Reviving the Wild

Every year, dozens of artists from all fields of arts and all parts of the world travel to the Saari Residence in Southwest Finland to focus on their artistic work and to exchange ideas and experiences with other residents.

The Saari Residence aims to be a test platform for a future that is ecologically, socially and mentally sustainable. This podcast stems from themes essential to the Residence’s daily ecological activities. For each episode, we invite experts whose work we appreciate and value to share their thoughts and knowledge with us about the topics we consider urgent and worth discussing.

Reviving the Wild is about returning to our roots to restore nature and ourselves. The series is hosted by Miia Laine.

The Saari Residence is maintained by Kone Foundation.

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Episodes

Snacking our surroundings

Foraging wild resources is the viral food trend of the moment – a trend that was practiced thousands of years ago. How can you support biodiversity in your cooking or eating? Sami Tallberg is an award-winning chef and a long time lover of foraging. Together with Miia Laine they visit the wild green supermarket next to the Saari Residence. Later in the episode environmental researcher Ville Lähde tells about the most urgent topics concerning food security. Should we change our global system towar...

Sep 27, 2022•29 min

It’s all in the soil

Twenty-five percent of all the biodiversity of earth is in the soil, but we just can't see it. And we don't really know soil very well. Do we understand our dependence on soil? In this episode we discuss the care for soil and the lack of it. Environmental influencer Saara Kankaanrinta has been running the ecological Qvidja Farm since 2014. How has regenerative farming changed the manors landscape? Carbon capturing is a hot topic in Europe right now because of the EU Biodiversity Strategy. Member...

Sep 27, 2022•31 min

Learning the language of the trees

Even though forests cover more than 75% of Finland’s land area, only 3% of Finnish forests are in a natural state. But what defines “naturalness”? In this episode, Miia Laine takes a deep dive into trees and forests with arborist Riku Parkatti and archipelago-focused ecologist Panu Kunttu. They talk about the fragility of modern forests and the meaning of trees. What would our life in the cities be without them?

Aug 26, 2022•32 min

How can we treat non-human animals better?

Our relationship with other animals is often a question about value. Is it possible for us humans to create deeper connections with animals we have been exploiting for so long? Consider birds, for example, and all that has been done to them and with them. In this episode, Miia Laine meets up with philosopher Elisa Aaltola and ecologist Mia Rönkä. The Saari Residence is located right next to Mietoistenlahti bay, a protected area that is well known among nature-lovers and birdwatchers. It’s also a...

Aug 26, 2022•35 min

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