Wild in the City

Wild in the City Podcast

Wild in the City is a podcast created for all the people in urban cities who care deeply about the environment and are concerned by the rapid disappearance of their wild places. If you are looking to learn, make connections with like-minded citizens, and be inspired to have local impact, look no further. Wild in the City’s focus is on preserving and restoring tree canopy, streams, springs, wildlife, pollinators, habitat, biodiversity and nature preserves. You will be exposed to best practices from thriving urban cities around America who have successfully flipped the mindset on the cost of growth at the expense of our natural resources. Jim Newbury and Janet Wells bring you environmental changemakers who have demonstrated how the environment plays a critical role in the sustainability and resilience of urban cities. Featured guests will share how urban cities are waking up to the valuable role of nature in attracting new residents and sustaining equitable growth in their communities. Our focus is on making local impact as easy as possible, so each episode ends with actionable advice and levels of involvement that fit any bandwidth.

Episodes

  1. 09/16/2023

    Episode 4: Doug Tallamy, Author and Co-Founder of Homegrown National Park

    Doug Tallamy, co-founder of “Homegrown National Park,” joins the podcast to discuss how individuals can regenerate biodiversity in their own backyards. Doug shares insight into how the addition of native plant species, combined with the removal of invasive plants, can covert lawns into habitats that sequester carbon from the atmosphere. The man-made effects of climate change can be reversed by employing these techniques on an individual level, leading to the survival of our species as a whole. Check out Environment Sandy Springs here: https://environment-sandysprings.org Subscribe to our Wild in the City newsletter here: https://environment-sandysprings/newsletter Email us your thoughts: info@environment-sandysprings.com Hosts: Jim Newbury and Janet Wells Guest: Doug Tallamy Producer: Tucker Wells Theme Song: Jason Wells Recording of owl hoots: Tom Herrmann Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 97 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for 40 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His book Bringing Nature Home, published by Timber Press in 2007, was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers’ Association. Among his awards are the Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation and the Tom Dodd, Jr. Award of Excellence, the 2018 AHS B. Y. Morrison Communication Award, and the 2019 Cynthia Westcott Scientific Writing Award.

    Episode 4: Doug Tallamy, Author and Co-Founder of Homegrown National Park

About

Wild in the City is a podcast created for all the people in urban cities who care deeply about the environment and are concerned by the rapid disappearance of their wild places. If you are looking to learn, make connections with like-minded citizens, and be inspired to have local impact, look no further. Wild in the City’s focus is on preserving and restoring tree canopy, streams, springs, wildlife, pollinators, habitat, biodiversity and nature preserves. You will be exposed to best practices from thriving urban cities around America who have successfully flipped the mindset on the cost of growth at the expense of our natural resources. Jim Newbury and Janet Wells bring you environmental changemakers who have demonstrated how the environment plays a critical role in the sustainability and resilience of urban cities. Featured guests will share how urban cities are waking up to the valuable role of nature in attracting new residents and sustaining equitable growth in their communities. Our focus is on making local impact as easy as possible, so each episode ends with actionable advice and levels of involvement that fit any bandwidth.