Episodes

  • Today we get to learn from Kalliopi Monoyios, visual science communicator and lead author of "Visuals as a Catalyst for Climate Science Communication," a chapter in the book "Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions" (Springer Nature, 2024).

    In this episode, Kalliopi and I discuss the value of visuals in climate change communication. We discuss what effective visuals look like and also talk about creating culturally relevant and sensitive information. Kalliopi shares how someone can become a visual science communicator and what a collaborative project between a visual science communicator and a client might look like.

    LINKS

    Kalliopi Monoyios website

    Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

    Visuals as a Catalyst for Climate Communication (Open Access)

    Kirsten Carlson | Fathom iT Studios

    Taina Litwak

    Fiona Martin | Visualizing Science

    Your Inner Fish (book)

    Your Inner Fish (PBS video)

    Association of Medical Illustrators

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    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • A conversation with Emily Coren and Hua (Helen) Wang, editors of Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions (Springer Nature, 2024). They collaborated with 44 authors to create a resource addressing many forms of climate communication.

    Each of the book chapters addresses a specific type of storytelling. You’ll find chapters about entertainment education, locally-driven narratives, youth engagement, Hollywood, climate fiction, music, news reporting, geospatial tools, interactive storytelling, mental health, and telling stories through food. There is also a chapter about using visuals as a catalyst for climate science communication.

    Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions is an open-access title. You can download the entire book or individual chapters for free.

    LINKS

    Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions (Download)

    Publications by Emily Coren

    Contact Emily Coren

    Helen Wang, University of Buffalo

    Entertainment-Education Behind the Scenes - Case Studies for Theory and Practice (Download)

    Emily Coren: Science communicator, author, and affiliate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. (Read Bio)

    Hua Wang: Professor of Communication at the University of Buffalo, New York. Communication scientist whose specialties are health promotion, behavior change, and social justice. (Full Bio)

    Episode Art: Photo by Naoram Sea on Unsplash

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

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  • Introducing a new feature to the podcast. This new feature is called INSIGHT. With each episode we’ll explore some aspect of freelancing and how it intersects with the environmental awareness work being done by independent professionals worldwide. In this first episode, we consider seven types of freelancing as described by Nikita Tambe, a contributor to Forbes magazine. Which type of freelancing best describes you?

    Let’s talk. I am inviting people to 1:1 conversations to learn more about them and their experiences freelancing. Join me here.

    LINKS

    The Freelance Project Portfolio

    What is freelancing and how does it work? (Nikita Tambe)

    (Photo in episode art by Annie Spratt on Unsplash)

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • 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, Maria took a few moments to speak with me while she was packing for her trip to meet a scientist in Alaska.

    In this episode, we discuss Maria’s journey from student to artist, how she has sustained herself as a working artist, and the three questions she answers before taking on new projects.

    Plus, I have exciting updates to share. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Maria.

    LINKS

    Learn more about Maria’s current project in the post Witnessing Climate Change.View the exhibition and other news about Maria's trip to Alaska.Expeditionary Art (Maria’s website)Maria talks about her work in this presentation for Girls Can Do.Maria shares how she introduces nature journaling to kids.See the Art Toolkit's new store!Follow Maria on Instagram at @expeditionaryart and @arttoolkit.

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • 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 health and wellness issues. She developed an afterschool walking program, which gave rise to her radio show, the Story Walking Radio Hour.

    How did Wendy develop her afterschool program?

    What is her radio show about?

    How does she approach partnership building, which has been critical to her success?

    Let's find out.

    LINKS

    Story Walking Radio Hour

    Listen to the latest episode

    Story Walking Website

    Story Walking Radio Hour Facebook group

    Nature Drawing Program

    The Empowerment Factory's Trash to Treasures Short Video (YouTube)

    Contact Wendy

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • 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 location-based insights. My services are designed to uplift community stories, especially communities of color. I offer tailored GIS solutions, visually appealing cartographic design, social media and marketing support, and storytelling guidance so that you can ensure your stories and experiences are authentically portrayed.

    As a Black woman in the GIS, forestry, environmental science, and environmental education fields/sectors, I experience firsthand the lack of acknowledgment and representation these fields have of Black and brown successes, accomplishments, and feats. That is why I strive to change the white-dominant narrative of how data should be used, why data should be used, and how to use data and GIS to share an accurate representation of people of color in the U.S.

    I take my clients through the full arc of mapping their story: story development, data collection and management, cartography and spatial analysis, graphic design and creation, and communications through Story Maps, infographic and report creation, or social media marketing. Data is only meaningful if a story is attached to it and we at Map Nerd Consulting believe there is a story in every map.

    This past year, I joined the 2023 Cohort of the NAAEE CEE-Change Fellows where I am partnering with NorthStar of GIS whose mission is to advance intersectional racial justice, equity, and belonging in GIS, geography, and STEM. Together, we are developing GIS curriculum and training materials specifically for and by Black people and the Black African diaspora to change the narrative on how Black people and communities are portrayed in the context of climate change.

    Map Nerd Consulting

    View Map Nerd Consulting's Linktree

    Schedule a call with Gloria at https://calendly.com/mapnerd

    Mercator Projection

    How Maps Distort Our Perception of the World

    Gloria’s Community Action Project with NAAEE CEE-Change Fellowship

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • 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 environmental education began about five years ago when he noticed a shift in the demographics of his class, with more environmental science and studies majors than economics majors. This led him to change his approach to teaching environmental economics, focusing more on the environment and finding the economics within it.

    LINKS

    Tom Rhoads, Towson University

    Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac*

    Rachel Carson, Silent Spring*

    The Leopold Writing Program

    Working Paper - Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2023 Conference | Thinking like an economist while reading the land: Using reading quizzes to show environmental studies and sciences and economics intersecting in Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac; Working paper

    Presentation Slides - North American Association for Environmental Education, 2023 Conference | Costs, Benefits, and Environmental Action; Presentation slides

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • 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 about the founders, their respective specialties, and why they founded EID.

    Today is part 2 of this conversation. In this episode, I sit down with Mike Mayer to discuss his specialty (environmental education) and to learn more about the environmental program that inspires what he, Bill, and Lars do at EID.

    We begin this episode by learning more about the Institute for Earth Education. Some of this may sound familiar because I included a short segment in Part 1. Don’t let this distract you because you’ll hear something a bit different before Mike walks us through an example of the type of programming offered by the Institute.

    In this conversation, Mike and I also discuss creating holistic experiences in free-choice settings, the AMORE framework developed by Steve Van Matre, interpreting global topics across cultures, and what might change the status quo in environmental education.

    LINKS

    Experiential Interpretive Design

    Institute for Earth Education

    Interpretive Design and the Dance of Experience (2009)

    Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, College of Education at the University of Arizona

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • 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, planning, heritage interpretation, environmental education, and coaching. We learn about the founders, why they started EID Coaching, and discuss what is working in the field of interpretation and what is not working. This is the first installment of a two-part episode.

    In Part 2 of this episode, I sit down with Mike Mayer to learn more about the environmental education program that inspires the work he, Bill, and Lars do at EID.

    LINKS

    Experiential Interpretive Design

    Métis Crossing

    Steve Van Matre

    John Ververke

    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SHARED BY THE EID TEAM

    Lars Wohlers’ bilingual website about digital evaluation (Visitor Studies)

    Expecting Company? Preparing your site for Ag-Tourism! (youtube.com)

    Sharing Great Ways to Greet the Guests (Part 1)

    Sharing Great Ways to Greet the Guests (Part 2)

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • 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 was here before, we spoke about her book "Mornings on Fair Oaks Bridge: Watching Wildlife at the Lower American River." Today, we’re talking about a book she wrote for parents, grandparents, and family friends called "Nature Detectives at Home."

    LINKS

    Nature Detectives website

    Nature Detectives at Home

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    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Roots of Success (RoS) is an empowering environmental literacy and job training program that prepares youth and adults with significant barriers to employment to access jobs and career pathways in environmental fields and to improve environmental and social conditions in their communities. The program is centered around a federally registered Department of Labor Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship program and 10-module course. We prepare individuals for 70 jobs and 111 career pathways in environmental and STEM fields.

    Roots of Success is offered in job training programs, reentry programs, prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, high schools, youth programs, adult schools and other workforce and education settings throughout the United States. Since 2009, the program has been offered in over 600 programs in 40 states and over 26,000 youth and adults have gone through the program; more than 12,000 youth and adults took the course while incarcerated. The Roots of Success course is composed of 10 modules:

    1) Fundamentals of Environmental Literacy

    2) Water

    3) Waste

    4) Transportation

    5) Energy

    6) Building

    7) Health, Food & Agriculture

    8) Community Organizing & Leadership

    9) Financial Literacy & Social Entrepreneurship

    10) Application & Practice

    The program strengthens academic, professional, financial, social entrepreneurship, and advocacy skills. The teaching approach encourages students to use their lived experiences as the foundation upon which to build further knowledge and skills, deepen their understanding of environmental problems and solutions, and access jobs in environmental fields.

    Graduates earn an “Environmental Specialist” Pre-Apprenticeship credential and are prepared to access 50 jobs and 111 career pathways in the water, waste, transportation, energy, building, food, open space, and environmental advocacy sectors. Detailed information about each of these jobs and career pathways is provided in a two volume Green Jobs and Career Pathways Guidebook that is included in the teaching materials used by instructors who teach the Roots of Success course.

    Roots of Success graduates have a high employment rate, are working in a wide range of fields, and are addressing environmental challenges and injustices through advocacy and policy efforts. A study conducted with community-based program partners that used Roots of Success for at least two years found that among 1,200 graduates 98% felt they were better prepared for job interviews, 75% found employment within 3 months, and 70% remained employed 6 months later.

    In prisons, the Roots of Success program is usually taught by incarcerated men and women who are paid full time to teach the course to their peers and can also be taught by staff. Many Roots of Success instructors are serving long and life sentences and working with the Roots of Success program gives these men and women an opportunity to help others. The data we have collected for over a decade shows that participants who go through the Roots of Success course while incarcerated are finding stable, living wage employment opportunities when they return to the community and have very low recidivism rates.
    Roots of Success is the leading resource for education and workforce programs across the country that strive to prepare youth and adults with barriers to employment for careers in environmental sectors and empower them to improve conditions in their communities. The program is easy to implement, cost effective, highly impactful, and provides graduates with industry recognized credentials that are highly valued by employers.

    To learn more about the Roots of Success program, go to rootsofsuccess.org or email us at [email protected]

    Download a one-page overview

    Download a short brochure

    Download the 10-year report

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Today it is my pleasure to introduce you to Jerry Willenbring.

    Jerry is a community organizer, teacher, and guide. He is also a physicist and an electrical engineer who has taken on electrifying California.

    Literally.

    In 2020, Jerry formed Electrify California, a nonprofit committed to providing education and resources to guide the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. When Jerry and I met we talked about why he started Electrify California, who he created it for, and how he engages with the public and supports them as they explore what’s possible while living an electrified life.

    LINKS

    ElectrifyNow.org

    Inflation Reduction Act

    Inflation Reduction Act Rebates and Tax Credits (MarketWatch)

    CA Climate Action Rebates

    Exxon scientists predicted global warming with ‘shocking skill and accuracy,’ Harvard researchers say.

    The Climate Exxon Memo (1982) (The Carbon Almanac)

    Microgrid Community in Menifee, CA

    More about heat pumps and property value (Center for Global Sustainability, University of Maryland)

    The Carbon Almanac

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Erin Majeske is a mother, wife, dreamer, kitchen experimenter, wannabe gardener, nature explorer, and founder of Barefeet Farm School. When she's not in the outdoor classroom with preschoolers, she loves to enjoy the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her family and make as much music as possible.

    In this episode, Erin shares how the need for a summer job led to her opening Barefeet Farm School. She shares her successes, challenges, and what she has learned to improve.

    Topics discussed include licensing, consulting, working with parents, and building community partnerships.

    LINKS

    Barefeet Farm School

    Explore starting your own preschool

    Instagram (@barefeetfarmschool)

    Loving Space School

    Washington State is First to License Outdoor Preschools

    Natural Start

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Today we get to learn again from Dr. Brad McLain.

    You might remember my conversation with Dr. McLain about identity theory and the professional identities of informal science educators.

    In this episode, we pick up the conversation where we left it and talk about Dr. McLain’s new book called Designing Transformative Experiences.

    In his book, Dr. McLain leads experience designers through the methodology he developed through years of working with employees, students, corporations, museums, and nonprofit organizations like Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots.

    While you may recognize a transformative experience when you have one, do you know how to create one for the people you serve?

    LINKS

    Designing Transformative Experiences: A Toolkit for Leaders, Trainers, Teachers, and Other Experience Designers (book)

    Designing Transformative Experiences (website)

    Ep98: Brad McLain, Identity of Informal Science Educators

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Saurabh Mithal is a teacher, independent professional, and the founder of Passionately Curious, a community for solopreneurs. I invited Saurabh to talk about his experience working with freelancers. In this episode, Saurabh shares how he helps independent professionals establish their businesses, and how he helps them manage self-doubt, procrastination, and distractions.

    LINKS

    PassionatelyCurious.in

    The Passionately Curious podcast

    Saurabh on LinkedIn

    Designing Your Life

    Creativity Inc.

    Creative Confidence

    The Practice

    War of Art

    This is Marketing

    The Art of Possibility

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • My guest today is Jeffrey H. Ryan. Jeffrey is the author of Appalachian Odyssey and Blazing Ahead in his latest book, This Land Was Saved for You and Me.

    Jeffrey introduces us to seven people who were key to forming and preserving America's public lands. Jeffrey tells how these individuals influenced and worked with each other and who they met during their careers.

    He writes about the contributions made by Frederick Law Olmsted, Gifford Pinchot, Benton Mackaye, Theodore Roosevelt, Bob Marshall, Aldo Leopold, and Howard Zahniser.

    Let's join the conversation.

    LINKS

    Jeffrey H. Ryan

    Books by Jeffrey Ryan

    Voices of the Wilderness

    Wilderness Society

    National Association for Interpretation

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Today my guests are Dan Kriesberg and Camille Simone Edwards, founders of Diversity Education in Nature.

    Dan and Camille’s unique approach to diversity education occur through the lens of ecological concepts and pairs outdoor experiences with conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

    They reach beyond the field of environmental education and lead workshops for students, educators, parents, and caregivers. They have also developed a program for corporate settings and look forward to working with decision-makers at organizations large and small.

    In this episode, we discuss the structure of their programs, radical empathy, consuming DEI as a “product,” and healing in communities.

    Let’s join the conversation.

    LINKS

    Diversity Education in Nature (DEIN)

    Contact Dan or Camille at [email protected]

    Earth Wisdom, Dan Kriesberg’s website

    Camille Simone Consulting

    An Invitation to a Brave Space

    Terri Givens, Radical Empathy

    Subscribe to The Trail newsletter

    View past issue of The Trail

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Today our guest is Michael Hawk.

    Michael is the founder of Jumpstart Nature and the host of the Nature’s Archive podcast.

    Jumpstart Nature is a new organization taking a tech-centric approach to how they connect people with nature. In this episode, we learn what inspired Michael to create the Nature's Archive podcast and what has informed his views about technology in nature education. Michael also shares how the AGILE approach to project management is key to how he and his collaborators built Jumpstart Nature.

    Let’s join the conversation.

    LINKS

    Jumpstart Nature

    Nature's Archive podcast

    National Association for Interpretation

    California Naturalist

    Presentations by Michael:

    Incredible InsectsThe Surprising Biodiversity of a Suburban YardThe Wonders of Plant Galls: Biology, Identification, and Discovery

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Today my guest is Jo Petroni.

    Jo is an architect, illustrator, writer and teacher. She's the author of Listen To Your Land, a Guide to Regenerative Land Design that blends biophilic design and permaculture philosophy. Jo is also a contributor to the Carbon Almanac and co-founder of Damn Good Humans, a creative agency about climate communication.

    What is permarchitecture?

    How can people listen to their land?

    What is reversible habitat?

    Let’s find out.

    LINKS

    Permarchitecture - Regenerative Human Habitat Design Strategy

    Bill Mollison

    Jo's Epistolary

    An illustrated time-lapse letter about climate from Jo's Epistolary

    EcoVillage Network

    The Carbon Almanac

    Connect-the-Dots

    Roam Research

    Damn Good Humans - The Creative Agency for Climate Communication

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

  • Today we learn from Jessica Maccaro, Catherine Nguyen, and Joshua Reger, the team behind the new science communication podcast Across the Cline.

    This podcast is the latest outreach vehicle for SciComm @ UCR, the student-led science communication group at the University of California, Riverside.

    SciComm @ UCR was established in 2019 to explore creative approaches to science communication and to provide learning opportunities in science communication to Riverside residents.

    The Across the Cline podcast has a smart format; we’ll learn more about it in this episode.

    We’ll also hear how SciComm @ UCR engages with graduate students across disciplines and learn about what graduate students will share with Riverside residents this spring.

    Let’s meet Jess, Catherine, and Joshua!

    LINKS

    SciComm @ UCR website

    Contact SciComm @ UCR

    @SciCommUCR (Twitter)

    @scicommucr (Instagram)

    Jessica Maccaro on Twitter (@JessicaMaccaro)

    Catherine (Thiên-Ý) Nguyễn on Twitter (@Catherine_TY_Ng)

    ZME Science

    @ZMEScience (Twitter)

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    Catherine:

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    Joshua:

    Joshua Reger, 2022 Scholarship Recipient | Applied Biological Control ResearchWhy flight testing is an important step in sterile insect technique

    CREDITS:

    Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us