{"podcast":{"title":"The Forest School Podcast","slug":"the-forest-school-podcast-1141815","podcast_index_feed_id":1141815,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3faf584/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.theforestschoolpodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/567785/567785-1759568785576-d60f1cc966b6a.jpg","author":"Lewis Ames and Wem Southerden","episode_count":252,"summary":"Wem Southerden & Lewis Ames have run Forest School and training centre Children of the Forest since 2017. The Forest School Podcast was born when they wondered if their daily wafflechats and reflections about pedagogy, play and nature connection might be of interest to others. The podcast aims to inform and support educators, parents, outdoor and play practitioners and anyone interested in nature and the outdoors. Through book reviews – interviews with experts, practitioners and authors – sharing our experience as educators and business owners – deep dives on fascinating topics –","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T18:20:39.739581+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-forest-school-podcast-1141815"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 229 - Save Ringsfield Hall with Mell Harrison of Kinda Education","slug":"ep-229-save-ringsfield-hall-with-mell-harrison-of-kinda-education","published_at":"2025-10-04T08:56:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-forest-school-podcast-1141815/ep-229-save-ringsfield-hall-with-mell-harrison-of-kinda-education","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-forest-school-podcast-1141815","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theforestschoolpodcast/episodes/Ep-229---Save-Ringsfield-Hall-with-Mell-Harrison-of-Kinda-Education-e392vl4","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3faf584/podcast/play/109198436/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-4%2F408644397-44100-2-146df9278187d.mp3","summary":"A heartfelt conversation with Mell Harrison about Kinda Education’s plan to become the new custodians of Ringsfield Hall and bring a living school to life. We explore the vision, the sociocratic way of working, multi-generational learning in practice, and the immediate ways listeners can help. TENTSILE : Outdoor leaders save 10% with code ForestChildren10 on tree tents and hammocks. Chris Holland : Get the 54-page plant guide with our exclusive discount and support the show: https://chrisholland.myshopify.com/?ref=ForestSchoolPodcast Donate or fundraise now Crowdfunder main page: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-kinda-education-save-ringsfield-hall Crowdfunder UK Create a supporter fundraiser page: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-kinda-education-save-ringsfield-hall/multiply Crowdfunder UK Learn about the project Kinda Education’s Ringsfield vision and plan: https://www.kindaeducation.org.uk/ringsfield Kinda Education Kinda Education homepage: https://www.kindaeducation.org.uk/ Kinda Education Follow and share updates Kinda Education on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindaEducation/ Facebook Launch post about saving Ringsfield Hall: https://www.facebook.com/KindaEducation/posts/1409356451195227/ Facebook Kinda Education video update: https://www.facebook.com/KindaEducation/videos/1935777910328794/ Facebook Instagram fundraiser reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPUEKUOiEew/ Instagram Instagram update post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPD3MvzDZ9K/ Instagram Ringsfield Hall on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ringsfieldhall/ Instagram Ringsfield Hall on X: https://x.com/ringsfieldhall X (formerly Twitter) Donate or start a mini fundraiser on the crowdfunder. Share the crowdfunder link and the Instagram reel in your groups. Follow Kinda Education on Fac…","meta_description":"A heartfelt conversation with Mell Harrison about Kinda Education’s plan to become the new custodians of Ringsfield Hall and bring a living school to life…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2533,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-forest-school-podcast-1141815/episodes/ep-229-save-ringsfield-hall-with-mell-harrison-of-kinda-education/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-forest-school-podcast-1141815/ep-229-save-ringsfield-hall-with-mell-harrison-of-kinda-education.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}