Natureversity Podcast

Shae and Ashley are the Executive and Assisting Directors for Havenwood Nature School located in Dripping Springs Texas. Havenwood offers high-quality early childhood education through a wide-range of imaginative, collaborative, hands-on lessons. Their nature-based curriculum cultivates confidence, resilience, and creative problem-solving skills that lead to greater independence and a lifelong love of learning.

Hayley is the Executive Director of Austin Wildlife Rescue here in Austin TX. Whether its training staff to answer inquires from the public about wildlife, supporting qualified rehabilitators to provide care for animals or helping create educational programs designed to mitigate conflicts between animals and humans, Hayley helps oversee it all. Listen as she talks all about what it's like to run a Wildlife Rescue center in Texas.

Greyson is one of Natureversity's very first students from back in 2013. Now, all grown up, Greyson details how nature has affected his life from an early age and what he's done with his life departing from school and Natureversity. From raising captive reptiles to building trails in national parks with the AmeriCorp, Greyson has many stories to share all about his time spent in the wild places.

Allison was one of Natureversity's first teachers back in 2013 and has since gone on to become a powerful force in nature connection. From helping individuals over stress with forest therapy, to helping contribute to citizen research in tree climbing in Panama and finally helping people get fit through the MovNat organization.

Hope Carr is Austin Zoo's education manager and outreach coordinator. Listen as she talks all about what its like to work and care for animals while at the zoo here in Austin.

Carter and Taylor Liston are twins who both work at Natureversity Outdoor School in Austin Texas. Carter and Taylor discuss what its like being a teacher, how their childhood shaped their passion for the outdoors and what their experience has been while working at Natureversity.

Lee Burton is the owner and founder of Naturalist Studies, an education organization dedicated to advancing the foundational skills of wilderness living and wildlife tracking. Lee has been a practitioner of outdoor skills for over 10 years and has a primary focus of wildlife tracking and bird language study.

Ellie Rome is a certified weight loss and emotional eating coach. She is also the founder of Comfort Zone Retreats - an organization dedicated to building community, pushing through comfort zone, mental and physical wellbeing, healthy food, personal growth, nature, yoga, breath-work, ice-baths, ecstatic dance, camping, adventuring and being able to spread love.

Jesse Wordon is an avid wilderness survival practitioner and has been an outdoor educator for youth and adults at Primitive Pursuits in Ithaca New York since 2020.

Cameron Johnson is an outdoor and wilderness skills instructor here at Natureversity Outdoor School in Austin Texas. Listen as Cameron shares his story about how he became a wilderness skills educator and dreams to one day be on Alone.