Local author Karen Auvinen joins us at the radio bookclub to talk about her new book Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living, a record of her experiences living alone at 8,500 feet. After a cabin fire incinerates every word […]
December Nature Almanac: Cedar Waxwings
This December’s Nature Almanac makes a visit to the area near Broadway and Baseline that attracts those beautiful-as-porcelain (but often inebriated) Cedar Waxwing Birds. Image courtesy of Scott E. Severs. http://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2017/12/12-01-17_NatureA_CedarWaxwings.mp3 Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones are co-authors of […]
August Nature Almanac: Chickaree Squirrels
This months Nature Almanac is about some very chattery “Chickaree Squirrels” aka “Pine Squirrels”, and as Ruth Carol’s reading a rapturous quote about them from John Muir, you’ll see… Image: Pine Squirrel, courtesy of Scott E. Severs http://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2017/08/NatureA_9-8-17_ChickorySquirrels.mp3
Dot Org: Thorne Nature Experience
Thorne Nature Experience provides youth with hands-on place-based environmental educational experiences that foster an appreciation and connection to Nature. Alyson Duffy, Director of Development and Marketing, talks about their programs with host Steve Miller. Download
Nature Almanac: Birds at Boulder Reservoir Mudflats
This month’s Nature Almanac features Boulder biologist Scott Severs talking about birds at the Boulder Reservoir’s Northwest Mudflats. Image courtesy of Scott E. Severs.
Dot Org: Jungian Perspective on Climate Change
Jeffrey Keihl will speak from a Jungian perspective on the issue of Climate Change. What archetypes are at play with our relationship with the natural world? How does our collective disconnection from our archetypes lead to the fantasy of limitless growth and exploitation […]
April Nature Almanac: Osprey and Teal at Walden and Sawhill Ponds
This month’s nature almanac features Ruth Carol Cushman and and Steve Jones talking about spring migrators that are here especially early this year – Osprey and Teal at Walden and Sawhill Ponds in Boulder County. Image – Blue Winged Teal […]
The Nature Conservancy and the March for Science
Many organizations working around conservation and environmental protection are concerned about the future of environmental protection under a Trump administration – from climate denial and the appointment of Scott Pruitt to head up the EPA, to proposed funding cuts to […]