"Find Your Roots..Then Come Back" - Community Resilience & Cultural Regeneration with Ben R Howells

The Fight for Loch Ness & Scotland: Hydro, Wind Farms & the Highland Landscape

In this episode, I speak with members of the Save Loch Ness campaign about the proposed pumped hydro storage scheme at Glen Earrach, and the wider expansion of wind farms and renewable energy infrastructure across the Scottish Highlands. We explore what these developments could mean for Loch Ness, the Highland landscape, and local communities, and ask a wider question: Who really benefits from Scotland’s energy boom, and does it deliver true energy security if the infrastructure is not locally owned? We also discuss: * The proposed Loch Ness pumped hydro storage scheme (Glen Earrach) * Expansion of energy infrastructure across the Highlands * Ownership of Scotland’s energy systems * What “energy security” actually means in practice * The impact on landscape, wildlife, and rural communities Scotland is undergoing a major expansion of renewable energy infrastructure. While this is often presented as essential for the energy transition and national energy security, it also raises deeper questions around ownership, control, and how the benefits of this transition are shared. Support this podcast & keep it independent: https://www.patreon.com/TomFandabidozi [https://www.patreon.com/TomFandabidozi] Save Loch Ness: https://savelochness.co.uk/latest-news/ [https://savelochness.co.uk/latest-news/] https://www.facebook.com/people/Save-Loch-Ness/61555829794691/ [https://www.facebook.com/people/Save-Loch-Ness/61555829794691/] https://substack.com/@savelochness/ [https://substack.com/@savelochness/] https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-industrialisation-of-our-sacred-loch-ness [https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-industrialisation-of-our-sacred-loch-ness]

"Find Your Roots..Then Come Back" - Community Resilience & Cultural Regeneration with Ben R Howells

Join my resilience school here: https://www.resilientrootssurvival.com/ More about Ben's work "Deep Roots" here: https://deeprootsalba.org/ You can support this podcast by becoming a Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/TomFandabidoziMy guest today is Ben Reid Howells. Ben is a Canadian facilitator and teacher of grass-roots leadership and community resilience strategies. He has led and been part of many community resilience projects all over the world and has some valuable insights into how to heal ourselves, our communities and our culture in the modern age.#resilience #grassroots #culturalregeneration #communityresilience #scotland #fandabipodcast

Ponder #18- Your Joy is Your Sorrow Unmasked - Dopamine & Old Wisdom From Kahlil Gibran

FREE Journaling course here: https://www.tomlanghorne.com/4-days-to-focusJoin my school here: https://www.resilientrootssurvival.com/If you want to SUPPORT my work and help keep it going, then Patreon is the best place for that: https://www.patreon.com/c/TomFandabidoziThe modern world is filled with unlimited easy access to cheap & quick pleasures, so why don't we all feel great all the time? Well it comes down to a neuro transmitter called dopamine. Modern science now shows how dopamine is the currency of our motivation and that our pleasure and our pain are inseparably connected. But way before science knew about this, the wise old poet Kahlil Gibran writing about this in finely crafted words which still send chills down my spine when I read it. So, in this ponder I want to share a passage from Gibran and show the overlaps with what we now know about the science of dopamine. Enjoy#deepdive #philosophy #kahlilgibran #rewildyourlife #natureconnection #simplifyyourlife #dopaminedetox #resilientroots

Ponder #17- Why AI is Not Truly Creative - Conversations With The Muse in Wild Places & My Musical Journey

If you want to download my guitar music then follow this link- Its just £5 and helps fund human creativity: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147642951 or listen to the Youtube playlist here (without bonus track): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHLpk2hRsXftSsHAw1I0DQ8sd0DRMfrMXIf you want to join my school were we are exploring what it means to be human and how to be self-reliant in our basic needs, then here is a link to that: https://www.resilientrootssurvival.com/In a world where artificial intelligence can generate “perfect” music, art and poetry in seconds, what becomes valuable? In this pondering, I explore creativity as something that doesn’t come from algorithms, but from lived experience, from wild places, and from what I can only describe as a conversation with the creative muse.I’m also sharing music I recorded 12 years ago, imperfect, raw, and inspired by time spent in forests, by streams, and on solitary adventures. This music I was once too self-conscious to release, but now... funnily enough I feel its time to share some real human creation.Maybe in an age of machine perfection, authentic human imperfection matters more than ever.Let me know in the comments: where does creativity come from for you?

Ponder#16- Is Poo The Future Currency? Valuing Diversity In Our Inner & Outer Ecosystems

Link to my school: https://www.resilientrootssurvival.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbktfbkIyY0FPTjFlUndDZGxGM3cxQ2t6dDRxQXxBQ3Jtc0tsMWN0RFBlbDU3cWMzVGFONHJPSUdVc0loU2RXNG53UUZOOVd2NjFTdXZqZkdub2tjblIxTGF0djc4QUpHX3FrMXlfWE8zZk5Kc0d0OGpUT0ZGTUFKZ2x5WVdHV0d5OERUZlhzTkU1Z3pCN0puVU94VQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.resilientrootssurvival.com%2F&v=hGL-iazV71c]Is poo the future currency? This video explores my personal journey with gut health and how learning about the human microbiome reshaped the way I think about value, diversity, and resilience. A healthy gut and healthy poo is becoming increasingly rare in the modern world, and that loss of inner biodiversity mirrors what is happening to the living systems around us.Inspired by a conversation on ‪@TheDiaryOfACEO‬ [https://www.youtube.com/@TheDiaryOfACEO] this reflection draws a line between caring for our inner ecosystems and relearning how to value the outer ecosystems we depend on.Credits:Clip referenced from The Diary of a CEO podcastOriginal episode:    • The No.1 Poo & Gut Scientist: If Your Poo ...   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqabbfk9wV8]Channel: @TheDiaryOfACEO#GutHealth [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/guthealth] #Microbiome [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/microbiome] #Ecosystems [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/ecosystems] #Biodiversity [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/biodiversity] #ModernHealth [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/modernhealth] #SystemsThinking [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/systemsthinking] #HumanNature [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/humannature]