Trees A Crowd

. . . Hello and welcome back to Trees A Crowd.

My name is David Oakes and this is a podcast for those of you who, like me, think that the natural world is incredible.

This episode was recorded a couple of weeks back now at the Wild Summit in Bristol, a huge annual event for any and everyone who cares about the natural world in Great Britain.

I would like the Green Party to do more on cementing policies surrounding biodiversity and climate, especially outside of our urban centres.

So I was particularly keen to press this week's guest a little on whether his party's green and social justice instincts genuinely pull in the same direction or just get talked about as if they do.

So without further ado, this is Trees A Crowd.

And this is the leader of the Green Party, Zach Polanski.

In the depth of the forest an old oak grew The pride of the greenwood there All his branches the ivy her mantle threw When the forest boughs were bare Oh, the oak and the ivy Oh, the oak and the ivy, oh