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Author Cheryl Leutjen - Love Earth Now

Nature Connection Radio - April 26, 2024 23:00 - 55 minutes
This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Nature Connection" Podcast features Cheryl Leutjen, author of "Love Earth Now: The Power of Doing One Thing Every Day." As a geologist, environmental law attorney, spiritual practitioner and, most importantly, devoted mother, Cheryl understands that most peopl...

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Author Aaron Arsenault - The Climate Diaries

Nature Connection Radio - April 23, 2024 02:02 - 29 minutes
After working in the climate-tech industry for the past fifteen years, debut author Aaron Arsenault is excited to inspire readers ages 9-12 to combat climate change. On this episode of Big Blend Radio, he discusses his climate fiction novel, “The Climate Diaries, Book One: The Academy” (Borrowed...

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Remaining Time 29:49 1x Playback Rate Author Aaron Arsenault - The Climate Diaries

Nature Connection Radio - April 23, 2024 02:02 - 29 minutes
After working in the climate-tech industry for the past fifteen years, debut author Aaron Arsenault is excited to inspire readers ages 9-12 to combat climate change. On this episode of Big Blend Radio, he discusses his climate fiction novel, “The Climate Diaries, Book One: The Academy” (Borrowed...

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Soul Journey Doula - Earth-Friendly Memorials and Burials

Nature Connection Radio - April 18, 2024 23:00 - 35 minutes
This episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani focuses on earth-friendly memorials and burials. Featured guest is Alethea Valley, General Manager of the Point Arena Forest for Better Place Forests.   Better Place Forests offers a sustainable memoria...

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Unilever as B Corp - Why and what’s changed?

This Climate Business - April 16, 2024 22:00 - 38 minutes
Two years ago Unilever Australia-NZ became a B Corp. It was the first really large corporate, with household brands Surf and Persil, to join a scheme that’s been home to environmental hero brands such as EcoStore.  Why did Unilever join? What did they discover in the process? And what impact has...

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Christy Wood - Understanding Horse Behavior

Nature Connection Radio - April 13, 2024 23:00 - 32 minutes
From training and setting boundaries to observing body language and building a relationship with your horse, this episode of Big Blend Radio's "ABC's of Horses" equestrian podcast with Christy Wood is all about HORSE BEHAVIOR.   Christy Wood is a World Champion horse trainer, also exhibiting i...

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Climate Change Activism heads to the courts – Nick Chapman, Simpson Grierson

This Climate Business - April 09, 2024 21:30 - 23 minutes
Climate change activism is everywhere: in politics, in business, on the streets and, increasingly, in the courts. Simpson Grierson’s Nick Chapman tells Ross Inglis what’s driving the movement towards climate change litigation and just where might it take us.

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Parks & Outdoor Experiences in California's Sequoia Country

Nature Connection Radio - April 04, 2024 23:00 - 32 minutes
In time to plan for National Park Week (April 20-28), Earth Day (April 22), Junior Park Ranger Day (April 27), and Kids to Parks Day (May 18), this episode of Big Blend Radio's "California Sequoia Country" Podcast focuses on park and outdoor experiences in Tulare County. Hear about the region's ...

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Parks & Outdoor Experiences in California’s Sequoia Country

Nature Connection Radio - April 04, 2024 23:00 - 32 minutes
In time to plan for National Park Week (April 20-28), Earth Day (April 22), Junior Park Ranger Day (April 27), and Kids to Parks Day (May 18), this episode of Big Blend Radio's "California Sequoia Country" Podcast focuses on park and outdoor experiences in Tulare County. Hear about the region's ...

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Sharon K. Kurtz - Nature Adventures in Port Aransas, Texas

Nature Connection Radio - April 03, 2024 17:00 - 33 minutes
Celebrate National Wildlife Week with this inaugural episode of Big Blend Radio's WANDER THE WORLD WITH SHARON podcast with Sharon K. Kurtz, who shares her experiences at the annual Whooping Crane Festival in Port Aransas, Texas.   Nestled between Mustang Island and the Corpus Christi Ship Cha...

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Electric Homes - Mike Casey, Rewiring Aotearoa

This Climate Business - March 27, 2024 06:30 - 46 minutes
Mike Casey is the CEO of Rewiring Aoteraoa, part of an international movement to accelerate the shift to a renewable, electric-powered economy. Rewiring’s first report is all about the electric home - think rooftop solar, heat pumps, EVs and so on. But Mike is also a horticulturist and a passion...

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Disinformation exposed – Byron Clark and Mandy Henk

This Climate Business - March 25, 2024 04:00 - 40 minutes
Whether it’s swallowing bleach to treat Covid or casting climate change as a Chinese conspiracy, disinformation takes nutty ideas from fringes and mainstreams them into our popular discourse. At best, it's hilarious - seen how windmills kill dolphins anyone? But mostly it's just sad and sometime...

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Jennifer McGuiness - Bird-Friendly Gardening

Nature Connection Radio - March 22, 2024 23:00 - 44 minutes
Jennifer McGuinness joins Big Blend Radio's "Nature Connection" and "Garden Gossip" podcasts to discuss her latest book, "Bird-Friendly Gardening: Guidance and Projects for Supporting Birds in Your Landscape." Releasing in April 2024 through Cool Springs Press, and available on pre-order, it's t...

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The Magic of Mentoring with Henry Cooper & Matt Bowler

Take me to the River - March 13, 2024 23:00 - 38 minutes
Siwan talks with Henry Cooper, Project Officer for Land and Catchment Health at the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, and Matt Bowler, Manager of Project Delivery at the West Gippsland CMA about their experience as mentee and mentor, respectively, in the Waterway Management Emerging Le...

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A Sustainable Commute at a Discount – Connor Read, Workride

This Climate Business - March 12, 2024 04:15 - 15 minutes
If you’ve wanted to get yourself a discounted bicycle or scooter under something like the UK’s Cycle to Work Scheme, here’s the good news: you can. Ōtautahi Christchurch-based WorkRide now offers a national ride-to-work scheme that uses a Fringe Benefit Tax exemption to slice up to 63 percent of...

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Experience the Spring Wildflowers in Sunny Palm Springs

Nature Connection Radio - February 24, 2024 20:00 - 45 minutes
The spring desert wildflower season has begun! This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Saturday “Palm Springs Sunshine Stays” Show features Kimberli Munkres who represents Palm Springs Preferred Small Hotels. Hear all about the spring wildflower season including where and how to witness the beauty...

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Nature Tripping in Florida and Coastal Mississippi

Nature Connection Radio - February 24, 2024 00:59 - 1 hour
Welcome to Part Four of our 4-Part Big Blend Radio NATURE CONNECTION Podcast series focusing on Nature Destinations Around the World and Across America.   This episode covers Nature Destinations in Coastal Mississippi and Florida: - LISA EVANS - travel writer and photographer, and author of "...

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Nature Adventures in North and South Carolina

Nature Connection Radio - February 23, 2024 23:00 - 31 minutes
Welcome to Part Three of our 4-Part Big Blend Radio NATURE CONNECTION Podcast series focusing on Nature Destinations Around the World and Across America. This episode covers Nature Destinations in North & South Carolina: - NORTH CAROLINA: Steve & Karen Wilson, owners of The Lion and the Rose ...

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Nature Connection Destinations - Ecuador to Vermont

Nature Connection Radio - February 23, 2024 22:00 - 43 minutes
Welcome to Part Two of our 4-Part Big Blend Radio NATURE CONNECTION Podcast series focusing on Nature Destinations Around the World and Across America. ON THIS EPISODE: - LINDA BALLOU, award-winning travel writer and author, talks about her experience at Sacha Lodge in Ecuador as well as the ...

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Margot Carrera - Communing with Nature in Sacred Spaces

Nature Connection Radio - February 23, 2024 21:00 - 58 minutes
Welcome to Part One of our 4-Part Big Blend Radio NATURE CONNECTION Podcast series focusing on Nature Destinations Around the World and Across America. This episode features fine art nature photographer and co-host Margot Carrera who discusses sacred spaces in nature, and how we can energeticall...

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How to change carbon behaviour, big time - Ben Gleisner, Cogo

This Climate Business - February 21, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutes
The conscious consumer movement has an impact but it’s still small - a minority of people choose to change their behaviour. Imagine if you could make your carbon footprint your bank's problem. Imagine these large institutions, with millions of customers and insights into their spending, worry ab...

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Steve & Karen Wilson - Wonderful World of Whales

Nature Connection Radio - February 18, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes
In honor of World Whale Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Show features global travelers and innkeepers Steve & Karen Wilson who talk about their whale watching experiences in North America and around the world from Washington State, Cape Cod, and Hawaii, to Tonga, Canada, S...

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Big Daily Blend - Protecting Pangolins

Nature Connection Radio - February 17, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes
In honor of World Pangolin Day, observed every third Saturday of February, this episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast focuses on the characteristics of Pangolins, why they have become the most trafficked mammal in the world, and the wirldlife conservation organizations that are wo...

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Senator David Pocock: Being part of a larger story

Take me to the River - February 13, 2024 23:00 - 32 minutes
On a crisp Friday morning by the banks of the Cotter river in January 2024, Siwan sat down with Senator David Pocock, the ACT's first independent senator and environmental advocate, to discuss what drives him and what he cares about; his journey towards and inside the world of politics and gover...

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Saving Habitat for Monarch Butterflies

Nature Connection Radio - February 05, 2024 18:10 - 44 minutes
This episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast celebrates National Western Monarch Butterfly Day by focusing on habitat conservation for these beautiful migratory pollinators! Hear some interesting facts about the Monarch Migration, plus a Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" interview fr...

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Artist Diana Miller in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Nature Connection Radio - February 03, 2024 00:00 - 18 minutes
This episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Friday "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show features artist Diana Miller, the latest National Parks Arts Foundation artist-in-residence at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Diana lives on the island of Hawai’i near Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, combining her p...

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Artist Diana Miller in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

Nature Connection Radio - February 03, 2024 00:00 - 18 minutes
This episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Friday "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show features artist Diana Miller, the latest National Parks Arts Foundation artist-in-residence at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Diana lives on the island of Hawai’i near Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, combining her p...

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Lowell E. Baier - Endangered Species Act

Nature Connection Radio - January 27, 2024 00:00 - 55 minutes
This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Nature Connection" Show features legal and environmental historian, author, and attorney Lowell E. Baier. Hear about the history and importance of the Endangered Species Act as well as his two related books The Codex of the "Endangered Species Act: Volume 1, Th...

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Christy Wood and Linda Ballou - Books for Horse Lovers

Nature Connection Radio - January 26, 2024 16:24 - 40 minutes
This episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast is all about Books for Horse Lovers. FEATURED GUESTS: * CHRISTY WOOD is a world champion horse trainer also exhibiting in jumping and trail, a winner in extreme trail obstacle challenges, a carded horse show judge with 7 breed associati...

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Big Daily Blend - For the Love of Squirrels

Nature Connection Radio - January 21, 2024 15:45 - 13 minutes
From Africa and Asia to North America, this episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND podcast celebrates National Squirrel Appreciation Day (Every January 21st) with some fun facts about squirrels and their small rodent families. SONG OF THE DAY: Ray Stevens, "The Mississippi Squirrel Reviv...