Podcasts about nature guide

For poet David Whyte, the power of poetry lies in its unmatched ability to meditate and focus on what's right in front of us -- whether it's a mountain, a loved one, or our own reflection. He explains how one line of poetry is enough to change your life.David grew up amongst the moors and fields of West Yorkshire, with an English father and an Irish mother who had a gift for lyricism and language.He started writing poems at just seven years old, but it wasn't until he was working as a guide in the Galapagos Islands that David truly understood what poetry was and what it could do for us.A near-death experience there prepared him for life as a poet by teaching him to pay attention to what lay right in front of him at any given time.Since then, David has written hundreds of poems loved by the world, recited as often at weddings and funerals as they are on less auspicious occasions.This episode of Conversations explores literature, language, prose, philosophy, epic stories, nature, marine biology, zoology, near death experiences, mortality, grief, love, origin stories, adventure, Charles Darwin, Ted Hughes, William Blake, Bronte sisters, Carl JungFurther informationDavid has written and published several collections of poems and essays. His latest is Consolations II, published by Canongate.David is currently in Australia on tour. He is speaking in Sydney on 22 February and in Melbourne on 25 February.

Jeff Miller's book, Bay Area Wild Life: an Irreverent Guide, will make you fall in love with the wild animals that can be found in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Episode 35 of the podcast takes us to Shiga Kogen Highlands in Nagano Prefecture. Declared a UNESCO Biopshere Reserve in 1980, Shiga Kogen is an alpine landscape which includes major peaks such as Mount Shiga and Mount Kusatsu-Shirane – one of Japan's most active volcanoes – renowned for its biodiversity, wetlands and distinct seasonal beauty. In this episode I speak with Yokota Shinji – a talented landscape and nature photographer who regularly accompanies guests into the alpine landscape of Shiga Kogen. He provides nature tours, photography tours and workshops for both Japanese and English-speaking guests and as such is an ideal person to accompany us to Shiga in this episode. Shiga Kogen Highlands sit within Joshinetsu Kogen National Park and will of course be familiar to many listeners as the ski resort of that name – Shiga Kogen Mountain Resort – is the largest ski resort in Japan – something we covered in Episode 13 of the pod while nearby Shiga Kogen Brewery – something we covered in Episode 6 of the pod - takes its name for this area of the mountains. Today's chat is however all about the Biosphere Reserve. Shiga Kogen Highlands is one of ten UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Japan, a global system of reserves awarded that status in recognition of their biological diversity and as models of mutual beneficial relationships between people and nature.  For more information and to view Shinji's beautiful photography, please visit his website and follow him on Instagram and his YouTube channel. You can also find more information, including how to get there, at the official Shiga Kogen Highlands website along with Shinji's images on the episode page of the Snow Country Stories Japan website. Snow Country Stories Japan is a bi-weekly podcast about life and travel in Japan's legendary 'yukiguni'. For more information about the show and your host, visit our website - www.snowcountrystories.com - and make sure to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Originally Published March 24, 2022. Today's guest is Jacquie Gauthier is a certified Nature Guide, Yoga teacher, and host of Soul Safaris in South Africa, alongside her husband Johann. She's also co-founder of Two Girls and an Elephant, blending photography, art, and conservation. Tune in to hear about her diverse experiences, including her political run, aid work in South Sudan, and her journey to finding fulfillment and purpose.    About: Originally from Canada, Jacquie Gauthier had a diverse career as a radio and television personality, playwright, producer, and even dipped into politics by running for Parliament in 2008. Her play "Jazzabel" and the festival "Portraits," which she co-produced, were showcased Off Broadway in New York and at the National Museum of Women and the Arts in Washington D.C., garnering attention in Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine. However, a Foreign Aid trip to South Sudan marked a turning point in her life. Now, Jacquie is a certified Nature Guide, Yoga teacher, and the creator/host of Soul Safaris in South Africa, where she's building her happily ever after with husband Johann, as seen on House Hunters International. She's also a co-founder of Two Girls and an Elephant, focusing on photography, art, and elephant conservation. Jacquie has authored two books: "The Gift of an Elephant" and "Twenty Eight Elephants (and Other Every Day Miracles)."   Social Media Website: https://www.soul-safaris.co.za/ Website: twogirlsandanelephant.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twogirlsandanelephant/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soul_safari_/   Thanks for listening to the show! It means so much to us that you listened to our podcast! If you would like to continue the conversation, please email me at allen@drallenlycka.com or visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/drallenlycka. We would love to have you join us there, and welcome your messages. We check our Messenger often.   This show is built on “The Secrets to Living A Fantastic Life.” Get your copy by visiting: https://secretsbook.now.site/home   We are building a community of like-minded people in the personal development/self-help/professional development industries, and are always looking for wonderful guests for our show. If you have any recommendations, please email us!   Dr. Allen Lycka's Social Media Links Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/drallenlycka Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_allen_lycka/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/drallenlycka LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenlycka YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/c/drallenlycka   Subscribe to the show. We would be honored to have you subscribe to the show - you can subscribe on the podcast app on your mobile device

Dive into the heart of a mystical forest where the gentle song of birds and the whisper of leaves blend with relaxing harmonies to create a restful atmosphere. Let each musical note and natural sound envelop you, transporting you on a soothing journey towards deep, restorative sleep. This unique sonic experience is designed to help you unwind, release the day's tensions, and find serenity in the embrace of Morpheus. Discover our podcast, a sonic sanctuary dedicated to those looking to escape into the arms of nature and immerse themselves in calming melodies for a peaceful night's sleep. With each episode, explore a new dimension of deep relaxation through a carefully selected mix of nature sounds and soft musical compositions, specially designed to enhance well-being and mental health. Join us on this auditory adventure, where each listening is a promise of inner peace and ultimate relaxation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I just got back from a two-week vacation with my family and another family that we are close friends with. There were 13 of us in all, exploring the beauty of Costa Rica. Early in the trip, I earned the nickname, “Nature Guide.” When we went on hikes in the jungle, I naturally looked at the map, figured out the path, and pointed out interesting flora and fauna along the way. No one asked me to do that. It just... Read More Read More The post Leadership Lessons from the Jungle Cows of Costa Rica appeared first on Zach on Leadership.

As we celebrate 20 years of RNIB Connect Radio, our Happy Hour show is bringing you 20+ Tips for Wellbeing throughout the month of September. Today, VI nature guide Andy Shipley from Natural Inclusion, shares how we can immerse ourselves into the natural soundscape around us. You can listen to RNIB Connect Radio on Freeview Channel 730, ask your Smart speaker to play RNIB Connect Radio, get us online at www.rnib.org.uk/connect-radio or via radio apps. Image Show RNIB Connect Radio Anniversary logo. On a green background written in 3 rows of white letters: 'RNIB, Connect Radio, 20th Anniversary.' Connect Radio is underlined by a bold white line. 

Episode Links: Think Like A Tree: https://www.thinklikeatree.co.uk/This Episode on the We Are Carbon Website: https://www.wearecarbon.earth/podcast-episode/nature-connection-wellbeing-success/-----------------------------------In this interview I'm joined by Sarah Spencer for a discussion that considers how our connection to nature can have a profound positive impact throughout all areas of our lives.It's easy for us to romanticise the idea of listening to the birds or dipping our toes in a glistening stream, as though experiencing nature might be an infrequent luxury to try and carve time out for.But this talk helps us to recognise that the role of nature in our lives is far more encompassing, and despite our built up environments and scheduled routines, we all are part of nature.To such a degree that when we introduce aspects that are inspired by nature or even start to think like nature, then we can enjoy much greater success within everything from our health, our relationships and our businesses.‘Think Like A Tree' encompasses Sarah's work as a trainer and author and draws upon the principles of nature to support people and organisations in a tangible way for meeting their unique needs.It's ever evolving and adapting through a growing network of facilitators who are each paving their own path for incorporating a more nature connected approach to a diverse range of situations.It's beautiful how these principles can have a place in each of our lives, and I hope you enjoy listening through to consider this all through your own personal lens!

In this lecture I introduce you to the pressing of Cosmos in the garden and we would spend some time getting to know them.. I'd be teaching on the technique of allowing nature to be your guide in this lecture.. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thelookeeafterlife/message

Here are on this Walden Wednesday, we are celebrating National Bird Day by taking a few moments out of our day to slow the heart and mind down enough to truly listen, and absorb the thoughts, ideas, philosophies and writings of great thinkers, naturalists and lovers of Nature like Emerson, Whitman, Muir and Thoreau. And then, as always, we give you a little time at the end to just “Be”, in a natural environment, and settle into a deeper state of awareness as you go through your day, fully-awake, fully-present, alive and intentionally growing into becoming your best self. Today we are visiting the writings of one of my heroes - naturalist, wildlife photographer, and Nature writer Enos Mills, who lived at the base of Longs Peak, one of the highest mountains in Colorado. Widely regarded as the “Father of Rocky Mountain National Park”, he worked and fought hard for the legislation that, in 1915, eventually won the preservation and protection the 415 square miles of paradise in the Colorado Rockies that now make up what is the 10th oldest, and now the 3rd most visited national park in the U.S. This was all due to a “chance” meeting he had as a young man with the wizened old nature sage John Muir, who inspired and encouraged him to establish Rocky Mountain National Park, considered by many to be the “Crown Jewel” of the national park system. Mills went on to not only take on Muir's advice, but he wrote about the beautiful mountain wilderness of the area and its wildlife that he loved and treasured so much. It was said of him that he was a kind of evangelist of the wilderness, and that when he preached the gospel of the wilds, you were convinced of the sincerity of its divine invitation.   Today we will visit with Mills in a passage from his book, Wildlife on the Rockies, (one of my favorites), titled “Bob, and Some Other Birds”. Something to consider as you listen, is Mills's heart for educating people about the preservation of our precious wild lands. In fact he coined the term “Nature Guide” and is the founder of the nature interpretive program widely used by our rangers today. So now, in honor of National Bird Day, I invite you to sit back and enjoy this passage from Wildlife on the Rockies, one of his 18 beloved nature books. I love how he poetically reveals to us the “brave pines”, and the eagles soaring in the “quiet bending blue” sky over the Rockies. May you be inspired by the beauty and intimate connection with birds and nature that Enos Mills so greatly treasured.

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Outdoor Adventure Series on the Success InSight Podcast.The Outdoor Adventure Series celebrates individuals & families, businesses, and organizations that seek out and promote the exploration of the great outdoors. Our guest today is Amy Grisak.Amy is a freelance writer and photographer specializing in everything from gardening to outdoor recreation and natural history issues, particularly in her beautiful home state of Montana.She is the author of two books:Nature Guide to Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks (Nature Guides to National Parks Series) – May/June 2021; and Found Photos of Yellowstone: Yellowstone's History in Tourist and Employee Photos Paperback – September 2021 (150th Anniv)To learn more about Amy and her work, please visit her website at https://www.amygrisak.com.You can also find Amy on the following social sites:FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInYouTube Story about AmyTo learn about the mission of the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA), visit their website at https://owaa.org/  #OWAA2021Success InSight is a production of Fox Coaching, Inc.

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Outdoor Adventure Series on the Success InSight Podcast.The Outdoor Adventure Series celebrates individuals & families, businesses, and organizations that seek out and promote the exploration of the great outdoors. Our guest today is Amy Grisak.Amy is a freelance writer and photographer specializing in everything from gardening to outdoor recreation and natural history issues, particularly in her beautiful home state of Montana.She is the author of two books:Nature Guide to Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks (Nature Guides to National Parks Series) – May/June 2021; and Found Photos of Yellowstone: Yellowstone's History in Tourist and Employee Photos Paperback – September 2021 (150th Anniv)To learn more about Amy and her work, please visit her website at https://www.amygrisak.com.You can also find Amy on the following social sites:FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInYouTube Story about AmySuccess InSight is a production of Fox Coaching, Inc.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review! Even a sentence can help. Please go to ratethispodcast.com/openloopsFor more shamelessly fringe antics, follow Greg on Instagram @thegregbornsteinMelissa Divinity is, well, among other things: "Nature Guide, Earth Lover Medicinal/Tonic Food Specialist, Holistic Wellness Leader, Certified Spiritual Healer, Diplomat of Earth Stewardship, Self-Care Specialist, Detox Consultant, Certified Yoga Instructor, Published Author, Syncretist, and Ordained Minister."But most importantly....she is MOTHER NATURE. Greg had never met Mother Nature in human form before starting to converse with Melissa. He finally found her. Melissa Irene Divinity joins Greg to discuss Earth's medicinal properties that aren't JUST psychotropic. They talk divinity detox, syncretism (Sun spirituality/astrology), the divine feminine, the wounded masculine, Melissa's children's books.... A conversation as sweet as butterflies consensually kissing you. Peace and love. Melissa's Links: https://www.melissadivinity.com/ and divinitydetox.com 

Today we're speaking with Lamin Bojang, a local environmentalist in The Gambia. Lamin works as a Bird and Nature Guide at Footsteps Eco Lodge and is the Founder of Gunjur Village Museum. He joined me recently to tell about his passion behind building the museum, and the challenges its facing. Powered by Ethical Travel Portal, and your host is Linda Veråsdal.

This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio we'll talk to Amy Grisak about her new book, "Nature Guide to Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks", a book you'll want to have handy when you visit this wonderful destination in Montana.  Eric Winther has got the latest from the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program, Bob Loomis with Macks Lure has a great offering for American shad and Glenn May will introduce you to BassResource.com, an invaluable resource indeed for bass anglers.  http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com

In this episode we are talking to Vanessa Hartmann, creator of the "Year In Nature Guide," about homeschooling, nature co-ops and her profound insights on nature based living.

The answers to many of life’s questions are found in the trees, the wind, the grass and the sea - they are found in nature. This week’s intention will allow you to deepen your connection with the earth and lean into the trust that Mother Nature has your back. Tune in to notice the signs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we finished the forest chapter!

Today we start the book and read part of the forest section!

"Griff" Griffith joins us to discuss:-his background and how he became interested in nature-the flora, fauna, land, and First Peoples of Northern California-how First Peoples influenced their local ecologies-the importance of fire to some ecosystems-Kyle Burgess, "The Cougar Guy," and his Mountain Lion encounter that went viral-books Griff recommends-the importance of predators to keep ecosystems healthy for humans-habitat fragmentation-and moreAbout Griff: "As the host of Animal Planet’s online show 'Wild Jobs,' and a lifetime wildlife conservationist, John 'Griff' Griffith believes in the importance of relationships: wildlife to earth, wildlife to plants, wildlife to people, and people to people. This philosophy has led to many rewarding collaborations, including being selected by Earth Island Institute as one of four Americans to serve as low-impact ecotourism advisors to Siberia, being featured in the celebrated documentary 'Diversity and Inclusion in Our Wild Spaces,' and having his work introduced twice in the book, When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors. "His lifelong commitment to wildlife and people also includes a seventeen-year career as a supervisor in a youth development program called the California Conservation Corps, where he led groups of young adults, often from distressed communities, to restore natural areas and wildlife populations in a process he calls 'rewilding.' He often made videos with these Corps members, a few of which have gone viral. His most famous video 'Boss Dances Like a Boss' has 7 million views on YouTube alone and was featured on The Today Show, Headline News, Good Morning America, various international programs, and MTV’s Ain’t That America and Ridiculousness. Several of his other videos have been featured on the show RightThisMinute."In 2014, he also created the BioBlitz Dance for National Geographic and their BioBlitz events. The dance spread worldwide, with BioBlitz Dance videos coming from over 10 different countries. Two years after he created the dance, National Geographic flew John and two of his Corps members to Washington, D.C., to do the BioBlitz Dance onstage with Gary Knell, CEO of the National Geographic Society, and Sally Jewell, former Secretary of the Interior. The BioBlitz Dance is still being enjoyed at outdoor events all over the world, and became the official dance of several schools, kids’ camps, and P-22 Day Festivals, in Los Angeles. "When John is not writing, presenting, or making videos for his own online platforms, he’s helping people connect to the redwood region as a natural and cultural resource interpreter for California State Parks."Contact Griff:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GriffWildInstagram: @TheNatureNutYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TotemMagicGoingMADWild Jobs: https://www.facebook.com/watch/AnimalPlanet/341870596689084/Contact Michael:1. ccerppodcast@aol.com2. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 4. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1152144714995033/Join us at CCERP on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1152144714995033/Show notes1. Griff dance videosa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKNhCjA0pdUb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxDQHPvlD7A2. BioBlitz dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNpKrHgW9ow3. Animal Planet's Wild Jobs program: https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/wild-jobs/4. Doug Tallamya. Bioi. https://www.udel.edu/faculty-staff/experts/douglas-tallamy/ii. https://www.udel.edu/canr/departments/entomology-and-wildlife-ecology/faculty-staff/doug-tallamy/iii. https://www.humansandnature.org/doug-tallamyb. Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamyhttps://www.amazon.com/Bringing-Nature-Home-Wildlife-Expanded/dp/0881929921/c. Nature's Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamyhttps://www.amazon.com/Natures-Best-Hope-Approach-Conservation/dp/1604699000/d. "Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash the Wild on Your Backyard" by Jerry Adlerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-ecologist-who-wants-unleash-wild-backyard-180974372/5. E.O. Wilsona. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilsonb. https://eowilsonfoundation.org/e-o-wilson/c. Some of his booksi. Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilsonhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZAT8VNE/ii. Tales From the Ant World by Edward O. Wilsonhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZAT8VNE/iii. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by E. O. Wilsonhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P5557DK/6. Eel River a. https://www.rivers.gov/rivers/eel.phpb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel_River_(California)7. Sinkyone Wilderness State Parka. http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=429b. https://www.stateparks.com/sinkyone_wilderness.htmlc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkyone_Wilderness_State_Park8. Humboldt Redwoods State Parka. https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=425b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_Redwoods_State_Park9. Yuroka. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurokb. https://www.yuroktribe.orgc. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Yurok10. Wiyota. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyotb. http://www.wiyot.us11. Hupaa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hupab. https://factcards.califa.org/cai/hupa.html12. Tribes of California: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/California_tribes_%26_languages_at_contact.png/1200px-California_tribes_%26_languages_at_contact.png13. The Ecological Benefits of Fire (a bit to get some idea about it and start looking into it)a. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/ecological-benefits-fire/b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ecologyc. https://learnforests.org/sites/default/files/EcologicalRoleofFire.pdfd. https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/BF03400628e. http://pacificbio.org/initiatives/fire/fire_ecology.html14. Before the Wilderness: Environmental Management by Native Californians by Kat Anderson and Thomas C. Blackburn: https://www.amazon.com/Before-Wilderness-Environmental-Californians-Anthropological/dp/0879191260/15. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mannhttps://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059/16. Kyle Burgess and the Mountain Liona. Original videoi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg2CDCm34wii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xu3FBGQ2Eoiii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ktRhBcHza4b. Griff's interview of Kyle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grmIkU6Et4Ac. Griff talking about Mountain Lions and Kyle's incident: https://www.facebook.com/NorthCoastRedwoods/videos/347371733000314d. "Cougar Experts Weigh In On That Viral Video" by Sara Tabinhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/saratabin/2020/10/15/cougar-experts-weigh-in-on-that-viral-video/e. " ‘I don’t feel like dying today’: Utahn describes how he survived 6-minute cougar encounter" by Katie McKellar: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/10/12/21513450/utah-cougar-mountain-lion-encounter-viral-provo-slate-canyon-attack-stalk-survive17. Kyle Burgess's "I Am the Cougar Guy" website: https://www.iamthecougarguy.com18. Cougar Conservancy: https://cougarconservancy.org/19. Mountain Lion Foundation: https://mountainlion.org/20. Wolves of Yellowstonea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4F7yvMlAMb. https://www.pbs.org/strangedays/episodes/predators/experts/yellowstonewolves.html?fbclid=IwAR0cuFEBV9alZ-0xg28Nv6yr5vALGl27q2EJTeOs8G3czK2JnoIH6v_wvtMc. "How Wolves Change Rivers:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q21. The importance of predators (a bit to get some idea about it and start looking into it)a. "The Crucial Role of Predators: A New Perspective on Ecology" by Caroline Fraserhttps://e360.yale.edu/features/the_crucial_role_of_predators_a_new_perspective_on_ecologyb. "The Ecological Importance of Predators" https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/predatorimportance.pdfc. "The Importance of Predators"https://www.predatordefense.org/predators.htmd. "Top Predators Key to Ecosystem Survival, Study Shows" by Bjorn Carey https://www.livescience.com/4171-top-predators-key-ecosystem-survival-study-shows.html22. Keystone speciesa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGg5it5FMIb. "Robert Paine, UW ecologist who identified ‘keystone species,’ dies at 83:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/robert-paine-uw-ecologist-who-identified-keystone-species-dies-at-83/c. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_T._Paine_(zoologist)d. "The Ecologist Who Threw Starfish" by Sean Carroll: http://nautil.us/issue/34/adaptation/the-ecologist-who-threw-starfish23. The Kaibab: a need for predators and good ecologya. "The Lesson of the Kaibab"https://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/kaibab.htmlb. "Was Aldo Leopold Right about the Kaibab Deer Herd?" by Binkley, Moore, et. al. http://www.rmtrr.org/data/Binkleyetal_2006_Ecosystems.pdf24. Habitat Fragmentation (a bit to get some idea about it and start looking into it)a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_fragmentationb. "Negative and positive effects of habitat fragmentation on animals"https://www.animal-ethics.org/negative-and-positive-effects-of-habitat-fragmentation-for-animals/c. "Causes and consequences of habitat fragmentation in river networks" by Fuller, Doyle, et. al. http://www.jlakes.org/config/hpkx/news_category/2016-03-22/Fuller_et_al-2015-Annals_of_the_New_York_Academy_of_Sciences.pdfd. "Ecological Responses to Habitat Fragmentation Per Se" by Lenore Fahrighttps://www.glel.carleton.ca/PDF/webDump/17FahrigAREES.pdfBio and picture courtesy John "Griff" Griffith.

A Man From Alberta Canada Sees a Sasquatch Battling a Moose and One Man sees a Creature with Fingers the size of a Red Bull can. Two Sasquatch reports from the Slave Lake area of Alberta Canada. The first report is from my very good friend Randy, who lives close to Slave Lake and experienced an unforgettable encounter one day when he was hunting a number of years ago. The second report comes from another hunter in the same area in 2019Randy is a Hunter and Nature Guide from Alberta Canada. He is a keen outdoors man and likes to hunt, sometimes alone and at other times with the family, he is used to the usual animals in the Forest and lakes and their habits and the noises they make, he and his wife spend a lot of time together in a tree stand just watching the bears on the property. At one point there were 8 Bears around them and Randy had to swat them away from the stand, so I think it is fair to say although Randy has a very relaxed and respectful attitude towards nature he isnt going to be messed with either. He has hunted all his life and spends days away in remote areas, tracking and sharing his knowledge of animal sign, I learnt more from him about tracking and signs in an hours phone call than I did in my 52 years on earth.He knows his animal sign, the wild food stuffs and a thousand little tidbits of knowledge lost to my culture decades ago, he explained how each animal leaves its own mark on a different section of the tree and how to recognise which sign comes from which animal. I was so grateful for his advice I asked him if he could share all of this knowledge with people who love the outdoors and also for us Bigfoot Researchers, Randy's advice was invaluable and I am looking forward to hear more from him.One hunting trip a number of years ago in the Slave Lake area left a memorable impression on Randy when he was hunting bear. He parked the car miles away from the site he was going to hunt in, he walked in steadily and quietly and was looking for tracks when he saw a Moose that came charging out of the bush, the Moose was a huge Bull and it looked terrorfied, its eyes were rolled back and it was making a screaming noise, "I had never heard an animal make before, I couldn't understand what I was seeing on the back of the Moose as there was a huge creature, clinging to it. Randy watched in awe as the two creatures battled each other in a life or death event. The creature was thickly muscled and had hands and feet, it had no neck and was very tall, it brought the Moose down to the ground, after swiping at the Moose over and over with its huge hands. It got itself in a position where it had its arms around the Moose's neck, It pulled backwards and the moose went down to the ground screaming"Everything went completely silent, no birds, no animals, just a hush. Randy was in awe, he walked backwards slowly and quietly out of the area and back to his truck and drove out of the area, he kept driving until he hit sidewalks and pulled in and stopped for a coffee in a bid to get his mind together and try and work out what he had just seen. He was out looking for Bear that day and he was fully armed but at no point did he feel like he needed to take a shot, he said he was more in awe of what he had seen, he also believes the creature was so focused on the Moose it didn't see him at any point."I watched the two creatures in a primal battle that ended with the death of the Moose, I was shaken up by what I had seen and I just couldn't get my thoughts together and I have kept the incident to myself for years and it has played on my mind ever since. When they first emerged from the bushes the 'man like creature' was really tall, the tail end of the moose came up to his mid rib section. And this wasn't a small Moose, it was a huge bull with 50" paddles. We chatted for a while about this sighting and Randy went on to explain another incident about 10 miles out of Edmonton."I have seen some very strange things in the forests out here, I once shot a Deer that was only about 40 yrds in front of me, I hit it clean and it dropped down into the long grass, the grass was about 4 ft tall and pretty thick. I waited and kept my eye out for Bears as this is the time they will get attracted by your kill and come charging at speed out of the undergrowth, and this grass was ideal for that very purpose. I walked over to collect the Deer which took a matter of seconds and it was gone? there was no trail out of there, no blood, no drag marks, no signs of animals or anything, I was stumped, I did a grid search and found nothing! I then did a spiral search moving out from where you could see the Deer had dropped and still nothing! I went back numerous times thinking 'surely il find the antlers or hide' or even smell it, I took my friend back there to and told him the whole story and we both looked together. I was still bugged by that for about 3yrs after it happened. But seeing that 'Creature' take down that Moose will stay with me forever. I have only ever told my Wife, one friend and You. I explained to my friend about the screaming noise the Moose and the creature made as they fought, still trying to convince myself it was just a Bear, but my friend said "Bears dont scream like that Randy" and he's right"On another hunting trip this time with his children in another area closer to Edmonton a place they have been before, but they had never been in some of the thicker areas, this time they decided to do just that so they headed for an area they hadn't been in before. As Randy and his sons were walking along looking for any tracks or signs of any passing Bears they ended up in one part of the property they hadn't checked before, they came to an area that looked strange, they had walked through thick forest shrubs and trees and emerged at a spot where everything was empty, there was no ground cover at all. The bark was missing off all of the trees and the floor was completely clean, not a leaf or a pine needle, no sticks or twigs, and it looked like someone had 'cleared' the entire area.They were puzzled by this and couldn't work out why this had happened or who would do it? As they were all looking around wondering what had happened in that spot, trying to come up with a reason for the 'destruction' when they noticed a dark figure some ways off what looked at first like a tall upright walking Bear, the Bear was walking in their direction, now as Randy explained normally Bears walk with a waddling gait, if they are down on all fours they swing their heads in all directions as they walk sniffing the air as they go, they can raise to two legs, but they look very awkward when they do it, they also have ears on top of their heads and claws not hands. "The creature coming our way was moving along walking fluidly, 'It' also had huge shoulders and no neck. It was really dark in colour and on seeing Randy and the children 'It' did a strange thing, 'It' turned in a sharp movement left (turned on a dime is the phrase) and moved off into the tree line and hid behind a tree, 'It' stayed behind the tree peeking out for a short time as we watched 'It'We kept asking each other "what is that" and the kids started to get a little spooked. The younger ones were a bit scared as we started to walk towards 'It', the idea of getting closer upset the kids so I turned around to move us off to safety and It used that moment to move really quickly dropping down to the ground and just vanishing. It was very similar to the creature I saw with the Moose, It was also thickly muscled and very dark in colour, It looked like iI had no neck, the head was right on the shoulders, and the chest was very broad. I took the children back to the vehicle and we left the area. I have never told anyone the details of that day, but my Wife has asked me over and over to contact you and share this event. It was only on speaking with you that I realised there may be others who have seen this creature also.Being a lover of the outdoors and the old ways, as you can imagine chatting with Randy was a joy for me, we chatted about the areas out there, the animals and their habits. As he is a guide and a hunter he had a wealth of stories to tell and I enjoyed everyone of them, now Im longing for snowy pine forests and tundra as I write from my little room in the UK. I explained to Randy that the behaviour he described ie: tree peeking, the fluid gait, the build, the dropping to the ground in an instant were all consistent with what we now call Sasquatch behaviour. It was 18 months ago when I first started chatting with Randy and since then his wife has had her own experience, which I will bring to you over the coming weeks.I did manage to find another recent report from around the Slave Lake Area that features a creature very similar to Randy's experience. Although nothing can come close to watching two animals fight for their lives, every Bigfoot report has an element of fear, simply seeing something impossible you can not explain is enough for most sound minded folk. A fellow hunter and guide had his own experience whilst out with his family in the Mitsue area in June 2019. The Witness was driving down a logging road Bear hunting with his wife and children at approximately 9:30pm when they spotted what appeared to be the rear end of a bear entering the left hand side of a cutline for a power line as they were driving by.The witness exited the vehicle and walked down the cutline approximately 50 yards to where the animal had entered the bushline. When he arrived, on the right hand side of the cutline (opposite to where the animal was spotted entering the bush) there were a number of poplar trees of 6-8″ diameter that began to shake violently. The witness described it as an “explosion” of movement in the bush next to him. Immediately he saw two very large hands start to part the trees and bushes with fingers approximately just smaller than a redbull can

Today we celebrate the botanist and writer who published the first book about salad. We'll also learn about the horticulturist whose life was cut short on this day when the steamship he was on caught on fire and sank. We celebrate the man who helped generations of people fall in love with ornithology. We also hear some garden poetry that features women. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about creating a Pollinator Victory Garden by having a garden that is healthy, diverse, and chemical-free. And then we'll wrap things up with a glimpse into a Maine garden on this day in 2011. But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news.   Subscribe Apple  | Google  | Spotify  | Stitcher | iHeart   Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy.   Curated News Thriving With Nature | Mental Health Foundation “There are lots of ways in which spending time in nature can be positive for our mental health and wellbeing. New and exciting research is happening all the time that adds to our understanding of how our natural environment affects the health of our bodies and minds. The reasons why time in nature has this effect on us are complex and still being understood. The benefits are often related to how our senses connect us to the environment around us, from the shapes in nature we see to the scents that trees give off and the soft fascination that nature can stimulate which helps our minds rest.”   Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1662   Today the English Gardner and writer John Evelyn recorded in his diary that he met with the dowager Queen Henrietta Maria. John kept a detailed diary for 66 years, and he had a devoted passion for gardening. As a result, his diary has been a treasure for garden historians over the years. And, here's a little known fact about John Evelyn: he was the first garden author to publish a book about salads (or sallets as they were spelled at the time). Check out the benefits of eating salad as described by John: "By reason of its soporiferous quality, lettuce ... still continues [to be] the principal foundation of … Sallets, which ... cool and refresh, [and have] beneficial influences on morals, temperance, and chastity." (FYI: Soporiferous means Inducing or tending to induce sleep. Here John is referring to the fact that some lettuce secretes lactucarium - a milky fluid found in the base of the lettuce stems. It is known as lettuce opium because of its sedative and pain-relieving properties. It has also been reported to promote a mild sensation of euphoria.) It was John Evelyn who wrote: "The gardener’s work is never at an end, it begins with the year and continues to the next. He prepares the ground, and then he plants, and then he gathers the fruits." "Gardening is a labor full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, experience, health, and longevity."   And, keep in mind John's appreciation for the amount of work a garden requires as I tell you this little story about him. In 1698, John Evelyn had owned his estate for 40 years. Everyone who knew it said it was magnificent - both inside and out. It was decorated to the nines. Of all that he owned, John's garden was his pride and joy. That year, the Russian Czar, Peter the Great, brought an entourage of 200 people to England to visit William III. In a gesture of hospitality, William volunteered John Evelyn's home to host the Czar and his people during their visit. John and his wife graciously moved out to give the Czar his privacy. Well, it wasn't long before John's servants began sending him urgent messages begging him to return. When John came home, he walked into a nightmare. The whole estate had been trashed. Priceless paintings had served as dartboards. His floors were ruined, windows were smashed; even the garden was destroyed. The servants told how the 6'8 Czar had played a game with his friends, where they put him in one of John's wheelbarrows and then raced him through the garden beds, crashing into walls, trees, and hedges. It was a complete disregard for the sanctity of John's garden. For twenty years, John had nursed along a hedge of holly that had turned into a glorious living wall. It was ruined. The party even managed to knock down part of the stone wall that surrounded the garden. It must have been a scene akin to the movie Animal House. John immediately sent word to the king about what had happened, and arrangements were made straight away to move the Czar to other lodgings. King William settled with John to have his property restored - his home needed to be gutted and rebuilt from the floors up. John Evelyn was 78 years old when this happened to him. I'm sure there was no amount of restitution that could restore the years of love he had spent in his garden. He lived for another eight years before dying in 1706.   1815   Today is the anniversary of the tragic death of the horticulturist and writer Andrew Jackson Downing. Andrew was the author of The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, which came out in 1845. He also served as the editor of a magazine called The Horticulturist. Regarded as one of the founders of American Landscape Architecture, Andrew used his work in The Horticulturist magazine as a platform for advancing his pet causes. It was Andrew who first came up with the idea for a New York park. In fact, Andrew's dream became the park we know today: Central Park. Andrew also advocated for individual states to create schools devoted to agriculture - and that hope became a reality as well. In 1846, the National Mall in Washington, DC, was run down and neglected.  It fell to Andrew to devise plans to revive the space. When the Frenchman Pierre Charles L'Enfant designed the mall in 1791, he envisioned a grand avenue. In sharp contrast, Andrew's vision simple. Not a fan of formal European gardens, Andrew wanted to create what he called a public museum of living trees and shrubs. Instead of a grand avenue, Andrew designed four separate parks that were connected by curving walkways and featured many different trees. Sadly, Andrew's plans were never fully funded or carried out. In the summer of 1852, Andrew boarded a steamship called The Henry Clay. At some point, the steamship got into a race with another boat called The Armenia. When The Henry Clay began to overheat, a fire broke out in the engine room. Coincidentally, a former girlfriend of Andrew's also happened to be on board The Henry Clay that fateful day. As passengers escaped the flames to jump into the water, some began to drown. When Andrew jumped in the water to save his old flame, her panic caused them both to drown. Now, before Andrew attempted to save his old paramour, he was one of the men who quickly threw some deck chairs off the boat. The thinking was that the chairs could be used as flotation devices. As fate would have it, Andrew's wife Carolyn survived the disaster by holding on to a deck chair. When the ordeal was all over, many friends tried to comfort Carolyn by insinuating that she was likely saved by one of the chairs Andrew had thrown into the water.  But this sentiment was small consolation to her, given that she lost her husband as he was busy trying to save an old love. Andrew Jackson Downing was just 36 years old when he died on this day two hundred and five years ago.   1996  Today is the anniversary of the death of Roger Tory Peterson of Peterson's Field Guide to Birds fame - he was born in 1908. A son of Jamestown, New York, Roger, helped new generations of people fall in love with ornithology. Roger not only wrote the guides, but he also illustrated them. He was the noted American naturalist who brought the natural world to the masses in the 20th century. Roger admired the gumption of the common starling. He felt blue jays had "a lot of class," and he said the house sparrow was "an interesting darn bird." Roger once famously described a purple finch as a "Sparrow dipped in raspberry juice (male)." When it came to the Audobon Oriole, Roger quipped that its song was like "a boy learning to whistle." What was Roger Tory Peterson's favorite bird? The King Penguin. Here are some famous Peterson quotes: "Few men have souls so dead that they will not bother to look up when they hear the barking of wild Geese." "Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy." "Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble." And finally, the book, The World of Roger Tory Petersonis worth a read if you can get hold of a copy.   Unearthed Words Today's words feature Women and the Garden. In January, for example, the housewife should be busy planting peas and beans and setting young rose roots. During March and April she will work 'from morning to night, sowing and setting her garden or plot,' to produce the crops of parsnip, beans, and melons which will 'winnest the heart of a laboring man for her later in the year. Her strawberry plants will be obtained from the best roots which she has gathered from the woods, and these are to be set in a plot in the garden. Berries from these plants will be harvested later the same year, perhaps a useful back-up if the parsnips have failed to win the man of her dreams. July will see the good wife 'cut off ...ripe bean with a knife as well as harvesting the hemp and flax, which it will be her responsibility to spin later in the year. — Thomas Tusser, English poet and farmer, Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandry, 1573   You are a tulip seen today, But (dearest) of so short a stay That where you grew, scarce man can say. You are a lovely July-flower, Yet one rude wind, or milling shower. Will force you hence, and in an hour. You are a sparkling rose in the bud. Yet lost ere that chaste flesh and blood Can show where you grew or stood. You are a full-spread fair-set vine. And can with tendrils love entwine. Yet dried, ere you distill your wine. You are like balm enclosed well In amber, or some crystal shell, Yet lost ere you transfuse your smell. You are a dainty violet. Yet withered ere you can be set  Within the virgin's coronet. You are the queen all flowers among.  But die you must, fair maid, ere long.  As he, the maker of this song. — Robert Herrick, English poet and cleric, A Meditation for His Mistress   Grow That Garden Library The Pollinator Victory Garden by Kim Eierman This book came out in January of 2020, and the subtitle is Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats, and Other Pollinators. Peter Nelson, Director of The Pollinators film, said of this book, "The Pollinator Victory Garden is a book for these times.  Kim Eierman empowers readers with ideas, direction, and the inspiration they need to create beautiful and eco-friendly habitats for many different pollinators.  Creating healthy, diverse, and chemical-free habitats are essential steps in solving pollinator decline, and The Pollinator Victory Garden guides you towards creating your own lovely garden habitat." Kim Eierman is an environmental horticulturist and landscape designer specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. She is the Founder of EcoBeneficial, a horticulture consulting and communications company in Westchester County, New York. Kim also teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center, Rutgers Home Gardeners School, and advanced education classes for Master Gardeners. This book is 160 pages of ideas and information to support pollinators and help the environment. You can get a copy of The Pollinator Victory Garden by Kim Eierman and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $16.   Today's Botanic Spark 2011   In the popular gardener book The Roots of My Obsession, the former executive director of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Bill Cullina wrote: “Yesterday it happened.  With everything finally planted, the weeds temporarily at bay, and the garden refreshed by rains after a long dry stretch, I reached that brief apogee in the arc of the season where I could sit on the bench and just appreciate.  It is that magic time of year between the rising cacophony of spring and the slow murmuring descent of autumn when there is stillness in my soul.  Right now, nothing needs doing.  It has been the most frenzied spring yet at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, where I work — a season stretching well into summer. We planted just over twenty-nine thousand plants and created four acres of new gardens. I have laid out so many plants this year that I started seeing them in my sleep — one pot after another plunked atop the freshly turned earth in endless triangles stretching off to infinity.” In 2019, Bill Cullina was named the F. Otto Haas Executive Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Morris Arboretum. He started his new job a year ago on July 8, succeeding Paul W. Meyer, who served the Arboretum for 43 years, 28 years as executive director.  

On today’s episode of the Park Leaders Show, we have an old friend joining us. John Griffith has guested on six episodes over the past six years and has been integral in the growth of the show. John is a huge voice in the conservation movement and has worked to educate the masses for many years with a 19-year stint in the California Conservation Core and as the host of Wild Jobs on Animal Planet. John has now transitioned to a place of passion as a Nature Guide or Interpreter for the North Coast District of California State Parks. While tenure may have him as the “new guy”, his background in social media and creating relevant education have helped him build a thriving educational program even during the current pandemic we are experiencing. Today we discuss the importance of empowering guests and visitors to recreate the awe they experience in a natural setting and translate it to the nature around them in their daily lives. The importance of sowing seeds of inspiration in the short touchpoints nature guides have is key to taking their visit from terminal to transformative. By associating learning about nature with fun and utilizing entertaining methods, a passion for conservation can be cultivated one visitor at a time.   Episode resources: Book Recommendation: Bringing Nature Home – by Douglas W. Tallamy https://www.amazon.com/Bringing-Nature-Home-Wildlife-Expanded-ebook/dp/B003UV8ZTE/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Bringing+Nature+Home&qid=1589334645&sr=8-1&tag=stephprodu-20 Humbolt Redwood State Park Page –https://www.facebook.com/HumboldtRedwoodsStatePark/ Facebook Page: @Griffwilds - https://www.facebook.com/GriffWild/ Facebook Group: @Griffswildtips  https://www.facebook.com/groups/GriffsWildTips/ Instagram: @thenaturenut  https://www.instagram.com/thenaturenut/ YouTube: John Griffith https://www.youtube.com/user/TotemMagicGoingMAD

This episode was made for BBR by the On The Trail Podcast with our special guest Randy. Randy is a Hunter and Nature Guide from Alberta Canada. He is a keen outdoors man and likes to hunt, sometimes alone and at other times with the family, he is used to the usual animals in the Forest and lakes and their habits and the noises they make, he and his wife spend a lot of time together in a tree stand just watching the bears on the property. Randy was hunting bear one day when he saw a Moose that came charging out of the bush, the Moose was a huge Bull and it looked terrorfied, its eyes were rolled back and it was making a screaming noise I had never heard an animal make before, I couldn't understand what I was seeing on the back of the Moose as there was a huge creature, Randy watched in awe as the two creatures battled each other in a life or death event. The creature was thickly muscled and had hands and feet, no neck and was very tall, it brought the Moose down to the ground, after swiping at the moose over and over with its huge hands. It got itself in a position where it had its arms round the Moose's neck, it pulled backwards and the moose went down.

Hello and welcome to February.How is your year going? Has it been nonstop busy since the holidays? For me this year, January went the same way it went last year — busy, busy, busy — but lots of good things are happening, so no complaints.The events of the past month made me think about our fast-moving world and how it really isn’t a surprise that people don’t notice their surroundings. I then switched to thinking about myself and how I might make myself slow down. Then I thought about my conversation with Kimberly Beck, one of the first guests on this podcast. Kimberly is an environmental educator and psychotherapist at Relational Rewilding Nature Guiding. Here Kimberly offers rewilding programs and nature therapy. I thought about what she does in her programs and found myself wishing that Colorado wasn’t so far away.If you've been wishing for more quiet moments and have been looking for more stillness for you and for your audience, I recommend listening to this episode to find out how Kimberly incorporates stillness and guides the participants in her programs.Enjoy. LINKSRelational Rewilding Nature GuidingFollow Kimberly on FacebookIs encouraging gratitude an antidote for materialism? (article)Not a Stick (children’s book)

Episode 370 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: creative talk, Inktober, and two books from the "nature drawing" space.

The story of how David developed more patience and compassion and became interested in Nature-inspired life coaching. He offers tools for developing a deeper connection with the natural world and finding your life's purpose. https://www.profoundpurposecoaching.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/soul-tree/id1336666780?mt=2 https://earthbasedinstitute.org/ https://www.aidazea.com/ http://www.saramariemiller.me/ https://thymeinthestudio.simplecast.fm/ Intro and outro music by Komiku Donate here: https://simplecast.com/donate/6016

In this episode you'll learn: Why it's important to have a connection to the food you eat. How nature can inspire cuisine. Why it's important to preserve endemic culinary cultures. Why it's important to dream about your potential. How take inspiration from others to help you follow your own path. How to stay competitive when the price of products keeps going down. Discussed in this episode: His company NaturalWalks

C’est par l’exemple que l’on peut modifier son comportement. C’est le sens du Guide des Bonnes pratiques que propose la FRAPNA, la Fédération Rhône Alpes de Protection de la Nature. A l’heure où beaucoup nous promettent le changement, la FRAPNA souhaite elle, au contraire, que chacun d’entre nous puisse initier ce changement. Les nombreux défis environnementaux que notre société doit relever nécessitent la mobilisation d’un maximum d’acteurs, tant au niveau international et national qu’à l’échelon plus local de la collectivité et du citoyen. Mais mettre en œuvre une politique environnementale ne s’improvise pas. Il est souvent compliqué de se lancer dans une action en étant sûr de mobiliser, de convaincre. Manque de connaissances, d’informations, d’expériences voire d’accompagnement, les raisons d’engagements environnementaux ratés sont nombreuses. L’appui d’associations spécialisées est l’un des moyens à disposition des collectivités désireuses de mener à bien leur projet. Le guide de la FRAPNA permet justement de bénéficier d’un large éventail d’expériences déjà menées, et dont les retours sont évaluables. Le recueil met en lumière ainsi 20 actions exemplaires présentées sous forme de fiches pratiques. Le contexte dans lequel elles ont été mise en œuvre est détaillé, tout comme leur coût, les partenaires et les plus-values obtenues. On y découvre par exemple que la ville de Bristol, en Angleterre, a décidé de prendre en charge la gestion de la totalité de ses ressources en eau afin d’en préserver sa qualité et de l’économiser. Récupération des eaux de pluie, contrôle de la qualité des cours d’eau, vérification de l’utilisation de l’eau dans les bâtiments publics et privés, le projet de Bristol a permis d’embellir la ville et de diminuer sa facture d’eau. En France, à Mouhans-Sartoux, dans les Alpes maritimes, c’est une Régie communale agricole qui a été créée pour permettre aux cantines scolaires de passer au “100% Bio”. La commune ayant des difficultés à trouver des produits biologiques en passant par ses marchés publics, elle a décidé de produire elle-même les fruits et légumes à destination de la restauration collective A Rueil-Malmaison, en banlieue parisienne, ce sont les crèches municipales qui ont été accompagnées pour diminuer leur impact environnemental et augmenter la qualité de vie des enfants. Au Canada, la ville de Québec a, elle, amorcé une politique de restauration des berges de la rivière Saint Charles, alliant reconquête de la rivière et valorisation urbaine. Aux Etats-Unis, en Allemagne, en Espagne, en Grande Bretagne, ou en France, ces exemples ont plusieurs points communs : l’amélioration de la prise en compte de l’environnement, un caractère innovant, et leur faculté à être transposable à d’autres territoires. Que ce soient des initiatives simples, rapides et peu coûteuses à mettre en œuvre, ou de réels programmes ambitieux de long terme, les actions de ce Guide des Bonnes pratiques de la FRAPNA sont un appel à l’action et la collaboration de chacun.   Pour aller plus loin : FRAPNA, Fédération Rhône Alpes de Protection de la Nature Guide des Bonnes pratiques de la FRAPNA  

Carl is a nature guide in Fiordland National Park who has been based in Queenstown for the past two decades. Carl is also a multi talented adventurer who loves snowboarding, sailing, kayaking & exploring everything his country has to offer with his closely knit tribe of fellow explorers. Carl has been featured on fly fishing T.V. programs & helped organize/manage the filming of all three Lord of the Rings & Hobbit films. Carl's ancestors have been in the mountains & forest of New Zealand for the past 10,000 years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bear Country LOVES science! And, so do I! Join me as I explore the final two books in the rough trilogy started in “The Bears’ Almanac.” These books . . . man, they’re just great. I love ’em. Love, love, love ’em. As always and forever, please Rate and review us on iTunes. Subscribe on Stitcher. Like us on … Continue reading "Episode 16 – The Berenstain Bears’ Nature Guide/Science Fair"

In this episode, we are joined by our special guest, Nature Guide creator, Sore. We discuss the Nature changes that came in Game Update 32. We take a look at the Holiday Sale and talk about the features coming in Game Update 33.