Nature With You

Episode 60, Nature in the Movies: Don't Look Up 💚 🎬 Don't Look Up, directed by Adam McKay, is based on truly possible events: two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world, "Meh" ☄️ Co-host Jackson & I go beyond the "on-the-nose" themes of this film to explore how human co...

Eugenia inspires every day conservation actions as an environmental educator and science communicator 📲💡🌿 Episode Highlights: reflecting on the moments that empowered our passion for environmental advocacy, food systems in Hong Kong, appreciating regenerative agricultural practices & how they connects us to our food, public transportation systems & car-centric societies, and more! 💬⭐️...

Episode 58, Nature With Faith 📸 🏔️ 🌿 🏂 Faith graduated from Towson University last fall, and just completed an internship over the summer with a stream and coastal restoration company. Her passion for environmental conservation and restoration is clear as she recalls some of her favorite nature places and memories in this episode. Enjoy! Episode Highlights: growing up & becoming more aware...

The Ocean is calling 🌊🌀⛵️ Join Jackson & I as we journey with Moana through nature themes in Disney's wonderful film 🎬 We talk about different cultural, mythological, and religious depictions of nature and creation (and connect Moana characters with real Polynesian legends); the value of different generational perspectives (and compare the ways Moana and her dad approach adventure and...

Nature With Charlie🌶️ 🐺 🏔️ 🦬 👨‍🌾 🛣️ Charlie certainly has some unique experiences with nature across the United States! It is always so fun to listen to a passionate storyteller 🌻🌿 Episode Highlights: making homemade hot sauce, wildlife interactions, hiking the Appalachian Trail, gardening, road trips to national parks 💬⭐️ "Nature's played a vital role in my overall mental health...

It was truly wonderful to talk to Brenda Sieglitz this week! I left our conversation feeling uplifted by her personal stories about how her relationship with nature has evolved & helped create the "amazing mosaic" that is her life. Enjoy! Episode Highlights: natural diversity of Pennsylvania, changing how nature is part of our lives: recreation to protection, how nature heals & h...

An adventure 65 million years in the making! Join Jackson & I this week as we explore the environmental themes in Jurassic Park 🦖🌄 Episode Highlights: commercialism disguised as conservation, archaeology/paleontology/paleobotany, genetic engineering, humans' constant underestimation of nature, & more! 🦕 💬⭐️ " they forced this dinosaur into the world and made it become alive a...

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...