Radio Bookclub: Karen Auvinen – Rough Beauty

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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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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  

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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 […]

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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 […]

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