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This week on Regional Roundup, it's all about food. We hear from Jessica Hulse Dillon, senior director at the Soil & Climate Alliance, who spoke at a panel discussion called "The Election and the Future of Food on Your Table" at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies recently. We also meet a regenerative farmer on Colorado's Western Slope, hear from an ecologist who calculates the carbon footprint of what we eat, and we learn about a beloved Colorado chili.

Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program Intern Esmeralda Alverde-Duarte interviews her teacher Andrea Aust, education director at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES), about the human perspective on sustainability.

PART 1: Chef Mark Reinfeld, Virtual Vegan Culinary Training Programs An award-winning chef, educator and authority on plant-based cuisine, Chef Mark Reinfeld is the founding chef of the Vegan Fusion Institute, with over 25 years experience preparing innovative vegan and raw food cuisine. He has written eight acclaimed books and conducts virtual and in-person culinary trainings around the world. Chef Mark was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. He was the founding chef of The Blossoming Lotus Restaurant, voted “Best Restaurant on Kaua'i”. Mark's first cookbook, Vegan Fusion World Cuisine, was named “Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the USA” and has a foreword written by Dr. Jane Goodall. Since then, Mark has authored seven more books including the bestselling 30-Minute Vegan series, as well as his latest books detailing the links between health and plant-based diets. He serves as the Executive Chef for the North American Vegetarian Society's Summerfest and offers vegan consulting services, including chef trainings, teacher trainings, and recipe development, for clients such as Google, Whole Foods, Kroger, Adventist Health, Danone, The Humane Society, Bon Appetit Management, Sabra, Aramark, Sodexo and more. Chef Mark is the recipient of a Platinum Carrot Award – a national award given by the Aspen Center for Integral Health to America's ‘top innovative and trailblazing healthy gourmet chefs'. Mark's mission is to help create a sustainable future for humanity by training others in the art of plant-based cuisine – for our health, the planet, and for a more peaceful world. DISCOUNT!! Use REAL20 as a code for 20% off Mark Reinfeld's trainings.   Part 2: Richard H. Schwartz, PhD, Judaism and Global Survival Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., is the author of Vegan Revolution: Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism; Judaism and Vegetarianism; Who Stole My Religion? Revitalizing Judaism and Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal Our Imperiled Planet; and Mathematics and Global Survival and has over 250 articles at JewishVeg.org/schwartz. He is President Emeritus of Jewish Veg, associate producer of the documentary “A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World,” and professor emeritus at the College of Staten Island, New York. A father, grandfather, and now great-grandfather, he has lived with his wife in Israel since 2016. Richard Schwartz will be happy to email a PDF of his book, Vegan Revolution: Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism, to each person who emails him at VeggieRich@gmail.com and requests it.

Physician autonomy, patient autonomy, state authority. When it comes to end-of-life issues, these spheres do not interact smoothly. Legal and medical ethical questions abound. Physicians wrestle with this important topic. This episode takes a deep dive into topics surrounding right-to-die with one of our nation's leading medical ethicists. Ira Bedzow, PhD, is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University, and head of the Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics at Emory University. His interests relate to understanding the ethical implications of biotechnology and healthcare policy as well as how organizations can create an ethical culture through values-driven leadership. Bedzow is also a senior scholar at the Aspen Center for Social Values, co-director of the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics, and the Holocaust (MIMEH), and a regular contributor in Forbes for their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion section. He is also an Orthodox rabbi (yoreh yoreh, yadin yadin). Prepare for a thoughtful exploration of an important and complex topic including topics such as these: • MAID (medical assistance in dying): Is avoiding suffering enough of a reason legally, or even morally, to take one's own life? And how does a society decide when the suffering is great enough to legally approve that choice? • How can the U.S. create laws that would manage the nuanced individual cases that would arise in an area as sensitive as this? Obviously, any laws on voluntary end-of-life must consider the rights of the individual to make decisions for himself or herself. But should these laws also consider the effects of an individual decision on other people, especially those who might be involved in fulfilling the person's wishes? https://www.cuanschutz.edu/centers/bioethicshumanities/education/aspen-ethical-leadership-program-2023 ijbedzow@gmail.com Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org.

Physician autonomy, patient autonomy, state authority. When it comes to end-of-life issues, these spheres do not interact smoothly. Legal and medical ethical questions abound. Physicians wrestle with this important topic. This episode takes a deep dive into topics surrounding right-to-die with one of our nation's leading medical ethicists. Ira Bedzow, PhD, is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University, and head of the Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics at Emory University.  His interests relate to understanding the ethical implications of biotechnology and healthcare policy as well as how organizations can create an ethical culture through values-driven leadership.  Bedzow is also a senior scholar at the Aspen Center for Social Values, co-director of the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics, and the Holocaust (MIMEH), and a regular contributor in Forbes for their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion section. He is also an Orthodox rabbi (yoreh yoreh, yadin yadin). Prepare for a thoughtful exploration of an important and complex topic including topics such as these: MAID (medical assistance in dying): Is avoiding suffering enough of a reason legally, or even morally, to take one's own life?  And how does a society decide when the suffering is great enough to legally approve that choice? How can the U.S. create laws that would manage the nuanced individual cases that would arise in an area as sensitive as this? Obviously, any laws on voluntary end-of-life must consider the rights of the individual to make decisions for himself or herself.  But should these laws also consider the effects of an individual decision on other people, especially those who might be involved in fulfilling the person's wishes? https://www.cuanschutz.edu/centers/bioethicshumanities/education/aspen-ethical-leadership-program-2023 ijbedzow@gmail.com Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org  

In this episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Greg Poschman, Pitkin County Commissioner for District 3.Greg has served on the boards or advisory boards of local non-profits, including Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES), and on Pitkin County's Healthy Rivers and Streams Advisory Board, from its founding until the fall before he ran for Commissioner in 2016. He's also served on the Aspen Public Radio Advisory Board. Greg knows the community well, having made many biographies and documentaries for and about local non-profits, including The Aspen Institute, Music Festival, Challenge Aspen, and the Aspen Hall of Fame.He and Ted discuss his background, being born and raised in Aspen. His father, Harry, was a 10th Mountain Division ski trooper who taught skiing to the troops at Camp Hale, Colorado, then fought in the major battles in the Italian Alps. His mother, Jony, was an avid skier, journalist, and artist. Harry Poschman, Greg's father, helped construct the first chairlift in 1946. Greg's parents also started a ski lodge and his father was the sole operator of the Aspen Chamber of Commerce in the early 1950s, tasked with promoting their then-unknown ski resort.Greg is a graduate of Aspen High School, and has a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Colorado, with minors in business and filmmaking. He later travelled the world shooting documentaries and nature films, and over the course of his career, won 3 National Television Emmy awards for Directing and Camerawork.In his current role as a District 3 Pitkin County Commissioner, representative to the CORE board, he's helped build a powerful board of trustees, attract major donations, and helped begin the smooth transition to a new CEO. He shares with Ted his motivation for joining the Board of County Commissioners, his feelings of optimism around the role, and his intentions to serve another term. 

In today's conversation, I am joined by McDonald's Lauren Kemp and Stephen Springfield from the Aspen Center for Consumer Science. Last fall I saw them give a talk at IIEX Behavior on how they used behavioral science to create an "irrational" loyalty program at Mcdonald's. It was instantly clear they had to be on the show to talk about this project, its insights, and what you can learn from it. It is such a great case study showing how real people inside organizations (and in this case, working with a great consultant), can create a program that infuses behavioral insights in a smart way -- that is often counterintuitive – to find a win-win for the company and its customers.  You'll also hear tips from Lauren about how she did her literature review and lots of other great insights. And, do know that while we joke about not loving the term "irrational" as it is popularly used in behavioral science, if there was ever a program that proved a lot of the choices people make aren't exactly rational this would be it. You'll see what I mean as they dig in on the story in the episode… Show Notes: [00:46] In today's conversation, I am joined by Lauren Kemp and Stephen Springfield, whom I first saw while they were giving a presentation at Greenbook's IIEX Behavior last fall. [03:44] Lauren shares about herself and her background. She works in consumer insights at McDonald's on the US team. [04:41] Stephen shares about himself and his background. Stephen is the Founder and Principal at Aspen Center for Consumer Science.  [06:43] Novelty and the magic of the irrational attracted Stephen to behavioral science and behavioral economics.  [07:35] Behavioral science isn't really about the irrational and the crazy cool stuff. It is about the scientific process applied to understanding behavior.   [10:35] Irrationality is where all the profit is. [13:05] Lauren started her career with an internship at Brain Juicer. They were pioneers in the behavioral economic space. McDonald's was one of her main clients there.  [15:17] McDonald's global team created the loyalty program so the individual markets had some space to make the program work in their specific market.  [17:17] She started with a literature review since loyalty programs were not new to the industry. She wanted to learn what was most important for a loyalty program and how they could design theirs to be successful.  [19:45] Top tips for doing your own literature review? Definitely start by bookmarking Google Scholar.  [22:11] The program needed to entice customers to engage with the program. They wanted it to be consumer centric.  [24:16] They knew it was very important for the program to be transparent enough and easy to understand. Consumers don't like it when they feel they are being tricked or it is clouded. Transparency is so huge in our culture today. [25:57] They found that the value of a loyalty program is engagement with the program itself – not the reward that you get. The reward you get is transactional.  [28:27] Lauren spent a week or two on her literature review process and Stephen's team did some additional research.  [30:39] It is important to invest the time in research, but it probably doesn't need to take as long as you think.  [33:21] There is an aspect of irrationality and that is where the profit is.  You have to find a way to offer something of value that is not completely transactional.  [36:23] They wanted to find which items would drive trips because the point of the loyalty program is to get to people to visit more often.  [37:58] They tested five different point levels from 1 point to 10,000 points. They found that 100 points per dollar was easy and worked best.  [40:03] The goal is to get somebody to purchase something now with an eye toward achieving something later. Mental budgeting and being able to do the math towards a simple reward was a game changer.  [43:05] They continued coming back to the goal and objective: getting consumers to come to McDonald's because they had rewards, and they want to accumulate more rewards, and at some point they would like to redeem those rewards.  [44:56] They found there was some linearity with the value of the item and the trip driving behavior, but there were also outliers drove trips.   [46:46] If there are products on the loyalty menu that are a lower cost to produce that would still drive engagement from a customer perspective and trips are a huge win.  [49:16] Consumers can't tell you what they would do and why they would do it.  [51:35] Key Insight: The thing that drives that behavior doesn't have to be the most expensive thing.  [53:18] Science isn't really interested as much in truth as things that are reliably predictive.  [56:07] Melina's closing thoughts [57:18] It doesn't need to take eons to incorporate good behavioral science research into your projects.  Thanks for listening. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Android. If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.  I hope you love everything recommended via The Brainy Business! Everything was independently reviewed and selected by me, Melina Palmer. So you know, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. That means if you decide to shop from the links on this page (via Amazon or others), The Brainy Business may collect a share of sales or other compensation. Let's connect: Melina@TheBrainyBusiness.com The Brainy Business® on Facebook The Brainy Business on Twitter The Brainy Business on Instagram The Brainy Business on LinkedIn Melina on LinkedIn The Brainy Business on Youtube Join the BE Thoughtful Revolution – our free behavioral economics community, and keep the conversation going! 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This is a recording of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies event that took place in Aspen, Colorado on Wednesday, March 15th, 2023. The event starts with a presentation by keynote speaker Joanna E. Lambert, PhD, who is a Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado – Boulder. The presentation was followed up with a panel discussion moderated by John Calfa and included Matt Barnes, Gary Skiba, Karin Vardaman, Lenny Klinglesmith and Matt Yamashita. They discussed the concerns and realities surrounding wolf reintroduction, while explaining solutions to those issues brought up by the community. @acesaspen@mattk.barnesCoexistence with Wolves in ColoradoACES Website@rockymtnwolf

In this episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Chris Lane, Chief Executive Officer at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.Chris discusses his awakening to nature and early fascination with birds, his upbringing in the southern United States, and his studies in environmental engineering at University of Florida, touching on his collegiate boxing prowess, and ultimately his move west to Colorado. He describes his early works with Ted at IRT Environment conducting case studies on exemplary energy efficiency programs.Chris goes on to share his experience as the first Environment Affairs Director at Aspen Skiing Company, building a LEED certified building -- The SunDeck -- at the top of Aspen Mountain. He also talks about his work at Xanterra, where he directed the resort management firm's sustainability program, and was instrumental in building a 2 MW solar field in Death Valley. He then dives into his work at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES), leading a staff of 45 employees who work with partner organizations, schools, government agencies, and other key decision makers to tackle regional environmental issues around ecological literacy, forest health, regenerative agriculture, land restoration, and climate change to advance conservation and education outcomes and create life-long commitments to the Earth. 

To get the recipe template and today's recipe please email INFO@chefmarkreinfeld.com Chef Mark Reinfeld “…The male equivalent to a vegan Rachael Ray-his recipes are flavorful and approachable and certainly have the same potential for mass appeal.” – Publishers Weekly An award-winning chef, educator and authority on plant-based cuisine, Chef Mark Reinfeld has over 25 years experience preparing innovative vegan and raw food cuisine. He has written eight acclaimed books and conducts virtual and in-person culinary trainings around the world. In 2017, Chef Mark was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. He was the founding chef of The Blossoming Lotus Restaurant, voted "Best Restaurant on Kaua'i". Mark is a recipient of a Platinum Carrot Award from the Aspen Center of Integral Health. His first cookbook, Vegan Fusion World Cuisine, was named “Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the USA" and has a foreword written by Dr. Jane Goodall. Since then, Mark has authored seven more books including the bestselling 30-Minute Vegan series, as well as his latest books detailing the links between health and plant-based diets. He serves as the Executive Chef for the North American Vegetarian Society's Summerfest and offers vegan consulting services, including chef trainings and recipe development, for clients such as Google, Whole Foods, Kroger, Danone, The Humane Society, Bon Appetit Management, Sabra, Aramark, Sodexo and more. Chef Mark's mission is to help create a sustainable future for humanity by training others in the art of plant-based cuisine - for our health, the planet, and for a more peaceful world. Learn more and sign up for his newsletter at www.chefmarkreinfeld.com UPCOMING PROGRAMS WITH CHEF MARK 4-Week Virtual Vegan Cooking Immersion -- Mention Chef AJ when applying to receive $400 off the price. Our next 4-Week Vegan Cooking Immersion begins on October 24th and involves 4+ hours/day of kitchen time with Chef Mark in a small group setting, as well as weekly one-on-one coaching calls, to allow for maximum impact and to be able to meet you where you are at. This unique program is a perfect fit for anyone wanting to take a deep dive into the main vegan and raw food culinary techniques, as well as palate development, and specialized cooking such as oil-free and gluten-free. Expert guest instructors on the topics of bread baking, classic techniques, pastry, and the healing qualities of food provide a transformative experience to take your vegan culinary skills to new levels. The training is approved by the American Culinary Federation for 120 continuing education credit hours. You can learn more by clicking here. Virtual 2-Day Vegan Holiday Feast Workshop - October 18 & 19, 2022 - Enter AJ20 to receive $20 off the price. Join Chef Mark Reinfeld from the comfort of your own kitchen in these virtual cooking classes as we cover the essential dishes for a plant-based holiday feast. Learn Chef Mark's Template Recipe formula to unleash the chef within - gaining greater confidence and creativity in the kitchen, learning how to turn one recipe into dozens and hundreds of variations. Guaranteed to wow your family and friends with your newfound culinary skills at your next gathering! Learn more here. Virtual 3-Day Vegan Fusion Cooking Workshop - December 5-7, 2022 - Enter AJ100 when registering to receive $100 off the price. Join Chef Mark Reinfeld from the comfort of your own kitchen as we cover core techniques of vegan cuisine. Discover the Seven Culinary Keys for Success in the Plant-based Kitchen and learn Chef Mark's Template Recipe formula to turn one recipe into dozens and even hundreds of variations. After this 3-day workshop, you will experience greater confidence and creativity in the plant-based kitchen as the chef within awakens! Learn more here. Nourish Your Life Through Food- A Virtual 6-Part Introduction to Successful Plant-Based Living 2/15/22 - Enter AJ25 when registering to receive $25 off the price.

To get the recipe template and today's recipe please email INFO@chefmarkreinfeld.com Chef Mark Reinfeld “…The male equivalent to a vegan Rachael Ray-his recipes are flavorful and approachable and certainly have the same potential for mass appeal.” – Publishers Weekly An award-winning chef, educator and authority on plant-based cuisine, Chef Mark Reinfeld has over 25 years experience preparing innovative vegan and raw food cuisine. He has written eight acclaimed books and conducts virtual and in-person culinary trainings around the world. In 2017, Chef Mark was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. He was the founding chef of The Blossoming Lotus Restaurant, voted "Best Restaurant on Kaua'i". Mark is a recipient of a Platinum Carrot Award from the Aspen Center of Integral Health. His first cookbook, Vegan Fusion World Cuisine, was named “Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the USA" and has a foreword written by Dr. Jane Goodall. Since then, Mark has authored seven more books including the bestselling 30-Minute Vegan series, as well as his latest books detailing the links between health and plant-based diets. He serves as the Executive Chef for the North American Vegetarian Society's Summerfest and offers vegan consulting services, including chef trainings and recipe development, for clients such as Google, Whole Foods, Kroger, Danone, The Humane Society, Bon Appetit Management, Sabra, Aramark, Sodexo and more. Chef Mark's mission is to help create a sustainable future for humanity by training others in the art of plant-based cuisine - for our health, the planet, and for a more peaceful world. Learn more and sign up for his newsletter at www.chefmarkreinfeld.com

Caroline Boyd was a rising senior at Aspen High School in 2012 when she worked as a go-fer during the Aspen Center for Physics' 50th celebration. She was inspired by her conversations with physicists at the Center to work in a lab when she went to Colorado College. This led Caroline to graduate work in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley where she is now a doctoral candidate in Microbiology. In this interview, a reversal of our usual format, physics professor Clare Yu (University of California, Irvine), a member of the Aspen Center for Physics, probes Caroline's research interests and shares her enthusiasm for virology and experimental research.

Around 1960 the Bellairs did Christmas at Aspen. Here Mal and Jo share memories of the family visit to Stuart Mace's place, Toklat. Toklat is now preserved as part of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.

This week on Cultivating Place we gain a little perspective with a lot of altitude as we begin a two-part series on 'Gardening at Elevation'. Isa Catto is a mother and partner, a fine and textile artist, a gardener, and a writer. Isa's multi-faceted gardens at 8,000 ft in Woody Creek, Colorado are rooted in generations of family. in connection to community, and in love of place. Her gardens feed her family, her creativity, her soul, and her desire to contribute. Isa's gardens, called Mojo Gardens are featured in Under Western Skies, Visionary Gardens from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast (Timber Press, 2021) on which I collaborated with photographer Caitlin Atkinson. I will be joining Isa in Aspen, Colorado this summer as the Jessica Catto Dialogues speaker for the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies on the 11th of August. Isa joins us this week to share more about her artistic garden life story. Listen in! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Podcast, and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Judy Samuelson, founder and executive director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program and author of Six New Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World, explores the role of leadership in today's world. In this interview with Ira Bedzow, director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program at New York Medical College and the Senior Scholar of the Aspen Center for Social Values, Samuelson digs into the move away from shareholder primacy and the new role of employees. (length 37:34)

In this episode, we look at moral injury in the context of the BIG issues that define all of our lives- politics, economics, social justice, ethics, and morality.  For our guest, preventing moral injury it isn't about making "right or wrong " decisions, it's about developing a framework that facilitates people's ability to act on and speak to their personal and professional goals. Ira Bedzow, Ph.D., is an associate professor of medicine and the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics at New York Medical College. He is a Senior Scholar of the Aspen Center for Social Values, and a contributor to the MirYam Institute and the Forbes' Diversity, Equity and Inclusion section.

Melanie Choukas-Bradley is a Washington, DC author and naturalist who leads field trips, tree tours and forest bathing walks for the Audubon Naturalist Society, the United States Botanic Garden, Smithsonian Associates, the Rock Creek Conservancy, the Nature Conservancy, Politics & Prose, the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and other organizations. Melanie’s newest book is Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island. She is also author of  Resilience—Connecting With Nature in a Time of Crisis.  Melanie is a long-time contributor to The Washington Post and other publications, and she has appeared as an author and guest expert on NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show and Senator Bill Bradley’s American Voices, Sirius XM Radio. In 2014, Melanie was awarded one of four inaugural “Canopy Awards” by Casey Trees, for her efforts to educate people about the trees of Washington, DC. Melanie is a Certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. She is on the Advisory Board of Capital Nature and the Advisory Committee of the Montgomery Countryside Alliance. To learn more about Melanie visit https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/ or connect with him on LinkedIn HERE.  GET THE ONLINE COURSE TODAY (Promo code ROMINA) VISIT WWW.CONNECTWITHROMINA.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOW AND ROMINA  

The evolution of the universe, expansion, accelerated expansion, the use, and misuse of the cosmological constant, dark energy, dark matter, the dark energy survey, and what could be in store for cosmology in the coming years. Prof. Josh Frieman is Head of the Particle Physics Division at Fermilab, a Department of Energy national laboratory near Chicago that carries out fundamental research in high-energy physics. He is also Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago and is currently President of the Aspen Center for Physics. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/support

Our Big Time Talker podcast guest is Melanie Choukas-Bradley is a Washington, DC author and naturalist who leads field trips, tree tours and forest bathing walks for the Audobon Naturalist Society, U.S. Botanic Garden, the Smithsonian, Rock Creek Conservancy, the Nature Conservancy, Politics and Prose, the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and other organizations.    Melanie’s newest book is Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island, illustrated by Tina Thieme Brown, with a foreword by Dr. Thomas Lovejoy (September 2020). She is also the author of  Resilience—Connecting With Nature in a Time of Crisis, with a foreword by Wendy Paulson (May 2020), and The Joy of Forest Bathing—Reconnect With Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life, illustrated by Lieke van der Vorst, with Spanish and Finnish translations (2018). Melanie is the author of A Year in Rock Creek Park: The Wild, Wooded Heart of Washington, DC, with photographs by Susan Austin Roth (2014). The book was awarded a 2015 Independent Publishers’ IPPY silver medal for mid-Atlantic nonfiction. Our show is a service of Speakermatch.com; be sure to subscribe at iTunes, Stitcher and wherever you get your podcasts.  You can also always ask Alexa to "Play The Big Time Talker with Burke Allen Podcast".  Visit Melanie online at http://melaniechoukas-bradley.com

In this episode, Melanie Choukas-Bradley talks about her newest book, Resilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis.Melanie explores the 'Silver Lining' of the time we are living in: many people are finding that the slower, quieter pace is opening new possibilities for contact with nature. She shares how to really notice and become intimate with the life all around us and how to lift our spirits when we need to find solace. Being outdoors also brings a new level to restorative mindfulness practices like Yoga, Tai Chi and meditation. Her book is an inspiring guide to forest bathing at home and it also offers many practical ideas and tips about connecting with nature in other ways, such as gardening, becoming a backyard naturalist  and foraging for wild food!Melanie Choukas-Bradley is an award-winning nature book author, naturalist, and certified forest therapy guide. Melanie leads forest bathing walks for many organizations in Washington, DC, including Smithsonian Associates, the US Botanic Garden, the Audubon Naturalist Society, the Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Bonsai Foundation and Politics and Prose bookstore. She also gives forest bathing presentations and leads walks in Aspen, Colorado, for the Aspen Institute (2018) and the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (2019) and has led forest bathing walks for the YMCA in Austin, Texas and spoken about forest bathing at Austin's Central Library. Melanie has authored six books, including The Joy of Forest Bathing. Her walks and interviews have been featured on NPR and NPR affiliates in DC and Aspen, the Travel Channel website, and in many print and online publications. Melanie grew up in Vermont, wandering the hills and fields from a young age and stealing icy sap from the maple buckets lining her dirt road.Link to all of Melanie Choukas-Bradley's BooksSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/oneinnature)

Please join Dave and Jason with guest Lisa Wilson.  Lisa Wilson is a transformational coach and founder of the Aspen Center for Empowerment and Healing.  For over 17 years, Lisa has guided her clients to release their subconscious programming and achieve remarkable success.  Her mission and commitment are to guide you through an amazing transformational journey that will take you from abandonment and despair to creative empowerment. She will also help you release your self-defeating patterns, to become your True Self and to express your divinity and fulfill your soul purpose.  Her website is aspencenterforempowerment.com 

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Aspen Center of Environmental Studies (ACES), this event will trace the legacy of Stuart Mace and Toklat through a conversation with artist Isa Catto and Mace’s son, Kent Mace. Stuart Mace was a botanist who came to Aspen in 1948 and created an ecological and artistic haven at Toklat, which became a foundational component of ACES. AAM education programs are made possible by the Questrom Education Fund. AAM talks and lectures are presented as part of the Questrom Lecture Series. Additional funding in 2018–19 is provided by the Laffey-McHugh Foundation. www.grassrootstv.org/

Speaker: Van K. Graham, Retired Terrestrial Wildlife Biologist Description: The Greater Sandhill Crane is an iconic bird species of the Yampa Valley in Northwest Colorado. Van will present a narrative describing the life history of Colorado’s Greater Sandhill Cranes. He will discuss the annual cycle of crane migration in the fall and their return to our high country nesting habitats in the spring. His presentation will reveal intimate knowledge of how cranes interact with our mountain environment, other wildlife and human settlement in the West. Speaker Bio: Van K. Graham is a retired wildlife biologist who worked for Colorado Parks and Wildlife for 32 years. His interest in sandhill cranes began while working in Steamboat Springs where the core population of Colorado’s nesting and staging cranes is located. Sandhill cranes were listed as a Colorado endangered species in 1973 and by the mid-1970s research on cranes had intensified, primarily to gather baseline data and begin development of management plans and programs. Throughout his career he assisted with annual work plans, inventories, field studies, and development of a Greater Sandhill Crane recovery plan. He worked with CPW wildlife managers based in northwest Colorado and collaborated on plans with the U.S. Forest Service. Van currently lives in Grand Junction, where he works as a private environmental consultant, primarily in western Colorado. He is a Board Member of the Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition, which sponsors the annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival in Steamboat Springs in late August-early September each year. He maintains a deep interest in sandhill cranes and enjoys traveling to various locations to observe, photograph, and enjoy sandhill cranes across North America. Naturalist Nights are brought to you through a partnership between the Wilderness Workshop, Aspen Center for Enviornmental Studies (ACES) and Roaring Fork Audubon.

Kevin Flaherty works for the Williams Astronomy and Physics departments as the observatory manager and astronomy lab instructor. In his research career, he has focused on the structure of gas and dust surrounding young stars, and how planets form out of this material. He is also interested in making astronomy a more inclusive environment and in bringing astronomy to others through outreach in the community. Radio Physics is a collaboration with the Aspen Center for Physics, KDNK Radio, and advanced physics students at Roaring Fork Valley High School. This interview was recorded earlier in 2018 during the teen summer program .

Speaker: Sara Porterfield, PhD Description: The Colorado River has long served as an icon of the arid American West and the central character in the story of human manipulation of water resources in the United States. However, the Colorado River Basin has shaped and been shaped by the development and use of rivers around the world. In this talk, Sara Porterfield will explore the history of a global exchange of information, technology, and ideology between the Colorado River Basin and international river basins in the late nineteenth century—an exchange that continues to the present day. Through stories of the engineers, bureaucrats, policymakers, and whitewater boaters who traveled to and from the Colorado River Basin to rivers around the world, she will show how the international history of the Colorado River Basin can help us better understand the past while also providing valuable lessons and insights for current policymaking and water management decisions. Speaker Bio: Sara Porterfield, PhD, is a historian, river guide, educator, author, and founder of Tributaries Consulting whose work focuses on the Colorado River Basin and water in the American West. Sara’s love of the Colorado River began during childhood on family road trips across the West. After college, her interest in the river led her to working for the Colorado Outward Bound School where she has guided trips on the rivers of the Colorado Basin since 2005. Not content with just floating the river, Sara began her doctoral studies in order to understand the natural and human history of the Colorado and water in the West. After graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder with a PhD in History, Sara founded Tributaries Consulting in 2018 in order to bring historical perspectives to the Western water community through research, writing, education, and public outreach. Sara, her husband Jeff, and their pups make their home in Boulder, Colorado. When not writing about or researching the rivers of the West she enjoys running rivers, drinking coffee, trail running, eating chocolate, and doing yoga. Naturalist Nights are brought to you through a partnership between the Wilderness Workshop, Aspen Center for Enviornmental Studies (ACES) and Roaring Fork Audubon.

Speaker: Kathryn Bernier, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Description: Though many intrepid explorers hike Colorado’s high elevation mountains, only a lucky few get to view the magical bird of the alpine - the white-tailed ptarmigan. This small grouse becomes virtually invisible by molting to snowy white in winter and speckled brown in summer disappearing from predators and humans intruders by using their remarkable camouflage. Come learn about this phantom bird and gain an appreciation of how it survives and thrives in the harsh alpine tundra of Colorado that they call home. Speaker Bio: As an enthusiastic naturalist and wildlife field research biologist, Kat Bernier has worked with Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the past seven years. The majority of her research has been in the alpine, collecting data and answering questions about White-Tailed Ptarmigan, under the guidance of Amy Seglund, Species Conservation Coordinator for the state. While not on the job working to conserve wildlife, she loves exploring wild-lands, back-packing, wildlife watching, and all forms of skiing, in the U.S. and internationally. Naturalist Nights are brought to you through a partnership between the Wilderness Workshop, Aspen Center for Enviornmental Studies (ACES) and Roaring Fork Audubon.

On this installment of Radio Physics, a conversation with Meg Urry, the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. She arrived at Yale in 2001 as the first woman with a tenured position in the Yale Physics Department, and the only woman in the Department at that time. Her scientific research focuses on active galaxies, that is, galaxies with unusually luminous cores, which host accreting supermassive black holes in their centers. Radio Physics is a collaboration with the Aspen Center for Physics, KDNK Radio, and advanced physics students at Roaring Fork Valley High School. This interview was recorded earlier in 2018 during the teen summer program .

The Jewish values of prolonging life, but not prolonging suffering come face to face with modern technologies such as artificial nutrition, hydration, and intubation. In this episode, a rabbi, doctor, social worker, and biomedical ethicist discuss the ways they help patients and families navigate the difficult issues that arise toward the end of life. Produced and Edited by Lisa M. Gray Produced by Jon Kalish Additional Production by Kevin Huffman and Karen Michel Music by Eyal Talmudi Quintet, Jessica Lurie, Brett Higgins’ Atlas Revolt, John Lee, Sandcatchers, and The Modulators. Courtesy of Chant Records Rabbi Jason Weiner, Senior Rabbi and Director of the Spiritual Care Department, Cedars-Sinai. Ira Bedzow, Ph.D., Director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program at New York Medical College. Senior Scholar, The Aspen Center for Social Values Adam Schoenfarber, Social Worker Manager with MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care. Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD, MPH, is a national advocate for transforming the way people die in America. Additional Information and Resources: Jewish Perspectives on End of Life Care, Myjewishlearning.com Must-Know Words & Phrases Related to End of Life Care, MyJeiwshlearning.com Judaism, Hospice & Palliative Care: Questions & Answers, MyJewishlearning.com My Feelings About Organ Donation Were Complicated, Until This Happened, Kveller.com

No one wants to think about their own death - or the death of a loved one, but these experiences can be meaningful and even life-affirming. Rabbi Joy Levitt shares the experience of discussing end-of-life care planning with her 90-year-old mother and the surprising and touching discoveries she made along the way. Learn how initiatives like Jewish Sacred Aging and What Matters are equipping baby boomers and members of the sandwich generation with the courage, vocabulary, and knowledge needed to have these important conversations with their loved ones Produced and Edited by Lisa M. Gray Produced by Jon Kalish Additional Production by Kevin Huffman and Ang Santos Music by Brett Higgins’ Atlas Revolt, Midwood, and Sandcatchers. Courtesy of Chant Records Ira Bedzow, Ph.D., Director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program at New York Medical College. Senior Scholar, The Aspen Center for Social Values Rabbi Richard Address, Founder and Director of Jewish Sacred Aging. Lois Perelson-Gross Sally Kaplan, Program Director, What Matters: Caring Conversations About End of Life, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Rabbi Joy Levitt, Executive Director, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Additional Information and Resources: Why Jews Need to Talk About Death, MyJewishLearning.com How to Talk to Your Loved Ones About Your End of Life Wishes, MyJewishLearning.com Jewish Perspectives on End of Life Care, MyJewishLearning.com If I’m Ever in a Coma, Please Thread My Eyebrows, Kveller.com Jewish Sacred Aging What Matters: Caring Conversations About End of Life UJA-Federation of New York

We all say "Never Again!" How can we ensure that it won't? Learn to recognize and stop genocide strategies from being used again anywhere in the world. Join our panelists who will discuss the strategies used by the Nazi party to justify criminal medical research and genocide through the public health propaganda. Stacy Gallin Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust / UNESCO Department of Bioethics and the Holocaust William Silvers University of Colorado School of Medicine Matthew Wynia Center for Bioethics & Humanities, University of Colorado School of Medicine Susan M. Miller, MD Houston Methodist Academic Medicine Associates Ira Bedzow The Aspen Center for Social Values / New York Medical College

with Philip W. Phillips (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

with IIya Mandel (University of Birmingham)

Some of us love physics -- and some of us wish we loved physics. No matter who you are, you know that in many ways the future of planet Earth is in the hands of the physicists. You want – you need! -- to learn more. Aspen Center for Physics presents: the 2011 Heinz R. Pagels Public Lecture Series - "Listening to the Universe with Gravitational Waves" featuring Daniel Holz

Some of us love physics -- and some of us wish we loved physics. No matter who you are, you know that in many ways the future of planet Earth is in the hands of the physicists. You want – you need! -- to learn more. The Aspen Center for Physics presents: the 2013 Maggie and Nick DeWolf Free Public Lecture Series - "The Quest for the Higgs Boson" featuring Matthew Strassler of Rutgers University

Dr. Brian Enquist, an expert in ecology and evolutionary biology, brings to life a geographic inventory of forest assets for western North America. When coupled with the latest climate models, a high-resolution picture emerges of the health of our future forests. New advances in bioinformatics and mathematical modeling enable us, for the first time, to answer the question ‘what will the forest in my backyard look like?’ This presentation, produced in concert with the local Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, is cutting edge both in analyses and technological interface, and will demonstrate what we will experience over the coming decades if action on a grander scale is not taken. The science of climate change and forest health is revealing potentially dramatic implications for all of us, whether we be homeowners, recreationists, investors, insurers, or land developers. Brian J. Enquist, Jerry Murdock, Chris Lane

Setting out with two fellow kayakers, Darcy Gaechter celebrated her 35th birthday on a 148-day kayaking journey paddling the Amazon River. Her book, Amazon Woman: Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and a Quest to Kayak the Largest River from Source to Sea, recounts her heart-pounding adventure. Gaechter now leads expeditions in the continental U.S., Alaska, Ecuador, Bhutan, Nepal, and Kenya. She is also a speaker with the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies. Gaechter says her kayaking career started following high school.