In this episode of the Lost in Language Podcast Jessica talks to Arran Stibbe, Professor of Ecological Linguistics at the University of Gloucestershire. He has an academic background in both linguistics and human ecology and combines the two in his research and teaching. He is the founder of the International Ecolinguistics Association, and author of Ecolinguistics: language, ecology and the stories we live by, and Econarrative: ethics, ecology and the search for new narratives to live by.

Ecolinguistics is the study of language and ecology, which allows us to uncover and highlight how language influences our behaviour; behaviour that shapes decisions on whether we protect or destroy our environment. We explore the stories and narratives that are keeping us on a path towards ecological destruction, as well as how we can find and create new stories to live by.