Ep. 025: Finding Your Tribe with Rewilding Training
The foundations of this rich episode are a conversation with Laura Fairs, the Lead Facilitator and Co-Creator of the Embercombe Rewilding Training. We discuss the history of the training, the key subjects covered in the training and the importance of inclusivity and diversity. It was then our pleasure to host alumni from the 2023 course: Claudia, Olly and Gerry. They share with us their experiences and the power of the community that’s been created.
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Laura Fairs is a conservationist, rewilder, facilitator and speaker. She is the co-creator and lead facilitator for the Embercombe Rewilding Training and the co-founder of Devon Wildland, a network of wilder sites and people across the Haldon Hills, Teign Valley and surrounding areas.
The alumni of the 2023 Rewilding Training were:
Embercombe Rewilding Training: https://embercombe.org/the-rewilding-training/ Introducing the UK’s first in-depth, blended Rewilding Training. This 9-month learning journey will take you from a curiosity about rewilding to having the confidence, knowledge, skills, ability and contacts to be able to rewild your own site, or another landowner’s.?
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[00:00:00] Tom and Chloe briefly introduce the podcast.
[00:02:55] Our guest for today, Laura Fairs, introduces herself and the history of Embercome.
[00:07:45] We talk about why rewilding training at Embercombe and the content of the training.
[00:17:23] We discuss Laura’s perspective on the impact of the course and the power of community.?
[00:22:00] Laura reflects on the 2023 course and her hopes for the future.?
[00:26:22] We move to the second half of the episode, speaking to the alumni of the 2023 Rewilding Training course; they introduce themselves and what led them to Embercombe.
[00:37:00] We discuss the experiences of Olly and Claudia, who joined the Rewilding Training from a non-nature based background.
[00:46:04] Chloe asks the alumni about the impact of the training and the importance of community.
[00:57:06] Chloe and Tom reflect on the interview and what resonated most for them.
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7 个月What a brilliant episode! It was great to hear course leader Laura Fairs and fellow course members Claudia, Gerry and Olly talk so eloquently about their journeys onto the course from very different backgrounds, what they got from it and the vibrant network that continues afterwards!
Great episode Tom Constable and Chloe Constable We loved hearing about the power of the course on the alumni (our "Myceliumni" ). Thanks for giving them a voice to share their experience.
Lead Facilitator & Co-creator of The Rewilding Training. Rewilding Manager at Embercombe. Public Speaker. Nature Recovery & Rewilding Advice. Conservationist.
7 个月Thank you so much Grange Project | Wilder Wales for inviting me on to share the impact and passion of this Training at Embercombe. It was an honour to be on the podcast!