Episode 16: Thurstan Crockett, an elder in training

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. https://linktr.ee/EarthConverse Email: [email protected] And the wind, the trees...