Episode one – Charlotte Webster

Charlotte Webster is an artist, a curator and most importantly a friend of the planet. By day she currently is the Communications Manager for international climate change charity CDP www.cdp.net. In this podcast we talk about deforestation, how she set up human nature and the importance of artists in the sustainable business sector.

Episode one tracklist:

Charlotte’s track: Timber – Coldcut
Louis’s track: We The People – A Tribe Called Quest
Adam’s track:  Anansi – Hylu & Jago feat. Nãnci Correia
The remix track: Timber – Quant’s Shaggy Dog Story Remix

Find out more about Charlotte here…

http://humannatureshow.com/about-us/
www.charlottewebsterdesign.co.uk
http://goodshoutstudio.com/

Follow Charlotte on social media…

Twitter: @humannatureart
Facebook: @humannatureshow

Episode two – David Shillinglaw

David Shillinglaw – a visual artist, describes himself as a mind adventurer, where the left half of the brain explores the right one. Unanswered, impulsive, instinctive and restless – in this episode we talk about mental health, climate change, the end of the world and the need to remind the world that it’s good to be happy.

Episode two tracklist:

David’s track: Do Your Thing – C.Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Louis’s track: Love and Happiness – Al Green
Adam’s track:  Rule Your Destiny – Sleepy Time Ghost feat. Ras Demo
The remix track: Do Your Thing – Leroy Sibbles

Find out more about David here…

davidshillinglaw.co.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP_RukR7x3s

Follow David on social media…

Twitter: @dodeshillinglaw
Instagram: @davidshillinglaw

 

Episode three – Bex Bohea

Bex Bohea, is a mega, huge animal lover. In this episode we discuss her expertise as a documentary maker and her focus on spreading an awareness of human and animal conflict around the world. Bex is excited to create, direct, film, edit and produce a whole documentary of her own one-day soon…stay tuned.

Episode three tracklist:

Bex’s track: You Got The Love – The XX
Louis’s track: One Day Revolution – Copia Doble Systema (Schlachthofbronx Remix)
Adam’s track:  Babylon – Sleepy Time Ghost (Hylu & Jago Remix)
The remix track: You Got The Love – Florence and The Machine

Find out more about Bex here…

https://vimeo.com/203259109
https://www.durrell.org/wildlife/underhogs/
http://www.chesterzoo.org/conservation-and-science/where-we-work/south-asia/assam-haathi
http://www.chesterzoo.org/conservation-and-science/where-we-work/south-asia/assam-haathi

Episode four – Laura Miller

Laura at the time of recording this deep conversation was at the beginning of a new chapter in her environmentally conscious journey. Prior to which she had spent working with Synchronicity Earth, now a freelance activist and raring to create her own projects. In this podcast we discuss her interests in urban gardening, food habits, land grabs, and the impacts that the youth will have on future environmental justice.

Episode four tracklist:

Laura’s track: Young Gifted & Black – Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths
Louis’s track: Blackbird – Fat Freddy’s Drop
Adam’s track: Uplifting – Hylu & Jago feat. Galak Spiritual
The remix track: Young Gifted & Black – Prince Buster

Find out more about Laura’s projects here…

https://vimeo.com/129900424
https://vimeo.com/123079465

Episode five – Emil Walker

Emil is a world traveling documentary maker, self-taught and constantly finding new ways to explore his creative direction. Over the past couple of years Emil has become particular interested in creating environmental thinking footage, unfortunately when you travel as much as he does, you burn a lot of carbon emissions. He worked out that a vegan diet burns on average – 1.5 tones a year, a vegetarian – 1.7 tones a year, and a meat eater 3.5 tones a year and then a return flight to San Francisco is 3.2 tones. This led us to discuss lots about carbon emissions in this episode.

Episode five tracklist:

Emils’s track: Good To Be Back Home – Charles Bradley
Louis’s track: What You Say – INI
Adam’s track: Afi Get A Beating – Jah Defender
The remix track: Blues For My Baby – James Brown

Find out more about Emil’s projects here…

Vimeo
Vimeo
Youtube
Youtube
Youtube

Episode Six – Charlotte Adjchavanich

Charlotte Adjchavanich has worked for The Body Shop in the UK for the last four years, at the time of our discussion The Body Shop had just merged with Natura, a Brazilian ethical and sustainable natural products company. We talk about Anita Roddick the founder of The Body Shop who started the ‘no animal testing’ campaign in the UK and EU – The Body Shop is now fighting to make a worldwide ban. Louis first met Charlotte working on a ‘Bio Bridges’ project painting a Red Shanked Douc mural in Walthamstow as part of The Body shop outreach program. We touch on Chemical vs. Natural compounds in cosmetics and micro beads too.

Episode six tracklist:

Charlotte’s track: Next Episode – Snoop Dog & Dr. Dre
Louis’s track: Chest Wide Open – Lyrics Born
Adam’s track: Wicked Land Remix by Sleepy Time Ghost – onlyjoe
The remix track: The Edge – David McCallum

Find out more about Body Shop projects here…

Youtube
Youtube

Episode Seven – Greta Francesca Iori

 

In this episode we learn what it means to be on the frontline of an environmental war. Greta is a freelance consultant for the illegal trafficking & poaching of wildlife; she specializes in African and particularly Ethiopian wildlife. We discuss her experiences with meeting rhino & elephant poachers and find out why there is no such thing as a quick fix to the illegal wildlife trade. We talk a lot about Ethiopia and the efforts that Greta focuses on with regards to protecting the elephant population they have. We salute Greta & her colleagues for upholding their integrity & force for good.

 

Episode seven tracklist:

Greta’s track: Emnete – Mulatu Astatke
Adam’s track: Play With Fire Remix by Dubkasm – onlyjoe
Louis’s track: As We Enter – Damian Marley & Nas
The remix track: Sound Of The Police Mixtape – Cut Chemist

Find out more about Greta’s projects here…

Instagram – @theitaliopian
Twitter – @theitaliopian

http://www.chroniclesofanitaliopian.com

LinkedIn: http://tiny.cc/ea0qqx

 

Episode Eight – Dan Tsu

 

If lyrics are your thing and you’re a Londoner we can’t imagine you won’t have heard of the Lyrix Organix collective. Dan Tsu is an innovative curator and one of the hardest working event organiser’s in the scene. Lyrix has worked with so many, many talented artists from Ed Shearan to Kate Tempest, Rodney P to Anthony Anaxagorou, the list is expansive and highly impressive. We were super excited to welcome Dan to the ‘Lion Room’ at Unit 137 HQ for a deep and meaningful chat about trees, how much we all love them and how important it is to have a discussion about trees without sounding like a “hippy tree hugger”.

Of course we were three selectas sat around a sound system, so we also have a whole heap to say about music production, vinyl pressing and the energy zapping exercise of organising these events we all love so much…

Episode eight tracklist:

Dan’s track: Solid As A Rock – Sizzla

Adam’s track: Revolution – onlyjoe
Louis’s track: Honeycomb – Buju Banton & Beres Hammond

The remix track: Solid As A Rock Jungle Remix – Unknown (white label)

Find out more about Dan’s projects here…
http://lyrixorganix.co.uk

 

 

Episode Nine – Laurence Vallières

Laurence is a Canadian cardboard artist –she makes incredibly life-like sculptures of animals in variations of sizes from life-size chimps jumping on overturned cars to oversized gorillas. Finding herself nestled within the urban contemporary art movement, she travels around the world exhibiting with galleries,but also appearing as a feature artist at mural festivals and art fairs. Having always been interested in found objects, Laurencehas naturally been attracted to using recycled cardboard. It’s widely available and very often discarded. The use of cardboard in her work is intended to echo the notions of the impermanence and fragility of nature. She hasrecently started to use recycled plastic in her work. She says –“I’m concerned about the amount of plastic polluting our waters, so I am finding ways to re-purpose this material by working it into my art. My sculptures will continue to question and reflect my views on the environment and the world around us.”
Of course we were three selectas sat around a sound system, so we also have a whole heap to say about music production, vinyl pressing and the energy zapping exercise of organising these events we all love so much…

Episode nine tracklist:

Laurences’s track: Mr.Blue Sky –Electric Light Orchestra
Adam’s track: Pressure – Hylu &Jago feat. Kosher (Ghost Writerz –Dub)
Louis’s track: Monkey Man – Toots &The Maytals
The remix track: Blue Sky – Common

Find out more about Laurences’s projects here…

http://www.laurencevallieres.com

https://www.instagram.com/laurenceval/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3UHK4wWRg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LehWJicM5bk