Emergence Magazine Podcast Song of the Cedars – A Conversation with Giuliana Furci, Robert Macfarlane, César Rodríguez-Garavito, and Cosmo Sheldrake
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Apr 1, 2025 
Join Robert Macfarlane, a celebrated author; Giuliana Furci, a passionate mycologist; César Rodríguez-Garavito, an activist legal scholar; and musician Cosmo Sheldrake as they delve into the Song of the Cedars project. They explore their transformative experience in the Los Cedros cloud forest, discussing the legal framework to recognize nature as a creative partner. The conversation highlights the interconnectedness of ecosystems, the unsung role of fungi, and the need for collaborative authorship between humans and nature, all wrapped in a rich audio tapestry of the forest.
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High Camp Clearing Became A Stage
- Robert Macfarlane recounts trekking to a tiny clearing high in Los Cedros cloud forest with the group and recording its rich soundscape.
- The clearing felt like a small theatre where human and more-than-human voices interwove into the song's creation.
Grief And Trust On The Trek
- Giuliana Furci describes the exhausting walk up the mountain while grieving her father's recent death.
- She felt trust in their guide and relief at arriving at a place to rest despite damp and horseflies.
Deep-Time Soundscapes Matter
- The Los Cedros forest survived repeated ice ages and hosts millennia-old continuous soundscapes.
- That deep continuity frames the forest as a long-lived co-creator of cultural works like the song.