Common Ground: How to Democratise Nature

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Spending a mere two hours a week outside is scientifically proven to lower blood pressure, enhance the immune system and reduce anxiety. Yet, for many communities, nature and the countryside are inaccessible with many city-dwellers struggling to find greenery in their local areas. This week's episode is taken from an event we staged in partnership with Selfridges for their Project Earth series. — We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be. Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to podcasts@intelligencesquared.com or Tweet us @intelligence2. And if you’d like to support our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations, as well as ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared today. Just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an intelligent squared event
0:04.8	I'm doing with the classicist author and broadcaster Mary Beard. Together we'll be discussing
0:10.1	politics and power from the Caesars to Sunack, who gets to Winpar, who is excluded,
0:16.0	does power always corrupt, or other examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity while
0:21.1	an authority. And how does the nature of power vary across different times and cultures?
0:26.0	These are just some of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to answer.
0:29.6	In person tickets are now sold out, but you can still watch online on the 13th of November
0:34.6	at 7pm BST. Put your questions first live as we discuss power and politics down the edges.
0:41.2	Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor and welcome to this bonus episode of Intelligent Squared.
0:45.8	Today we're featuring an event called Common Ground, how to democratise nature, and it features
0:50.7	a panel of stellar speakers, discussing the importance of being outside in nature,
0:55.0	and what we can do to improve access to the countryside for city dwellers and those struggling
0:59.9	to find greenery in their local areas. The events of place and partnership with Selfridges as
1:04.5	part of their Earth Day events and the Project Earth series, but now let's go to the episode.
1:09.2	Hello, I'm Lizzie Daly, and I am thrilled to be presenting today's event, which is part of
1:15.3	Selfridges' virtual event series, and today marks a very special day. It's of course,
1:21.4	Earth Day, so happy Earth Day to everyone watching. Today's event is part of Selfridges' Project
1:28.4	Earth Initiative, a journey that the store has actually been on to put sustainability at the heart
1:35.3	of the business and to strive for a future where everyone completely changes the way that we
1:40.5	shop by 2025. This event, of course, is also co-hosted by Intelligent Squared, which is, of course,
1:48.4	the world's leading forum for live debates and discussions, and tonight we're going to be focusing
1:53.8	on the importance of nature and also how to make nature accessible for all. We all know and
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