Joy is... Realising What Matters.

Darren Evans is someone who epitomises what it means to run for a ‘why’. He is the co-founder of the Green Runners, a running community making changes for a fitter planet; the co-founder of Pair-Ups, a process and kit to help runners extend the life of the trainers, and race director of the Longbridge Backyard Ultra, a running event with sustainability at its core, aiming to use business as a tool for regeneration. In addition, Darren is an experienced trail running coach and, under the handle 3Wordruns, the creative mind behind Running Greener odes – poems that aim to inspire others to join the voices calling for systemic change in our relationship with the natural world.

Follow: @3wordruns

A Runner's Ode to Climate Change

www.3wordruns.uk

www.pairups.co.uk

www.thegreenrunners.com

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Joy is... Experiencing.

Ivan Kashdan is an interdisciplinary artist with a passion for the environment and a drive to use his skills to change how we perceive and interact with nature. He is one of the three founders of Hermit House Games (previously known as, and referred to in this episode, as Kash & Germ), a family studio based in London who are on a mission to change how nature is portrayed and interacted with in games, telling researched stories from non-human perspectives.

The trio are currently working on 'A Home Below', a 3D third-person adventure where you play as a hermit crab exploring the ruins of a house lost to sea-level rise.

Ivan is also a keen runner and recently participated in the Climate Relay, running alongside ultra trail running legend, Damian Hall.

Follow: @ivankashdan @hermithousegames

Patreon: Hermit House Games

Mentioned

Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change - Thor Hanson (2021)

Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games - Alenda Y. Chang (2019)

Otherlands: A World In The Making - Thomas Halliday (2022)

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Joy is... Running!

Dan Thompson is a life-long runner and the co-founder of the Running Out of Time Climate Relay. Dan has a background as a successful executive, investor and adviser in the music, computer games, and internet sectors. His involvement in running relay races dates back more than a decade; however, it was in 2022 that he first came on my radar with the world’s first and longest climate relay race called Running Out of Time. The Relay, which, this year, spanned 2,436km encourages people to run, walk, cycle, kayak, climb, wheel, swim and surf the baton across Britain for 29 days to supercharge awareness, celebrate great climate work and inspire action. Launching on June 6th at Ben Nevis, the baton arrived in Parliament Square, London on July 4th, having travelled along 210 stages, including over 80 visits to climate & nature projects, sporting bodies & venues, schools, events and iconic locations.

Running out of Time

Follow: @dtruntheworld @climaterelay

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