Mary Colwell Freelance Producer and Consultant on Religion and The Environment

Mary Colwell Freelance Producer and Consultant on Religion and The Environment Curlew Media and Consultancy

Please see my YOUTUBE Channel for all my enhanced podcasts.

CHRISTMAS 2009, Click here to listen and download - A Christmas Robin or see the enhanced podcast:

A reflection on robins at Christmas with naturalist Chris Sperring and music by Annette Dunn on a piano that once accompaied Ella Fitzgerald in Hong Kong.

WINNER! The Prisoner and Budgerigar won Gold a the Sony Radio Acadamy Awards 2009 for Best Internet Programme 2009

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Sony Awards Hall With Award Sony Award with Pat Kane

It also won a World Gold Medal at the New York Radio Festival Awards 2009

The Bereavement - A Reflection podcast has won 2 Gold awards and on June 1st won a Merit Award at The Sandford St Martin Awards

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Sandford St Martin Awards

Receiving award with Peter Hobbs and Bishop Nick Baines

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CITY OF ANGELS - FAITH IN THE SLUMS OF SAO PAULO

Pat Clarke is a Holy Ghost Father who has worked with the children in the slums of Sau Paulo in Brazil for 33 years. He has built, with the people, an arts centre, a creche, a pastoral centre and now a countryside retreat called The City of Angels. Here is his story, it is moving and inspirational.

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WATER AND FAITH - A CONVERSATION WITH CATHOLIC EARTHCARE AUSTRALIA

The Alliance of Religions and Conservation recently held a conference on faith and water in Salisbury. I interviewed many of the people there and here are the podcasts.
This first one is a longer interview with Catholic Earthcare Australia and their thoughts on the importance of water in such a drought ridden and hot country - and their fascinating ideas about links with S Africa.

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ARC WATER CONFERENCE PART 1 - FAITH LEADERS TALK ABOUT WATER

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Leaders from many different faith here tell us why water is important to them.

ARC WATER CONFERENCE PART 2 - SECULAR GROUPS TALK ABOUT FAITH AND WATER

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The World Bank, the UN, various entrepreurs talk about how they could form partnerships with the faiths of the world to get clean water to everyone, everywhere.

FAITH IN FARMING

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Victor Barry is in his 70s, a devout Catholic and has been a farmer all his life.
He is driven by a deep belief that we are called to protect nature, not to harm it and so he is passionate advocate of organic farming and low carbon living.
Listen to my conversation with him on his farm in Cornwall and hear about some of his ideas, including teaching ponies to plough land around cities.

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THE PRISONER AND THE BUDGERIGAR

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A moving interplay between one man's story of prison and reflections from a prison chaplain. Les went to prison for 6 years and during
that time he looked after a budgie, raising it from a tiny chick. It was this experience that helped him turn his life around.

The Sony judges described the programme as:

"A beautifully and subtly crafted programme which used the simplest materials to tell a compelling story and deliver profound emotional
impact. It was perfectly adapted to the medium, breaking genre boundaries to deliver its message to the target audience with perfect pitch"

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BEREAVEMENT - A REFLECTION

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Winner of Jerusalem Award Best Internet Programme 2008 and Christian Broadcasting Council Gold Award (category P)

Merit Award: Sandford St Martin Trust Radio Awards 2009.

This is a beautiful, moving and spiritual reflection on Peter's experience of bereavement, it is no surprise it has gained so much acclaim.
Peter’s wife Caroline died in October 2004 having been diagnosed with breast cancer two years previously. Peter’s podcast reflects upon
his journey from that time to the present.

Peter:“When Mary asked me to do the podcast on bereavement I said yes without really knowing why. I’d love to say that my ‘yes’ was
motivated by a desire to help others but I suspect the truth is that I simply looked on it as an opportunity to tell Caroline’s and my story
one more time.

“I was surprised by my reaction to the clip they played during the presentation at the award ceremony. I have listened to it on two or
three occasions with friends in the past with little emotion, but this time it really choked me up. Of course the clip brought back hard
memories, but my overwhelming thought was ‘what a privilege to have my thoughts on so personal a matter validated in this way!
So many others have suffered a tragedy similar to my own without any such affirmation’.

“My reaction makes me wonder whether the greatest gift we can give a bereaved person is simply to listen to their story no matter
how often they want to tell it. That is what Mary did for me by inviting me to record my experiences and I’m so grateful for it.”

The judges’ comments: “Excellent piece - personal, moving and useful to others. Very honest and compelling. Fittingly simple, well
written and nicely produced.”

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JOURNEY - SOUND OF MANY WATERS PODCAST

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Winner Silver Award 2008 best internet production at the Christian Broadcasting Council

The story of Sound of Many Waters. It is presented by BBC West’s popular presenter Trevor Fry. This podcast covers the build-up
to the launch of Sound of Many Waters - Clifton Cathedral’s year-long exploration of our need to care for our environment.

The Judges comments: “Another good piece from the Clifton Diocese - presented and packaged well with good quality audio.
Excellent wide range of interesting voices - lay people and clergy. Good to hear the Catholic Church challenged on something
like the environment and for the criticism to be positively received.”

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CLIFTON CATHEDRAL PODCAST

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Clifton Cathedral - photo Gloskeith on Flikr

Winner Jerusalem Award 2007 - best New Media programme

This programme is about the community at Clifton Cathedral. It came out the winner - against 10 others, including traditional
broadcasters such as the BBC - in the new media category

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