VIDEO PODCAST: Senses Pathway
As part of our ‘It’s Time to ReWild Yourself’ campaign, we invite a series of experts for a chat.
This month, we are joined by Michéal Connors, Director of Natural Academy, and Wildlife Sound Recordist, Mark Ferguson.
It was a great and wide ranging chat, looking at how senses and contact with the natural world are a gateway to Nature Connection and how listening to Nature can be a particularly powerful means of engaging with the the non-human world, with a few of Mark’s wonderful recordings dropped in. Mark and Michéal also provide their own tips on engaging with the senses pathway, including some suggestions on how to notice and capture the sounds of Nature, as part of our Nature Sounds Challenge, creating a communal ReWild Yourself Nature playlist.
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Natural Academy
Learning that grows and connects
Natural Academy work with individuals and organisations offering accredited training courses and ongoing support. This helps individuals or teams start, or enhance, their work with people in nature. As a not for profit Eco Social Enterprise, the approach they work within maximises the benefits for people and encourages pro-Nature shifts that support the natural world around us.
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson is a UK-based wildlife sound recordist and sound artist, whose award-winning work explores the unique and intricate sonic detail of the natural world.
His ongoing creative and research interests include: the development of new narrative approaches for bat detecting; electroacoustic music composition with wildlife sounds; the potentialities of audio practice for conservation and environmental awareness-raising; and wildlife sound cataloguing.
Mark’s recordings and projects have been broadcast by the BBC, mentioned by the Guardian, and featured in leading arts and cultural venues worldwide. He is a member of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society, Bat Conservation Trust and Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, and is an established contributor to the Wildlife and Environmental Sound Archives at the British Library.
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