A podcast bringing you thought provoking deep dives across a wide variety of subjects from one of the authors of Think Like a Vegan: What everyone can learn from vegan ethics.
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There are those who study nature, and then there are those who listen to it. Alan Watson Featherstone is such a listener, a quiet revolutionary who has spent his life translating Earth’s silent longing into action.
In this episode, we walk with Alan through:
The act of rewilding — not just restoring land, but restoring relationship
Why healing broken ecosystems is the most radical hope we have
How a single sapling carries within it an entire future
A man of many gifts — photographer, storyteller, planter of forests — Alan founded Trees for Life in 1986 and for three decades served as its guiding spirit, transforming Scotland’s barren glens into cathedrals of green. A vegan since 1979, his life reminds us that compassion must stretch beyond our species
This is not a lecture on ecology. This is an invitation to remember, to see, as Alan does, that every act of rewilding is a love letter to a better future for everyone
Website/Socials
Alan Watson Featherstone
https://alanwatsonfeatherstone.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-watson-featherstone-8063961a
X @AlanWatsonFeat1
Photography https://www.naturepl.com/search?s=Alan+Watson
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@alanwatsonfeatherstone9676/videos
Other links
Findhorn community https://www.visitecovillagefindhorn.uk
Trees for Life https://treesforlife.org.uk
Ishmael https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_(Quinn_novel)
Kathleen Jannaway https://youtu.be/2ai7lnUsVPE?feature=shared
Auroville https://auroville.org
Jack Whitten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Whitten
Birchfield https://birchfieldhighlands.org
Emi Leese
https://emilialeese.substack.com
http://thinklikeavegan.com
http://emilialeese.com
Instagram @emi.leese
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos
Credits
Host: Emilia A. Leese
Guest: Alan Watson Featherstone
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com
Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com
Music
Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Interlude: “Contemporary Music Too” by Matthew Gerstenberger
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com
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