65 | Who Else Lives Here? with Dave Goulson

Who else lives here? 

 

Miles and Dave met in the Sussex countryside (in Dave’s garden) to talk about the multispecies relationships which underpin our lives. Their conversation spans the ecology of bees, planting for wildlife, pesticides, and bringing people home to interdependence. Miles and Dave shared a lunch of pasta with mushrooms, nettles, wild garlic, hogweed, and cow parsley.

 

Dave, professor of Biology at the University of Sussex and author of Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse, specialises in the ecology of insects, especially bees. He generously shares his research experiences and insight in their conservation conversation. By being attentive to the garden together, Miles and Dave share and grow in their understanding of what it means to live alongside so many other living things.

Dave Goulson’s upcoming book Eat the Planet Well can be found here.