*heads-up: somewhere in this episode you may experience something strange in the audio. But don't worry, it's all part of the plan*

In the final episode of 'Whoosh', we're ripping off a band-aid. What if, despite the opportunity to make renewable energy and ecology go hand in hand, there is a clash? What does it look, sound and feel like when offshore wind energy development is at odds with nature conservation? And what can help balanced decision-making when economy, carbon accounting and the true value of nature meet?

To experience this, we ended up not far away from where we started this podcast series, in Pegwell Bay in the UK. Here we're speaking to head ranger Louis Grover, who is joined by Nina Jones, who works for the Kent Wildlife trust. We discuss the pressures on the local park and reserve, their efforts to halt the installation of offshore wind energy infrastructure and the thinking behind this Rethink Sealink campaign.

And then, our podcast takes a strange sonic turn. We can't tell you too much beforehand, but it certainly provides food for thought when it comes to listening to underrepresented voices in transitions.

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This is ‘Whoosh’, a three-part audio series on listening to different voices in the wind energy transition. ‘Whoosh’ is produced by DRIFT as part of the JustWind4All project.

Special thanks to: speakers Louis Grover and Nina Jones, Marius Kooij for editing and music, Sheng-Wen Lo for his thoughts, artistry and enthusiasm, Audrey Wientjes for voice-over, Igno Notermans for feedback and support and Julia Wittmayer as well as the entire JustWind4All project team for making this possible.

This is ‘Whoosh’, a three-part audio series on listening to different voices in the wind energy transition. ‘Whoosh’ is produced by DRIFT as part of the JustWind4All project.

In these three episodes, colleagues Wouter Mulders and Stéphanie van der Raad are trying to shift perspectives by listening to sounds that they believe deserve to be better heard when it comes to offshore wind energy development.

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In the second episode of ‘Whoosh’, Wouter and Stéphanie continue their journey into the complexities of the wind energy transition — this time, from the perspective of those who share the skies and seas. What happens when the drive for clean energy collides with fragile ecosystems?

They speak with Samuel Wrobel from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, who shares how offshore wind farms are reshaping marine habitats and affecting seabird populations, with 10 out of 25 species already on the red list. From avoidant birds rerouting their migration paths to the seabed forming an artificial reef on wind turbines, there are many unseen consequences. They talk to Cristina Madrid López from the University of Barcelona who approaches the wind transition from a systems perspective. As a modeller, she traces the entire life of a wind turbine — from construction to decommissioning — and looks at how to design better indicators that don’t just focus on energy output.

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These episodes are part of the free training module ‘Leadership in Transitions’, but we think they’re a great listen on their own as well. You can find more info on justwind4all.eu.

Special thanks to: speakers Samuel Wrobel and Cristina Madrid López, Theo Jansen for interview and inspiration, Marius Kooij for editing and music, Derk Loorbach and Audrey Wientjes for voice-over, Igno Notermans for feedback and support and Julia Wittmayer as well as the entire JustWind4All project team for making this possible.

This is ‘Whoosh’, a three-part audio series on listening to different voices in the wind energy transition. ‘Whoosh’ is produced by DRIFT as part of the JustWind4All project.

In these three episodes, colleagues Wouter Mulders and Stéphanie van der Raad are trying to shift perspectives by listening to sounds that they believe deserve to be better heard when it comes to offshore wind energy development.

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In the first episode of ‘Whoosh’, Wouter and Stéphanie accept the challenge to dig into different perspectives in the wind energy transition. So what better place to go than the eastern part of Kent in the UK? Quite near, but far away enough from where we live to fire up our senses, and with plenty of offshore wind energy turbines in sight to start a conversation.

We hear positive sounds about offshore wind energy in the towns of Herne Bay and speak to kitesurfer Morgan who is, no pun intended, a big fan of wind. We also get in touch with Stanislas from the Pooled fund on International Energy who puts our UK impressions in a larger, European context. He strongly believes that considering social and environmental dimenions when developing new wind energy projects isn’t a detriment to the success of new projects as is sometimes claimed, but actually an amplifier. And says it would be foolish not to take justice aspects into account.

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These episodes are part of the free training module ‘Leadership in Transitions’ , but we think they’re a great listen on their own as well. You can find more info on justwind4all.eu.

Special thanks to: speakers Morgan McNamara and Stanislas d'Herbemont, Marius Kooij for editing and music, Audrey Wientjes for voice-over, Igno Notermans for feedback and support and Julia Wittmayer as well as the entire JustWind4All project team for making this possible