Nature Revisited

Heather Holm is a biologist, pollinator conservationist, and award-winning author. In addition to assisting with native bee research projects, she informs and educates audiences through her writing and many presentations about the fascinating world of native pollinators and the native plant communities that support them. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Heather introduces us to a surprising va...

Humans have utilized stone as an essential, long-lasting building material for millennia. The Stone Trust Center of southern Vermont offers an expanding program of educational events, workshops and outreach projects dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the ancient art and craft of dry stone walling. In this episode of Nature Revisited, we meet the students and staff of The Stone Trust...

Meg Lowman is a pioneering biologist, botanist and conservationist who has devoted more than forty years towards researching the hidden ecosystems of the world's forest canopies. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Meg talks about her new book 'The Arbornaut' - a blend of memoir and fieldwork account. As in her book, Meg's discussion launches us into the life and work of a field scientist, offeri...

Kevin Healey is a forager, scientist, chemist, and the author behind Pullupyourplants.com: a site that explores the ethnobotany of foraged food and peculiar produce. His passion is researching, discovering, and preserving the stories of the human-plant relationship. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Kevin reminds us of the ancient practice of foraging; an exploratory act within nature that can...

Kelly D. Norris is one of the leading horticulturists of his generation. An award-winning author and plantsman, Kelly’s work in gardens has been featured in numerous publications as well as television, radio and digital media appearances. His passion for planting at the intersections of horticulture and ecology has culminated in a new book 'New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecolo...

After exploring and hiking the globe for over 16 years, Chaz Powell now lives his life as an Explorer, Expedition Leader and Survival Guide. His ongoing project ‘The Wildest Journey’ is all about his travels by foot along Africa's wildest rivers with an aim to raise awareness for wildlife conservation and anti poaching. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Chaz talks about his path to becoming an...

Ben Cosgrove is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist whose work explores the intersection of sound and place. The strongest forces guiding Ben’s composition and performances have been his deep and abiding interests in landscape, geography, place, and environment. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Ben talks about his new album 'The Trouble with Wilderness', an expansive set of songs th...

A pioneer in the native plant industry and recognized internationally as an expert in native plant ecology, Neil Diboll has dedicated his life to the propagation of native plants, promoting their benefits and furthering their use and in restoration projects. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Neil talks about the roots of the native plant movement, the importance of native plant species and thei...

Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo is a member of the traditional Etowah Band of the Eastern Tsalagi (Cherokee) Nation. Trained by her grandparents, she is the twenty-seventh generation to carry the ancestral wisdom of the Ywahoo lineage. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Dhyani discusses the numerous sacred medicinal plants the earth has to share, their healing properties, and how they are utilized in th...

In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home, drove to woods of Maine, and disappeared into the forest for 27 years, surviving by his wits and courage until he was finally arrested for stealing food. This remarkable true story is told by American Journalist Michael Finkel in his book 'The Stranger in the Woods: The extraordinary story of the last true hermi...

Curt Meine, Ph. D., is a conservation biologist, historian, and writer. His biography 'Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work', was the first full-length biography of Leopold, and was named Book of the Year by the Forest History Society. In this episode of Nature Revisited Curt discusses American ecologist Aldo Leopold's life and his influential 1949 work 'A Sand County Almanac' which championed the idea...

Doug Tallamy is an author and a professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. His research involves better understanding the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. In this episode of Nature Revisited, the central topic of discussion is oak trees. As Doug describes in his new book 'The Nature of O...

Benjamin Vogt is an award-winning author and gardener based in Lincoln, Nebraska. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Benjamin explains why we need a new garden ethic and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives. The seemingly trivial matter of not growing native plants in our gardens is an important factor in how we are short circuiting our response to global crises. By thinking deeply a...

Brian Yazzie (a.k.a. Yazzie the Chef) is a Diné Chef from Dennehotso, Arizona, which is part of the Navajo Nation. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Yazzie describes his path to becoming a chef, the importance of food & community, and how he focuses on bringing together hyper-local indigenous ingredients from the streams, rivers, and forests to revitalize healthy indigenous cuisine. Yazzie's we...

Henk Gerritsen (1948-2008) was a founding member of the ‘Dutch Wave’ 1970’s garden culture movement which aimed to bring nature into the garden as a source of inspiration and design. Starting out as an artist, Henk went on to become a garden designer, most notably for his renovation and design of Waltham Place in England. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Stefan reaches out to a variety of Henk...

Henk Gerritsen (1948-2008) was a founding member of the ‘Dutch Wave’ 1970’s garden culture movement which aimed to bring nature into the garden as a source of inspiration and design. Starting out as an artist, Henk went on to become a garden designer, most notably for his renovation and design of Waltham Place in England. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Stefan reaches out to a variety of Henk...

Kofi Boone is an African American landscape architect and professor at NC State University, working in the overlap between landscape architecture and environmental justice. This episode of Nature Revisited discusses the matter of environmental racism in the US, which is layered into the complex of other systemic racial and social inequalities. When utilized strategically, landscape architecture ca...

Carol Davit is the executive director of the Missouri Prairie Foundation, a conservation organization and land trust whose mission is to protect and restore prairie and other native grassland communities. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Carol describes just how essential the prairie and grasslands of the American midwest are to the country's ecosystem, as well as its economy. Carol also talks...

Richard Louv is a non-fiction author and journalist, best known for his book Last Child in the Woods. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Richard relates startling accounts from his latest work, Our Wild Calling, which explores our deep bonds with other animals and calls for a transformation in how we treat and inhabit our environment. Among other topics discussed is the distant future of humanit...

Gordon Hayward is a professional garden designer and nationally recognized garden writer and lecturer. For the past 35 years Hayward and his wife Mary have been developing a 1 1/2 acre garden around their 220-year-old farmhouse in Vermont. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Gordon describes how this ambitious garden project has transformed not only he and Mary's home, but their inner lives as we...

Zacciah Blackburn is a gifted intuitive, teacher, sound healer, and Director of The Center of Light Institute of Sound Healing and Shamanic Studies located in Ascutney, Vermont. He is trained in classical healing and shamanic traditions, and sacred sound cultures. In this episode of Nature Revisited Zacciah passionately lays forth- through personal revelatory accounts and wisdom imparted by ancien...

Most of us think of George Washington as the Revolutionary War General and first U.S. President. But what many don't know is that he also loved nature, farming and gardening. In this episode we meet Dean Norton, head horticulturalist at Mount Vernon. Listen as Norton guides us back in time to Washington's home and describes the groundbreaking array of vegetable and pleasure gardens Washington crea...

After having her first child, Angela Fanning quit her job running her own graphic design business to pursue a life lived outdoors, aligned with the seasons and with nature. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Angela describes her fulfilling journey to self-sufficiency, starting with growing and preserving her own homegrown produce to transitioning with her family into a bustling farm with horses,...

Clint Augustson is a National Parks Ranger who has worked in various parks across the United States, including Mendenhall Glacier & Katmai National Parks in Alaska, The Grand Canyon in Arizona, and now Death Valley in Eastern California. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Clint describes the relationship between Death Valley’s geography and its desert climate, the varieties of life that are able...

Daniel Berthold is a Professor of Philosophy at Bard College, specializing in 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, environmental ethics, and phenomenology & existentialism. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Daniel discusses the concept of philosophy in nature: how philosophers of the past have shaped our perception of it and how we can apply philosophy towards a more meaningful, balanc...