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The EarthStory Podcast

EarthStory shares stories from ecologists and artists all over the world. We offer stories of environmental restoration, revival, and regeneration. We hope that these stories can empower all of us to re-wild our own lives, communities, and our planet. Learn more at midpenearthstory.org earthstoryourstory.substack.com

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56:30

Against All Odds: The Living Future of Coyote Valley

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2026/03/02

Coyote Valley is a miracle. For decades, large companies had their sights on building massive warehouses and paving over the valley floor. Others had visions of an entirely new town built to provide housing for the large corporations hoping to build on this ancient landscape. But it didn’t actually happen. The wildflowers continued to bloom in the spring and the farmers continued to labor with the land. After decades of back and forth debates in city councils, zoning changes, even deliberate

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Feeding the Rainforest at Osa Conservation

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2026/02/12

Meet Marco Lopez and the Osa Regenerative Farm. What is regenerative agriculture? It sounds like a good thing, but what does it look like in practice? And what does it mean in the middle of dense tropical rainforest?While I was visiting Osa Conservation, I had the opportunity to volunteer on their regenerative farm. The first thing I learned about regenerative farming: it requires intense, unyielding, back-aching work.You are probably thinking, well, of course. Farming is essentially labor-intensive

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5:05

Meet the Osa Tree Sanctuary

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2026/02/03

We continue our journey on the Osa Peninsula at the Osa Conservation Tree Nursery. I had the pleasure of the meeting the arborist, Mairon, or Titi, as he prefers to be called. Titi is passionate about trees. He showed me around the expansive tree nursery where Osa is growing a 280 different tree species. These saplings will eventually be taken to one of the 300 partner farms that Osa works with to support the development of riparian corridors. Their goal is to regenerate the native landscape to

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33:01

From Ridge to Reef at Osa Conservation with Eleanor...

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2026/01/31

The Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica is a land of ecological resplendence. Not only is it well cared for under the protection of Corcovado National Park, it is also looked after by a biological corridor and conservation campus called Osa Conservation. I had the immense pleasure of traveling to Osa Conservation last summer to spend a week learning about all of their work in conservation, native plant regeneration, and biodiversity protection. It was a life-changing experience. The EarthStory Podcast

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35:29

Solstice Stories

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/12/21

Happy Winter Solstice!We are observing the longest night of the year by revisiting a collection of music, stories, and poetry contributed some of our storytellers. On this long night, we are holding space for the darkness, the waiting, and the possibilities that can only emerge from the dark.With gratitude for the co-creators of Solstice Stories:Story sharing by: Youssef Ismael, Alrie Middlebrook, and Vicente MorenoMusic performed by: Michelé Crowder, Viveka Hall-Holt, Tess McCarty, Zoë García, and

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36:38

Art After Fire with Katherine Boland

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/12/16

Katherine Boland is an artist and advocate for the climate. Based on the southeast coast of Australia, Katherine experienced the terrifying impacts of the bush fires that gripped global headlines in 2019. As a multi-disciplinary artist, Katherine creates evocative work that holds space for the coexistence of beauty and devastation. Her work focuses on shining light on climate change and the ecological crisis we are facing globally.This episode also features a few excerpts of “Burning” by Grace

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24:03

Listening Down Deep

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/12/07

The EarthStory Podcast returns for a third season beginning with the artistry of Théodora Jonsson. As an artist and archeologist, she explores the geology of the Pacific Northwest listening to the poetry of the land. She creates art and sound in response to her deep listening. Her creativity is a duet, of sorts, with the world around her.Théo collects tree saps and resins from around the world. She reduces them into paint resins to use for painting and printmaking. It is like she is painting with

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2:39

Remembering Dr. Jane Goodall

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/10/09

Our world has lost a giant. While we mourn the loss of a truly remarkable human being (and fellow primate), we will strive to be a part of her legacy. Jane taught us that we are all a part of nature and nature is a part of us. We are all interconnected in this great world’s web of life and no matter how we try, we cannot separate from it. We share this video today to honor Jane’s life and to invite all of us to rise to meet her legacy of hope and restoration of a better world for every living being

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29:27

Close to Home

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/05/31

Thor Hanson is a delightful storyteller who keeps his eyes and ears close to the ground. After researching plants and animals all over the world from Tanzania to Costa Rica, Thor has come home to his own backyard biology. In his latest book, Close to Home, Thor shares stories and research uncovering entire new species discovered right in his own backyard and in the backyards of others around the world. He invites us to consider how we can better share our homes with the many other life forms who

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40:35

Becoming Green Earth People

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/05/24

Cláudio Carvalhaes is an author, teacher, ritual-leader, playwright, and all-round creative soul. He describes himself as an Earth-thinker. He leads by example, sharing the stories of his life where he learned how to live more closely with the natural world and where he unlearned ways of being that separated him from Mother Earth. Cláudio has spent his life as a student of the natural world. He works tirelessly to create a green Earth community for his children. He invites his students in the

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35:07

Cultivating Place: Stories of Creation, Coexistence,...

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/05/16

We continue our conversation with Cultivating Place by exploring the creative spirit and how our gardens teach us to live together as neighbors. We are spending more time with founder and host of Cultivating Place, Jennifer Jewell and her co-hosts, Abra Lee and Ben Futa. Jennifer shares about how she decided to create Cultivating Place. Ben shares about creating his community plant shop and how it continues to bring his neighbors together. Abra shares what she has learned about coexistence as a form

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29:31

Cultivating Place: Stories of Families, Neighbors,...

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/05/10

Cultivating Place convenes community through thoughtful conversations around the many interwoven layers of ecology, humanity, and community that can be found in the practice of gardening. We are joined by founder and host, Jennifer Jewell and her co-hosts, Abra Lee and Ben Futa who shared stories of growing up in their family gardens, their life-long relationships with plants, and how that has shaped the course of their lives. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other

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34:54

The Music of Birdsong

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/05/03

Alexander Liebermann is a composer who is passionate about the natural world. He specializes in birdsong, notating to exacting detail the contours and nuances of bird calls so that an instrumentalist or vocalist can perform their best imitation of the bird’s artistry. Alexander also works closely with biologists who are studying arctic ground squirrels. Alexander’s love for animals is so present in his music. Each note is a pleading invitation to pay attention to the wonder and mystery of the animal

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34:01

Tales of the Urban Wild

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/04/25

Tiffany Yap is a Senior Scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity. Meital Smith is an art teacher and a visual artist. Tiffany wrote and Meital illustrated the graphic novel Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey. This engaging story follows a Puma called C-8 through his life journey. Through a series of encounters with the built world, Tiffany and Meital give the readers an idea of what pumas face in their search for food, territory, and companionship. Follow the links below to learn more

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5:14

Earth Day 2025: Hold on to the Earth, Hold on to Us.

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/04/22

Happy Earth Day. We want to share this day with you by offering some poetry written and sung by Zoë García. Zoë shares:“While growing up in the Bay Area, I was very grateful to have had a childhood filled with a vast variety of natural wonders. That I Was Awake was inspired by the feeling many of us in the Bay Area know far too well: the feeling of an earthquake in the middle of the night. This piece reflects on the significant, yet puzzling moment where we are unsure of whether we should feel

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25:50

EarthStory in Ghana Part 3: You can't eat money, but...

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/04/18

The EarthStory Podcast returns for a second season. Sampson Kofi Nani shares a wide-ranging conversation about the natural world in Ghana. Sampson Kofi is a research assistant at Ashesi University in Berekuso, Ghana. He shares with us his hopes for instilling the next generation with a love for the environment. He sees love of the environment as an act of protection for biodiversity. In the face of illegal mining and deforestation efforts, Sampson Kofi has an urgent reminder: destroying the natural

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10:13

EarthStory in Ghana Part 2: Gardens of Ghana (Video)

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2025/04/11

I met Alrie Middlebrook after the first EarthStory festival. We connected immediately. Ever since, I have learned so much from her, not only about ecology and the ways the Earth renews herself, but how to lead a life of purpose. Alrie just retired as the Executive Director of the California Native Garden Foundation. She is also in her ninth decade of life. In one of our early conversations, Alrie told me about her friend Rueben Foster in Ghana. She told me about her work with regenerative

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34:20

Stories for the Solstice

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2024/12/21

A special EarthStory podcast for the winter solstice featuring Michelé Crowder, Viveka Hall-Holt, Robert Hasselblad, Grace Alexander, Tess McCarty, Youssef Ismail, Alrie Middlebrook, Zoë García, Vicente Moreno, and Barbara Coleman. Join us by the fire as we share music, poetry, and ecology for long evenings.

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31:59

Come to the Table with Jeremiah Lopez

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2024/11/25

Jeremiah Lopez is a chef, poet, and his family's story keeper. He tells the stories of his family as they struggled to survive in the harrowing civil wars of Nicaragua and El Salvador as well as starting new lives in the United States. He is a gifted chef who brings people together around the table to share food that is connected to home. He shares poetry that weaves his own stories together in a way that honors all of the many lives around him. Featuring his work: "Salúd!" (c.w. contains depictions

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Presence and Reconnection with Vicente Moreno

The EarthStory Podcast ·

2024/11/18

Vicente Moreno is an indigenous cultural practitioner in the San Fransisco Bay Area. He is Otomi and shares Comanche lineage on his mother's side. He has lived his life embedded in community and culture within the Bay Area. Vicente focuses on sharing native arts with indigenous youth and families as a way to remain connected to ancestral wellness. He believes that connection to the Earth, our Mother, here on Turtle Island is what will heal the Earth and all living beings.Credits:Wind In Bamboo 2 by

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