Podcast appearances and mentions of miriam horn

Author and environmental advocate Miriam Horn brings the pioneering impact of wildlife conservationist George Schaller to life in her new book “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller.”  Since the 1950's, George, often along with his wife Kay (an anthropologist), pioneered the fieldwork of living peacefully amongst large, wild/free-living animals like snow leopards, gorillas, lions, tigers, jaguars, giant pandas, Tibetan antelope, Marco Polo sheep, and Gobi bears in remote habitats, that helped pave the way for humane conservationists like Jane Goodall and Dianne Fossey, recognizing animal agency and their "theory of mind." Schaller also created parks and preserves all around the world to save vital wilderness habitat. Why have most of us never heard of him?! It's important that the Schallers' legacy is intimately detailed through Miriam's wonderful storytelling to fully appreciate how they went to wild places few scientists had ventured, persevered in tough and often politically fraught conditions, trained a cadre of young local scientists around so many nations to protect their local wildlife, published scientific books and articles proving wild animals' vast capabilities and needs, and campaigned politically to get habitats protected. You'll enjoy this 50-minute lively discussion between author Miriam Horn and Carrie Freeman, host of In Tune to Nature.   "In Tune to Nature" is an hour-long radio show airing Wednesdays at 6pm Eastern Time on 89.3FM-Atlanta radio and streaming worldwide on wrfg.org (Radio Free Georgia, a nonprofit indie station) hosted by me, Carrie Freeman, or friend Melody Paris. The show's website and my contact info can be found at https://wrfg.org/intunetonature/  While there, consider donating to Radio Free Georgia, a 50+ year old progressive, non-commercial, indie radio station, run largely by volunteers like me and Melody. And remember to take care of yourself and others, including the other animals with whom we share the planet. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on In Tune to Nature do not necessarily reflect those of WRFG, its board, staff, or volunteers.  

George Schaller is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern field biology — a scientist whose work helped transform how we study animals in the wild. From gorillas in the Congo to snow leopards in the Himalayas, his research has shaped conservation for decades. This week, WCS Wild Audio caught up with author Miriam Horn to discuss her new biography of Schaller, Homesick for a World Unknown, and the legacy of a life spent observing wildlife. Reporting: Nat Moss Guest: Miriam Horn

Miriam Horn is an award-winning journalist and author whose work lives at the intersection of conservation, food production, and the people working—often quietly and pragmatically—to hold those worlds together. Many listeners will recognize her from her excellent book "Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman," a title that's come up repeatedly on this podcast for its nuanced look at how working lands and conservation can coexist. But her new book, "Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller," zooms out to tell the story of a man whose influence touches nearly every corner of modern wildlife biology. If you're like I was before reading this book, you may not fully appreciate the importance of George Schaller and his work—but it's hard to overstate his impact. If you're working in wildlife science today—whether studying elk in Wyoming or snow leopards in Central Asia—you're building on a foundation he helped create. He helped shift wildlife biology away from specimen collection and distant population management toward long-term, immersive observation rooted in patience and deep respect for animals in their natural environments. And beyond his own research, his legacy lives on through the countless scientists he mentored around the world, many of whom went on to lead conservation efforts in their home countries. In this conversation, Miriam and I explore Schaller's remarkable life and the long arc of his influence—from his early days in Alaska to his groundbreaking work with gorillas, big cats, and high-altitude species across the globe. We talk about the tension between conservation and human needs, the role of humility and local knowledge in effective wildlife protection, and what Miriam learned after nearly a decade spent researching and writing this biography. It's a wide-ranging conversation about one man's life, but also about the bigger question of how humans can live responsibly within the natural world. "Homesick for a World Unknown" is available at your favorite bookseller now. I hope you enjoy this conversation and the book! --- Miriam Horn Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller Full episode notes and links: https://mountainandprairie.com/miriam-horn --- THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Mountain & Prairie is listener supported via Patreon, and brought to you with support from the Freeflow Institute, The Nature Conservancy in Colorado, and the Well Done Foundation for their generous sponsorship. --- TOPICS DISCUSSED: 0:00 - Introducing Miriam Horn and highlighting the Well Done Foundation 6:17 - Feedback from George 10:00 - Beginning a decade of work 15:52 - Getting George to open up 19:52 - A bit of George's biography 24:39 - Becoming a charismatic megafauna 26:53 - Putting the gun down 31:03 - Humility and hard-headedness 33:29 - Seeking the full picture 36:57 - Husband and wife team 41:00 - Not protective parents 47:30 - George and Kay to the modern-day 52:39 - How George changed Miriam 59:11 - The writers Miriam admires 1:04:54 - Words of wisdom --- ABOUT MOUNTAIN & PRAIRIE: Mountain & Prairie - All Episodes Mountain & Prairie Shop Mountain & Prairie on Instagram Upcoming Events About Ed Roberson Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts

Summary In 1959, George Schaller entered the Virunga Mountains with nothing but a notebook and a folding chair. At a time when the world viewed the mountain gorilla as a savage, cinematic monster, George saw something else: a peaceful, social being whose world we were only just beginning to understand. By sitting lower than the […] Read full article: Episode 172: “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn

Für Miriam Horn-Klimmek kann Design viel mehr als nur schön sein. Gerade Kommunikationsdesign kann Werte vermitteln, Regeln hinterfragen oder neu definieren, Empathie wecken oder Situationen erklären. Mit FORMLOS Berlin (formlos-berlin.de) hat sie gemeinsam mit Lukas Kerecz ein Team aufgebaut, das NGOs und Unternehmen strategisch dabei begleitet, genau das zu sagen, wofür sie wirklich stehen und zu verdeutlichen, was sie brauchen und wollen. Als Leiterin des Rats für Geschlechtergerechtigkeit des Deut¬schen Designtags hat sie 2020 die Wettbewerbe der Designbranche unter die Lupe genommen: Wie geschlechtergerecht sind die Jurys besetzt? Da ist noch Luft nach oben: 563 Frauen und 1322 Männer wurden 2020/21 gezählt. Daraus ist ein laufendes Projekt entstanden, das regelmäßig überprüft, ob sich die Jurys im Laufe der Jahre besser verteilen. Zuletzt geschah dies 2023 beim COUNTATHON gemeinsam mit den Women of DDC in Frankfurt am Main. Für die Ergebnisse hat sie zusammen mit ihrem Team bei FORMLOS Berlin eine Website entwickelt, die die Ergebnisse dokumentiert, aber auch interaktiv filterbar macht. So ist es auch möglich, die Verteilung nach Designbereichen zu überprüfen. Miriam hat gemeinsam mit einem Team einen Blog im Berufsverband für Kommunikationsdesign (BDG.de) ins Leben gerufen. In diesem Blog werden verschiedene Perspektiven zum Thema Verantwortung im Design präsentiert. Sie agiert als Referentin für Verantwortung im Design in ihrem Berufsverband und hat darüber hinaus im Dachverband Deutscher Designtag die Verantwortung für die Recherche zur Frage "Wie gendern wir" übernommen. Über diese Recherche und die Entwicklung der eigenen Stellung zum Thema hat sie einen Artikel verfasst, den man auf dem genannten Blog nachlesen kann (https://perspektiven.bdg.de/).

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, Beekeeper's, and Joovv.Fish are an incredibly healthy source of protein and fats, especially omega-3 fatty acids. However, there are several important things to be considered in order to reap the health benefits of fish and act as good environmental stewards at the same time.In today's episode, I talk with Paul Greenberg, Miriam Horn, and James Arthur Smith about the current state of our seafood population and the differences between wild-caught seafood, farmed fish, and regenerative farmed fish.Paul is the bestselling author of Four Fish, American Catch, and The Omega Principle. A regular contributor to the New York Times and many other publications, Mr. Greenberg is the writer-in-residence at the Safina Center, a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, and the recipient of a James Beard Award for Writing and Literature. He appears frequently on American and international radio and television programs and is the featured correspondent and cowriter of the 2017 PBS Frontline documentary The Fish on My Plate, which, along with his TED talk, has reached millions of viewers.Miriam Horn works at the Environmental Defense Fund and is the New York Times bestselling author of Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland.In 2020, James Arthur Smith founded SEATOPIA, a gourmet seafood subscription box now delivering certified mercury-safe seafood, carbon neutrally, direct to homes nationwide. Through SEATOPIA, he is endeavoring to scale a truly regenerative seafood supply chain and empower health-conscious consumers to directly support innovative aquaculture projects producing some of the healthiest protein on the planet.This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, Beekeeper's, and Joovv. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.Right now, Athletic Greens is offering 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman.Right now, Beekeeper's Naturals is offering my listeners early access to their Memorial Day sale. Between now and May 30, go to beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and enter code “HYMAN” to get 25% off your entire order.For a limited time, you'll get an exclusive discount on Joovv's Generation 3.0 devices when you purchase one for the first time. Just go to Joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY.Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here:Paul GreenbergMiriam HornJames Arthur Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Regenerative farming takes a clear approach to agriculture, in that it’s not just about sustaining the land in its current state, it’s about bringing it back to its original, vibrant state. This creates greater biodiversity, more nutrients, stronger soils, and healthier food. Regenerative farming encompasses numerous practices that benefit the soil in which crops are being farmed. It is about being minimally invasive and supporting natural symbiotic relationships, so that bacteria in the soil, grazing cattle, and everything in between, are working together. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Miriam Horn as she shares the story of a midwest soil farmer who is using regenerative practices to restore his land back to its original Prairie state.Miriam Horn works at the Environmental Defense Fund and is a New York Times best-selling author. Her books include, Rebels in White Gloves, Coming of Age with Hillary's Class, Wellesley '69, Earth: The Sequel, The Race to Reinvent Energy Stop Global Warming, which was co-authored with the Environmental Defense Fund president Fred Krupp, and Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland.Tune into Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Miriam Horn: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/MiriamHorn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For optimal sustainability, which farming practice is best? Miriam Horn, who worked for the Environmental Defense Fund for over ten years, says: it depends. Don’t choose a sweeping solution; farming smart is place-dependent: where can we sacrifice the least biodiversity, the least sequestered carbon? Agriculture’s footprint is already vast – half of the ice-free planet – so the stakes are high. But taking Miriam’s practical stance toward conservation moves us past political divisions. Her book (now also a film), Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, pushes against both the myth that conservation is a liberal coastal value and that you must be small and local to contribute to the solution. In this interview, Miriam walks us through the many waves of environmentalism: from the bedrock laws of the 60s to the combative postures of the 80s, from bridge-building partnerships and market leveraging to information technology integration. Tune in for Miriam’s lessons on balancing land sparing with land sharing, how EDF taught Walmart to prioritize better farming, and why we must move past agrarian romanticism.

This week I sit down with Miriam Horn of the Environmental Defense Fund and New York Times-best selling author. What fascinated me most about our conversation is how she challenged and brought into question our assumptions about how we can save the environment. We so often point to ranchers, farmers and fisherman, the people who cultivate and raise our food, as being the enemy. But Miriam showed me that in those places, we can find unlikely allies who could shape the future our world forever and for the better.Don't forget to leave a review and subscribe so you never miss an episode.For more great content, find me everywhere:facebook.com/drmarkhymanyoutube.com/drhymaninstagram.com/markhymanmd See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Miriam Horn has worked at the Environmental Defense Fund since 2004. She is the author of three books: Rebels in White Gloves, the New York Times bestselling Earth: the Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming, and Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland. Horn was also a producer of a film based on the book which had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and aired globally on Discovery in August 2017. Before joining EDF, Ms. Horn spent two decades writing for U.S. News and World Report, The New York Times, Smithsonian and other publications. Her first job was with the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado, doing timber management, trail construction, mine reclamation and education. Ms. Horn holds a BA from Harvard University and completed two years of post-baccalaureate study in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University. Music by Bea Troxel, “Be Gone” and “Delta” and by Fletcher Tucker, “Buried on the Wind.” Both are available on bandcamp.com.

On this week s show, we take an in depth look at the unlikely conservationists who work along the Mississippi River watershed. We begin with author Miriam Horn, whose book Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman profiles five people who sustain production while preserving their environment. Miriam joins us to talk about her discovery that there s much more that unites Americans than divides us. Then, we speak to a few of the conservationists featured in Miriam s book, starting with Justin Knopf. A fifth generation farmer from Kansas, Justin offers a unique perspective on sustainable farming practices along the watershed. One of the fishermen Miriam spent time with in researching her book was Lance Nacio, a Louisiana shrimper. Lance gives us his take on coastal conservation. Then, we shift to the final piece of the conservation puzzle ranching. We meet Dusty Crary, the Montana cowboy Miriam profiled in her book. And stockman Justin Pitts provides a counterpoint on conservation, particularly when it comes to wolves and bears on his pastures. For more of all things Louisiana Eats, be sure to visit us at PoppyTooker.com.

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This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is joined by Miriam Horn, the author of the newly published Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland. Horn tells us about food practitioners she's profiled in her book, all of whom live along the Mississippi River and represent an underreported movement to address environmental challenges in the US.

Miriam Horn, of the Environmental Defense Fund, discusses her book "The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming". She talks about emerging energy technology and obstacles to its implementation.

Paul McLoughlin, The Work Wonk, speaks with Miriam Horn, co-author with Fred Krupp of EDF, of the Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming. Next week: POW! Right between the Eyes! Profiting from the Power of Surprise, with author and Surprise marketer, Andy Nulman. … Read more about this episode...

Paul McLoughlin, The Work Wonk, speaks with Anil Gupta (India) and Haiyan Wang (China) about their book on strategies for dealing with the people and the economies of these two important countries. Next week: Earth: The Sequel The Race to Reinvent Energy adn Stop Global Warming with Miriam Horn of the Environmental Defense Fund. … Read more about this episode...

Developing alternative energy sources will require extensive capital resources. On this program, Matthew Feller discussed methods for carbon sequestration. In addition, Miriam Horn discussed developing capital infrastructure for alternative energy technology.