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Scotland Outdoors

Three Words for Forest

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7756 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Mark Stephen hears about the play Three Words for Forest which explores the challenges, hopes and fears of those working in the forestry industry at a time of climate crisis

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0:41.3

This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

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Hello and welcome to this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast, which features the story behind a play called Three Words for Forest.

0:56.9

Now, the play highlights the challenges, hopes and fears

1:00.2

of those working in a forest environment in a time of climate crisis.

1:04.1

I met up with Professor Dee Hedden and Dr Rachel Clive

1:06.9

of Glasgow University Theatre Studies in a suitably woody location to find out how the idea came about.

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