Join us as we explore the power of the natural world to inform and inspire us -- in our everyday lives, and in the complex challenges the world is facing.
With nature as our guide (and drawing on our own experience in coaching and consulting, international work, non-profit management, writing, local politics, and community) we explore diverse topics like climate change, confidence, listening, health, economics, storytelling, and more.
We look from different perspectives - including science and art; city and rural; individuals and systems - and try to cross pollinate ideas and uncover new ways of thinking. We offer up personal experiences, as well as ideas and experiences from guests, books, and elsewhere, all the while asking what the natural world can teach us.
Unfurling is hosted by UK-based Catriona Horey and Elizabeth Wainwright. Elizabeth is a writer, a coach and consultant operating locally and globally, and an elected District Councillor. Catriona is a coach – specialising in leadership, life, climate change and nature coaching – and a coaching skills trainer.
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Join us as we explore the power of the natural world to inform and inspire us -- in our everyday lives, and in the complex challenges the world is facing.
With nature as our guide (and drawing on our own experience in coaching and consulting, international work, non-profit management, writing, local politics, and community) we explore diverse topics like climate change, confidence, listening, health, economics, storytelling, and more.
We look from different perspectives - including science and art; city and rural; individuals and systems - and try to cross pollinate ideas and uncover new ways of thinking. We offer up personal experiences, as well as ideas and experiences from guests, books, and elsewhere, all the while asking what the natural world can teach us.
Unfurling is hosted by UK-based Catriona Horey and Elizabeth Wainwright. Elizabeth is a writer, a coach and consultant operating locally and globally, and an elected District Councillor. Catriona is a coach – specialising in leadership, life, climate change and nature coaching – and a coaching skills trainer.
Join the Unfurling Facebook group to carry on the conversation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/313645743154222
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In episode 8, we explore the concept of Place. We touch on:
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References:
Title is from John Burroughs: “Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”
~8: “Concept of Place”, National Geographic Resource Library -- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-concept-place/
~12: What3Words -- https://what3words.com/about-us and https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_sheldrick_a_precise_three_word_address_for_every_place_on_earth/reading-list
~14: Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) -- https://landscapesforlife.org.uk/
~16: “A Field Guide to Getting Lost” by Rebecca Solnit -- https://canongate.co.uk/books/446-a-field-guide-to-getting-lost/
~20: Natal homing -- http://www.jspayne.com/php/SummaryGet.php?FindGo=Natal%20Homing
~22: “Places That Make Us” by The National Trust - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places-make-us
~24: Lemurs -- https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/facts-about-lemurs/
~28: “Topophilia”: “Love of place” (Greek)
~29: Survival International -- https://www.survivalinternational.org/progresscankill
~31: Gary Snyder: “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
~32: John Muir: “Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.”
~33: John Muir: “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
~34: “Wild animals are reclaiming cities and streets during coronavirus lockdown” -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/17/wild-animals-are-reclaiming-cities-during-coronavirus-lockdown/
~35: “Animal Geography”: “the study of the complex entanglings of human-animal relations with space, place, location, environment and landscape” -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_geography
~36: Homeward Bound (film) -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107131/
~36: Greyfriars Bobby -- https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Greyfriars-Bobby/
~36: March of the Penguins (documentary)
~38: Wendell Berry: ““There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” (From 'How To Be A Poet')
~39: Genius loci: “the protective spirit of a place.”
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