Prophets, Wizards & The Quest to Value Nature

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Consider the future of life on earth alongside thinkers, innovators and actors on the ground.

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    • Mar 14, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 9 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Prophets, Wizards & The Quest to Value Nature

    Special: The Policy Picture

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 73:29


    How is global policy valuing life in our food system? Alexandra is joined by Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau & Alberta Guerra, food policy experts at the international NGO ActionAid, to discuss COP26's legacy, nature based solutions, policymakers' faith in technological wizardry and more!

    Special: Creating Dynamic Conservation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 83:07


    Where does agricultural meet conservation? And what tools, approaches and relationships can lead to dynamic change? In this special Alexandra is joined by four experts for a roundtable discussion hosted by The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. Dr Camilla Moonen - from the Agroecology Group at Sant'Anna, Diego Guidotti - CEO of the agritech company Aedit, Andrea Gennai -from the Foreste Casentinesi National Park + University of Pisa and Lorenzo Costa - Permaculture systems designer, farmer and communicator, Tuscany. 

    Special: Technology, Big Data & Agrobiodiversity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 70:23


    How is tech changing how we manage life in our food system? In this special Alexandra is joined by three experts for a roundtable discussion hosted by IIASA. Steffen Fritz and Juan Carlos Laso Bayas - from the Novel Data Ecosystems Research Group of IIASA and Tamme van der Wal, an Information Management expert specialising in the data revolution from Wageningen University and a Commercial Manager at Akkerweb.

    If A Tree Falls In A Forest...

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 71:39


    What does fast developing technology mean for life in our food system? And how does what we observe change our understandings of nature? We caught up with Prof Mark Maslin - Agritech and Anthropocene expert at University College London and co-founder of Rezatec: Innovative Geospatial AI Ltd, Michelle Nijhuis - Science writer, Prof Derek Stewart - Dir. of The James Hutton Institute's Advanced Plant Growth Center and Dr Youri Martin - Biodiversity Engineer at the Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology ~ to find out! Episode Show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

    Viewpoints In The Landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 74:52


    So how can we value nature in our food system hands-on? And what are the social contexts in play? We catch up with Dr Lee-Ann Sutherland - Dir. of the James Hutton Institute's International Land Use Study Center, Cristóbal Reina- olive farmer + hunting society president and Bertrand Frézel - Peasant Farmers' Union Rep, to continue our quest... Episode show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

    What Is Nature Anyway?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 82:18


    Accounting For Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 85:04


    So how can we better value nature in our food system financially? We catch up with Prof Stefanie Engel - an expert on sustainable incentives, Dr Timothée Parrique - an ecological economist, Siim Sellis - a conservationist farmer and Clare Buckerfield - a farm advisor, to continue our quest... Episode show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

    Farming Everything All The Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 56:50


    We catch up with science writer Charles Mann, creator of the Prophet-Wizard continuum, to discuss why it's such a useful way to look at life and land use in our food system. Plus, find out what's coming up on Foodlands...Episode show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

    Foodlands Season Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 1:15


    Introducing Foodlands - join expert guests from across the global north on a quest to better value nature in our food system.

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