A poet’s inquiry into climate change presented by Linda France. Wood is an element in the Chinese system, and with conservationist Sian Atkinson, Linda walks in an ancient woodland to explore the importance of trees. Poet Pascale Petit gives insights from her experience of the Amazonian rainforest and tiger forests of India. With poetry from Pascale and Linda. Music by Joshua Green. Produced by Sonderbug, with New Writing North and Newcastle University and funded by the Audio Content Fund and Arts Council England.

A transcript for this episode is available here: https://newwritingnorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/In_Our_Element_Ep6_Wood_TRANSCRIPT.pdf