A Life More Wild
By Canopy & Stars
Come on outside! A Life More Wild is a series of wild walks with fascinating people, transporting you to the great outdoors and helping you connect with nature as you hear how they've woven the natural world into lives. In Series 4 join adventurer Alastair Humphreys as he teaches you how to build adventure into your life wherever you are, learn what ‘London dolphins’ are with urban birdwatcher Lira Valencia, and discover what it takes to climb Mont Blanc wearing 19th Century clothing with Lise Wortley.
Latest episode
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Ollie Olanipekun and Nadeem Parera on building a global movement out of a love of birds
Join Ollie and Nadeem, founders of Flock Together, as they discuss herons attacking rats, monkeys stealing laundry and leading a global movement to change diversity in the outdoors -
James Wong on the full flat, ruined movies and inspiring insight that a love of plants has brought him
Join ethnobotanist James Wong for a tour of Kew gardens, to discover old-spice scented geraniums, Hollywood’s botanical errors and the biomimicry that shaped a London landmark. -
Venetia La Manna on fighting the fashion industry and the power of community
Join Venetia La Manna as she walks through a community success story and talks about her campaigns against fast fashion -
Lise Wortley on walking in the footsteps and clothing of historic female adventurers
Join Lise Wortley in the Cairngorms, where she once spent a month following in the footsteps and wearing the heavy tweeds of writer and hiker Nan Shepherd -
Gaz Oakley on growing food and rediscovering his love of the land
Join Gaz on his farm in Wales, as he talks connecting to your food, the problem with escaping chickens and the one true special ingredient -
Hiker Athena Mellor on introducing the fourth generation of her family to the Lake District
Join Athena Mellor as she walks in her father’s and grandfather’s footsteps through Langdale -
Conservationist Sacha Dench on tracking swans 7,000km across 11 countries
Join Sasha now as she walks across Dartmoor, the site of many training flights for her incredible three-month journey. -
Julius Roberts on nature-first farming and looking his food in the eye
Join Julius (as well as his goats Turnip and Radish and plenty of others) on his farm in Dorset -
Writer and broadcaster Emma Gannon on the regenerative value of doing nothing
Writer Emma Gannon talks about how she made the time to reinvigorate herself after years of exhausting creative output -
Activist Mikaela Loach on finding the power to fight global corporations
Join activist Mikaela Loach as she discusses giving up a career in medicine to dedicate herself to the fight for climate justice
