“People are hungry to tell their stories, and people are hungry to hear them. Deep down we are all longing for a deeper connection and a flourishing planet.”
As founder of Earth Converse and the host of the #earthconversepodcast, I literally invite you to start chatting with the earth.
Too much of a stretch?
Give it a go. Start tuning your ear to the earth. Everybody has their own story of a nature connection. It might just be about you reconnecting with that. For we are all nature and we are surrounded by it.
The podcast will help you, in both pragmatic and poetic ways. It is a revolution of love. Of ourselves, each other and the earth that is our home.
It’s a mix
Launched on Earth Day 2020, it is an anthology of 50 episodes with a bonus series offering guided future visualizations. An eclectic mix of stories, perspectives and practices to help with your nature connection. From a 3 minute reflection on what a wise person once said, to 210 cumulative minutes with true elder Ray Hillis. From 10-year-old Malu talking about her chicken, to Jean-Claude the Daoist chemical engineer and business leader, quoting Einstein and going out to nature for his board-meetings with his business partner to come up with creative solutions. And the people leading organisations and guiding people on rites of passage, vision quests, pilgrimages and the people they have inspired. Including past executive directors of School of Lost Borders Emerald and Petra. As well as Cocoon Weaver – Bill Plotkin, founder of Animas Valley Institute.
Given the integrated nature of things, subjects are wide ranging. Themes include self-awareness and ‘waking up’; listening to our intuition; restoring our natural balance; corporate disconnection; loneliness and belonging; transforming pain; going solo in nature; journeying into adulthood; reimagining ourselves and the planet, living and dying, naturing our mind as a political act and many more.
The hardest part has been which category to post the podcast in. The nature of nature is that it is integrated. Science, Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Relationships, Leadership, Health and Wellbeing? Which one to choose!
I settled on self-help. Because it does start with ourselves.
And it’s among the top 1%!
And updating this piece 5 years on, I discovered that the podcast remains among the top 1% of podcasts globally by virtue of the number of episodes and downloads.
In the top 1%!
How cool (and slightly unbelievable) is that?!
My own criteria was that it made a unique contribution to the life-affirming narrative of our times. A way to engage with the great conversation: the one where we talk about our relationships and conversations with the earth.
And even though podcasts have got slicker in the meantime, I think it remains as relevant and rich as ever. As more people wake up and remember their nature connection, and look for ways to show love for themselves, each other and the earth that is our home.
Have you tuned into it yet?
It’s easy to find
It is on all the major podcast platforms. As well as the video version on the earthconverse youtube channel.
Grab a journal, tune in, go deep, spread the seeds, give us a rating, leave us a review, share your learnings and the podcast with others, tell it to the wind! (As a top tip, start at either #1 or #50 because the latter is a wrap up).
And in the meantime, go out and enjoy nature, one conversation at a time.
- Photo by Sai Kiran Anagani on Unsplash