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  • Planting Trees

    Continued conversations with entomologist Douglas Tallamy focused on his latest book, “The Nature of Oaks.”  He urges each one of us to contribute to supporting life on Earth by planting keystone native trees. You will also tune into forests from around the world from “Sounds of the Forest.”

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net
     
    Thank you,

    Cristina Redko, PhD

    Key Sources:

    Homegrown National Park :  https://homegrownnationalpark.org

    Douglas W. Tallamy. The Nature of Oaks. Portland,Oregon: Timber Press, 2021

    Timber Festival 2021 will occur July 2-4, at the National Forest, UK, with music, audio,  and artwork created from Sounds of the Forest. 

    See:https://timberfestival.org.uk/soundsoftheforest-soundmap/

    Sounds of forests played in this episode:

    1. India, Agumbe Rainforest, recorded by Shruti

    2. Argentina, Patagonia, Forest near Rio Azul, recorded by Luciano “Cacha” Perez

    3. UK, Bristol, Pilgrove Wood, Ashton Court Estate, recorded by Rachel Tomlinson

    4. Russia, Moscow, Bitza Nature Park, recorded by Julie Kalichineva  

    5. Hong-Kong, Lau Shui Hang Reservoir, recorded by AK IN KK

    6. Thailand, Ban Krut Beach, Thong Chai, Bang Saphan, Province of Prachuap Khiri     Khan, recorded by Phil Peril

    7. South Africa, Krantzkloof Nature Reserve, Kloof, recorded by Stephen Embleton

    8. Australia, Utopia Environment Reserve, recorded by Kelli Lundberg

    9. Japan, Fukushima City Forest for Birds, recorded by Koji Nagahata

    10. Nicaragua, Penas Blanca National Park, recorded by Merlin Driver

    Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov 


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  • Change Starts In Your Backyard

    Conversations with entomologist Douglas Tallamy who urges that each one of us take environmental action one yard at a time to create the “Homegrown National Park”.

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net
       

    Thank you,

    Cristina Redko, PhD

    Key Sources:

    Douglas W. Tallamy. Nature’s Best Hope - A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2019

    Homegrown National Park:  https://homegrownnationalpark.org

    Find Native Plants in Your Area/National Wildlife Federation:

    https://www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder

    California Native Plant Society/Calscape:   https://calscape.org

    National Parks Nature Walks Podcast by Jacob Job, © 2021

    Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/national-parks-nature-walk-episode-1-rocky-mountains/

    Wolves Howling at Dawn in Yellowstone National Park and Spring Dawn Chorus in the Sequoias, field recordings by Jacob Job, © 2021

    Glen Hope Road 8, field recording by Douglas Tallamy

    Breaking Plates CC by 3.0, Juan_Merie_Venter

    Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov 


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  • Sense of Wonder

    Conversations with naturalists Bill Felker and Douglas Horvath, both from Southwest Ohio, focused on paying attention to surrounding environment and nature’s  sense of wonder. This show explores the wonders of being Alive!

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net

    Thank you,

    Cristina Redko, PhD

    Key Sources:

    Bill Felker’s Poor Will’s Almanack. See https://www.wyso.org/show/poor-wills-almanack

    Rachel Carson The Sense of Wonder: Celebration  of Nature for Parents and Children Harper Perennial, 2017 reprint edition.

    E.O. Wilson Biophilia. Harvard University Press, 1984

    Vivaldi 4 Seasons performed by the Wichita State University Chamber Players, an ensemble of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra

    Spring Peeper Calling.  Pseudacris crucifer.
    @2014 Stan Lake
    www.CatchingCreation.com

    Glasschimes  for Freesound.org. CC by 3.0, ross63moose

    Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov 

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  • Spring Is Here!

    Conversations with naturalist Bill Felker, author of the podcast and book Poor Will’s Almanack. This show explores the wonders of being Alive!

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net

    Thank you,

    Cristina Redko, Ph.D

    Key Sources:

    Bill Felker’s Poor Will’s Almanack. See https://www.wyso.org/show/poor-wills-almanack

    Merlin Bird ID. See https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org

    Much of the archival audio of birdsong comes from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 
    Including:

    ML292118321 Carolina Chickadee  Matthew Wistrand

    ML322499481 Pine Warbler  Brad Imhoff

    ML93737501 Blue Jay  Jay McGowan

    ML168300     American Robin Will Hershberger

    ML2000282711 Snow Goose Robert Dobbs

    ML53519641 Canada Goose Jay McGowan

    Amazon Dawn/Kilometer 41 Field recordings, Bernie Krause. © 2021 Wild Sanctuary. All Rights Reserved. See http://www.wildsanctuary.com

    Gregory Bateson, Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology, University of Chicago Press, 2000

    Theme music created by Tim Moor. See  https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov
     


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  • Dances of Life

    Dances of Life is the introduction episode for Alive!  Narrative journey through living systems and our contributing human roles. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! 

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net

    Thank you,
    Cristina Redko, PhD

     Key Sources:
    Theme music created by Tim Moor:  https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov 
    Excerpt from "Bailes da Vida" (Dances of Life), music by Milton Nascimento.










































     


     

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You will hear stories about how our lives, all living beings and our living systems are intertwined: big and small, close and far, including us, human beings. Along the way we will discover our…