Travels Making Wildlife Radio and Films
Stuart Mabbutt
- Organisation:
- Wildman Environmental Learning
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Regular (more than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £175 + travel @ £1.35 per mile plus accommodation if needed.
- Category:
- Media
- Updated:
- 22nd January 2024
- Tagged:
- Broadcasting | Community | Entertainment | Wildlife
Stuart 'The Wildman' Mabbutt shares tales, lessons, and experiences from making the radio show Going Wild With Wildlife, through which he has been putting nature on the airwaves since 2010. ‘The Wildman’ discusses the importance of giving nature a platform in our modern age, and his approach for achieving this not only via radio, but also by podcasting, photography, wildlife sound recording, and film.
Recorded in some of the most remote locations all over Britain, and with an international audience online, Going Wild With Wildlife is bringing tranquillity to its listeners worldwide. ‘The Wildman’ places an emphasis on hospital patients who tune in via Hospital Radio, offering them a virtual slice of the countryside at a time in their lives potentially full of anxiety, frustration, and loneliness. Through this, ‘The Wildman’s’ radio show becomes a Natural Health Service for the patients listening in. Stuart is based in Oxford, Oxfordshire, and he and any guest speakers will travel anywhere.
Views: 1593 | Enquiries: 0About Stuart Mabbutt
Based in Oxford, Oxfordshire, Stuart 'The Wildman' Mabbutt is a professional wildlife gardener who has been bringing razzmatazz to the concept of environmental learning since 1988. Occasionally joined by a special guest, and often directly involving the audience, ‘The Wildman’ is available to deliver a wide range of engaging talks to your club, organisation, or after-dinner speaker event. To find the right talk for you and your group, click the titles below to learn more!
The Wildman explores a wide range of ideas relating to nature, philosophy, climate, sustainability, social justice, and the human condition through these speaker events, but also various other mediums, giving his listeners and viewers the space to consider the big issues of the day. Alongside photographer William Mankelow, he co-hosts The People’s Countryside Environmental Debate Podcast, which was established in 2018 and at the end of 2023 is heading towards 200k total listens, and its 500th episode.
Stuart has also been hosting the radio show Going Wild with Wildlife since 2010, and is an accomplished writer, having first been published in 1998. Over the years, ‘The Wildman’ has developed a diverse portfolio of poetry, and continues to write to this day, producing articles for a variety of magazines and releasing a series of books in both paperback an ebook formats.
Stuart also leads sensory walks in nature for organisations, businesses, families and individuals, with the premium deluxe service being a family walk with a professionally produced commemorative photo album. Off the back of the guided walks which Stuart is currently struggling to do, due to the need of a wheelchair the WOW Effect has been launched.
The WOW Effect (or Wildman on Wheels) refers to the idea that ‘The Wildman’, as a mobility impaired nature educator, is having to use wheelchairs to get around more often. Through The WOW Effect, ‘The Wildman’ aims to broaden people’s understanding of what it means for green spaces to be accessible, balancing this with the wild elements of nature which we value so highly. To help Stuart raise the money he needs to continue his work in nature, copy the following Just Giving link into your preferred web browser and donate today! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/wildmanonwheels
The speaker events listed on this page provide the perfect opportunity to become acquainted with ‘The Wildman’s’ other work by purchasing a signed copy of his books and radio highlights CDs.
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