Summary: <p>Are awareness campaigns that are based around TV shows, actually effective? Aren’t stories direct from a person you can identify with more powerful? Do we too easily get stuck in the position that everything happens to other people, and not ourselves?</p> <p>Ron from Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, England, has sent in another listener question, detailed below, which triggered yet another off the cuff conversation between co-hosts Stuart and William.</p> <p>“I’ve heard that a comedian who has had testicular cancer, and was involved in the awareness campaign before he was diagnosed, still didn’t check himself, even though the campaign was telling that message. Does that mean these awareness campaigns headed up by the famous, do very little? Is sharing life experience and true stories more powerful?”</p> <p>Campaigns fronted by celebrities aren’t going to create change on their own, that's Stuart and William’s take, what do you think? They feel we shouldn’t get rid of these awareness campaigns though, we need to set them alongside powerful stories about actual life situations. </p> <p>If any of us were to go and listen to an empowered speaker, the key, they feel, is whether we take that inspiration into our own life, and change our own habits, and not just go home from the experience and go straight back to normal life, without making changes if needed.</p> <p>During this episode Stuart and William discuss the upcoming Environmental Debate Live & Unscripted event, this podcasts format expanded and made more experiential, then set in front of a live audience, and arranged to take place next on May 27th at the former Bothy Vineyard in Oxfordshire 3.30pm to 9pm. To secure your tickets for this event, use the following link:<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmental-debate-live-unscripted-tickets-514832145807"> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmental-debate-live-unscripted-tickets-514832145807</a></p> <p>What do you make of this discussion? Do you have a question that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by sending an email to thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com, or record us a message in your own voice by going to<a href="https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message"> https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message</a></p> <p>This podcast's overall themes are nature, philosophy, climate, the human condition, sustainability, and social justice. <br>Help us to spread the impact of the podcast by sharing this link with 5 friends<a href="https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view"> https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view</a> , support our work through Patreon<a href="https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside"> https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside</a> or just 'follow' to avoid missing any public posts. Find out all about the podcast via this one simple link:<a href="https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside"> https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message
