Episode XXXI: Stalking the Crop Wild Relatives with Colin Khoury and Michael Kantar
Fall 2023 Read the companion article here. There is a very cool set of native plants that are related to the plants we eat. You…
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Episode XXX: What if Farmland Looked Like Ecological Gardening with Tim Crews
Summer 2023 Read the companion article here. If you knew it would reduce erosion risks, sequester more carbon, require less fuel, fertilizer, and pesticides to grow them,…
Episode XXIX: On the Scruffy Wild Edge of Urban Jungle with Ben Wilson
Summer 2023 Read the companion article here. This episode explores the landscape history of cities as ecosystems, not ecosystems of business but actual living systems. …
Episode XXVIII: Crime Pays, Botany Doesn’t; We Get Real with Joey Santore
Summer 2023 Read the companion article here. Joey Santore shares his enthusiasm for studying the diversity, evolution and ecology of the Earth’s plant life so…
Episode XXVII: Food Sovereignty and Space for Perennials with Michelle Week
Summer 2023 Read the companion article here. “It’s going to take all peoples from all cultural backgrounds to grow and build a resilient and solid…
Episode XXVI: What a Bee Knows and Why it Matters with Stephen Buchmann
Spring 2023 Read the companion article here. Pollination ecologist Dr. Stephen Buchmann has been studying bee biology for more than four decades. His new book…
Episode XXV: Befriend Bugs; Design for Everyone with Kate Hayes
Spring 2023 Read the companion article here. What happens when a landscape architecture firm started by an ecologist becomes a force for community change? Garden…
Episode XXIV: Ground Up Science for Greener Cities with Dr. Alessandro Ossola
Spring 2023 Read the companion Article here. Alessandro Ossola is a scientist who gets very excited about the challenge of climate change allowing for an…
Episode XXIII: Readying Urban Forests for Climate Realities with Dr. Greg McPherson
Winter 2023 Read the transcript article here. “Going from the mow and blow to a more horticulturally knowledgeable approach to maintaining the landscape. And that…