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Maria Coryell-Martin is an expeditionary artist. That’s right. Expeditionary, as in expeditions. What type of imagery does this bring up? If you imagine an artist traveling with a scientist or an explorer, you are imagining things correctly. This episode originally aired in 2019. Back then, Maria took a few moments to speak with me while she was packing for her trip to meet a scientist in Alaska. In this episode, we discuss Maria’s journey from student to artist, how she has sustained herself as a working artist, and the three questions she answers before taking on new projects. Plus, I have exciting updates to share. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Maria. LINKS Witnessing Climate Changeexhibition and other newsExpeditionary ArtGirls Can Donature journaling to kidsSee the Art Toolkit's new store!@expeditionaryart@arttoolkit ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Wendy Nadherny Fachon is an author, journalist, podcast host and environmental educator. Her work is published by Natural Awakenings Magazine, Sustainable Living News, and Dreamvisions 7 Radio. After working many years in the healthcare industry, Wendy left her position to focus on children's health and wellness issues. She developed an afterschool walking program, which gave rise to her radio show, the Story Walking Radio Hour. How did Wendy develop her afterschool program? What is her radio show about? How does she approach partnership building, which has been critical to her success? Let's find out. LINKS Story Walking Radio Hour Listen to the latest episode Story Walking Website Story Walking Radio Hour Facebook group Nature Drawing Program The Empowerment Factory's Trash to Treasures Short Video (YouTube) Contact Wendy ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Today, we get to learn from Gloria Desanker, geospatial storyteller, founder, and Principal Consultant at Map Nerd Consulting. More About Gloria My name is Gloria Desanker, and I founded Map Nerd Consulting so that I could work as a Geospatial Storyteller to help others unlock the power of location-based insights. My services are designed to uplift community stories, especially communities of color. I offer tailored GIS solutions, visually appealing cartographic design, social media and marketing support, and storytelling guidance so that you can ensure your stories and experiences are authentically portrayed. As a Black woman in the GIS, forestry, environmental science, and environmental education fields/sectors, I experience firsthand the lack of acknowledgment and representation these fields have of Black and brown successes, accomplishments, and feats. That is why I strive to change the white-dominant narrative of how data should be used, why data should be used, and how to use data and GIS to share an accurate representation of people of color in the U.S. I take my clients through the full arc of mapping their story: story development, data collection and management, cartography and spatial analysis, graphic design and creation, and communications through Story Maps, infographic and report creation, or social media marketing. Data is only meaningful if a story is attached to it and we at Map Nerd Consulting believe there is a story in every map. This past year, I joined the 2023 Cohort of the NAAEE CEE-Change Fellows where I am partnering with NorthStar of GIS whose mission is to advance intersectional racial justice, equity, and belonging in GIS, geography, and STEM. Together, we are developing GIS curriculum and training materials specifically for and by Black people and the Black African diaspora to change the narrative on how Black people and communities are portrayed in the context of climate change. Map Nerd Consulting View Map Nerd Consulting's Linktree Schedule a call with Gloria at https://calendly.com/mapnerd Mercator Projection How Maps Distort Our Perception of the World Gloria’s Community Action Project with NAAEE CEE-Change Fellowship ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

In this episode, we get to learn from Dr. Tom Rhoads, an economist and professor at Towson University. Dr. Rhoads shares his transition from sports economics to environmental economics and his research integrating economics into environmental education. Dr. Rhoads explains that his interest in environmental education began about five years ago when he noticed a shift in the demographics of his class, with more environmental science and studies majors than economics majors. This led him to change his approach to teaching environmental economics, focusing more on the environment and finding the economics within it. LINKS Tom Rhoads, Towson University Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac* Rachel Carson, Silent Spring* The Leopold Writing Program Working Paper - Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2023 Conference | Thinking like an economist while reading the land: Using reading quizzes to show environmental studies and sciences and economics intersecting in Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac; Working paper Presentation Slides - North American Association for Environmental Education, 2023 Conference | Costs, Benefits, and Environmental Action; Presentation slides ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, and Mike Mayer, co-founders of Experiential Interpretive Design, a coaching company they founded to help individuals, organizations, and sites develop the interpretive experiences they provide. In this episode, we learned about the founders, their respective specialties, and why they founded EID. Today is part 2 of this conversation. In this episode, I sit down with Mike Mayer to discuss his specialty (environmental education) and to learn more about the environmental program that inspires what he, Bill, and Lars do at EID. We begin this episode by learning more about the Institute for Earth Education. Some of this may sound familiar because I included a short segment in Part 1. Don’t let this distract you because you’ll hear something a bit different before Mike walks us through an example of the type of programming offered by the Institute. In this conversation, Mike and I also discuss creating holistic experiences in free-choice settings, the AMORE framework developed by Steve Van Matre, interpreting global topics across cultures, and what might change the status quo in environmental education. LINKS Experiential Interpretive Design Institute for Earth Education Interpretive Design and the Dance of Experience (2009) Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, College of Education at the University of Arizona ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

In this episode, we meet the co-founders of Experiential Interpretive Design (EID) -- Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, and Mike Mayer. Collectively, they have many years of experience in interpretation and experience design and bring to EID the experience they gained from various roles in tourism, planning, heritage interpretation, environmental education, and coaching. We learn about the founders, why they started EID Coaching, and discuss what is working in the field of interpretation and what is not working. This is the first installment of a two-part episode. In Part 2 of this episode, I sit down with Mike Mayer to learn more about the environmental education program that inspires the work he, Bill, and Lars do at EID. LINKS Experiential Interpretive Design Métis Crossing Steve Van Matre John Ververke ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SHARED BY THE EID TEAM Lars Wohlers’ bilingual website about digital evaluation (Visitor Studies) Expecting Company? Preparing your site for Ag-Tourism! (youtube.com) Sharing Great Ways to Greet the Guests (Part 1) Sharing Great Ways to Greet the Guests (Part 2) ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Janice Kelley is the founder and program director for Nature Detectives, where children in kindergarten through third grade discover the mysteries of the outdoor world on their school campus, at home, at a park, and in their neighborhood. She is the author of several publications, and when she was here before, we spoke about her book "Mornings on Fair Oaks Bridge: Watching Wildlife at the Lower American River." Today, we’re talking about a book she wrote for parents, grandparents, and family friends called "Nature Detectives at Home." LINKS Nature Detectives website Nature Detectives at Home _____ TALATERRA Community Calendar - Learn more about the calendar and how to add your events here. ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Roots of Success (RoS) is an empowering environmental literacy and job training program that prepares youth and adults with significant barriers to employment to access jobs and career pathways in environmental fields and to improve environmental and social conditions in their communities. The program is centered around a federally registered Department of Labor Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship program and 10-module course. We prepare individuals for 70 jobs and 111 career pathways in environmental and STEM fields. Roots of Success is offered in job training programs, reentry programs, prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, high schools, youth programs, adult schools and other workforce and education settings throughout the United States. Since 2009, the program has been offered in over 600 programs in 40 states and over 26,000 youth and adults have gone through the program; more than 12,000 youth and adults took the course while incarcerated. The Roots of Success course is composed of 10 modules: 1) Fundamentals of Environmental Literacy 2) Water 3) Waste 4) Transportation 5) Energy 6) Building 7) Health, Food & Agriculture 8) Community Organizing & Leadership 9) Financial Literacy & Social Entrepreneurship 10) Application & Practice The program strengthens academic, professional, financial, social entrepreneurship, and advocacy skills. The teaching approach encourages students to use their lived experiences as the foundation upon which to build further knowledge and skills, deepen their understanding of environmental problems and solutions, and access jobs in environmental fields. Graduates earn an “Environmental Specialist” Pre-Apprenticeship credential and are prepared to access 50 jobs and 111 career pathways in the water, waste, transportation, energy, building, food, open space, and environmental advocacy sectors. Detailed information about each of these jobs and career pathways is provided in a two volume Green Jobs and Career Pathways Guidebook that is included in the teaching materials used by instructors who teach the Roots of Success course. Roots of Success graduates have a high employment rate, are working in a wide range of fields, and are addressing environmental challenges and injustices through advocacy and policy efforts. A study conducted with community-based program partners that used Roots of Success for at least two years found that among 1,200 graduates 98% felt they were better prepared for job interviews, 75% found employment within 3 months, and 70% remained employed 6 months later. In prisons, the Roots of Success program is usually taught by incarcerated men and women who are paid full time to teach the course to their peers and can also be taught by staff. Many Roots of Success instructors are serving long and life sentences and working with the Roots of Success program gives these men and women an opportunity to help others. The data we have collected for over a decade shows that participants who go through the Roots of Success course while incarcerated are finding stable, living wage employment opportunities when they return to the community and have very low recidivism rates. Roots of Success is the leading resource for education and workforce programs across the country that strive to prepare youth and adults with barriers to employment for careers in environmental sectors and empower them to improve conditions in their communities. The program is easy to implement, cost effective, highly impactful, and provides graduates with industry recognized credentials that are highly valued by employers. To learn more about the Roots of Success program, go to rootsofsuccess.org or email us at info@rootsofsuccess.org Download a one-page overview Download a short brochure Download the 10-year report ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is...

Today it is my pleasure to introduce you to Jerry Willenbring. Jerry is a community organizer, teacher, and guide. He is also a physicist and an electrical engineer who has taken on electrifying California. Literally. In 2020, Jerry formed Electrify California, a nonprofit committed to providing education and resources to guide the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. When Jerry and I met we talked about why he started Electrify California, who he created it for, and how he engages with the public and supports them as they explore what’s possible while living an electrified life. LINKS ElectrifyNow.org Inflation Reduction Act Inflation Reduction Act Rebates and Tax Credits (MarketWatch) CA Climate Action Rebates Exxon scientists predicted global warming with ‘shocking skill and accuracy,’ Harvard researchers say. The Climate Exxon Memo (1982) (The Carbon Almanac) Microgrid Community in Menifee, CA More about heat pumps and property value (Center for Global Sustainability, University of Maryland) The Carbon Almanac ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Erin Majeske is a mother, wife, dreamer, kitchen experimenter, wannabe gardener, nature explorer, and founder of Barefeet Farm School. When she's not in the outdoor classroom with preschoolers, she loves to enjoy the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her family and make as much music as possible. In this episode, Erin shares how the need for a summer job led to her opening Barefeet Farm School. She shares her successes, challenges, and what she has learned to improve. Topics discussed include licensing, consulting, working with parents, and building community partnerships. LINKS Barefeet Farm School Explore starting your own preschool Instagram (@barefeetfarmschool) Loving Space School Washington State is First to License Outdoor Preschools Natural Start ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Today we get to learn again from Dr. Brad McLain. You might remember my conversation with Dr. McLain about identity theory and the professional identities of informal science educators. In this episode, we pick up the conversation where we left it and talk about Dr. McLain’s new book called Designing Transformative Experiences. In his book, Dr. McLain leads experience designers through the methodology he developed through years of working with employees, students, corporations, museums, and nonprofit organizations like Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots. While you may recognize a transformative experience when you have one, do you know how to create one for the people you serve? LINKS Designing Transformative Experiences: A Toolkit for Leaders, Trainers, Teachers, and Other Experience Designers (book) Designing Transformative Experiences (website) Ep98: Brad McLain, Identity of Informal Science Educators ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Saurabh Mithal is a teacher, independent professional, and the founder of Passionately Curious, a community for solopreneurs. I invited Saurabh to talk about his experience working with freelancers. In this episode, Saurabh shares how he helps independent professionals establish their businesses, and how he helps them manage self-doubt, procrastination, and distractions. LINKS PassionatelyCurious.in The Passionately Curious podcast Saurabh on LinkedIn Designing Your Life Creativity Inc. Creative Confidence The Practice War of Art This is Marketing The Art of Possibility ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

My guest today is Jeffrey H. Ryan. Jeffrey is the author of Appalachian Odyssey and Blazing Ahead in his latest book, This Land Was Saved for You and Me. Jeffrey introduces us to seven people who were key to forming and preserving America's public lands. Jeffrey tells how these individuals influenced and worked with each other and who they met during their careers. He writes about the contributions made by Frederick Law Olmsted, Gifford Pinchot, Benton Mackaye, Theodore Roosevelt, Bob Marshall, Aldo Leopold, and Howard Zahniser. Let's join the conversation. LINKS Jeffrey H. Ryan Books by Jeffrey Ryan Voices of the Wilderness Wilderness Society National Association for Interpretation ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Today my guests are Dan Kriesberg and Camille Simone Edwards, founders of Diversity Education in Nature. Dan and Camille’s unique approach to diversity education occur through the lens of ecological concepts and pairs outdoor experiences with conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion. They reach beyond the field of environmental education and lead workshops for students, educators, parents, and caregivers. They have also developed a program for corporate settings and look forward to working with decision-makers at organizations large and small. In this episode, we discuss the structure of their programs, radical empathy, consuming DEI as a “product,” and healing in communities. Let’s join the conversation. LINKS Diversity Education in Nature (DEIN) Contact Dan or Camille at DEINConsulting@gmail.com Earth Wisdom, Dan Kriesberg’s website Camille Simone Consulting An Invitation to a Brave Space Terri Givens, Radical Empathy Subscribe to The Trail newsletter View past issue of The Trail ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Today our guest is Michael Hawk. Michael is the founder of Jumpstart Nature and the host of the Nature’s Archive podcast. Jumpstart Nature is a new organization taking a tech-centric approach to how they connect people with nature. In this episode, we learn what inspired Michael to create the Nature's Archive podcast and what has informed his views about technology in nature education. Michael also shares how the AGILE approach to project management is key to how he and his collaborators built Jumpstart Nature. Let’s join the conversation. LINKS Jumpstart Nature Nature's Archive podcast National Association for Interpretation California Naturalist Presentations by Michael: Incredible InsectsThe Surprising Biodiversity of a Suburban YardThe Wonders of Plant Galls: Biology, Identification, and Discovery ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Today my guest is Jo Petroni. Jo is an architect, illustrator, writer and teacher. She's the author of Listen To Your Land, a Guide to Regenerative Land Design that blends biophilic design and permaculture philosophy. Jo is also a contributor to the Carbon Almanac and co-founder of Damn Good Humans, a creative agency about climate communication. What is permarchitecture? How can people listen to their land? What is reversible habitat? Let’s find out. LINKS Permarchitecture - Regenerative Human Habitat Design Strategy Bill Mollison Jo's Epistolary An illustrated time-lapse letter about climate from Jo's Epistolary EcoVillage Network The Carbon Almanac Connect-the-Dots Roam Research Damn Good Humans - The Creative Agency for Climate Communication ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Today we learn from Jessica Maccaro, Catherine Nguyen, and Joshua Reger, the team behind the new science communication podcast Across the Cline. This podcast is the latest outreach vehicle for SciComm @ UCR, the student-led science communication group at the University of California, Riverside. SciComm @ UCR was established in 2019 to explore creative approaches to science communication and to provide learning opportunities in science communication to Riverside residents. The Across the Cline podcast has a smart format; we’ll learn more about it in this episode. We’ll also hear how SciComm @ UCR engages with graduate students across disciplines and learn about what graduate students will share with Riverside residents this spring. Let’s meet Jess, Catherine, and Joshua! LINKS SciComm @ UCR website Contact SciComm @ UCR @SciCommUCR (Twitter) @scicommucr (Instagram) Jessica Maccaro on Twitter (@JessicaMaccaro) Catherine (Thiên-Ý) Nguyễn on Twitter (@Catherine_TY_Ng) ZME Science @ZMEScience (Twitter) MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS Jessica: Science Nights at Back to the GrindWhen bees get a taste for dead thingsCatherine: Sex differences in offspring discrimination in the biparental California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)Student research gear closet lowers barriers to field experiencesJoshua: Joshua Reger, 2022 Scholarship Recipient | Applied Biological Control ResearchWhy flight testing is an important step in sterile insect technique ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Arjit Jere, is a biologist, science communicator, and popular science writer based in India. Arjit has written about the lifecycle of antlions, competitor behavior in hummingbirds, climate change, and the critically endangered Amboli toad that's found only in the mountains of Western India. I met Arjit during the Science Journalism Forum, a global gathering of science journalists, communicators, and students. The forum is a virtual event, and as you know, virtual events make it possible to learn from people you would never meet otherwise. Like Arjit! In this episode, we discuss Arjit's experiences as a science journalist and what he would like to write about next. Let's join the conversation. CLICK HERE to engage with the transcript for this episode. What do you think of this format? How does it help you relate to the guest and their work? Please share your thoughts here (https://talaterra.com/contact). LINKS Arjit Jere on LinkedIn Arjit’s blog, Nature and Football Saevus Magazine RoundGlass Sustain Dr.Pankaj Koparde, Chatur Ullu Evolutionary Ecology Lab, MIT World Peace University, Pune Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) World Peace University Centre for Environmental Education, Pune Articles: A. Jere, Global warming and climate change - Current scenario. Biotechnology (2013) View Article A. Jere, Circle of Life, Saevus. December 2017 - February 2018, p. 66 (2017) View Article A. Jere, Hummingbirds and their hidden daggers. Manthan, Volume 2.2, 3 (2020) View article A. Jere, Meet the Tiger Toad. Youth for Nature Magazine (2022). Accessed 11 Jan 2023. https://yfnmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/10/12/meet-the-tiger-toad ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

Today we get to learn from Robin Lee Carlson. Robin is a biologist, science writer, and scientific illustrator. In all aspects of her work, Robin transforms scientific information into stories to help people see the natural world in new ways. Her scientific illustration work and writings can be found on posters, interpretive panels, and informative species cards used by the California Department of Transportation. Robin is also the author and illustrator of The Cold Canyon Fire Journals: Green Shoots and Silver Linings in the Ashes. In The Cold Canyon Fire Journals, Robin takes us to her local nature preserve that has twice experienced the type of fast-moving and expansive wildfires seen more and more often in California. Through her illustrations and text, Robin takes us on a tour of the canyon before and after the fires and teaches us about fire ecology in an engaging way. How did Robin’s relationship with Cold Canyon begin? How did her illustrations and field notes become a book? When it comes to fire management, who should be part of the conversation? Let’s find out. LINKS Robin Lee Carlson Illustration Robin on Instagram (@anthropocenesketchbook) Reading the Ashes | The Common California Wilderness Coalition Bundle (Book + Bandana) A couple of great podcasts about fire and controlled and cultural burning: Living with FireLife with Fire PodcastBook resources for cultural fire: Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural ResourcesForgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient WildernessFire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia MUSIC: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License. LIVE CAPTIONS: Each episode of the Talaterra podcast can be read while listening using the Live Caption feature in Google Chrome. To activate this free tool, follow these instructions. This tool also works with videos. ________________________ Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy. * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project. Contact Us

“Human rights are held by all persons equally, universally and forever. Human rights are the basic standards without which people cannot live in dignity. These rights are inalienable. This means you cannot lose these rights just as you cannot cease to be a human.“ - The World As It Could Be In this episode, we learn from Sandy Sohcot and Ellen Sebastian Chang of The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program. We also learn about a collaboration between TWAICB and Talaterra that will help environmental professionals from diverse fields advance their work within a human rights framework. These questions will be answered in this episode. We begin with Sandy explaining how The World As It Could Be, got its start. (A quick note to our regular listeners. This episode is a little longer than our usual episode.) LINKS The World As It Could Be (TWAICB)TWAICB FacebookTWAICB InstagramTWAICB LinkedInJoin TWAICB Email ListAlameda County Deputy Sheriffs Activities League (DSAL)Rex FoundationRegister for Amplify Your Practice for People and the Planet (begins January 19, 2023). Join Sandy Sohcot and Ellen Sebastian Change of The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program to amplify the impact of your environmental education practice. In this workshop, you’ll consider your educational objectives and the impact your programs have on people and the planet. You will engage in conversation about the fundamental purpose of environmental education and reflect on how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights connects with your practice and environmental education overall. View Details/Register ___________________________________________ ABOUT SANDY SOHCOT Director and originator of The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program. Sandy holds a California Lifetime Teaching Credential. In July 2001, Sandy became Executive Director of the Rex Foundation and served as in that capacity through 2013, to help renew the Foundation in the absence of direct Grateful Dead concert funding. In 2006, as part of her work, Sandy developed The World As It Could Be initiative to raise awareness about the human rights framework. The initial work evolved to become a full program with curriculum that includes the creative arts as a vital part of teaching about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since January 2014, Sandy has been Director of TWAICB, now a program of the Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs’ Activities League (DSAL). Sandy has been active in the small business and women’s communities of San Francisco. She co-founded the Women’s Leadership Alliance, and is past president of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. In July 1999, the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women honored Sandy with their Women Who Make a Difference Award. Sandy served as a Commissioner on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission 2004 – 2008. ___________________________________________ ABOUT ELLEN SEBASTIAN CHANG: Ellen Sebastian Chang (she/her), whose creative practice spans 45 years, is a storied figure in the performing arts, as a multi-disciplinary director (theater, opera, dance, and installation) arts educator, and lighting designer. "I create as a director, producer, writer, and teaching artist. I began my theater practice as a lighting technician (Berkeley Stage Company) and designer. In 1981, I shifted to directing/writing/creating devised experimental performances with the premiere of Your Place is No Longer with Us which followed a ten-year-old biracial girl throughout a Victorian mansion in San Francisco. In 1986, I was the co-founder/co-artistic director of LIFE ON THE WATER, a national and internationally known presenting and producing organization at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center. In the 21st century, with Deep Waters Dance Theater I have co-created 14 Episodes of "House/Full of Blackwomen," in 2020 episode 14 called New Chitlin Circuitry: a reparations...