This week Martin is talking to the remarkable Bridget Nicholls. Bridget conceived of Pestival (http://www.pestival.org/) in 2004, and has gained international status as a world authority on eco-entertainment, in particular cultural entomology. In 2010 she was awarded the first International Zoo Art Fellowship of the Zoological Society of London, a role created for her, voted Woman to Watch – Cultural Leadership Programme 2010 and named CRZ Cultural Engineer by Honda for her outstanding sustainable and ecological entrepreneurship. More recently, Nicholls won a Capital Awards Grant from the Wellcome Trust to fund her ongoing work with the Pestival mission.

Martin and Bridget discuss how insects inspired Bridget to create Pestival, how out of the box thinking can enhance schools and learning, and Bridget teases her brand new project 'Make More Insects (by any means possible!)'.

Other links mentioned in the podcast:

• Pestival (http://www.pestival.org/)
  
• Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/)
  

Start your school's journey into sustainability:

• Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/)
  
• Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/)
  
• London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network)
  
• Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/)
  
• Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/)
  

This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)