Reading Nature

ENGL 332 Students

In this podcast series students from Holy Cross discuss an environmental issue of concern and interest to them. Through research and storytelling, they explore how to tell the often difficult environmental stories of our time.

  1. 04/27/2023

    A Scarred Earth: Environmental Disaster on the Navajo Reservation

    The Navajo Nation has long suffered from political and cultural discrimination but now faces a new kind of oppression, Environmental Injustice. Learn on this episode how Navajo reservation lands now face environmental degradation from the failed cleanup of uranium mines.

  2. 04/27/2023

    California Condors: Taking Flight

    This podcast is about the largest bird in North America, the California Condor. Human efforts and collaboration has made it possible for this species to recover from devastating population loss due to lead poisoning and return to their natural habitat. While there is still a long ways to go before they are out of danger, there is still hope for this species and more that we can do to ensure their survival.

  3. 04/27/2023

    Can the Chesapeake’s Watermen Save the Bay Without Losing their Livelihood?

    Working-class independent fishermen, crabbers, potters, and oystermen - known colloquially as “watermen” along the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland - rely on selling their fresh catch from the Chesapeake Bay to support themselves and their families each day. In more recent years, they have found themselves at the mercy of the effects of the Bay’s declining health and water quality, as well as multiple large environmental groups working to clean the Chesapeake Bay that often come at the expense of the watermen’s livelihoods.

  4. 04/27/2023

    In the blink of an eye

    On this episode of Man vs Nature we will be taking it all the way to Kansas City, Missouri in order to learn about the crisis of flash flooding due to severe climate change. Together we will discuss the various ways flash flooding affects people’s lives, from water damages to food supply, as well as potential solutions.

  5. 04/27/2023

    Mining, Mapping, and Making: The destruction of Dredging

    We as humans have used oceanic dredging for a wide variety of reasons, and the practice has provided great benefits to using it. However, the practice has been turning our oceans into baron husks of their past selves and will continue to do so unless regulated.

  6. 04/27/2023

    Protecting Our Drinking Water: The Occoquan River’s History of Contamination and Restoration Efforts

    Listeners will hear about the Occoquan River’s history of contamination problems and about the efforts to revive this major source of drinking water in Northern Virginia. Learn about the threats facing the reservoir today, as well as community efforts to protect and preserve it.

  7. 04/27/2023

    The Disappearance of the Long Island Sound Coastline

    The coastline of the Long Island Sound stretches across much of Connecticut and New York. For the past several decades, the beaches in these states have been slowly disappearing due to beach erosion, which is caused by several human activities and other factors. We can help restore these beaches back to their original beauty.

  8. 04/26/2023

    Can We Still Make Way for Ducklings?

    Host Grace Barry examines the pollution issues of Lake Cochichewick and its consequences for the wildlife that surrounds it. Listeners will be transported lakeside to learn about the issues facing the community built around the lake and how the wildlife can be protected.

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In this podcast series students from Holy Cross discuss an environmental issue of concern and interest to them. Through research and storytelling, they explore how to tell the often difficult environmental stories of our time.

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  • Creator
    ENGL 332 Students
  • Years Active
    2023
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Reading Nature