Finding Nature

Nathan Robertson-Ball
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Find inspiration and guidance for the change you want to create and learn how others have achieved it in their life and work in pursuit of a more just, safe and healthier future. Nourishment for the change making class.

  1. Quit Now - Dr Nick Talley On How All Our Lives Depend On It

    11H AGO

    Quit Now - Dr Nick Talley On How All Our Lives Depend On It

    Now imagine receiving a life threatening health diagnosis and not only ignoring it, but speeding up the underlying causes and drivers of what’s making you unwell in the first place? Or imagine subsiding a product with public money that everyone everywhere knows contributes to and worsens that life threatening health diagnosis? Can you imagine getting that diagnosis from 97 to 99% of the doctors on earth and hoping it just works itself out? Well you don’t need to imagine it, do you? We’re doing it - our society - be that the deniers, the stagnant political class, or just all of us as one inter-connected species. 202 years after the greenhouse cycle was first discovered, 170 years after its existence was categorically proven, the first warming scenarios presented 130 years ago, the knowledge of and momentum around understanding the science and impacts of a changing climate only increase. But like the addict committed to just one more hit, here we are - next time, next week, next year. Record emissions, 2025 as the third hottest year on record, the seventh of nine planetary boundary passed. The statistics are extensive and grim. On the show is someone who knows more about the scientific process than just about everybody else in this country and understands deeply the effects of a changing climate on our health - Doctor Nicholas Talley. Nick Talley is a gastroenterologist who’s published more than 1,000 scientific papers over the course of his remarkable career, being part of the pioneering group of experts globally who have sought to understand the complex yet magical world of the human microbiome - our gut health. Nick’s not on the show to chat too much about gut health but is here to speak in his capacity as Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia - the DEA. For more than 20 years Nick has applied his masterly intellect to better understanding the science of climate change and its effects and risks to the human body and its health systems. Doctors and medical professionals played a critical role in dispelling the many deleterious risks of smoking, many forms of toxic and poisonous chemicals, and products like asbestos, and thousands of doctors here in Australia and around the world have turned their attention to carbon molecules and plastics. Through the medical fraternity - and their individual and collective commitment to doing no harm - a path of potential climate action may be more productive than many others. Taking lessons from other now banned or severely restricted products, perhaps doctors offer a salvation of irrefutable evidence in the battle against the fossil fuel lobby and their commitment to mis and disinformation about their product. What struck me is the commonality between the human health system and our microbiome and that of the world of climate science, climate change and its myriad risks and impacts. A common sense, first principles perspective offers us as individuals and a society a clear path of action - three meals a day with plenty of fresh produce, movement and enough sleep to the act of restricting fossil fuel industry expansion and ultimately hospicing the industry, supporting the transition of affected communities and ending the subsidies they receive ASAP. Maybe it doesn’t need to be as complicated as it always seems to be? Support comes from: Reposit Power - $500 off your installationAltiorem - 25% off your annual subscription with code FINDINGNATURE25Send me a message Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

    1h 16m
  2. Intelligence Systems And Threat Assessment - Miah Hammond-Errey On The Confluence of Chaos, Calamity And Conflict

    FEB 3

    Intelligence Systems And Threat Assessment - Miah Hammond-Errey On The Confluence of Chaos, Calamity And Conflict

    Something I’ve been mulling over a lot the past couple months is this last point - what do we do if we can’t relate to each other? What if our information systems are fundamentally different on a person to person basis? What do we do without a shared set of facts and sense of reality by which to agree upon and then work to address any issue or challenge of concern? To help me better explore this is today’s guest, Miah Hammond-Errey. Miah is an expert in national security, emerging technology and leadership and has built a career to date in the investigation of how intelligence is collected, made sense of and used in decision making in high stakes environments. I wanted to chat with Miah to understand how the best in business do this and how that applies to me and the Finding Nature community to help us all chart a course through mis and disinformation, an overwhelming information and data system, and what do we all need to do more of to focus on the signal and shut out the noise. Miah’s work is not only vital but accessible for the lay person like me, and her podcast, the Technology and Security Podcast is a fantastic examination of how a world that most of relate to through pop culture like movies and books operates on a day to day basis. Bringing fact to dispel the myths helped me appreciate again the necessity for how we can all do a better job of taking the time to remember that all of us are essentially allies on the same team, that being in right relationship is a fundamental necessity to maintain a stable society, and the consequences of what happens when we don’t invest in taking the time and putting in the effort to be curious, open and non-judgemental in trying to appreciate and understand the views and opinions of others - especially those we don’t agree with. We cover plenty in this chat, so settle in and prepare to be further educated on how intelligence agencies and systems apply age-old principles of sense making, how new technology is changing the intelligence game, the already present and future threats to nation states and individuals in this new digital age, and what we can and probably must do to play an active role in shaping the information, privacy and digital landscapes we are all participants in. Support for the show comes from: Reposit Power - get $500 off your installationAltiorem - get 25% off your annual subscription with code findingnature25Jamberoo Mountain Farm Tiny Home - get Hot Tub Sunset Package for free when you add Finding Nature to booking comments.For everything Finding Nature, head to our website.  Get in contact via info@findingnature.com.au Send me a message Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

    1h 46m
  3. Strength in Unity - Reece Proudfoot on Regeneration, Language and Making What's Coming Next

    JAN 27

    Strength in Unity - Reece Proudfoot on Regeneration, Language and Making What's Coming Next

    Today’s guest is Reece Proudfoot, a co-founder and director at Regen Labs. I’ve known Reece for nearly a decade - and he’s always struck me as someone at the forefront of attempting to organise and reform systems and structures. Across his career in campaigning, not for profit innovation and now at Regen Labs, Reece is someone who believes deeply in the power and potential of collectives of caring, passionate people who are given enough form and structure to identify and grow the opportunities and approaches they want in their lives to allow for them to flourish. It’s challenging work, but at a time when it’s easier to throw stones and detach from others, being the glue that binds is essential. I wanted to chat with Reece because as someone who’s been in and around sustainability for two decades I’m sick and tired of seeing more of the same. More reports, more frameworks, more ESG data platforms, the seemingly forever need for more data to get on with action. Reece over his career and now at Regen Labs is not interested in talking about what’s needed, but finding and surfacing those who are doing it differently. Who are balancing and delivering organisations and economies that seek to contemplate and pay regard to decent and meaningful work, ecological restoration while contributing to society and being a part of something local. It’s hard enough trying to start and run a business in this country - 20% of small businesses fail in their first year and that number rises to 60% over the life of the first five years. Entrepreneurship and innovation are precarious occupations, far from the domain of where most sustainability rhetoric and expectations emanate - large corporates with established products, capital, customers and brands. Regen Labs is seeking to support and lift up the economies of regional places - doing real work with real people in real places for real outcomes. Definitely not easy, far more challenging then the cycles of ESG disclosures and rhythms of planning and thinking about all the work that could get done. I loved this conversation. What I wanted was the inspiration for how it can be different, and Reece gave me that. From the necessity of courage in action - beyond the hollowness of hope in words - to the protocols and methods he and the team work with and offer real help to people and places to evolve and contribute in ways that are necessary and valuable to them. We get into the necessity for faith, patience, tolerance, humility and service. How building connections and bridging divide is possible and what rewards lay on the other side of trying to and actually delivering tangible experiences and optimism for those looking to not read about or think about being the change, but doing it themselves. Support for the show comes from: Reposit Power - get $500 off your installationAltiorem - get 25% off your annual subscription with code findingnature25Jamberoo Mountain Farm Tiny Home - get Hot Tub Sunset Package for free when you add Finding Nature to booking comments.For everything Finding Nature, head to our website.  Get in contact via info@findingnature.com.au Send me a message Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

    1h 27m
  4. State of Inertia - Iain Walker On The Necessity For New Democracy

    JAN 20

    State of Inertia - Iain Walker On The Necessity For New Democracy

    On the show today is Iain Walker, Executive Director at the newDemocracy Foundation, a Sydney-based organisation that works to develop and deliver alternative decision making processes and outcomes that aim to uphold Australia’s and other nations healthy functioning. I’m coming to appreciate that how we relate to each other - or maybe more appropriately how we don’t relate to each other - is one of the most substantial issues this country and many other nations face in not only upholding civil order and long held societal norms, but what are we to do if we can’t come together to participate in ways to address issues both large and small? From local issues around housing supply and planning decisions, to structural shifts like the energy transition, in the organisations that we work in and are trying to evolve some sustainability practice and outcome, to the infamous family get togethers where fear of conflict and tension seems pernicious? If there is just one common theme from doing 100 episodes of this show, it’s that there is a major bottle neck in our democratic system that is holding back the evolution and reform of Australia’s policy settings - from health and housing to climate and environmental protection, gender-based violence and how to regulate artificial intelligence. There’s no doubt there is a growing frustration and despair in the inertia at a system many have lost faith in. Iain’s work for more than 15 years has centred on exactly this - how can deliberative processes create the space to have more rational, respectful and reasonable dialogues on how to make decisions? We cover a fair bit in this chat - from his diagnosis of why inertia now seems the status quo, his stories and evidence of how citizens assemblies drive change, the reasons politicians do and don’t appreciate the idea of these seemingly complimentary structures, and what all of us can do to play an active role in our democracy beyond voting and scrolling through soundbites and election promises. Democracy, trust and having a sense of agency in the society that you live are some of the most vital aspects required to maintain a healthy, functioning group of people, and Iain is someone we can all learn from to protect and promote each of them.  Support for this show comes from Altiorem. Use code findingnature25 to get 25% off your annual plan.  Everything Finding Nature is on our website. Follow on Humanitix, LinkedIn, Instagram and Substack. Send me a message Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

    1h 46m
  5. Clarity, Creativity and Connection - Dave Murphy On How Breath, Hypnosis and Visioning Are The Path To Flow State

    JAN 13

    Clarity, Creativity and Connection - Dave Murphy On How Breath, Hypnosis and Visioning Are The Path To Flow State

    Imagine if there was a way to improve your quality of living and wellbeing - from your sense of creativity to feelings of clarity, boost the performance of your immune system and reduce stress, enhance your sleep and gain insights into your subconscious, and it was all available right now to you, free of cost? It’s too to be true isn’t it? Well, today’s conversation with hypnobreath practitioner Dave Murphy debunks myths and provides the facts on how breathing, hypnosis, visioning and meditation can help unlock a new way of being and living. My name’s Nathan Robertson-Ball, and welcome to or welcome back to the Finding Nature podcast, my show where each week I go longer form to help me and you better understand how we can all live lives that contribute to a healthier, safer and more just world. I started this show coming up on two years ago after realising I wanted to broaden and deepen my understanding of how I could make shifts in my life and through the work I do and have done in and around corporates and sustainable business. Before starting it I listed out all the topics I wanted to learn about, and that included high performance, cognitive clarity and creativity - areas I suspected were vital to my ability to make the type of contribution on the world and the people around me, but wasn’t sure how to access it. I’ve been fortunate to speak with experts in the fields of psychology, neuroscience and cognitive behaviour, but chatting with Dave made me realise that the portal to any and all activity, change and performance is dependent on the physiology of the breath. And today we get into this. Dave is a certified hypnobreathwork and flow state coach, as well as certified in breathing sciences and intrinsic health, after spending the first portion of his career following a path he thought would make him happy. Like many, that gnawing inner knock that started as a light tap slowly but surely became a thunderous banging, and in his 30s changed just about everything about his life - where he lived, what he did and who he wanted to be. Now he’s one of Australia’s most sought after experts in the science and practice of breath work, and he works with businesses, small groups and individuals to help them identify and pursue what truly matters to them. This conversation was a revelation for me - as was doing Dave’s extraordinary online hypnobreathwork course. The science backs the practices - the list of benefits of better breathing isn’t too good to be true - but the experiential aspect of Dave’s coaching is remarkable. The insights and epiphany I had from just one sitting was extraordinary, which I share in this episode. We cover lots in this session, from the science of breath and hypnosis and addressing the scepticism of the latter, his own journey, his time with Zach Bush and Farmers Footprint, and how each of us have available at any moment the opportunity to consciously engage with one of the 25,000 breaths we’ll take today, and for everyday to come until we take that final one. For everything Finding Nature head to our website.  To get in contact with sponsorship opportunities, guest suggestions or other creative ideas, email me at info@findingnature.com.au  Send me a message Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

    1h 30m
  6. Getting Up Close With The Whales - Jem Cresswell On Being Immersed In The Animal Kingdom And Photographing Life Underwater

    JAN 6

    Getting Up Close With The Whales - Jem Cresswell On Being Immersed In The Animal Kingdom And Photographing Life Underwater

    So imagine swimming with humpback whales in the tropical waters of Tonga. Now imagine spending enough time swimming with them over five years to end up with 11,000 portrait photographs of them. Not wide angle shots from afar, but up close and personally, feelings their fins, watching the movement of an eye, hearing the sound and power of their voice and song. Imagine swimming with tiger sharks, whale sharks, what about Australian fur seals or manta rays? That’s what Jem Cresswell has built a career and life around over the last 20 years. His mastery of craft as an underwater photographer is near peerless internationally, and recently he released his first book, Giants, which captures his time in Tonga with thousands of humpback whales. It’s a stunning book, reflective of his broader skills and experiences where for two decades he has captured the wonder and beauty of life underwater. As I said at the top, we all hope for greater, grander results and outcomes in many parts of our lives at the beginning of a new year, but Jem is here to remind us all that time in nature and with wildlife is a sure path to greater satisfaction, contentment and joy. I can think of few better things to aspire to this year than to spend more time in parks or beaches, in the bush or on mountains. Jem’s work showcases the spectacular beauty of life underwater, and his work on Giants is nothing short of extraordinary. I was moved sitting and spending time with the 100 plus images the book contains - from mothers with new born calf to vertically upright males and the playful curiosity of sub adults - this book captures the brilliance of the natural world. We chat about many of Jem’s trips around the world capturing the sights of life underwater, but we also get into the role and necessity of creativity and how he approaches making great works of art, how to take better photos ourselves and the role of evocative imagery as a tool for the change maker. Jem Cresswell brings a wonderful underwater world to each and every one of us. I hope you’re inspired by this to go seek out nature where you can this year.  This show and Finding Nature wouldn’t be the operation it is without the help, support and the creation of the theme song by Rob Rogers. Thanks also to Leah Mazzone who built the finding nature website. For everything Finding Nature head to findingnature.com.au, plus give us a follow on Instagram, LinkedIn, Substack and Humanitix - because too many digital platforms are barely enough. Send me a message Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

    1h 25m
  7. Best of 2025 - Part Two

    12/30/2025

    Best of 2025 - Part Two

    This best of anthology is about showcasing the year that was on this show, as well as offering snippets from some of the brilliant people I had the pleasure of speaking with this year - either to be reminded of their wisdom or to discover who you may not have heard. Today’s best of captures insights and wisdom from ten truly great professionals and people who do this work. From a new era of fire and heat everyone and everything is already grappling with, to the necessity to champion boys in the face of mounting cultural and economic pressures, to hearing from two of the world’s greatest ever environmentalists. The topics and subjects covered in this show are deliberately broad, understanding and appreciating the reality of systemic inter-connectedness in our world and existence, and having regard that lessons in bringing about change in one domain offers lessons that are likely relevant and helpful in others. I love doing this each week, thank you for tuning in, for listening, for subscribing and for sharing episodes. It’s a treat to spend time each week preparing for, spending time with and creating a platform for every person that comes on the show. Episode list: John Vaillant - Apple / Spotify Emma Bacon - Apple / Spotify Daniel Principe - Apple / Spotify Victoria Whitaker - Apple / Spotify Andy Marlow - Apple / Spotify Anastasia Hronis - Apple / Spotify Marco Lambertini - Apple / Spotify Licia Heath - Apple / Spotify Kaylene Langford - Apple / Spotify Bob Brown - Apple / Spotify For all things Finding Nature, go to our website.  Send me a message Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

    1h 30m
  8. Best of 2025 - Part One

    12/23/2025

    Best of 2025 - Part One

    I’ve had 50 incredible guests in 2025, and you guys, the audience, have been there throughout, I’m grateful for that and for your support and for everything that I've had the good fortune of experiencing as a result of going on this podcast journey. Over the year, we covered a wide variety of topics and subject matters. And as a sustainability podcast, I pride myself on trying to embrace and contemplate a wide range of perspectives, opinions and attitudes. And as you listen to this episode and to part two next week, I think you'll see that we really accomplish that. Doing the work of pulling this all together, I was reminded at how interesting and extraordinary the guest list this year has been. UN Environment Ambassadors, Pulitzer nominated authors, successful entrepreneurs, global human rights leaders, Time Magazine Top 100 AI influencers, each and every guest an Australian and global expert in their field. And each week I get to sit with them and bring their wisdom to you through your earbuds. It’s nothing short of a pleasure and privilege. This best of series is a snapshot of something like 90 hours of conversation. Capsules of inspiration to reflect on and consider as you get ready for another year ahead. If you’ve been listening all along, I hope you’re reminded of each guests brilliance all over again, and if you’re new to the show, I hope this gives you an insight into the show as a whole and what Finding Nature is all about exploring and pursuing. Episode list: Catherine Fitzpatrick (Apple / Spotify) Hugh White (Apple / Spotify) Jocelyn King (Apple / Spotify) Richard Boele (Apple / Spotify) Emily M. Bender (Apple / Spotify) Ben Rennie (Apple / Spotify) Elaine Johnson (Apple / Spotify) Zack Schofield (Apple / Spotify) Nadya Hutagalung (Apple / Spotify) Ken Roth (Apple / Send me a message Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

    1h 37m
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Find inspiration and guidance for the change you want to create and learn how others have achieved it in their life and work in pursuit of a more just, safe and healthier future. Nourishment for the change making class.

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  • Creator
    Nathan Robertson-Ball
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    103
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Finding Nature
  • Show Website
    Finding Nature

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