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2 episodes with sara dykman
2 episodes with sara dykman
2 episodes with sara dykman
1/29/25: Serious Theatre's "We will Not Be Silent" - Sheryl Stoodley, Robin Doty, & John Sheldon. Larry Hott reviews "Death by Numbers" & "The Only Girl in the Orchestra." Brian Adams w/ Sara Dykman: "Bicycling with Butterflies." ACLUM Immigration Atty Adriana Lafaille
1/29/25: Serious Theatre's "We will Not Be Silent" - Sheryl Stoodley, Robin Doty, & John Sheldon. Larry Hott reviews "Death by Numbers" & "The Only Girl in the Orchestra." Brian Adams w/ Sara Dykman: "Bicycling with Butterflies." ACLUM Immigration Atty Adriana Lafaille
1/29/25: Serious Theatre's "We will Not Be Silent" - Sheryl Stoodley, Robin Doty, & John Sheldon. Larry Hott reviews "Death by Numbers" & "The Only Girl in the Orchestra." Brian Adams w/ Sara Dykman: "Bicycling with Butterflies." ACLUM Immigration Atty Adriana Lafaille
1/29/25: Serious Theatre's "We will Not Be Silent" - Sheryl Stoodley, Robin Doty, & John Sheldon. Larry Hott reviews "Death by Numbers" & "The Only Girl in the Orchestra." Brian Adams w/ Sara Dykman: "Bicycling with Butterflies." ACLUM Immigration Atty Adriana Lafaille
In this episode, I connect with Sara Dykman, author of the book Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201 Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration, for a conversation about her work studying endangered species for the forest service in California, her epic cycling with butterflies journey, and what we all can do help Monarchs survive and thrive, including the planting of the milkweed plants they feed on, adopting a "no-mow" strategy until the various wildflowers including milkweed are done doing their thing, and riding our bikes more often for more of our daily trips as a way to help halt our runaway global warming catastrophe. Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform. Also, don't forget to check out the Active Towns Channel for more video content.Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):- Bicycling with Butterflies in the Active Towns Store- Bicycling with Butterflies my link with Amazon- More information on the movement- Counting Monarchs VideoIf you are a fan of the Active Towns Podcast, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways:1. Join our Patreon community. Contributions start at just $1 per month(Note: Patron benefits include early, ad-free access to content and a 15% discount in the Active Towns Merch Store)2. If you enjoyed this episode, you can also "leave a tip" through "Buy Me a Coffee"3. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my storeCredits:- Video and audio production by John Simmerman- Music via Epidemic SoundResources used during the production of this video:- My recording platform is Ecamm Live- Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite- Equipment: Contact me for a complete listFor more information about the Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit our links below:- Active Towns Website- Active Towns on Twitter- Periodic e-NewsletterBackground:Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I'm a health promotion and public health professional with over 30 years of experience. Over the years, my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization in how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.Since 2010, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be while striving to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."The Active Towns Channel features my original video content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.Thanks once again for tuning in! I hope you find this content helpful and insightful.Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2024 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure through three countries and over 10,000 miles. Her book Bicycling with Butterflies recounts this incredible, nearly nine-month odyssey. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Sara talks about being drawn to animals as a child into adulthood, how she became enchanted by monarchs, the evolution of her experiences into a book, and how all of us can connect with and help save monarch butterflies by planting milkweed. [Originally published Feb 7, 2023. Ep 88] Help save the monarch butterfly: https://www.saveourmonarchs.org/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan Van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact
Primatologist Catherine Hobaiter has spent more of her adult life in the rain forests of Uganda, with family bands of chimpanzees, than she has with her own human family members. For more than 20 years now she has spent 6 months every year at a remote field station, getting up before dawn every day to observe and collect behavioural data on family bands of chimps as they wake up and go about their daily lives. What is she trying to find out, that has gripped her for so long? It turns out that life in a chimpanzee troupe is every bit as gripping as a soap opera. But there are many more moments of beauty, revelation and the joy of discovery, as Catherine pursues her continuing, multi-decadal quest to understand what it means to be a chimpanzee. And when Sara Dykman set out to bicycle with the monarch butterfly migration, from the mountains of central Mexico, across the USA to Canada, she didn't think about the 10,201 miles that she would cover. Coping with headwinds, heavy rain storms, and everything from dirt roads to busy highways were not the challenge for Sara though. It was seeing how little of the Monarch's only food plant, milkweed, was left for them to feed on during their amazing, multigenerational, multinational migration. However, Sara found solace in the many conservationists and backyard butterfly gardeners she met along the way, and in the 9000 schoolchildren she gave talks to en route. The most emotional part of the journey for Sara was the last three miles - arriving successfully back at the monarch's overwintering site in Mexico. Produced by Diane Hope. Credits: Monarch butterfly recordings - Robert Mackay
Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. Earth Day is upon us in a few weeks, April 22, and what better time to explore literature that comments on the health of Mother Earth. This week we are talking eco-literature. Eco-literature engages readers on environmental concerns through the interactions between humans and the environment. And it encourages thought about our impact on the planet. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate 2- That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming 3- That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming 4- Ramayana: Divine Loophole by Sanjay Patel 5- Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel 6- Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul - A 5 Star Read Recommended by a Fellow Book Lover Kristin @paws.read.repeat 7- Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver 8- Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman 9- Dune by Frank Herbert 10- Don't Call Me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan 11- Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philips 12- The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel 13- Three Ways to Disappear by Katy Yocom 14- State of Wonder by Ann Patchet 15- What Blooms From Dust by James Markert 16- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 17- Days of Sand by Aimee de Jongh 18- The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin 19- Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City by Kate Winkler Dawson 20- Hoot by Carl Hiassen Links to articles we reference: Library Book Returned After 102 Years https://people.com/family-returns-pair-of-books-100-years-overdue-to-kentucky-library-8621113#:~:text=A%20family%20returned%20a%20pair,Matthews%20branch%20on%20Monday. Wishtree censorship— https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/94637-in-virginia-censors-attempt-to-axe-wishtree.html Sting Ray article— https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1236678538/stingray-pregnant-charlotte-aquarium-mystery-north-carolina Bringing Back the Wooly Mammoth https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/06/1235944741/resurrecting-woolly-mammoth-extinction
In today's episode, Whitney connects with Sara Dykman to discuss her book, “Bicycling with Butterflies.” Sarah, an amphibian biologist, educator and writer, shares her inspiring journey of pedaling more than 10,000 miles alongside monarch butterflies during their epic migration across three countries. Sara set out solo, riding a bike she put together from spare parts, with a mission to raise awareness of the plight of the monarchs. What she didn't expect were the experiences, relationships and lessons that unfolded on her ride. Here's what to look forward to in today's episode The Wing-it attitude Sara's thoughts on resiliency and mindset shifts when life hands us set-backs Two very important notes Sara kept on her handlebars for when things got heavy - and how they can inspire your own The benefits of untamed spaces, giving space back to nature, wild native landscapes, butterfly gardens, and native plants for monarchs The gift biking offers One question women could be asking themselves more: Are you trying? If someone who hasn't been born yet asks what you did, can you say I tried? Sara and I would love to know what you connected with from today's episode. Share today's episode on Instagram and be sure to tag us - @beyondabook and @Whitneywoman! Connect with Whitney: Instagram | Website | Free 5-Minute Guided Meditation | Electric Ideas Podcast Connect with Sara Dykman: Instagram | Website | Monarch Joint Venture | Monarch Watch
This episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast celebrates National Western Monarch Butterfly Day by focusing on habitat conservation for these beautiful migratory pollinators! Hear some interesting facts about the Monarch Migration, plus a Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" interview from Sara Dykman, author of “Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration.” MONARCH BUTTERFLY BOOKS, PODCASTS, CONSERVATION & NON-PROFITE ORGANIZATION RESOURCES as talked about in the podcast:* Monarch Watch: https://www.monarchwatch.org/ * Monarch Joint Venture: https://monarchjointventure.org/ * NWF Spring Gardening for Wildlife: http://tinyurl.com/yfh5zv6z * US Forest Service Monarch Butterfly FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/255v85un * Lake Lure Flowering Bridge: http://tinyurl.com/4dntj5ma * Sara Dykman "Bicyling with Butterflies": http://tinyurl.com/3w4uuf26 * Kim Eierman "The Pollinator Victory Garden": http://tinyurl.com/2s42arcd * Nancy Lawson "The Humane Gardener": http://tinyurl.com/4mzsyfrv * Stephanie Rose "The Regenerative Garden": http://tinyurl.com/55kte7ca * Dr. Doug Tallemy "Nature's Best Hope - Young Readers Edition": http://tinyurl.com/yckup49c * Adrienne Edwards, PhD. and Rachel Schleiger, MS "Firescaping Your Home": http://tinyurl.com/yckwm3cj * Amy Stark "The Fairy Godmother Helps the Monarchs": http://tinyurl.com/53rvdn7d Special thanks to our Big Blend Radio "Nature Connection" cohost Margot Carrera, a fine nature photographer. View her work: http://tinyurl.com/4rruc6h5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast celebrates National Western Monarch Butterfly Day by focusing on habitat conservation for these beautiful migratory pollinators! Hear some interesting facts about the Monarch Migration, plus a Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" interview from Sara Dykman, author of “Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration.” MONARCH BUTTERFLY BOOKS, PODCASTS, CONSERVATION & NON-PROFITE ORGANIZATION RESOURCES as talked about in the podcast: * Monarch Watch: https://www.monarchwatch.org/ * Monarch Joint Venture: https://monarchjointventure.org/ * NWF Spring Gardening for Wildlife: http://tinyurl.com/yfh5zv6z * US Forest Service Monarch Butterfly FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/255v85un * Lake Lure Flowering Bridge: http://tinyurl.com/4dntj5ma * Sara Dykman "Bicyling with Butterflies": http://tinyurl.com/3w4uuf26 * Kim Eierman "The Pollinator Victory Garden": http://tinyurl.com/2s42arcd * Nancy Lawson "The Humane Gardener": http://tinyurl.com/4mzsyfrv * Stephanie Rose "The Regenerative Garden": http://tinyurl.com/55kte7ca * Dr. Doug Tallemy "Nature's Best Hope - Young Readers Edition": http://tinyurl.com/yckup49c * Adrienne Edwards, PhD. and Rachel Schleiger, MS "Firescaping Your Home": http://tinyurl.com/yckwm3cj * Amy Stark "The Fairy Godmother Helps the Monarchs": http://tinyurl.com/53rvdn7d Special thanks to our Big Blend Radio "Nature Connection" cohost Margot Carrera, a fine nature photographer. View her work: http://tinyurl.com/4rruc6h5
This episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast celebrates National Western Monarch Butterfly Day by focusing on habitat conservation for these beautiful migratory pollinators! Hear some interesting facts about the Monarch Migration, plus a Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" interview from Sara Dykman, author of “Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration.” MONARCH BUTTERFLY BOOKS, PODCASTS, CONSERVATION & NON-PROFITE ORGANIZATION RESOURCES as talked about in the podcast:* Monarch Watch: https://www.monarchwatch.org/ * Monarch Joint Venture: https://monarchjointventure.org/ * NWF Spring Gardening for Wildlife: http://tinyurl.com/yfh5zv6z * US Forest Service Monarch Butterfly FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/255v85un * Lake Lure Flowering Bridge: http://tinyurl.com/4dntj5ma * Sara Dykman "Bicyling with Butterflies": http://tinyurl.com/3w4uuf26 * Kim Eierman "The Pollinator Victory Garden": http://tinyurl.com/2s42arcd * Nancy Lawson "The Humane Gardener": http://tinyurl.com/4mzsyfrv * Stephanie Rose "The Regenerative Garden": http://tinyurl.com/55kte7ca * Dr. Doug Tallemy "Nature's Best Hope - Young Readers Edition": http://tinyurl.com/yckup49c * Adrienne Edwards, PhD. and Rachel Schleiger, MS "Firescaping Your Home": http://tinyurl.com/yckwm3cj * Amy Stark "The Fairy Godmother Helps the Monarchs": http://tinyurl.com/53rvdn7d Special thanks to our Big Blend Radio "Nature Connection" cohost Margot Carrera, a fine nature photographer. View her work: http://tinyurl.com/4rruc6h5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Listener email with Travis of Milwaukee News: A proposed safe streets forum with the Mayor of Los Angeles, and the growing number of U.S. cities eliminating parking mandates. 2:43 Taylor talks with author Valerie Bolling on her books for children: Ride, Roll, Run and Together We Ride. 7:44 Available at- https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781419756290 https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781797212487 Author/rider Sara Dykman talks about her bike tour on the migration route of monarch butterflies and her book about it, Bicycling With Butterflies, with Julie Richert. 24:12 Available at- https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781643262185 Bike Whisperer Bjartmar Leósson talks with Taylor Nichols about making friends with bike thieves in Reykjavík. 40:32
This week we are focusing on butterflies and biking in book form. Sara Dykman is an adventurer and wildlife biologist whose focus is primarily amphibians. Several years ago, however, she felt a calling to bring awareness to the plight of the Monarch butterfly. So she took her adventurer spirit and migrated on her bike along with the Monarch from Mexico to Canada and back again. Her 10,000 mile journey is the focus of her memoir/ environment/ adventure/nature book titled Bicycling with Butterflies. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Bicyling with Butterflies: My 10,201 Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Sara Dykman 2- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich 4- Mark Rashid series about horses 5- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 6- Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl
This week we are focusing on butterflies and biking in book form. Sara Dykman is an adventurer and wildlife biologist whose focus is primarily amphibians. Several years ago, however, she felt a calling to bring awareness to the plight of the Monarch butterfly. So she took her adventurer spirit and migrated on her bike along with the Monarch from Mexico to Canada and back again. Her 10,000 mile journey is the focus of her memoir/ environment/ adventure/nature book titled Bicycling with Butterflies. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Bicyling with Butterflies: My 10,201 Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Sara Dykman 2- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich 4- Mark Rashid series about horses 5- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 6- Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl
Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure through three countries and over 10,000 miles. Her book Bicycling with Butterflies recounts this incredible, nearly nine-month odyssey. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Sara talks about being drawn to animals as a child into adulthood, how she became enchanted by monarchs, the evolution of her experiences into a book, and how all of us can connect with and help save monarch butterflies by planting milkweed. Sara's book: https://www.workman.com/products/bicycling-with-butterflies/paperback http://www.beyondabook.org/ https://monarchwatch.org/ Episode Sponsor: https://www.saveourmonarchs.org/ Nature Revisited featured in Top 6 Nature Podcasts on PlayPodcast.net: https://www.playpodcast.net/best-nature-podcasts-to-listen-to/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps or at https://noordenproductions.com/nature-revisited-podcast Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact
Bob and Charles respond to a very important question about using bird sound playback from a listener. They also have a listener suggestion on a way to support Sara Dykman, the author of Bicycling with Butterflies. Related episodes: Merlin Magic, Nuttall's Woodpecker, What It's Like to Be a Bird with David Sibley and Bicycling with Butterflies with Sara Dykman Our sources for this episode include: TEDxBozeman talk by Charles van Rees: A glance through nature's playbook Merlin App by The Cornell Lab Proper Use of Playback in Birding by David Sibley Sara Dykman's Go Fund Me Campaign: Counting Monarchs in Mexico
Join travel author and naturalist Sara Dykman on a 10,000 mile journey following on the wings of one of the most remarkable migrations in the animal kingdom. Every spring tens of millions of monarch butterflies travel from their winter hibernation grounds in the Transvolcanic Mountains of Mexico north across the United States and into Canada. It's a journey of between 2,000 and 3,000 miles. For a creature that weighs half a gram, and measures about four inches, that's a preposterous distance. The comparative length trip for a 150lb human being would be more than 300 million miles – or roughly 700 round trips to the moon. But even more baffling is the fact that the butterfly that departs from Mexico will die before returning home. And so will its offspring. It will be left to the fourth generation, the great granddaughter of that original butterfly, to begin the journey anew next spring. How millions of monarchs find their way across a continent to the same specific 12 mountains every year, having never been there before, and with no guide, is still one of the great mysteries of the natural world.But the journey of the monarchs is getting harder and harder every year. Agriculture and human domestication of the land is reducing their habitat and food sources along the way to barely enough to survive. In undertaking this epic bike ride Sara will also be raising awareness of their plight as she unravels the mystery of this incredible journey. But this is also a story about us. Through her journey Sara discovered the wonder of the microsopic world all around us, an entire universe in the dirt and fluttering above our heads. Her adventure also reminds us to stop, slow down and notice these small wonders because the more we do so the more amazing our world becomes. Buy the BookSara's book is called bicycling with butterflies. It's a fascinating read and well worth a look. You can also connect with her at www.beyondabook.org or @beyondabook on facebook. To find out more about the monarch butterfly migration, why it's under threat and what you can do to help head to www.monarchwatch.org and www.monarchjointventure.orgSupport the ShowIf you enjoy this show, then please consider showing your support by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/armchairexplorerpodcast … the sponsorship covers the cost of production, but not my time. If you love the outdoors and the pure joy of exploring this amazing planet, then please consider helping to spread that message to as many people as possible. Thank you for whatever you can do it means the world to me.Follow on SocialFollow @armchairexplorerpodcast on instagram and facebook or head over to www.armchair-explorer.com to find more background information on this episode Free Stuff!Thank you to wondrium for supporting the show! Go to www.wondrium.com/armchair to get a 22-day free trail, no strings attached, check out as much of their thousands of hours of streaming audio and video as you want. It's like netflix for your brain, you're going to love it.
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If you love hummingbirds, tune in to listen to Bob's conversation with John Shewey. His book, The Hummingbird Handbook, is filled with facts and practical tips to care for hummingbirds right in your own neighborhood. Related episodes: Hummingbirds, Bicycling with Butterflies with Sara Dykman, The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy The source for this interview is The Hummingbird Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about These Fascinating Birds by John Shewey from Timber Press.
This week we are focusing on butterflies and biking in book form. Sara Dykman is an adventurer and wildlife biologist whose focus is primarily amphibians. Several years ago, however, she felt a calling to bring awareness to the plight of the Monarch butterfly. So she took her adventurer spirit and migrated on her bike along with the Monarch from Mexico to Canada and back again. Her 10,000 mile journey is the focus of her memoir/ environment/ adventure/nature book titled Bicycling with Butterflies. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Bicyling with Butterflies: My 10,201 Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Sara Dykman 2- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich 4- Mark Rashid series about horses 5- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 6- Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl
This week we are focusing on butterflies and biking in book form. Sara Dykman is an adventurer and wildlife biologist whose focus is primarily amphibians. Several years ago, however, she felt a calling to bring awareness to the plight of the Monarch butterfly. So she took her adventurer spirit and migrated on her bike along with the Monarch from Mexico to Canada and back again. Her 10,000 mile journey is the focus of her travel memoir/ environment/ adventure/nature book titled Bicycling with Butterflies. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Bicyling with Butterflies: My 10,201 Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Sara Dykman 2- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich 4- Mark Rashid series about horses 5- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 6- Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl
Hoy te traemos una entrevista muy interesante con Sara Dykman, una mujer que lucha por las mariposas monarcas. Ella montó en bicicleta desde México hasta Canadá. Hizo el mismo recorrido de estas mariposas. Aquí hablaremos de por qué esta especie está en peligro y de cómo podemos ayudar a preservarla. Nuestro planeta y animales nos necesitan, así que queremos despertar conciencia en estos temas. Get the transcript for free here: https://www.espanolistos.com/mariposa No olvides que puedes ser parte de nuestra membresía. Registrate aquí: www.Spanishlandschool.com/member Tendrás clases en vivo cada semana, 8 lecciones para el mes y mucho más.
Today we discuss the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration. My guest, Sara Dykman, works in amphibian research and as an outdoor educator, guiding young people into nature so they can delight in its complicated brilliance, and is the founder of BeyondaBook.org, which fosters lifelong learners, boundary-pushers, explorers, and stewards. She joins me today to discuss her journey of riding a bicycle 10,201 miles to learn about the migration and be a voice for the monarchs. Sara shares how and why the monarchs have suffered dramatic declines in recent decades, the challenges they are faced with, and how we can all help support the monarchs and protect them from extinction. We Discuss: What the annual, multinational, multi-generational monarch migration looks like Why the monarch population has suffered such dramatic declines in recent decades How everyone can help the monarch by planting native flowers, including milkweed The importance of milkweed and why planting it can keep monarch populations healthy How we can inspire our children to tune into nature so that they have richer lives
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Sara Dykman is the founder of beyondabook.org, creating and encouraging lifelong learners and curious people. She's had tons of cool adventures, like walking from Mexico to Canada, canoeing the Missouri River from source to sea, and cycling over 80,000 miles across North and South America. Put simply, Sara likes to dream big—and encourages other people to do the same. After listening to this episode, you'll want to take on the world and see all it has to offer!
In today's episode, we discuss why the monarchs have suffered dramatic declines in recent decades and the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration. We explore: - What the annual, multinational, multi-generational monarch migration looks like - Why the monarch population has suffered such dramatic declines in recent decades - How everyone can help the monarch by planting native flowers, including milkweed - The importance of milkweed and why planting it can keep monarch populations healthy - How we can inspire our children to tune into nature so that they have richer lives Visit: https://voicesofcourage.us/
In 2017, Sara Dykman biked more than 10,000 miles, following the path of the annual Monarch migration. Along her route, she stopped to educate and raise awareness about the beauty and fragility of the butterfly. Dykman joins us this week to teach us about the insect’s unique migration patterns across North America and how individuals can help this dwindling species.
First is Randall Craig, Author of eight books, including The Everything Guide to Starting an Online Business, Digital Transformation for Associations, the Online PR and Social Media series, and best-seller Personal Balance Sheet. https://www.expertclick.com/19-3025Then it's Randy Rolfe a wife and mother who left the practice of law to focus on family and health and who has now helped many thousands of parents with parent-child communication, marriage issues, child nutrition, work-life balance, homeschooling, relationships with grown children, healthy weight loss, natural living, environmental health, grief and healing, energy medicine, paleo diet, addiction recovery, personality and body types, healthy aging, and happiness.https://www.randyrolfe.com/https://www.facebook.com/vibranthealththroughnaturallivingAnd Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1643260456/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_Y131HYDDWMVJ06YY2GB2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
On this episode of Big Blend Radio's Nature Connection show, Sara Dykman discusses her book, “Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration,” that recounts her inspirational ride alongside the monarchs as she follows unmapped roads in Michoacan, México, through the United States, into Ontario, Canada, and back, again, to Mexico. More at http://www.beyondabook.org/Featured music is “Lula’s Lullaby” by Allison August.
Sara Dykman biked over 10,000 miles following the Monarch migration from Mexico to Canada. Listen as she shares how Bicycling with Butterflies changed her and expanded her appreciation for these beautiful creatures. Learn more about Sara and follow her adventures on her website: http://www.beyondabook.org/ (http://www.beyondabook.org/)
Bob reads an amazing new book Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201 Mile Journey Following The Monarch Migration. Tune in to his conversation with Sara Dykman, the first person to follow migrating monarch butterflies on her bicycle. Learn more about Sara and some of the lessons she learned on her nine month adventure from Mexico to Canada and back. Please check out Sara's website Beyond a Book. Bicycling with Butterflies is published by Timber Press. Related episodes: Monarchs on the Move, Mighty Milkweed
The Stuph File Program Featuring Sara Dykman, author of Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration; V.K. Tritschler, author of A Town Called Nowhere; & Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com Download Sara Dykman is the author of Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration. V.K. Tritschler is the author of the paranormal romance novel, A Town Called Nowhere. It’s a story that deals with were-panthers. Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com with the story of Toby the Sapient Pig. This week’s guest slate is presented by voice over specialist, Donald James, a radio pal from back in the day.
About Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch MigrationOutdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets.In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. We’re beside her as she navigates unmapped roads in foreign countries, checks roadside milkweed for monarch eggs, and shares her passion with eager schoolchildren, skeptical bar patrons, and unimpressed border officials. We also meet some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts, from citizen scientists and researchers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers.With both humor and humility, Dykman offers a compelling story, confirming the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration—and the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthmatters.substack.com
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