Nature Connection Radio

Big Blend Radio: Karen Romano Young - National Geographic Kids: Try This!

Award-winning author Karen Romano Young discusses her new book “NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS: Try This! Extreme 50 Fun & Safe Science Experiments for the Mad Scientist in You”. www.KarenRomanoYoung.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Blend Radio: Chris Fitch - Atlas of Untamed Places

Chris Fitch, a senior staff writer for Geographical, discusses his new book “Atlas of Untamed Places: An Extraordinary Journey Through Our Wild World”, that takes reads on an adventure through historic habitats, untouched lands and peculiar wild phenomenon. www.ChrisFitch.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Blend Radio: Tam Warner Minton - All Fish Faces

Tam Warner Minton, author of “ALL FISH FACES: Photos and Fun Facts about Tropical Reef Fish”, discusses her world travels and work photographing and documenting tropical reef fish as a citizen scientist, doing research on behalf of scientists. www.TravelswithTam.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Blend Radio: Can We Measure a “Dose” of Nature?

The University of Washington is leading an effort to research the health benefits of contact with nature. Hear about the research behind the framework that was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, with co-authors: Bobby Cochran - Executive Director, Willamette Partnership and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader, and Pooja Tandon - Assistant Professor, UW Department of Pediatrics and Researcher, Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Blend Radio: Adam M. Roberts - The Elephant Project

Elephants are in danger worldwide – be it poaching in Africa for the ivory or being used in the tourism trade in Asia. Adam M. Roberts “The Compassionate Conservationist”, wildlife conservation and environmental expert, discusses The Elephant Project’s new ideas and solutions to address the short and long-term threats to elephant survival. www.TheElephantProject.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Blend Radio: Jim Ostdick - Creating a Healthy Community through Parks & Trails

Jim Ostdick, who walked across America in benefit of REACH San Benito Parks Foundation, talks about creating a healthy community through developing a system of parks and trails. REACH (Recreation, Exercise and Community Health), is a non-profit 501(c)3 established to facilitate a healthy community through the preservation and enhancement of parks, facilities, and recreation programs in San Benito County, California. www.REACHSanBenito.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge - Wildlife Refuge Specialist Joshua Smith

Wildlife Refuge Specialist Joshua Smith talks about the 117,500-acre Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, a spectacular bird and wildlife watching destination 60 miles south of Tucson, Arizona, that offers beautiful nature walks through riparian corridors, scenic dirt road drives through rolling grasslands frequented by pronghorn and mule deer, 200 miles of back country hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails, as well as primitive style camping under the stars. See www.fws.gov/refuge/Buenos_Aires Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deena Metgzer: A Rain of Night Birds

Award-winning author, poet and essayist Deena Metgzer discusses her new novel “A Rain of Night Birds” which has been called "a momentous and needed confrontation between indigenous knowledge and the modern scientific mind." Deena is a radical thinker on behalf of the natural world and planetary survival, a teacher of writing and healing practices for 50 years, and a writer and activist profoundly concerned with peacemaking, restoration and sanctuary for a beleaguered world. www.DeenaMetzger.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.