“I realised this isn’t new, this interconnection, this view of holistic understandings of who we are… back to indigenous cultures” - Sam CrowellThis podcast utilises the audio from the webinar that took place on 30 April 2021 on the Planetary

Ep97 Alicia Jiménez on integrating values in education - value reflections for change

Jul 2nd, 2022 1h 4m

“Education can change minds, if you can change minds, you can change mindsets, you change the behaviours and change the collective, so it is crucial”. - AliciaThis week’s podcast utilises the audio from the webinar interview led by Alicia Jimé

Ep96 Circular economy, ethics, sustainable development, and animal welfare

Jun 25th, 2022 1h 14m

This week’s podcast utilises the audio from the webinar interview led by Irma Verhoeven which took place on the 31st of May 2021 from the AnimalConcepts platform.Let us welcome Tracey Starke, the founder of the environmental news website Ecoli

Ep95 Rolf Winters on unlocking human potential, wisdom-knowledge based leadership and the Earth Charter

Jun 11th, 2022 1h

“Crises offer an invitation to do things differently. Embracing this opportunity clearly demands an overhaul of what is considered ‘leadership’ in our society. We need to up our game! What we need are masterful warriors with a crystal clear vis

Ep94 Mirian Vilela on the Earth Charter, storytelling to promote system thinking, and relationships with everyone including the Earth

Jun 5th, 2022 56m 58s

"It’s important to emphasise that a key purpose of the Earth Charter is to expand and deepen a consciousness with regards to how we ought to relate not only with ourselves, and with others, but also how we ought to relate with the large living

Ep93 Grian Cutanda on social and environmental activism, storytelling, and the Earth Stories Collection

May 28th, 2022 1h 10m

Grian A. Cutanda has a PhD in Social Education from the University of Granada (Spain) and a Degree in Psychology from the University of Valencia. He is an author of fiction and essay, with 16 books published, some of them translated into 12 lan

Ep92 Charlotte Corney about growing up in a zoo, the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, and the SERVIVAL campaign

Apr 30th, 2022 59m 25s

Let's welcome Charlotte Corney, the former CEO of the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary in the Isle of Wight and the founder and trustee of the Wildheart Trust.Charlotte tells us of what it is like growing up in the Isle of Wight Zoo (now the Wildhea

Ep91 Fernando Trujillo on the Amazon as the heart of the planet, indigenous storytelling, and the interconnectedness of life

Apr 23rd, 2022 1h

“Most people used to say, the Amazon is like the lung of the planet. I say it is like the heart. If you see the Amazon, you can see a heart and all the rivers are like veins. When you clog all these veins, the body is going to collapse. This is

Ep90 Jes Harfeld on ethics, breaking down disciplinary boundaries, & the importance of finding out why we are thinking as we are thinking right now

Apr 16th, 2022 1h 22m

“I think one of the things we should do, and that I am experiencing more and more, is that, in order to think differently we have to look to the past, to find out why we are thinking as we are thinking right now”.Let us welcome Jes Lynning Har

Ep89 on gratitude and celebrating 2-years of online platforms through global collaborations for peoples, animals & the planet we share

Apr 9th, 2022 1h 4m

“That is the real beauty, we often talk about global collaboration for animal welfare, or global collaboration for human wellbeing or for the greater community of life, or the planetary… What makes it so strong, is these different expertise, th

Ep88 Suzanne Gendron on the importance of informal education in conservation activities

Apr 2nd, 2022 49m 51s

“We have a mission to connect people with nature to inspire stewardship for nature through those connections!... An emotional connection with nature through spending time in nature is more important than environmental education for inculcating

Ep87 Sabrina Brando on human wellbeing, empowering people, being a force for good, & love in the workplace

Mar 26th, 2022 22m 50s

Ep86 Sabrina Brando on 1 life, Metallica, language around animals and nature, and I SEE YOU

Mar 19th, 2022 26m 28s

"Everyone has 1 life. Me, you, and each animal in our care. Let's bring awareness to what seems so obvious, and embody I SEE YOU" - Sabrina BrandoJoin Sabrina Brando in thinking about the 1 life we all have. On how we can make a difference, th

Ep85 Dr Jane Goodall on the interconnectedness of life, feelings of beingness, acting locally & the importance of hope

Mar 12th, 2022 46m 47s

“Every single individual impacts the planet in some way, big or small everyday. Every individual has a role to play”. - Jane Goodall“If we find the right organisations to collaborate with… and to share values about the sanctity of life, whethe

Ep84 Irma Verhoeven on empowering people through education, storytelling and sustainable cities

Mar 5th, 2022 55m 12s

In this episode, we connect with Irma Verhoeven who is a professional educator and a program and partnership development manager with Earth Charter International. Irma will share her insights and experiences on why education plays such an impor

Ep83 William Winhall on marine mammal training, importance of collaboration and community communication

1 Feb 26th, 2022 1h 4m

“Changes in how we react with animals… it’s not all about food. The animals are going to get their food anyway, there is so much more to the relationship” - Sabrina 2022“It’s important that we’re doing research to help animals that are in the

Ep82 Augusto Vitale on behaviour and care of common marmosets and the welfare of animals used in biomedical research

Feb 19th, 2022 58m 44s

“In this endless discussion [about animal experimentation] we completely forget that animals are used now and they need our attention now.” - Augusto Vitale & Sabrina BrandoDr Augusto Vitale joins us to share his experience in the study of non

Ep81 A conversation with Jill Mellen and Sabrina Brando about public perceptions on animal welfare, exhibits and enrichments

Feb 12th, 2022 26m 50s

“It’s really important to understand what our zoo visitors are seeing, feeling and understanding, because we want them to be a full partner in how we manage and take care of animals” – Jill Mellen"Our interpretations of what we may think of ou

Ep80 Jan van Hooff on love, caring, and reconciliation in chimpanzees

Feb 5th, 2022 1h 1m

“Not everybody is convinced that a zoo can offer these conditions ... in most zoos, there is a great awareness that this is one of their biggest challenges - to give animals a natural environment in which to develop their natural behaviours" -

Ep79 Lynette Hart on human-animal interactions and grief counselling for animal loss

Jan 29th, 2022 53m 2s

“My focus was to study the social aspect of companion animals and how they change our social relationships with people.” – Lynette HartToday we will hear Dr Lynette Hart as she delves into the world of Human-animal interactions, grief counsell

Ep78 Alan McElligott on animals communicating with people and the unsolvable problem

Jan 22nd, 2022 1h 9m

“If [animals that had been treated poorly] were treated well, they can recover to a mood level just as well as animals that had been treated well all their lives” - Alan McElligottWe welcome Dr Alan McElligott, Associate Professor in Animal Be

Ep77 Samantha Ward on zoo-based stockmanship and the importance of cross-industry communication

Jan 15th, 2022 54m 51s

"Curiosity is key. Ask questions and break them down into smaller components and apply it to a study to create a fundamental understanding... it helps us progress from what we know to more knowledge" - Samantha WardLet’s welcome Dr Samantha Wa

Ep76 Sven Wieskotten on positive reinforcement animal training and its utilisation in research

Jan 8th, 2022 57m 48s

"The toughest part of animal training is that you find your own way, and not following rules. Because, following rules means there is no forward development" - Sven WieskottenLet’s welcome Sven Wieskotten for today’s podcast. He is the foundin

Ep75 In memory of Dr Hal Markowitz. Autumn Sorrells on behavioural enrichment, connections, and making a difference for animals

Jan 1st, 2022 59m 23s

This podcast is dedicated to Dr Hal Markowitz (1934-2013)"Hal argued that an unnatural stimulus is better than a natural environment with no stimulation." - Autumn SorrellsLet’s welcome Autumn Sorrell, the Animal Care Director at Elon Musk’s

Ep74 with Brice Lefaux on primate conservation, research and his book Sauvons les primates

Dec 25th, 2021 1h 7m

Let’s welcome Dr Brice Lefaux for today’s podcast as he takes us around the world to meet with the most endangered species of primates on earth. It all started with Lily, the family dog. Growing up together, and learning to live with each othe