# Joycelyn Longdon on imagining an abundant future Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345/joycelyn-longdon-on-imagining-an-abundant-future Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345/joycelyn-longdon-on-imagining-an-abundant-future.md Podcast: [The Clearing with Katherine May](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345) Published: 2026-05-28T23:15:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/wintering/episodes/joycelyn-longdon-on-imagining-an-abundant-future Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/60059ad176b566154159c5d5/e/6a169500942fd1875493c783/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345/episodes/joycelyn-longdon-on-imagining-an-abundant-future Duration seconds: 2916 ## Resource Trees as ancestors, blurring the boundary between our bodies and the living world and constructing your sense of ‘self’ through art; these are just some of the beautiful areas of discussion between our guest Joycelyn Longdon and Katherine this week.  Joycelyn is a researcher and writer, currently finishing her PhD at the University of Cambridge, who bridges the worlds of ecology, technology and environmental justice.  Resisting the urge to pick a far-flung place, she goes extremely local for her small idyll, choosing a tiny patch of woodland by the river near her home, under her favourite willow tree, connecting to culture and mother earth. Wonderfully dreamy and deeply grounding. Links from the episode: Richard Powers The Overstory   Explore Adinkra Symbols https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/#gsc.tab=0   Their Eyes Were Watching God  by Zora Neale Hurston Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser  All Flowers Bend Towards the Sun   Visit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript, to discover how to enjoy our bonus episodes, our ad free episodes and if you subscribe, how to submit your own idea for a dream retreat Buy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing : UK / US Follow Katherine on Instagram Visit Katherine’s Website Production Credits Guest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan Hutchins Substack Manager - Rebecca Armstrong Producer - Alice Lloyd Music - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345/episodes/joycelyn-longdon-on-imagining-an-abundant-future/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-clearing-with-katherine-may-1253345/joycelyn-longdon-on-imagining-an-abundant-future.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.