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Todd Conversations in the Canopy Podcast

Why is listening to nature good for us?

Our host takes a trek through the rich audio environment of Eden’s Rainforest Biome with Alex Smalley, a PhD Fellow at the University of Exeter and the Wellcome Trust, to find out how natural sounds can help people to boost their wellbeing and reduce fatigue and stress.

Why should we listen to nature?

About this podcast

Conversations in the Canopy is a three-part podcast that explores the history, the present, and the future of human-nature connection.

Hosted by Eden's own Explainer and Tale Maker, Tod Coleman. A keen bean connecting people with the natural world, especially when it leads to positive change for both parties.

He talks to scientists, storytellers, architects, campaigners, psychologists and botanists. Passionate people, knee-deep in connecting people with the natural world. Beguiling sounds from non-human lifeforms also feature in every episode.

Other episodes

Dr Georgina Gould

Why do plants make us happy?

Episode two of Conversations in the Canopy, the Eden Project Podcast. Tod chats with Dr Georgina Gould about why it is that plants and nature makes us happy.