Coffee At New Jersey Audubon
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsJoin Eric Stiles, President and CEO of New Jersey Audubon, co-host Mike Skagerlind, and their guests, in a series of monthly conversations discussing the issues at the heart of New Jersey Audubon's conservation mission.
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Bats: Nighttime’s Good Neighbors
July 01, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBIn the series finale, MacKenzie Hall, a wildlife biologist from New Jersey Fish and Wildlife, shares her fascinating insights into New Jersey’s bat species, outlining the challenges they face and explaining why they are such good neighbors to humans. And in a farewell interview, Eric Stiles, now Emeritus President and CEO of New Jersey Audubon, reflects on the conservation path he and the organization have traveled over the past 21 years. For more information, please visit: https://njaud...
One Song, Many Voices.
June 01, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBHarvard University's Dr. Scott Edwards on evolution, his epic bicycle trip across the continental US, and what he learned about the people and wildlife he met along the way. For more information, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Birding Is For Everybody. And Every Body.
May 01, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBVirginia Rose and Freya McGregor from Birdability on the challenges — and benefits — for people with disabilities while out in nature. For more information, please visit njaudubon.org/coffee
N8ture_Al On Seeing And Being Seen
April 01, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBAlex Troutman, a Black wildlife biologist and nature advocate, discusses the importance of seeing people who look like you in the development and growth of careers like his in the biological sciences. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
How To Grow A National Park
March 01, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBProfessor Doug Tallamy discusses his Homegrown National Park movement, described as the largest co-operative conservation project ever attempted, which reimagines our backyards and community outdoor spaces as vital links in the web of life — and is growing a national park in the process. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Alarms In The Wilderness
February 01, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn 2021, Tiffany Kersten broke the American Birding Association’s record for the most bird species seen in the lower 48 states in one calendar year. Often birding alone in remote places, she did it as a survivor of a recent sexual assault. Tiffany tells the story of how her birding Big Year spawned an even more important goal: to elevate women birders and to raise awareness about women’s safety in the great outdoors. For more information and resources, please go to: https://njaudubon.org/c...
To Change A Narrative
January 01, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBRenata Barnes, Co-ordinator of the Outdoor Equity Alliance, discusses the challenges that impede equitable access to nature, the need to face uncomfortable historical truths, and the mutual benefits of introducing young folks with little experience of the natural world to wild spaces and all the treasures they contain. For more info, please go to https://njaudubon.org/coffee
A Passion For Birding
December 01, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBEliana Ardila Kramer, one half of the Birding By Bus duo, reflects on her birding life, how a passion for birds helps us connect with our fellow humans, and the wondrous biodiversity of Colombia. For more information, please go to: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Angling For Diversity
November 01, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBTodd Pride, President of Legacy Land and Water Partners, on why bio- and human diversity are two sides of the same coin, creating lasting bonds between kids and the natural world through fishing and hunting, and a new focus on the natural spaces of the Underground Railroad. For more information, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Under The Surface: Conserving Planet Ocean
October 01, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBDr. Carl Safina, President of the Safina Center, on ocean biodiversity, the threats oceans face, and what we can do to help conserve them. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Tracking Wildlife In The Digital Age
September 01, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBDr. Trish Miller and Mike Lanzone explain how the bleeding-edge tech powering wildlife tracking today is yielding new insights into animal behavior. For more information, including links to eagle flight-path animations, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Mostly Air: The Magic Of Owls
August 01, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBKaty Duffy has been banding, surveying, and teaching about owls for over 40 years. She joined the podcast from Yellowstone to share her insights into, and love for, this iconic and much beloved group of birds. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Sustainable Cities
July 01, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBClimate scientist Dr. William Solecki on what makes sustainable cities work, how they use nature as a partner and ally, and the increasingly important role they will play in the fight against climate change. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
The Art Of Conservation
June 01, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBThe artist Pat Brentano discusses her visual voice and speaking out for nature, the importance of the arts in education, and the benefits of native-planted yards. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Jonathan Franzen Is In Love. With Birds.
May 01, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBAcclaimed author and essayist Jonathan Franzen on his love of birding, the deeper meanings of beauty, and caring for habitats and wildlife in the teeth of the iron logic of climate change. For more information, please visit: https://njaudubon.org
A Cleaner, Greener New Jersey
April 01, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBKelly Mooij, Director of the Division of Clean Energy at the NJ Board of Public Utilities, on New Jersey's wild habitat- and community-friendly energy initiatives — and listening for leaks. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
A Conversation With Dave Golden
March 01, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBDave Golden, Director of the NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife, on the vital importance of land (and ocean) stewardship in maintaining species diversity, the long history of hunting and conservation, and providing access to natural habitats for all, in crowded New Jersey. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
A People's Park
February 01, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBSam Pesin and Greg Remaud tell the story of Liberty State Park and why it's so important to protect such a special and symbolic natural oasis for the three and a half million people who use it every year. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Black Birders Week Takes Flight
January 01, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBCorina Newsome and Tykee James, two of the co-organizers of Black Birders Week, discuss how a week of rapidly organized social media events became a STEM phenomenon, as well as the prescriptions for racial justice that inspired it. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
The Story Of Bird Friendly Coffee
December 14, 2020 10:05 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBDr. Amanda Rodewald, Garvin Professor of Ornithology at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Dr. Ruth Bennett, Research Ecologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, join Eric and Mike to discuss bird friendly coffee farming, its importance to the ecology of the areas where it's grown, and the benefits for the local farmers who grow it. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org
Down On The (Sustainable) Farm
December 01, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBRichard Cotton, Cotton Cattle Company partner, joins Eric, Mike, and John Cecil, to discuss how his family's sustainable farm is a vital part of the local ecology, the noble pursuit of producing healthy food, and how technology can transform farming. For more information, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Conserving Energy
November 16, 2020 14:27 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBDave Daly, President of PSE&G, on transforming New Jersey's energy supply with clean energy, and how his company works with New Jersey Audubon to ensure important habitat protection, as well as their collaboration on Eco Schools. For more info, go to: https://njaudubon.org
Conservation Across The Aisle
November 01, 2020 13:59 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBSenators Bob Smith (D) and Kip Bateman (R), from the New Jersey Legislature, join NJ Audubon's Vice President of Government Relations, Eileen Murphy, and Eric and Mike, to examine why our environment benefits from bipartisan legislation.
Natural Leaders
July 13, 2020 13:11 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBAshley Rey, the youngest ever Chair of the New Jersey Audubon Board of Directors, discusses conservation leadership as the Millennial and Gen Z generations become increasingly influential. For more info, please visit https://njaudubon.org/coffee
A Conversation With Olivia Glenn
June 01, 2020 12:50 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBOlivia Glenn, the Director of the Parks and Forestry Division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, explains how the Garden State's natural and historic gems anchor all New Jerseyans with a sense of place and belonging. For more info, go to: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
The Atlantic Flyway
May 01, 2020 11:45 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBDr. David Mizrahi, a leading expert on migratory birds, and VP of Research and Monitoring at New Jersey Audubon, in conversation on shorebird conservation, the relationship between the Horseshoe crab and the Red knot, and the busy avian flight path that is the Atlantic Flyway. For more resources on this topic, go to https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Outside In
April 13, 2020 13:44 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBKelly Wenzel and Brendan Schaffer sit down with Eric and Mike and give us their Top Ten Tips on staying close to nature during the Coronavirus lockdown. For more info, go to: https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Children Of Nature
March 01, 2020 13:33 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBDale Rosselet sits down with Eric and Mike and tells us why reconnecting kids to nature is so vital, and why outdoor kids are the future of both our environment and our society. For more resources on this topic, go to https://njaudubon.org/coffee
For The Forest And The Trees
January 30, 2020 19:58 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBJohn Cecil joins Eric and Mike to explain why New Jersey's forests and woodlands are middle-aged, how their structure and function interact, and why they are so important to humans as well as wildlife. For more resources on this topic, go to https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Farming The Wind
December 30, 2019 15:33 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBEric and Mike discuss New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s recently announced goals for creating 7500 Megawatts of wind-generated power off the New Jersey coastline, what it means for local wildlife, as well as the concept of the Negawatt. For more info, please go to https://njaudubon.org/coffee
Canaries In The Coal Mine
November 18, 2019 22:02 - 24 minutes - 23.5 MBEric and Mike discuss the North American bird loss crisis, how New Jerseyans can help fight back, and reasons for hope. For more info, go to: https://njaudubon.org/coffee