We all know we need to respond to the climate crisis and repair our relationship with nature — but have you seen nature-based solutions in action? In this episode, we’re joined by Mairead Cahill, founder of Wonderoom and creator of Sea, Land and City, the acclaimed film that’s connecting people and businesses to nature-positive projects across the UK.

We explore how embracing imperfection can drive progress, why businesses must see nature as an ally, and how collaboration builds resilience, innovation, and wellbeing. From the story behind Sea, Land and City to practical ways communities can get involved, this conversation is about turning shared challenges into shared momentum.

In this episode:

· Meet Mairead Cahill: Founder of Wonderoom and creator of Sea, Land and City

· Why Nature Connection Matters: How restoring our relationship with nature supports both planetary and personal wellbeing.

· A Global Career Path: From the UK to Nairobi, and how each chapter has shaped Mairead’s impact-driven work.

· Lessons from Africa: First-hand insights into climate impact, social innovation, and community resilience.

· The Power of Story: Why storytelling moves people and businesses beyond awareness into action.

· Nature as an Ally: How Wonder Room helps organisations go beyond compliance to build regenerative, resilient strategies.

· The UK’s Nature Crisis: Why local restoration matters in one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries.

· Collaboration is Key: The role of community, creativity, and cross-sector partnerships in real change.

· Nature & Mental Health: Exploring the deep link between time outdoors and wellbeing.

· Hopeful Futures: Practical actions, emerging initiatives, and an optimistic look toward growing creative collaborations ahead.

Ways to connect:

Join Wonderoom’s monthly newsletter for upcoming events

Check out their website www.wonderoom.co

Sea, Land & City: https://www.wonderoom.co/sea-land-city

Or connect with Mairead and Wonderoom via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cahillmairead/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/wonderoom-co/?viewAsMember=true

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Today we chat with Carl Rowlinson, co-founder of Plant One, the community-driven project bringing native woodlands back to the South West. Carl reveals how the UK was once covered in temperate rainforest — and why only 2% survives today. Plant One is on a mission to change that, planting diverse, publicly accessible woodlands that reconnect people with the land, nature, and each other.

Driving the message of his No Trees no Seas project, Carl dives into what real reforestation looks like: collaborating with farmers, landowners, volunteers, and businesses to restore ecosystems by hand. This episode is a powerful reminder that environmental change isn’t distant or abstract — it’s rooted in real forests, real people, and real action, rebuilding what has been lost, one tree at a time.

In this episode:

· Plant One’s Mission: how native woodlands are being restored across the South West to revive habitats that were almost lost.

· Cornwall’s Landscape: why Cornwall, despite its wild image, is one of the UK’s most deforested counties.

· Biodiversity Boost: how rewilding supports birds, soil health, fungi networks, seas and marine life, but most importantly, climate resilience.

· Collaborative Restoration: how working with landowners and communities ensures forests are restored respectfully and effectively.

· Businesses Making Impact: how companies can fund woodland creation and actively participate in rewilding.

· Heritage Reconnected: why reforesting also reconnects people to heritage, memory, and place.

· Long-Term Thinking: A reminder that restoring forests takes decades and centuries, not seasons.

· Everyone Can Help: Discover how volunteering, supporting initiatives, or taking small actions contributes to meaningful change.

Ways to connect:

https://notreesnoseas.com/

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/no-trees-no-seas

hello@plantonecornwall.com

https://plantonecornwall.com/

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In the debut episode of The Gathering, Jon and Harry dive into conversation with social entrepreneur Hannah Cox, sharing the story behind Project Salt Run — her audacious mission to run 100 marathons in 100 days along India’s historic Inland Customs Line hedge.

Founder of betternotstop and the Better Business Network, Hannah knows a thing or two about building communities for positive change. Today she shares her journey so far on a more personal level - the transformation of chronic pain into purpose, reconnecting with her Indian heritage, and using endurance as a tool for resilience, sustainability, and impact. Her journey shows how nature can both heal and unite, proving that anyone can take small, powerful steps to make the world a better place.

In this episode:

· Sustainability in action: Turning bold ideas into tangible environmental and social impact.

· Project Salt Run: Running 100 marathons in 100 days to spotlight climate justice and connection to heritage.

· Resilience & mindset: Overcoming chronic pain and self-doubt through perseverance and purpose.

· Heritage & identity: Exploring personal roots and history through an endurance journey across India.

· Community & connection: The importance of kindness, collaboration, and collective action.

· Purpose-led business: How Hannah’s work with betternotstop and the Better Business Network drives meaningful change.

· Healing through nature: Reclaiming the land’s story — from oppression to restoration and hope.

· Every action counts: A reminder that you don’t need to run a marathon to make a difference — just start where you are.

Ways to connect:

TikTok: @projectsaltrun

Insta: @projectsaltrun

YouTube: @ProjectSaltRun

https://www.projectsaltrun.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/project-salt-run/

The Projects Salt Run Podcast

contact@projectsaltrun.com

hannah@betternotstop.com

https://www.linkedin.com/company/betternotstop/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-business-network/

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Think of it as a Collective forum. A space to explore ideas, skills and stories that help people. It started with learning. It can grow into whatever the Collective needs next.

You’ll learn from a range of facilitators, practitioners and people with lived experience. We keep the chat practical and human.

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· Art and music as practical levers for climate action

· Personal growth that lifts whole-team performance

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