E37 Benefits of Healthy Ecosystems
What is the value of an intact ecosystem? Why should somebody who is struggling to make ends meet in their land management change what they're doing? When will they reap the rewards and in what ways? ...
18 Loka 202229min
E36: Appalachian Biodiversity
This episode is based on a presentation I made to Sustain Floyd on Appalachian Biodiversity. It was my pitch for them to take on conservation and ecology issues here in Floyd, Virginia. I'm still reco...
18 Loka 202224min
E35: Out Hunting in the Evening Light - with Bats!
Another pest/ally surprised me this month and has drawn me further into the life webs: bats! Cut to the chase: I'm building a bat house this winter. Or buying one and putting it up. Fingers crossed. W...
30 Elo 202227min
E34: Remember the Ocelot
Extinctions and endangered species are on my mind this week. Who have we lost? And what are we poised to lose? The monarch butterfly flutters top of mind, but so too the Franklin tree, the wood bison,...
19 Elo 202213min
E33: When You Heal The Earth, You Heal Yourself
Last year, the Siberian American shaman, Jade Grigori, gave me a key shamanic teaching: that when you seek to heal yourself, you must heal the Earth, because we are the Earth. This short essay revisit...
12 Elo 202210min
E32: Native Pollinator Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers for Virginia and Appalachia
Supporting native pollinators can be so much more than planting monarda and milkweed! It can be more than trying to create a wildflower meadow. It can be targeted at your own favorite species or cast ...
5 Elo 20221h 21min
E31: Straining to See the Appalachian Forest for the Trees
The journey to create more wild beauty on our property and help conserve Appalachia is full of twists and turns: learning the Latin names, absorbing the The Nature Conservancy's evaluation of Appalach...
30 Heinä 202245min
E30: Why Native Plants Matter
If you care about flowers for the pollinators, supporting ecological biodiversity, clean water and air, healthy soil, low-maintenance landscaping, or climate change, native plants are you allies! This...
15 Heinä 202243min
