Recharging in nature
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Right hopping Wil. Well, okay, let's go. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Chris Smith and I'm Will Tingle. |
| 0:09.0 | And we're on a mission to find out what happens when you mix neuroscience national parks |
| 0:14.1 | biodiversity and an electric car like this one. |
| 0:17.8 | All engine running |
| 0:21.0 | absolutely genius. |
| 0:22.1 | Get this. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:24.0 | This is the show where we bring science. |
| 0:26.0 | What that essentially means is discovery is |
| 0:28.0 | advances, research, technology, unbelievable. |
| 0:31.0 | Without further ado, this is the naked scientist. |
| 0:34.0 | This is the naked scientist. |
| 0:37.0 | This week we are recharging in nature by looking at how stepping out into wild country, like one of the UK's 15 National Parks, replenishes our well-being batteries. |
| 0:50.0 | But there's a disconnect for drivers of electric cars like the one we're sitting in. |
| 0:53.8 | Many of the national parks are very much off-grid, |
| 0:56.6 | paradoxically putting those doing their bit for the environment with an electric car |
| 1:00.1 | from benefiting through potential fear of running out of charge in the middle of nowhere. |
| 1:04.0 | Fortunately there's now a new initiative to solve the problem by powering up national parks |
| 1:08.5 | with improved charging infrastructure and also investing in their conservation and boosting biodiversity. |
| 1:14.0 | BMW and UK National Parks have formed a partnership called the Recharge in Nature Project |
| 1:19.6 | which aims to support people to get out in nature in a way that's more |
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