Summary: <p>Would seeing a variety of people in advertising materials make a big difference? How do we make the countryside more diverse? Is it a matter of people being excluded, or is it a result of cultural factors?</p> <p>Once again Stuart and William embark on a discussion prompted by a question from a listener, with today’s coming from Kenny in Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, England. The question is as follows:</p> <p>“When out walking in the UK you rarely see Asian or Black faces, and I think we need to open the countryside up and make it more diverse. I’m aware when Asian people socialise and go out they go to each other's houses and share food, but there are also socioeconomic barriers too.</p> <p>So these groups in society stay more local to where they are when they go out. I also think there needs to be more role models for these groups to link with, for example in outdoor clothing marketing, the people wearing the clothes tend to be white people.</p> <p>Perhaps the models should be more diverse to encourage the uptake of outdoor activities with a wider range of people? Also there are only a handful of walking guides and leaders in the UK that aren't white, perhaps a wider recruitment process needs to be implemented?”</p> <p>During this discussion, among other topics Stuart and William talk about how growing up in a household that never took you out into nature could affect your likelihood of doing it as an adult, and are we always aware when we’re in nature?</p> <p>In this episode Stuart and William were again joined by long time listener Hedley Thorne, who was invited to take his place in the ‘Listeners Chair’, where he sat in and contributed to the recording, and gave his opinions on the topic discussed.</p> <p>To get your chance of appearing on the podcast and sit in the ‘Listeners Chair’, we have a stretch goal on our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside"><u>Patreon page</u></a> where once we get to ten Beyond Stereotypes support tier backers, everyone on this tier will be entered into a quarterly draw, and the winner will be offered the opportunity to make an appearance on the podcast.</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 <a href="mailto:thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com"><u>thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com</u></a>, or record us a message in your own voice by going to <a href="https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message"><u>https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message</u></a></p> <p>This podcast's overall themes are nature, philosophy, climate, the human condition, sustainability, and social justice.</p> <p>During this episode Stuart and William discuss the upcoming Environmental Debate Live & Unscripted event, set to take place on May 27th at the Bothy Vineyard in Oxfordshire. 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"><u>https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmental-debate-live-unscripted-tickets-514832145807</u></a></p> <p>Find out all about the podcast via this one simple link: <a href="https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside"><u>https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside</u></a></p> <p>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"><u>https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view</u></a> , support our work through Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside"><u>https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside</u></a> or just 'follow' to avoid missing any public posts.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message
