate change in real time, this is a conversation about bringing "far away" issues close to home, starting with what's on your plate.🌍 Connect to Nature Season Two is sponsored by the Fairtrade FoundationIf you care about nature, climate change and where your food comes from, Fairtrade's Do It Fair campaign is calling for a future that's fair on the planet. You can help by choosing Fairtrade products and adding your voice to Fairtrade's petition calling for stronger laws to protect people and the planet.Find out more and sign the Fair on the Planet petition at action.fairtrade.org.uk/page....Together, we can help build a future that's fair to people and fair to the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnathon Miller-McCall was on his way to becoming an accountant. Instead, he handed in his notice, started an animal management and conservation degree that same week, and never looked back.The naturalist and content creator, known online as J Talks Nature, has built his work around one simple belief: you don't need to live in the countryside to connect with nature. Growing up in South London, he caught insects in containers, dragged his mates to a wildlife-taken landfill, and was called a 'weirdo' for loving bugs. Today, he's proving that nature is for everyone.In this episode of Connect to Nature with Amy Chapman and Katrina Ridley, he explains why 'messiness' is actually nature functioning perfectly, how to find your own sit-spot in the city, and the one small thing he wants you to do on your next walk. 🌍 Connect to Nature Season Two is sponsored by the Fairtrade FoundationIf you care about nature, climate change and where your food comes from, Fairtrade's Do It Fair campaign is calling for a future that's fair on the planet. You can help by choosing Fairtrade products and adding your voice to Fairtrade's petition calling for stronger laws to protect people and the planet.Find out more and sign the Fair on the Planet petition at https://action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fair-on-the-planet-connect-to-...Together, we can help build a future that's fair to people and fair to the planet.#ConnectToNature #UrbanNature #NatureForEveryone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After walking runways for a living, Poppy Okotcha found herself empty, unwell, and searching for something the fashion industry could never give her. She found it in soil.The regenerative grower, author, and new mother has become one of the UK's most compelling voices in ecological gardening, but her path to homegrown living was anything but straight.From a buddleia bush crawling with butterflies in her mum's modest London garden to a brief stint growing on a canal boat to an encounter with a soil-covered British farmer in an Indian intentional community that changed everything... Now, Poppy runs a free community food garden called Grow Share in Devon, a space where people contribute time instead of money, grow their own produce, and donate the surplus to families in need.In this episode of Connect to Nature with Amy Chapman and Katrina Ridley, she explains why gardening is a radical act, how composting taught her to process grief, and the one decadent crop she says everyone should start with. 🌍 Connect to Nature Season Two is sponsored by the Fairtrade Foundation If you care about nature, climate change and where your food comes from, Fairtrade's Do It Fair campaign is calling for a future that's fair on the planet. You can help by choosing Fairtrade products and adding your voice to Fairtrade's petition calling for stronger laws to protect people and the planet. Find out more and sign the Fair on the Planet petition at https://action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fair-on-the-planet-connect-to-... Together, we can help build a future that's fair to people and fair to the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From diving with bubble-loving manta rays in Indonesia to wrestling off nibbly seals in the Bristol Channel, Madeline St Claire’s tales of life underwater are full of unexpected twists and turns. The marine biologist and underwater filmmaker has travelled the world exploring and even restoring some of our ocean’s most precious ecosystems. For many, her job is the stuff of childhood dreams, but it was the loss of one of her close friends at the age of 16 to cancer that set her on this path: ’It’s a weird thing to look back and see this tragedy as having anything other than sadness, but I'm forever grateful that it’s the legacy of my friend’. Now 15 years on, Mads is a fierce advocate for protecting marine life at home and overseas. In this episode, she shares the highs and lows of ocean conservation, demonstrates (quite literally) what a healthy coral reef really sounds like, and explains how she founded Women in Ocean Science to elevate women’s voices and tackle gender inequality head-on. 🌍 Connect to Nature Season Two is sponsored by the Fairtrade Foundation If you care about nature, climate change and where your food comes from, Fairtrade's Do It Fair campaign is calling for a future that's fair on the planet. You can help by choosing Fairtrade products and adding your voice to Fairtrade's petition calling for stronger laws to protect people and the planet. Find out more and sign the Fair on the Planet petition at https://action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fair-on-the-planet-connect-to-... Together, we can help build a future that's fair to people and fair to the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who gets to be British? Writer, broadcaster and DJ Zakia Sewell wants you to look beneath the surface and discover the ancient stories, folk traditions, and seasonal customs that offer a radically different answer In this episode, Zakia joins Katrina and Amy to explore her book Finding Albion, why folklore offers an inclusive alternative to traditional British identity, and how Morris dancing, May Day celebrations, and winter solstice festivals can reconnect us to the land and to each other 🌍 Connect to Nature Season Two is sponsored by the Fairtrade Foundation If you care about nature, climate change and where your food comes from, Fairtrade's Do It Fair campaign is calling for a future that's fair on the planet. You can help by choosing Fairtrade products and adding your voice to Fairtrade's petition calling for stronger laws to protect people and the planet. Find out more and sign the Fair on the Planet petition at https://action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fair-on-the-planet-connect-to-... Together, we can help build a future that's fair to people and fair to the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ecologist and entomologist Connor Butler joins Connect to Nature to challenge our ideas of what nature really is. From dung beetles and cockchafers to queer ecology and the hidden wildlife beneath logs, this thought-provoking episode explores how looking closer at the small, strange and overlooked parts of nature can change the way we see the world. 🌍 Connect to Nature Season Two is sponsored by the Fairtrade Foundation If you care about nature, climate change and where your food comes from, Fairtrade's Do It Fair campaign is calling for a future that's fair on the planet. You can help by choosing Fairtrade products and adding your voice to Fairtrade's petition calling for stronger laws to protect people and the planet. Find out more and sign the Fair on the Planet petition at https://action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fair-on-the-planet-connect-to-... Together, we can help build a future that's fair to people and fair to the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Connect to Nature is back for a second season, with hosts Amy Chapman and Katrina Ridley exploring fresh and inspiring ways to deepen our relationship with the natural world. Through conversations with a diverse range of guests, the series uncovers practical, hopeful and imaginative approaches to living more sustainably, discovering urban wildlife and creating greener futures for people and the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Connect to Nature, we’re joined by climate justice advocate, writer and speaker Dominique Palmer. Dominique shares her journey into activism, from discovering a deeper connection to the natural world to speaking at the UN and championing change on a global stage. We explore the link between slow fashion and sustainability, how the fashion industry impacts people and the planet, and why embracing your personal style can be a powerful form of activism. Dominique also talks about rejecting perfectionism, finding joy in secondhand fashion, and making climate action more accessible for everyone. Plus, we share simple, practical ways you can start connecting with nature in your everyday life, no matter where you are. 💚 “We are nature - and when we remember that, everything changes.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices