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Episode 152: Free writing

Journaling With Nature - April 22, 2024 02:10 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Free writing is a technique where we write continuously for a period of time, without censorship or judgment. It can help us connect with our natural surroundings as well as our inner landscape, and can bring clarity, insight and a sense of calm. ----------------- Sign-up for Journaling With N...

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Giving a Voice to North Atlantic Right Whales with Bonnie Monteleone, Ep. 75

Forces for Nature - April 21, 2024 18:00 - 46 minutes
Bonnie Monteleone is the Founder & Director of Science, Research, and Academic Partnerships of the Plastic Ocean Project (POP) whose mission is finding science-based solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis.   In 2019, she was working on a documentary about the North Atlantic Ocean. How...

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Episode 151: Anastasiia Morozova – Natura Illustrata

Journaling With Nature - April 14, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Anastasiia is a watercolour artist, creative mentor, and digital nomad, sharing her travel sketchbook and adventures. Through her courses and online community, Anastasiia helps other artists follow their own creative paths. Listen to hear more about: The classical art training Anastasiia recei...

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Small but Fierce Eastern Screech Owls

Walkin' on the Wild Side - April 14, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes
Gabrielle is back in the podcast chair and this time, we're talking about my favorite owl, the Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio).   These little owls may be small, but they are fierce and formidable predators that keep our rodent and insect population in check!  Join us on our back porch "pod...

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Episode 150: Make a collection

Journaling With Nature - April 07, 2024 23:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Creating a collection of objects on a nature journal page can help us notice differences and similarities between things within a particular category. It can also be a wonderful way to capture memories of our time spent in nature. I invite you to start a collection of objects or observations an...

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The Carolina Pleistocene - The Age of Mega Mammals with Dr. Steve Fields

Walkin' on the Wild Side - April 01, 2024 12:00 - 32 minutes
Well, with Gabrielle traveling, I had to do this podcast on my own, but I'm not flying solo, I have a special guest!  Join Dr. Steve Fields and I on location from the Museum of York County for a fabulous exhibit and discussion about the Pleistocene Epoch in the Carolinas.  It's hard to believe t...

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Shaping the Future of Climate Education and Empowerment with Bryce Coon, Ep. 74

Forces for Nature - April 01, 2024 07:00 - 24 minutes
In a time where our planet's health is at the forefront of global discussions, understanding the intricacies of climate change is not just beneficial; it's imperative. Bryce Coon is the Director of Education Initiatives at Earthday.org and a passionate advocate for embedding climate literacy wit...

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Episode 149: Leandra Taylor – Finding your personal summit

Journaling With Nature - March 31, 2024 23:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Leandra is an artist, environmental scientist, and educator. Through her work she invites others to connect with the joy and wonder that can be found in the outdoors. Listen to hear more about: The experience of monitoring whooping crane data and how that unlocked Leandra’s love of birdwatchin...

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Maria Coryell-Martin, Expeditionary Art and Art Toolkit

TALATERRA - March 29, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Maria Coryell-Martin is an expeditionary artist. That’s right. Expeditionary, as in expeditions. What type of imagery does this bring up? If you imagine an artist traveling with a scientist or an explorer, you are imagining things correctly. This episode originally aired in 2019. Back then, M...

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Episode 148: Colour hunt

Journaling With Nature - March 24, 2024 23:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Let’s go on a colour hunt! Take a small handful of colour pencils and head outside. See if you can find these colours around you in nature. When you find something that matches one of the colours you chose, sketch that object in your journal using the pencil.  ----------------- Sign-up for Jou...

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The Fantastic Frozen Frog

Walkin' on the Wild Side - March 15, 2024 12:00 - 24 minutes
We're back!  After a little "hiatus" due to technical issues (love today's technology), we're kicking off 2024 with a new podcast on the fantastic frozen frog.  Wood frogs are small little frogs with some incredible adaptations to allow them a competitive advantage, such as explosive breeding, e...

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Creating Future Stewards of Our Planet with School Gardens with Ciara Byrne, Ep.73

Forces for Nature - March 11, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes
Our disconnection from nature has never been greater and this is resulting in not only a crisis for our planet but for our own well-being too. Ciara Byrne, the founder of Green Our Planet, has been using school gardens to help bridge this disconnect. Through her organization, these green spaces ...

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Creating Future Stewards of Our Planet with School Gardens with Ciara Bryne, Ep.73

Forces for Nature - March 11, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes
Our disconnection from nature has never been greater and this is resulting in not only a crisis for our planet but for our own well-being too. Ciara Byrne, the founder of Green Our Planet, has been using school gardens to help bridge this disconnect. Through her organization, these green spaces ...

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Episode 147: Lily Urmann – Biomimicry and place-based learning

Journaling With Nature - March 10, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Lily is an educator specialising in the field of biomimicry. Through curiosity and attention, joy and humour, Lily guides others to see the wonders of nature around us. Listen to hear more about: What biomimicry is and how it can be used to find solutions to our biggest design questions. How ...

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Wendy Nadherny Fachon, Story Walking

TALATERRA - March 08, 2024 23:36 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Wendy Nadherny Fachon is an author, journalist, podcast host and environmental educator. Her work is published by Natural Awakenings Magazine, Sustainable Living News, and Dreamvisions 7 Radio. After working many years in the healthcare industry, Wendy left her position to focus on children's h...

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Ep. 27: Storytelling in the science classroom

Ask Matt - NGSS science education advice from an expert - March 08, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
In this episode, Eugene and Matt talk about storytelling and the value that stories bring to learning and in particular, learning science. They relate to their own experiences using storytelling, describe some of the latest research, and offer tips for how teachers can bring stories and storytel...

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Gloria Desanker, Map Nerd Consulting Mapping Untold Stories

TALATERRA - February 23, 2024 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Today, we get to learn from Gloria Desanker, geospatial storyteller, founder, and Principal Consultant at Map Nerd Consulting. More About Gloria My name is Gloria Desanker, and I founded Map Nerd Consulting so that I could work as a Geospatial Storyteller to help others unlock the power of loc...

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Episode 146: Journal for healing

Journaling With Nature - February 18, 2024 23:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Nature journaling can be a way to take a break from our busy lives, calm the nervous system, and facilitate healing for the body and mind. Take some time to nature journal for the sole purpose of allowing yourself to rest and heal. I would love to hear about your experiences with nature journal...

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Finding the Magic in Our Young Changemakers with T. A. Barron, Ep.72

Forces for Nature - February 18, 2024 17:00 - 35 minutes
There's magic in nature and all of us. T. A. Barron integrates this belief into his life as a bestselling author, conservationist, and host of the Magic & Mountains podcast. But, it's his work honoring young changemakers with the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, that really proves this noti...

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Episode 145: Jennifer Duval-Smith – Nature, creativity and connection

Journaling With Nature - February 12, 2024 13:06 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
After a career in the corporate world, Jennifer underwent a significant life transformation by transitioning to a career as a botanical artist and educator. This shift aligned with her values around nature, creativity, and connection. Listen to hear more about: The New Zealand landscape and wh...

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Tom Rhoads, Exploring the Intersection of Environmental Education and Economics

TALATERRA - February 09, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In this episode, we get to learn from Dr. Tom Rhoads, an economist and professor at Towson University. Dr. Rhoads shares his transition from sports economics to environmental economics and his research integrating economics into environmental education. Dr. Rhoads explains that his interest in...

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Defending our Health from Plastic Contamination with Dr. Roopa Krithivasan, Ep. 71

Forces for Nature - January 29, 2024 09:00 - 25 minutes
We all know that plastics have become a problem, but there's even more to it than the litter you see thrown on the ground. Dr. Roopa Krithivasan is the Director of Research for Defend Our Health, an environmental health and justice organization. They recently released a report titled Hidden Haza...

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Episode 144: Daily weather log

Journaling With Nature - January 28, 2024 23:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Keeping track of the weather can help us be more aware of, and connected with, our surroundings. Let’s create a daily weather log for one week (or longer), noting down variables relevant to our area, like precipitation, temperature, humidity, and wind speed.   What do you notice about the weath...

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Experiential Interpretive Design - Environmental Education and the Institute for Earth Education

TALATERRA - January 26, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, and Mike Mayer, co-founders of Experiential Interpretive Design, a coaching company they founded to help individuals, organizations, and sites develop the interpretive experiences they provide. In this episode, we learned abou...

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Experiential Interpretive Design - Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, Mike Mayer

TALATERRA - January 22, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In this episode, we meet the co-founders of Experiential Interpretive Design (EID) -- Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, and Mike Mayer. Collectively, they have many years of experience in interpretation and experience design and bring to EID the experience they gained from various roles in tourism, p...

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Episode 143: Desmond Bovey – Coming home to the landscape

Journaling With Nature - January 21, 2024 23:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
After spending 30 years in France, artist Desmond Bovey returned to New Zealand and the landscape of his childhood. With attention and curiosity, Desmond used sketching nature as a way to truly come home. Listen to hear more about: The travel adventures that eventually led Desmond to spend 30 ...

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Episode 142: Sketch your pet

Journaling With Nature - January 21, 2024 22:38 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Our pets are a little piece of nature inside our home, and they make wonderful subjects for a nature journal page. You can sketch them while they are sleeping, playing, eating, or having a snuggle. I would love to hear stories about your pets and see your pet sketches. You can leave a message b...

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Episode 141: Jenni Meek – The architecture of nature

Journaling With Nature - January 21, 2024 22:21 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Jenni is an artist from Samford, Queensland. She enjoys exploring the architecture of nature by playing with shapes and forms in her cyanotypes and acrylic paintings. Listen to hear more about: The various mediums that Jenni has explored in her art. The Samford & Surrounds Arts Trail & Open S...

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Unveiling the Shocking Secrets of Pesticides with Elizabeth Hilborn, Ep70

Forces for Nature - January 07, 2024 13:00 - 42 minutes
First, the tadpoles and frogs disappeared; then the bats and the songbirds left. Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn, a honey bee veterinarian and environmental health scientist, soon realized the bees—the vital pollinators of fruits, plants, and vegetables—were dying. Everything went still and silent. In 201...

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Janice Kelley, Nature Detectives at Home

TALATERRA - January 05, 2024 15:38 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Janice Kelley is the founder and program director for Nature Detectives, where children in kindergarten through third grade discover the mysteries of the outdoor world on their school campus, at home, at a park, and in their neighborhood. She is the author of several publications, and when she ...

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