Place: "Every Place is Under the Stars"

In episode 8, we explore the concept of Place. We touch on:

• How “place” weaves in physical location, locale, relationships and emotion; and traverses space and time
• How we, as humans, orientate ourselves with places in diverse ways -- from nomadic living to long-standing local communities; from cities to Areas of Natural Beauty
• How place is neurologically important for our emotional wellbeing, and how habitat loss may impact this
• What we may learn from the natural world -- including species which return to their birthplace to reproduce; and species which are endemic to a specific area
• How respecting and protecting, bridging and listening are important for human communities, and the natural world in relation to place
• How you may want to explore what place means to you and how you might contribute to help places thrive

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References:

Title is from John Burroughs: “Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”

~8: “Concept of Place”, National Geographic Resource Library -- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-concept-place/

~12: What3Words -- https://what3words.com/about-us and https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_sheldrick_a_precise_three_word_address_for_every_place_on_earth/reading-list

~14: Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) -- https://landscapesforlife.org.uk/ 

~16: “A Field Guide to Getting Lost” by Rebecca Solnit -- https://canongate.co.uk/books/446-a-field-guide-to-getting-lost/ 

~20: Natal homing -- http://www.jspayne.com/php/SummaryGet.php?FindGo=Natal%20Homing

~22: “Places That Make Us” by The National Trust - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places-make-us 

~24: Lemurs -- https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/facts-about-lemurs/

~28: “Topophilia”: “Love of place” (Greek) 

~29: Survival International -- https://www.survivalinternational.org/progresscankill

~31: Gary Snyder: “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

~32: John Muir: “Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.”

~33: John Muir: “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”

~34: “Wild animals are reclaiming cities and streets during coronavirus lockdown” -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/17/wild-animals-are-reclaiming-cities-during-coronavirus-lockdown/

~35: “Animal Geography”: “the study of the complex entanglings of human-animal relations with space, place, location, environment and landscape” -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_geography

~36: Homeward Bound (film) -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107131/ 

~36: Greyfriars Bobby -- https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Greyfriars-Bobby/

~36: March of the Penguins (documentary)

~38: Wendell Berry: ““There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” (From 'How To Be A Poet')

~39: Genius loci: “the protective spirit of a place.” 

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