MetroWild: City Life, Wild Nature - with Yang-May Ooi ¦ Stories from a Changing World
By Yang-May Ooi (@tigerspirituk)
What is our relationship with the places that sustain us: our cities and the natural world?
Do we find cities overwhelming or do we love their dynamic, creative energy?
Do we exploit nature or do we nurture her many different resources?
In the growing climate crisis that impacts on all of us wherever we may live, how can we create a healthier and happier relationship with city lives and wild nature?
Through personal stories and the voices of experts, MetroWild offers a kaleidoscope of stories from our changing world.
Presented by Yang-May Ooi (@tigerspirituk) ¦ www.MetroWild.co.uk
Do we find cities overwhelming or do we love their dynamic, creative energy?
Do we exploit nature or do we nurture her many different resources?
In the growing climate crisis that impacts on all of us wherever we may live, how can we create a healthier and happier relationship with city lives and wild nature?
Through personal stories and the voices of experts, MetroWild offers a kaleidoscope of stories from our changing world.
Presented by Yang-May Ooi (@tigerspirituk) ¦ www.MetroWild.co.uk
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