About this podcast
SUGi is a global platform dedicated to Nature-based solutions. We plant biodiverse Pocket Forests in urban areas and restore native forests for communities around the world. SUGi Talks is a podcast where we explore the powerful stories behind our Pocket Forests, from desert forests in Rajasthan to urban Pocket Forests in Beirut and London. Speaking with our expert Forest Makers, and collaborators, we’ll dig into how exactly we can help cities build biodiversity, climate resilience, and wellbeing.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 24 episodes
- Biodiversity is Health with Zach Bush MD · 1 h 23 minIn this episode of SUGi Talks, we hosted an in-depth conversation with leading voice in regenerative health and ecology, Zach Bush, on the topic of human health, biodiversity…
- Biodiversity & Belonging · 1 h 7 min · Season 2 Episode 1In September 2025, we hosted an in-depth conversation with leading experts in ecology, urban greening, and community development on the topic of Biodiversity & Belonging and why…
- How re-learning nature can transform our lives? · 8 minOur SUGi Forest Maker Brett Krause grew up on a sawmill in Northern Queensland. Witnessing deforestation and the destruction of habitats, he was inspired to be part of the…
- Red Tape and Roadblocks: Reclaiming Urban Land for Nature in Beirut, Lebanon. · 6 minSince the Enlightenment public space has served a pivotal role in the exchange of ideas, the cultivation of national identity, and the integration of communities. In Beirut…
- What is the cost of rapid urbanisation in Amman, Jordan? · 8 minAmman, Jordan is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, and the ongoing desertification of the region continues to threaten its resources. Our SUGi Forest Maker Deema…
- Restoring an ancient desert forest in Rajasthan. · 11 minOn this excerpt of SUGi Talks we speak to Gaurav Gurjar. Gaurav is a jungle tree expert at Afforestt and the Director of the Maruvan Foundation in Rajasthan. Over the past few…
- Why we feel better after a walk in a forest? Well — there’s a science to it! · 9 minIn this episode of SUGi Talks we meet the writer and journalist Lucy Jones. Her book Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need The Wild explores the powerful ways Nature impacts our lives…
- How Nature-based Solutions & urban trees can tackle our cities' growing issues. · 9 minOur cities are in trouble and it’s not just the climate crisis. Urban areas are facing multiple interconnected challenges, including the ecological crisis, the human health…
- Moment EP06: Do Trees Really Speak to Each Other? · 12 minDid you know that underneath the forest floor resources can be transferred from one tree to another in need? The Mycorrhizal Network is a fungal web that resides in soil. It…
- Losing Eden: Why our minds need the wild with Lucy Jones · 37 minWhat would happen our minds if one day we woke up to a world with no trees, forests, or even grass? If birds and butterflies were a thing of the past, and green spaces were…
- Wildlife Corridors: How one Forest Maker is creating habitat for endangered species in Queensland, Australia. · 33 minRoaming the lush rainforests of Northern Queensland and Papua New Guinea, the Cassowary bird is a striking sight to behold. Resembling something like an exquisite dinosaur at 6…
- Moment EP03: Pocket Forests are a proven way to help cities combat the urban heat island effect. · 9 minOur cities are heating up, and fast. Rising global temperatures means the urban heat island effect in our cities will be amplified. Trees are a proven way to help cities combat…
- Reclaiming Beirut: Using Miyawaki Forests to green Beirut and restore hope in the city · 49 minIn 2019, after decades of corruption, intense pollution and a severe economic collapse, protestors flooded the streets of Beirut demanding change. Amongst them was environmental…
- Moment EP05: Healing the Earth; it's like we’re all dancing to the same music. · 18 min“I can remember walking out and there being rocks here and there. The dirt was just powder; there wasn’t even weeds growing. After Ethan did all of the things with the soils…
- Cities in Crisis: How Nature-based Solutions can tackle our cities’ growing issues. · 26 minSUGi Talks 🌿 EP.09 — Cities in Crisis: How Nature-based Solutions & urban trees can tackle our cities' growing issues. You might have heard the term 'Nature-based Solutions'…
- Moment EP01: Urban Biodiversity: Bringing it back into our cities. · 7 minOur cities are expanding. Green spaces are being gobbled up by concrete and asphalt. And what is the cost of this rapid urbanisation? Why do we need Nature in our cities? How can…
- The Cloud Gardener: Taking on the UK’s urban developers · 33 minSUGi Talks 🌿 EP.08: The Cloud Gardener: Taking on the UK’s urban developers. Like many of us, during the pandemic Jason Williams, aka The Cloud Gardener, was forced indoors…
- The Impact: What does science say about our Miyawaki Forests? · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 4SUGi Talks 🌿 EP03: The Impact: What does science say about our Miyawaki Forests? Did you know that there is a biodiversity crisis in our cities? How can our Pocket Forests help…
- Jordan’s Changing Landscapes: The ecological price tag of urbanisation. · 34 minSUGi Talks 🌿 EP07: Jordan’s Changing Landscapes: The ecological price tag of urbanisation. In the not-too-distant past, Deema was working as an architect in Amman, Jordan. As…
- The Mycorrhizal Network: Do trees really speak to each other? · 37 minSUGi Talks 🌿 EP06: The Mycorrhizal Network: Do trees really speak to each other? Did you know that underneath the forest floor a sophisticated network of fungi forms a secret…
