Episode #4 ~ PRIDE! Part 2 (Breakfast Session 2021 w/ Nicole & Chess)

Oh me oh my was this a lovely session to listen to. A previously unreleased podcast episode created by Nicole Wilson of the Engaged Ecology Master's Programme and Horticultural Intern Chess Bygrave  from Schumacher College, reflecting back on Pride Week 2021 . 

Filled with humor, authenticity and an accessible sharing of experiences that come from refreshingly non-heteronormative perspectives. This conversation was gold. 

They also provided critical inquiries of this Southwest rural countryside, where Schumacher College can be found. Nestled in the Totnes and Dartington area of Devon, UK. Imagining ways for these places to regularly represent a more inviting array of human beings to come and take part.

Through their illuminations more vibrant pictures of what life and communities in the area could look like. Where not only is queerness accepted and welcomed, it's also celebrated and embraced for the abundance of expanded, alternative, and radical ways we can see the world (and be a part of it). 

How lucky we could all be to vulnerably meet everyone right where they are. To see each other clearly with grace and humility. It seems sensible to believe we can be kind, respectful, and loving with one another. It's a selfish act that is mutually beneficial to everyone. A side effect of course is that this behavior and way of being is contagious, though that's a good thing and it is a-okay with me.

Here's to not being a jerk.

And here's to the queering of our reality...