Nature With You

Episode 53: Nature With Guy 🎣🚣🐾As you will soon learn, Guy was a fantastic guest this week. I was grateful to have some real conversations about relevant environmental issues while simultaneously reflecting on a man's life through the decades. Episode Highlights: generational fishing; environmental efforts in Pennsylvania; remembering when...there were no lawn-care or trash services, plastic wa...

Episode 52, Nature With Bella 🌿 🐠 🍅 🎨 🪸 ⭐ 🧑‍🌾 Listening to Bella speak about the natural world will surely inspire you to engage in more nature-focused conversations. Whether she talks about how marine life inspires her creativity or how her experience working on a farm changed the way she looks at food systems, her knowledge & calming presence will leave you feeling hopeful & info...

Episode 51, Nature With Lauren 🐍 🐢 🌾 🛶 🥾 Lauren's mission is to spark wonder, foster empathy, & inspire the next generation of environmental stewards to defend, protect, & conserve natural spaces & their inhabitants - a mission she works towards every day as Manager/Educator of the Phillip Merrill Environmental Education Center program at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Episode...

Episode 50, Nature in the Movies: Hoppers is out now 🦫🐛🐸🪿🐟🐍 Co-host Jackson & I enjoyed exploring the plethora of environmental themes in Pixar's newest film🦎 Episode Highlights: protecting places we love, activism with local government, keystone species, environmental messaging in children's movies, connecting with people about nature 💬⭐️ " There is so much that we can d...

Episode 49: Nature With Maretta is out now 🌻🌿 Maretta is a 7th grade teacher who loves spending time outside. She considers herself an environmentalist and is always willing to educate herself and learn more about different environmental impacts 📚 Episode Highlights: reflective thinking in nature; artificial intelligence - use in education, water consumption, impact on creative thinking; enjoyi...

Episode 48, Nature With Heather 🌻🌿Heather hopes to one day be tackling our environmental pollution issue at a larger scale & her current thesis work is definitely pushing her to do just that! She is looking at quantifying PFAS, or you could say forever chemicals, from non-point sources across land use areas in central Maryland. Episode Highlights: Running in nature, PFAS & why it’s resea...

Diyor has spent a lot of her time exploring the outdoors in her own way. She's gotten into hiking and traveling more recently, and now it's a part of her routine and something that grounds her. She's not the typical outdoorsy person, but she's learned that you don't have to fit a certain mold to belong outside. And now she spends her days preaching that online as @planetdiyor...

Co-host Jackson & I had so much fun talking to Cody Sheehy about The Last Dive film ⛵️🌊 Cody is an award-winning filmmaker whose films intimately tell the stories of characters challenged by our changing world. He has lived on a sailboat for decades and is the founder of Rhumbline Media. Episode Highlights: how the story came to be, manta characteristics & conservation efforts, creating...

DISCLAIMER! At 10:28, Cody goes into detail about traditional Mongolian methods for processing a sheep. Skip to 13:26 if you would like to avoid hearing about that. Co-host Jackson & I had so much fun talking to filmmaker Cody Sheehy about his relationship with nature.  Cody joined us live from his sailboat somewhere in the Sea of Cortez. His life has traveled many roads. He grew up in China,...

Excited to share this piece of myself with all of you 🌻🌿🪼🌳☀️🛶🦆 Happy Earth Day/Week! 🌎🌍🌏 One way I'm celebrating Earth Day 2026 is by reflecting on my favorite nature experiences and some environmental issues that matter to me. In this episode, I answer questions provided by you! I talk about some of my favorite places on this planet (Western Pennsylvania, Maui, Costa Rica, Chesapeake...

Episode 43, Nature With Drea 🌼🦋👩‍🌾🪴🐛 Drea is a nature-lover who started a business that helps the environment one garden at a time by growing native plants and creating sustainable native plant gardens that are great for the environment and beautiful to us as well ☀️ Episode Highlights: native plants, finding nature in your backyard, nature's intricate relationships, getting involved wit...

Episode 42, Nature With Diana is out now 🌳🥾🏡👩‍🌾 Being outside, playing in the woods, nature, and working among plants have been major parts of Diana’s life. Can’t wait for you to hear about it! 🌺 Episode Highlights: human impacts on state/national parks, solo vs group hikes, life as a landscaper, effects of climate change on plants “I would hope that everybody at some point in life can get o...

Join Nature in the Movies co-hosts Abby & Jackson at DCEFF! 💚🎬 The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital has a mission to "harness the power of film and community to illuminate, celebrate, and inspire positive and lasting action for our planet." In this episode, we talk about our experience attending the festival, volunteering with the organization and of course,...

Molly is an animal lover and paper straw advocate, who recently traveled to Australia and was inspired by their enthusiasm for wildlife and the planet. In this episode, we talk about the difference between seeing animals in captivity vs. in the wild. What can we learn/gain from both experiences? Listen to hear our thoughts! 🐨 Episode Highlights: Irwin family & positive conservation, taking ba...

 Mike lives in Western Pennsylvania and has worked in the conservation field for over 25 years. He enjoys playing the guitar, snorkeling, cycling, hiking, and spending time with his family 🤿 Episode highlights: snorkeling, working in Grand Teton National Park, sharing a love of nature with children, finding a balance between economic activity & conservation. Enjoy!

 Jackson & I invite you to 'attend' the first annual Nature in the Movies Awards 💚🎬 In this episode, we discuss and rank six movies from 2025 that have powerful environmental and nature themes: 🔥 Avatar: Fire and Ash, directed by James Cameron 🦄 Death of a Unicorn, directed by Alex Scharfman 🌳 The Legend of Ochi, directed by Isaiah Saxon 🚌 The Lost Bus, directed by Paul Greengras...

I met Hailey as a student at Towson University, and she is such a wonderful individual. She is devoted to sharing her knowledge of sustainable farming and her love of nature 🪴 Episode Highlights 🏝️ activism on the beach 🐋 Maine trips & beauty 👩‍🌾 teaching sustainable farming on a college campus 📒 connecting to local nature through journaling 🌬️ nature’s brutality & resilience 💬⭐️ &q...

As always, Elisama brings her enthusiasm & vibrancy. We laugh and also get real about what it's like to live in Miami, Florida. Beaches, heat, constant construction, seagulls, hurricanes - you name it! Episode Highlights: commercialism & development in FL, hurricanes from a native Floridian's point of view, cheetahs & seeing wildlife, sharing family experiences in Nicaragua &am...

Episode 35 is all about bugs 🐝🪱🐛🦋🐞🐜🪰🪲🪳🦟🦗🕷️ Age is but a number! Even as a kindergartener, Mabel has so much knowledge to share and a deep respect for nature. Her enthusiasm for bugs (especially the less loved critters like centipedes and spiders) and being nice to nature is contagious and sure to put a smile on your face. In this episode, we talk about building a bug hotel, investigatin...

Journey with co-host Jackson & me to a place where nothing is as it appears! 🏔️ Episode Highlights: amplify young voices & perspectives, build a relationship with nature, learn to live with the land, change is scary, but we have a responsibility to this planet, value of farming & role of farmers in creating solutions, and more. A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, whe...

Greg is a huge cephalopod nerd, enjoys traveling/appreciating the differences in the places he goes, and spends his free time exploring nature around Baltimore with his dog, Charlie 🐙 Episode highlights: cephalopods (specifically octopi), Iceland, clean energy, urgency to communicate environmental topics in accessible ways, and more. Enjoy! 🌻🌿

Emma is a sustainability advocate and content creator who focuses on free, easy, and fun ways to live a low waste life. Essentially, she's dedicated to making zero waste accessible for all! In her free time, Emma loves to read, hike, identify native plants, and partake in a variety of fiber arts. Join her on her mission to make the world a more eco place! Search The Simple Environmentalist ♻️...

Enjoy the third installment of Nature in the Movies 💚🎬 In this episode we talk about domesticated animals, industry vs. nature, how there should be no 'sides' when it comes to nature, poaching, nature spirits, and more 🐺 Princess Mononoke was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and produced by Toshio Suzuki

Enjoy episode 30 🌻🌿 Matt's awe and respect for nature is so evident in our conversation. I always appreciate being able to nerd out about the vastness of the natural world with a friend! In this episode we talk about the importance and grand scale of nature, air quality health impacts, hurricanes, and more 🌎💬⭐️ "Your whole life is dependent on the forces of nature."

Enjoy the first episode of 2026 🌻🌿Christian has such an open mind and is always ready to learn or try something new - especially when it comes to nature. I loved talking about how his interests have grown ever since he started studying environmental science in higher education! 📓In this episode, we talk about trying new things in nature, motivations to pursue a degree in environmental science,...