Jame Shooter: Host of “The Rewilding Podcast”
Episode 12: James Shooter on Rewilding’s Rising Wave of New Careers and Possibilities
In this episode:
James Shooter is a nature photographer, filmmaker, and podcaster based in Scotland’s beautiful Cairngorms National Park. Immersed in the world of rewilding, James focuses on telling hopeful environmental stories and showing how nature can recover when people work with it rather than against it.
For a decade he's worked with the rewilding charity Scotland: The Big Picture as a visual storyteller and field guide. Recently, he and his family spent eighteen months traveling across Europe, visiting rewilding projects in eighteen countries and turning those experiences into the acclaimed The Rewild Podcast.
In this conversation, James shares the surprising lessons he gathered from rewilders in places like Bulgaria, Sweden, and Croatia, and why he believes the future of rewilding around the world may be far more hopeful than most people realize.
You can connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-shooter-b1920256/
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The Rewild Podcast
James Shooter presents monthly stories of nature recovery from Rewilding Europe’s operational landscapes and across the European Rewilding Network.
James has sold his house, left his job and will travel around Europe for a year with his wife, two children and dog in a motor home to put the podcast together.
“My family and I are naturally excited at the thought of experiencing some of Europe’s finest wildest places,’ he explains. “But aside from this, I want to tell listeners some really informative, entertaining and inspiring stories through this podcast.”
Conversations on the Lynx ; with James Shooter
From Meander Scotland Magazine:
What drew you to become an ambassador for the lynx?
I think lynx really encapsulate the wild. They’re the ghosts of the forest, silently stalking through their woodland realm, only ever letting themselves be seen by a lucky few. Their presence brings a sense of magic and mystery – this is a large part of why we all fall in love with nature in the first place.
James Shooter Photography
James Shooter Photography
Bio: I am a nature photographer based in the Cairngorms National Park obsessed with the natural world and fascinated by conservation science. Alongside my own photography work, I help lead nature photography tours with Northshots Photo Adventures and I'm a director at The Wild Media Foundation where we help to bring nature's stories to life through a variety of different media.
Above Image: Artwork by Gemma Shooter
Above Image: SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
Above Image: James Shooter