Nature Magic
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77 Wrapping up for hibernation 2023
November 05, 2023 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.27 MBMary Bermingham wraps up the year with a short report on 2023 at The Burren Nature Sanctuary and a poem inspired by native Irish Trees. The Song of Ogham.
76 Victoria Beeler The Butterfly Lady
October 02, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBToday Mary is talking to Victoria Beeler. Victoria is a butterfly enthusiast and enjoys gardening, wildlife, nature, and learning. She and her family have helped with the Smith-Gilbert Gardens butterfly exhibit in Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S.A., and with releasing butterflies there. They have raised Monarchs—from eggs, to caterpillars, to chrysalis, and to emerging butterflies—in an outdoor butterfly garden habitat at home near Atlanta for the first time last fall and then released them into the w...
75 Lorraine Fletcher is painting foxes
September 04, 2023 07:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBToday Mary is talking to Galway based artist Lorraine Fletcher. Lorraine's wildlife-inspired prints and giftware showcase the beauty and strength in animals through colour. Her studio is based here at The Burren Nature Sanctuary where there are endless inspirational views and wildlife.The paintings are a combination of vivid colours and focus on the subject, with the grey backgrounds the focus is on the animal. Expressions and compositions are important in Lorraine’s work, with an importance ...
74 Isabella Tree is rewilding with hope
August 07, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBToday Mary is talking to Isabella Tree. Isabella is an award-winning journalist and author, and lives with her husband, the conservationist Charlie Burrell, in the middle of a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex. She is author of six non-fiction books. Her book Wilding, the story of the ambitious journey she and Charlie undertook to rewild their farm, has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide and been translated into 8 languages. It won the Richard Jefferies prize for nature writing, was...
73 Eoghan Daltun loves an Irish Atlantic Rainforest
July 03, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBToday Mary is talking to Eoghan Daltun. Eoghan is a sculpture conservator, a High Nature Value farmer and, above all, a rewilder. Originally from Dublin, since 2009 he has lived with his two sons, Liam and Seánie, on their 73-acre farm near Eyeries on the Beara Peninsula, West Cork. He released his hugely successful and award winning book late last year. An Irish Atlantic Rainforest winner of the An Post Irish Book Award winner, 2022 'The stories are absorbing, the writing charismatic and t...
72 Richard Nairn on Ireland's Wild Waters
June 05, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBToday Mary is talking to Richard Nairn. Richard is an ecologist and writer. His latest book is Wild Waters which is the third title in a trilogy which includes Wild Woods and Wild Shores. He is a lifetime naturalist who has worked as a nature reserve warden and was the first National Director of Birdwatch Ireland. He lives on a small farm in County Wicklow. Wild waters by Richard Nairn and published by Gill books is now available to purchase in book shops and online. Contact Richard Nairn a...
71 Ambrose and Brid let the tree live on
May 01, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBToday Mary is talking to Ambrose and Brid, master wood turners. We talk about the craft and the philosophy behind the creative arts. Ambrose began woodturning in 1993, he is interested in craft education His belief is that stated by W.B. Yeats “Education is not filling a pail, but lighting a fire”.His articles have been published by the former International Woodturning Centre in Philadelphia USA (now Centre for Wood Art).Ambrose believes that craft is the bridge between technology and art. H...
Episode 71 Ambrose and Brid let the tree live on
May 01, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBToday Mary is talking to Ambrose and Brid, master wood turners. We talk about the craft and the philosophy behind the creative arts. Ambrose began woodturning in 1993, he is interested in craft education His belief is that stated by W.B. Yeats “Education is not filling a pail, but lighting a fire”.His articles have been published by the former International Woodturning Centre in Philadelphia USA (now Centre for Wood Art).Ambrose believes that craft is the bridge between technology and art. H...
Episode 70 Jethro Sheen is carving a badger
April 03, 2023 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBToday Mary is talking to Jethro Sheen. Jethro runs a stone carving business, Sheenstoneworks in Gort, South county Galway. He grew up in the countryside on a mountain with stunning views out over the Burren in County Clare. As children he had a very active outdoors lifestyle that was very close to nature on a day to day basis and also with hiking, camping and caving adventures both near and far. He started working with stone at around aged 14, and at aged 22 after a few years abroad started h...
Episode 69 Emma Rushworth is creating a giant dragonfly
March 06, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBToday Mary is talking to Emma Jane Rushworth. We are very excited that Emma is in the process of making a giant dragonfly for Burren Nature Sanctuary as part of our new interpretive trail. Emma has been making wire sculptures since 2015. Her Love For Wildlife And The Great Outdoors Shines Through In Her Work. She Works Continually On Commissioned Pieces In Her Workshop In Greystones County Wicklow Ireland. She Has Worked On A Number Of Projects This Year 2021 Including A Very Special Memoria...
Episode 68 Davin Butler is building a copper orchid
February 01, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBWelcome to the 2023 season of Nature Magic. It is hard to believe we are on episode 68 and have spoken to all those incredible nature advocates. This year we are changing it up a bit, we are focusing on crafts as a medium to connect people to nature. This series was sparked from a new project that is in progress at Burren Nature Sanctuary. We obtained a Leaser grant towards some audio artworks to help interpret the biodiversity of the Burren around the walks. The three sculptures are a 7 foo...
Episode 67 Time to hibernate!
December 05, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes - 2.68 MBA thank you to all our wonderful guests this year and a Christmas gift The Song of Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats
Episode 66 Minister Malcolm Noonan's good news for nature in Ireland
November 22, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBToday Mary is talking to Minister Malcolm Noonan. He is a TD representing the Carlow Kilkenny Constituency and was appointed Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform in July 2020. First elected to Kilkenny Borough Council and Kilkenny County Council in 2004, he has served sixteen years in local government and was Mayor of Kilkenny in 2009; the first Green Party Mayor in the City’s long history. He served for a short time as Irish Delegate on the EU Committee of the Regions and C...
Episode 65 Matthew Parkinson is growing Slow Cabins
November 07, 2022 10:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBToday Mary is talking to Matthew Parkinson. Matthew is Director of Slow Cabins Ireland - a slow tourism focused accommodation start up. A Tyrone native who now calls Galway home, Slow Cabins was developed in Ireland through lockdown in conjunction with their Belgium sister business. Slow Cabins Ireland places off-grid cabins in hidden gem locations around Ireland, hoping to persuade people to take a short break here rather than flying away to far flung destinations abroad. Core to their busin...
Episode 64 Jack O Donovan Trá is fighting for Fair Seas
October 24, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBToday Mary is talking to Jack O’Donovan Trá. Jack is the Communications Officer at Fair Seas. Jack is blending the art of good comms with marine science to bring the message of ocean protection to a wide audience in an engaging and impactful way. Jack is a marine biologist by training and moved into comms and campaigns in 2018, and has since worked with many large international environmental coalitions and campaigns across Europe. Recommended books Thirty two words for field By: Manchan M...
Episode 63 L K Howells is creating Stories of Change
October 03, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBToday Mary is talking to Laura Kate (LK) Howells. LK designs and delivers environmental education programs inspired by nature, led by creativity, driven by solutions, and based on the notion that small actions done by many can make a big difference through her business Essentially Eco. This year she was 1 of 15 out of 166 applicants that received the Creative Ireland Climate Action Fund for her project Stories of Change. Stories of Change is a storytelling project that tells the tales of g...
Episode 63 L K Howells is creating stories of change
October 03, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBToday Mary is talking to Laura Kate (LK) Howells. LK designs and delivers environmental education programs inspired by nature, led by creativity, driven by solutions, and based on the notion that small actions done by many can make a big difference through her business Essentially Eco. This year she was 1 of 15 out of 166 applicants that received the Creative Ireland Climate Action Fund for her project Stories of Change. Stories of Change is a storytelling project that tells the tales of g...
Episode 62 Neil Campbell is saving seeds
September 19, 2022 07:00 - 10 minutes - 9.89 MBToday Mary is talking to Neil Campbell, an ecologist living in Galway and helping Dr Colin Kelleher from the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin with the National Native seed bank project Neil has Masters and undergraduate degrees in Botany and Plant Sciences from NUI Galway He is interested in preserving and improving biodiversity and natural habitats with an interest in native Irish plants. Contact Neil Campbell at [email protected] Contact Dr Colin Kelleher at botanicgardens...
Episode 61 Gavin Pretor-Pinney appreciates clouds
September 05, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBToday Mary is talking to Gavin Pretor-Pinney. Gavin is founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, which has over 58,000 members in 120 countries. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Cloudspotter’s Guide and Cloud Collector’s Handbook as well as A Cloud A Day. Gavin is a winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. He is a TED Global speaker with over 1.3 million views. He has presented television documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 and is a Visiting Fellow...
Episode 60 Doug Allan is talking to Belugas
August 22, 2022 08:25 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBToday Mary is talking to Doug Allan. Doug is an Award-winning natural history photographer, documentary filmmaker, diver, author and public speaker. Doug’s photographic awards include eight Emmys, five BAFTAs and five Wildscreen Pandas. In his 35 years of filming he’s been involved with more than 65 films, freelancing for the BBC, Discovery, National Geographic and others. He was principal cameraman on many prestigious award-winning programmes, making over 25 trips to the Antarctic and more...
Episode 59 Ruth Hanniffy is protecting the Pine Martin
August 08, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBRuth Hanniffy is a Conservation Biologist with Vincent Wildlife Trust. For the past 17 years, she has worked across disciplines including geomorphology, river restoration, freshwater fisheries, terrestrial mammal conservation, innovative survey techniques and the relationship between people and nature. Her current areas of research are on mustelids and bats, particularly the lesser horseshoe bat, pine marten and Irish stoat, with previous research on small mammals, water vole, otter and Euro...
Episode 59 Ruth Hanniffy is protecting the pine martin
August 08, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBRuth Hanniffy is a Conservation Biologist with Vincent Wildlife Trust. For the past 17 years, she has worked across disciplines including geomorphology, river restoration, freshwater fisheries, terrestrial mammal conservation, innovative survey techniques and the relationship between people and nature. Her current areas of research are on mustelids and bats, particularly the lesser horseshoe bat, pine marten and Irish stoat, with previous research on small mammals, water vole, otter and Euro...
Episode 58 Mary Bermingham describes The Burren Nature Sanctuary
July 25, 2022 07:30 - 7 minutes - 7.01 MBAfter various requests this week's episode is a brief description of The Burren Nature Sanctuary; it's vision and mission. Mary paints a picture of the home of Nature Magic to help people place the podcast in the landscape that it is broadcasting from. Visit the website www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie to find out more Or email Mary at [email protected]
Episode 57 Dr Stephen Newton is birdwatching in Ireland
July 11, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBToday Mary is talking to Dr Stephen Newton. senior Seabird Conservation Officer Stephen is responsible for managing the long-term conservation projects at Rockabill (Roseate Terns), Kilcoole (Little Terns) and a variety of other seabird monitoring and research initiatives, including the FAME and MarPAMM programmes which have focused on deploying loggers on seabirds to identify key feeding areas and migration strategies. Away from seabirds, Stephen has coordinated surveys of Choughs, upland bi...
Episode 56 Éanna ní Lamhna is passionate about Our Wild World
June 27, 2022 07:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBToday Mary is speaking to Éanna Ní Lamhna.Éanna is an Irish biologist, environmental consultant, radio and television presenter, author and educator. She is one of the best-known public figures in Ireland in the area of nature and the environment. Her books include Talking Wild, Wild and Wonderful and Straight Talking Wild. Her latest book Our Wild World From the birds and bees to our boglands and the ice caps is available from O Brien Press Contact Mary Bermingham at mary@burrennaturesanc...
Episode 56 Éanna ní Lamhna is passionate about our wild world
June 27, 2022 07:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBToday Mary is speaking to Éanna Ní Lamhna.Éanna is an Irish biologist, environmental consultant, radio and television presenter, author and educator. She is one of the best-known public figures in Ireland in the area of nature and the environment. Her books include Talking Wild, Wild and Wonderful and Straight Talking Wild. Her latest book Our Wild World From the birds and bees to our boglands and the ice caps is available from O Brien Press Contact Mary Bermingham at mary@burrennaturesanc...
Episode 55 The National Biodiversity Conference 2022 Act Now for Nature
June 13, 2022 07:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBToday Mary gives a brief outline of her experience at the National Biodiversity Conference in Dublin Castle that took place over two days in June 2022. Act Now For Nature https://www.biodiversityconference.ie/
Episode 54 Féidhlim Harty is simply cleaning up Ireland's water
May 30, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBFéidhlim Harty is an environmental consultant and writer. His company, FH Wetland Systems, established in 1996, offers designs and guidance on waterway repair and rewilding, eco-friendly wastewater treatment, and holistic landuse management for catchment protection and regeneration. His recent books include Towards Zero Waste and Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds. www.wetlandsystems.ie
Episode 53 Harrison Gardner is building a more sustainable Ireland
May 16, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBToday Mary is talking to Harrison Gardner. Harrison is a builder, teacher and co-founder of Common Knowledge, the non-profit social enterprise focused on sharing skills for a sustainable life. He has 15 years experience designing and managing the construction of conventional, sustainable and alternative buildings worldwide. His current focus is on facilitating the creation of community spaces whilst teaching the core construction principles and techniques needed to build more efficient, affo...
Episode 52 Janet Jones explores the equine brain
May 02, 2022 08:30 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBToday Mary is talking to Janet Jones. Janet applies brain science to the training of horses and riders. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA and taught the neuroscience of perception, language, memory, and thought for 23 years. Janet trained horses at a large stable early in her career, and later ran a successful horse training business of her own. She has schooled hundreds of green or difficult horses and competed in hunter, jumper, halter, reining, and western pleasure disciplines. Her 2020 book ...
Episode 51 John Carrig speaks up for the Barn Owl
April 18, 2022 07:45 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBToday Mary is talking to John Carrig. John set up The Barn Owl project in January 2019 to help with conservation of Barn Owls in Ireland. Johnis a published wildlife photographer and has been involved in wildlife conservation and rescue for many years. The project team consists of a number of wildlife experts covering conservation rescue and rehabilitation of Barn Owls in Ireland. Find John on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Barnowlprojectireland Or on his website at https://www.theba...
Episode 50 Elaine Butler is zeroing in on fast fashion
March 21, 2022 10:10 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBToday Mary is talking to Elaine Butler. Elaine runs the website Living Lightly in Ireland. This website is a sustainable living guide with all the information needed to live a greener life; from where to shop, to what to cook. She has been featured in the Irish Times, The Irish Independent, and on Radio 1, RTE and Virgin Media. https://livinglightlyinireland.com For second hand clothes try Depop https://www.depop.com/
Episode 49 Lisa Tully is speaking to animals
March 07, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBWelcome back to Nature Magic after our winter hibernation! Today Mary is talking to Lisa Tully. Lisa is professional animal healer & communicator She has an international practice working with all kinds of species. Lisa travelled to Mongolia to study shamanic healing for animals. During her studies she learnt to identify the root causes behind any mental, emotional, physical or spiritual challenges animal companions may be facing & she creates holistic programs to heal them. With a scien...
Episode 48 When The Bald Eagle rode the Gulf Stream to Ireland
December 13, 2021 08:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBThe nature magic podcast is taking a short break - We wish you all a very happy holidays and for the final episode of 2021 Today Mary is reading a short story that she wrote based on real life events. Thank you for all the support spreading a positive voice for nature from Ireland- See you in 2022! Contact Mary Bermingham at [email protected] Check out Burren Nature Sanctuary at www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie Support the Nature Magic Podcast at https://www.patreon.com/natur...
Episode 47 Conor Ruane is giving a voice to Irish rivers
November 29, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBToday Mary is talking to Conor Ruane. Conor is a Community Water Officer with the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) covering Galway and South Roscommon. Conor works with voluntary groups to support projects focusing on the protection of rivers, lakes, coastal, and groundwater. Conor previously worked as a freshwater ecologist carrying out ecological surveys and river restoration works. More Information on LAWPRO; https://lawaters.ie/ The Draft River Basin Management Plan; https://d...
Episode 46 (Nature Educators No 6) Nancy Striniste is designing a natural world
November 15, 2021 10:30 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBToday Mary is talking to Nancy Striniste, as part of our mini series of nature educators. Nancy has a lot of amazing advice to offer. She is Director of East Coast Programs for Green Schoolyards America; and founder and principal designer at EarlySpace. Nancy has a unique background as both a landscape designer and an early childhood educator and she has worked with schools, childcare centers, municipalities and organizations across America to create beautiful, sustainably designed natural pl...
Episode 45 We need more wildlife warriors like Matilda
November 01, 2021 00:00 - 9 minutes - 8.53 MBToday Mary is speaking to Wildlife warrior Matilda. Matilda moved from Australia to Ireland a couple of years ago. Matilda is a conservationist and activist and we became aquainted two years ago when she was running a fundraiser for wildlife aged 6 She is part of the Australian zoo wildlife warrior programme. The vision of the programme is that people, wildlife and habitat survive and prosper without being detrimental to the existence of each other. Their mission is to be the most effect...
Episode 44 Nikita Zimov is turning back time in the Arctic
October 18, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBToday Mary is talking to Nikita Zimov, director of Pleistocene park. Nikita is a Russian scientist at the cutting edge of the fight against climate change. Nikita and his father Sergey have been resurrecting an Ice Age biome since 1998. Pleistocene Park is a major initiative that includes an attempt to restore the mammoth steppe ecosystem, which was dominant in the Arctic in the late Pleistocene era. The initiative requires replacement of the current unproductive northern ecosystems by highl...
Episode 43 Professor Martin Bunzl wonders if viruses have rights
October 04, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBToday Mary is talking to Professor Martin Bunzl. Martin taught Philosophy at Rutgers University in New Jersey for 40 years Much of his work has revolved around the nature of scientific knowledge and in his new book Thinking While Walking reflections on the pacific quest trail….. He delves into difficult topics such as these. •Millions of trees along the trail are being destroyed by beetles. If we have a duty of respect to nature, why does that respect not extend to the beetles? •We have ri...
Episode 42 Joe Slattery is healing with horses
September 20, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBToday Mary is talking to Joe Slattery. Joe is an Experienced Addiction counsellor and coordinator of the NorthStar Family Support Project, a community based project in Limerick , Joe is a specialist in-dealing with issues of substance abuse with adolescents and their families. Joe is the Irish network coordinator and advanced certified in the EAGALA model of Equine Assisted Counselling and CEO of JS Equine Assisted Therapies. Joe is a public speaker/educator in the area of drug abuse...
Episode 41 Randal Plunkett 21st Baron of Dunsany is making haste slowly
September 06, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBToday Mary is talking to Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany Castle, in County Meath. The Plunkett family motto is: Make Haste Slowly and through Randal’s dedication to rewild the estate he is at the forefront of the battle to fight the biodiversity crisis. The ancient slow growing trees are the backbone to the project that leaves 750 acres to nature. A charismatic figure, Randal is a film director and movie maker and as he said himself ‘a bit of a goth’ His latest movie: The Green Sea...
Episode 40 Geeks in suits are fighting for the planet
August 23, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBToday Mary is talking to Kushal Jayakumar and Anees Ali from the Ecology department of Christ Junior College, Bangalore on their new podcast Geeks in Suits. Geeks in Suits are on a quest to unravel the journeys of experts in various fields with an enquiry on Physis-Nomos! We talk about the biodiversity crisis, species on the edge of extinction and the healing power of nature. Contact Geeks in Suits at [email protected] Contact Mary at [email protected] Check ou...
Episode 39 Dr Karen Bacon is topping up your plant awareness
August 09, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBToday Mary is talking to Dr Karen L. Bacon. Karen is a plant ecologist and palaeoecologist based in Botany & Plant Sciences at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She completed her PhD in plant palaeoecology in 2012 in University College Dublin. After spending several years in the UK, she returned to Ireland in 2019. Dr Bacon’s interests span palaeobotany to modern plant ecology and incorporates elements of plant biology, geology and chemistry. She is particularly interested in und...
Episode 38 Aga Grandowicz's remarkable disappearing animals
July 26, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBToday Mary is talking to Aga Grandowicz. Aga is a multi-award winning art director, graphic designer and wildlife illustrator. Aga studied graphic design, graphic art, fine arts and traditional photography in ASP Gdansk (Academy of Fine Arts Gdansk) and Shortly after completing her masters in 2003, with the highest honours, she set up her graphic design practice and started working for a large variety of Polish businesses. In 2006, in search of adventure and inspiration, Aga has moved to Ir...
Episode 37 Gearóid McEvoy is reforesting the nation
July 12, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBToday Mary is talking to Gearoid McEvoy, a 21-year-old Irish Wildlife Biology graduate and the founder of Reforest Nation that has just hit it's goal of planting 50,000 trees in Ireland. Burren Nature Sanctuary has partnered with Reforest nation to plant 1000 trees this Autumn. Their new goal is 1 million trees planted- listen in to the amazing story of how one young person started Reforest nation in lockdown during a global pandemic. A message from Gearóid... I have a passion for all cr...
Episode 36 Conor W O Brien and the woolly mammoth
June 28, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBToday Mary is talking to Conor W. O’Brien, author of Life in Ireland- A short history of a long time. Available to purchase at https://irishacademicpress.ie/product/life-in-ireland-a-short-history-of-a-long-time/ Conor is a wildlife writer and photographer, with a lifelong interest in the natural world. His work has been published in Ireland’s Own, Irish Wildlife magazine and Wings, the official publication of Birdwatch Ireland, in which he wrote about Ireland’s extinct birds. Conor’s fi...
Episode 36 Conor W O Brien and the Woolly Mammoth
June 28, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBToday Mary is talking to Conor W. O’Brien, author of Life in Ireland- A short history of a long time. Available to purchase at https://irishacademicpress.ie/product/life-in-ireland-a-short-history-of-a-long-time/ Conor is a wildlife writer and photographer, with a lifelong interest in the natural world. His work has been published in Ireland’s Own, Irish Wildlife magazine and Wings, the official publication of Birdwatch Ireland, in which he wrote about Ireland’s extinct birds. Conor’s fi...
Episode 35 Dr Joseph Bruchac beats a drum of hope
June 14, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBToday Mary is talking to Dr Joseph Bruchac, proud Nulhegan Abeneki citizen and respected elder of his tribe. For over forty years Joseph Bruchac has been creating literature and music that reflects his indigenous heritage and traditions. He is the author of more than 170 books for children and adults. His best selling Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children series, with its remarkable integration of science and folklore, continues to receive cri...
Dan Donoher is helping WRI build a Wildlife Hospital
May 31, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBToday Mary is talking to Dan Donoher Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland’s brand new Wildlife Hospital. Dan is amongst a group of admirable people who this year started the first Wildlife hospital in Ireland. The emergency facility is in Garlow Cross, County Meath in an adapted barn and stables. Dan worked previously at the wildlife unit in Kildare Animal Foundation. He is an advanced oiled wildlife responder and assistant Instructor on WRI wildlife courses. He is WRI Rehabi...
Episode 34 Dan Donoher is helping WRI build a Wildlife Hospital
May 31, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBToday Mary is talking to Dan Donoher Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland’s brand new Wildlife Hospital. Dan is amongst a group of admirable people who this year started the first Wildlife hospital in Ireland. The emergency facility is in Garlow Cross, County Meath in an adapted barn and stables. Dan worked previously at the wildlife unit in Kildare Animal Foundation. He is an advanced oiled wildlife responder and assistant Instructor on WRI wildlife courses. He is WRI Rehabi...