Nature Revisited

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...

Vítor da Silva is an indigenous-rights researcher, ethnographer and storyteller. He has a background in anthropology, human rights, and is a trained criminal investigator. He has conducted fieldwork with different indigenous communities around the world, including: the Maasai tribe in Kenya, the nomadic Changpa people in the Indian Himalayas, and the Noke Kuin people in the Brazilian Amazon. In th...

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...

Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure through three countries and over 10,000 miles. Her book Bicycling with Butterflies recounts this incredible, nearly nine-month odyssey. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Sara talks about being drawn to animals as a child into adulthood, how...

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...

Benjamin Vogt is an award-winning author and garden designer based in Lincoln, Nebraska. He owns Monarch Gardens LLC, a prairie garden design company, and speaks nationally on garden design and landscape ethics. His new book 'Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design' is an actionable guide for gardeners and homeowners who wish to not only support wildlife but please the eye. In this ep...

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...

Jesse Hildebrand is a science communicator who has been working to connect scientists and explorers with the public throughout Canada, and operates as the Canadian Coordinator for Nature For All - a global movement whose mission is to inspire, celebrate, and restore the love of Nature. He is also the VP of Education for the organization Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants. In this episode of Natur...

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...

As Nature Revisited approaches its fifth year, we go behind the podcast in this episode to meet its creator - Stefan Van Norden. From his experiences in nature during his formative years, to a rediscovery of nature as intrinsically sacred through the act of gardening, Stefan relates through personal accounts the origins and philosophy of Nature Revisited - The Podcast. Interviewed by friend and ac...

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...

Ron Bowen founded Prairie Restorations, Inc in 1977 as one of the first companies in America devoted to designing, restoring, and managing native prairie plant communities. Having expanded to six locations throughout Minnesota, their work now also encompasses restoring wetland, woodland, and shoreline plant communities. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Ron talks about his formative background...

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...

The Jungle Journal is an online platform/annual print magazine covering themes around the environment, global cultures, ecosystems, indigenous activism, and more. Founded by Sara Lopez and Gabriel Alvarez out of a mutual passion for travel and curiosity about the world, its mission is to remind people of who they are and where they come from - that we are nature and we come from nature. In this ep...

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...

For over 55 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouri’s prairies and other native grasslands - some of the most imperiled habitats on the planet. In this episode of Nature Revisited, we join Executive Director Carol Davit, as well as Bruce Shuette, VP of Science and Management, who talk about the prairie's natural and human-influenced history, its vital role in the health...

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...

Kristen Miskelly is a trained biologist with a passion for nature, a love of native plants, and an aspiration to facilitate local ecosystem restoration work. In 2013 she and her husband James opened what is now Satinflower Nurseries in Victoria, British Columbia. Satinflower Nurseries aims to inspire and empower people to restore and conserve nature by providing native plants, seeds, and expertise...

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...

Ben Rawlence is a British writer based in the Black Mountains of Wales where he is the founding director of Black Mountains College, an institution devoted to creative and adaptive thinking in the face of the climate and ecological emergency. His latest book “The Treeline: the last forest and the future of life on earth” explores the shifting frontier of the boreal forest and the mysterious workin...

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...

Kristin Ohlson is a writer living in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World, and The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Kristin talks about the connection between soil and climate health, rethinking our relationship wi...

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...

Dani Baker is a forest gardener, owner of Cross Island Farms, and author of the book The Home-Scale Forest Garden. When she attended a permaculture workshop, she was inspired by its message of working with nature to create a thriving edible garden ecosystem. She immediately launched a new experiment she dubbed the “Enchanted Edible Forest" - a beautiful, bountiful edible landscape. In this episode...

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...