Episode 16: Thurstan Crockett, an elder in training

Earth Converse Podcast

What's your path to sustainability?

This week’s #earthconversepodcast is with Thurstan Crockett. Who is a coach, retreat leader and sustainability consultant…and a shaman and elder in training. His story starts with bit of a splash at 2 years old and developing a deep sense of connection with certain places growing up. A birdwatcher and a good man living a full life, we explore… (74 mins)

· the importance of being a mentor to young men, helping them with rites of passage and his work with A Band of Brothers (10:04)

· his road to sustainability including via journalism, Greenpeace, the Wildlife Trust and Shell. (16:52)

· feeling immense pressure in his Sustainability role at Brighton and Hove City Council, having a crisis and seeking healing and ‘a different wild’ in Cornwall (36:00)

· his offerings In Through the Outdoors, helping people reconnect with themselves through nature, involving nature based processes such as a ‘land reading’ (42:00)

· conversing with the earth, the sea (49:39)

· his forthcoming retreat in September (56:09)

· stories from ‘Incredible Encounters with Nature Revealing our True Myth’ (56:31)

· how a deeper connection with nature has changed his approach to sustainability and himself (1:08:00)

· some nature reading recommendations! (1:11:00)

EPISODE EXTRAS:

You will want to check out his website and offerings here:

https://thurstancrockett.com, including his writing https://thurstancrockett.com/spring-inspiring/

Keep an eye out for events and sign up for the forthcoming retreat ‘Through the Outdoors’, Late Summer in magical West Penwith from 24-27 September here. https://thurstancrockett.com/events/

A Band of Brothers: https://abandofbrothers.org.uk

NEW HERE? ABOUT EARTH CONVERSE AND I

Hi, I am Penelope Mavor, podcast host and founder of Earth Converse a nature-based leadership collaborative helping leaders have the conversations they need to: with themselves, each other and the earth. Please get in touch for executive coaching and leadership development programmes.

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