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Many of us feel a need to be in closer connection with nature, our land, and with all beings. The Nature Evolutionaries podcast series, hosted by the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries (ONE) is a consciousness-raising exploration of what it means to be in co-creative partnership with the living Earth. Join us each month as we interview leading Nature Evolutionaries, inspiring individuals who hold a profound relationship with Nature, as they share their experiences and wisdom. Humanity and the Planet have come together in ONE voice~ to delve into the realms of the wild, our oceans, forests & gardens, sacred earth activism, ecology, spirituality, nature intelligence, poetry, storytelling, and more.

  1. Can Plants Save the Planet? with Pam Montgomery and Tammi Sweet

    DEC 10

    Can Plants Save the Planet? with Pam Montgomery and Tammi Sweet

    Each year, as we come to the close of another vibrant season of Nature-centric learning, story, and ceremony, we gather to ask one of our favorite questions: Can plants save the planet? Our wise green kin, plants and trees, have been shaping, sustaining, and transforming life on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. They know how to cooperate, adapt, and thrive even in times of upheaval. What can we learn from their quiet genius and generous hearts? This year, Pam Montgomery, ONE’s founder and longtime voice for conscious co-creation with Nature, is joined by the ever-insightful (and often delightfully funny) Tammi Sweet, herbalist, anatomist, and co-founder of the Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials. Together, they dive into the astonishing intelligence of the plant world, from root networks to heart medicine, and explore how plants just might be showing us the way forward. Expect stories that make you laugh, insights that may change how you see every leaf and stem, and reminders of what it means to live in kinship with the living Earth. Take part in this joyful, thought-provoking conversation and help nurture ONE’s work of deepening our partnership with Nature.  Your participation supports a thriving, life-giving future for all beings. Tammi Sweet is the co-founder and co-director of The Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials near Ithaca. For the past 30 years she has taught thousands of students in a variety of learning environments.  She offers classes in cannabis and herbal medicine, along with a variety of courses in anatomy and physiology both in-person and online. Sweet holds a master's degree in endocrinology.  To access her free online cannabis world, and her upcoming Grow course, visit heart-stone.com/cannabis. Pam Montgomery is an herbalist, author, international teacher and Earth elder who has passionately embraced her role as a spokesperson for the green beings and has been investigating plants and their intelligent spiritual nature for more than four decades.  More recently she has been working with the plants to heal the wounds of separation from Nature in order to move into co-creative partnership with all Nature. She is the author of three books including Co-Creating with Nature; Healing the Wound of Separation and the highly acclaimed Plant Spirit Healing; A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness.   She teaches internationally and virtually on plant initiations, spiritual ecology and co-creative partnership with Nature. She is the founder of the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries or ONE and was a founding board member of United Plant Savers. You can connect with Pam here: www.wakeuptonature.com  🌿 With Gratitude to Our Sponsor This year’s Can Plants Save the Planet? webinar is generously supported by The Plant Initiative, a nonprofit advancing respectful treatment of plants through education, advocacy, and collaboration. Their work to uplift plant intelligence and consciousness aligns deeply with ONE’s mission to honor the Living Earth as a community of beings. Support the show

    1h 6m
  2. When the Ocean Has Rights with Callie Veelenturf & Michelle Bender

    NOV 18

    When the Ocean Has Rights with Callie Veelenturf & Michelle Bender

    What happens when science, law, and love for the Ocean come together?  Callie Veelenturf, marine conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer, has walked the nesting beaches with sea turtles and worked hand in hand with coastal communities, turning relationship into real protection. Michelle Bender, an international leader in Ocean Rights, is helping reshape law itself—pioneering policies that recognize the Ocean and her beings not as resources, but as relatives with rights of their own. In this conversation, Callie and Michelle share how their paths of biology and law weave into a movement for change: sea turtles and people thriving side by side, orcas and other beings gaining legal recognition, and humanity stepping into its role as caretaker of the living Sea.  Be inspired by two voices showing that transformation is not only possible—it is already underway. Callie Veelenturf is a marine conservation biologist, National Geographic Explorer, a Scientist with the United Nations Harmony with Nature Programme, and Founder of The Leatherback Project and National Geographic Society’s program For Nature, who inspires high-impact conservation measures through collaborative scientific research initiatives. Callie has a special focus on marine turtles, ocean ecosystems and the Rights of Nature.  As Founder of The Leatherback Project, she has trained over two thousand Panamanian Army and Navy soldiers in the recognition of illegal sea turtle products; identified new to science sea turtle nesting and foraging sites; and spearheaded groundbreaking conservation proposals and laws in Panama including a new National Wildlife Refuge; Law 287 recognizing the Rights of Nature; and Article 29 of Law 371 that recognizes sea turtles as legal entities with specific rights.  She leads the Operations for three field research programs that document coastal development threats, justify new protection measures, and combat fisheries bycatch in the Pearl Islands Archipelago, Darien Gap, and project Iluminar el Mar from 2022-2025 in Ecuador.  Most recently, she has received the 2024 Future For Nature Award, 2024 Schmidt Ocean Institute Visionary Award, and 2024 New Explorer of The Year Award from The Explorers Club and been named a 2022 United Nations Development Programme Ocean Innovator and 2020 National Geographic Early Career Leader. Michelle Bender is the creator and leading expert in the movement towards "Ocean Rights," the application of Rights of Nature in the ocean policy seascape. She has provided her expertise to Rights of Nature laws and policies worldwide, including in the United States (Rhode Island and Washington), Panama (national law, sea turtle conservation law and marine reserve), the Philippines (national law), Aruba (constitutional amendment), the Moananui Sanctuary Agreement to recognise whales as legal persons, and within international law and institutions (IUCN Motion 056 (2025)). She serves on the Advisory Board for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, is a member of the IUCN's World Commission on Environmental Law, an expert of the UN Harmony with Nature initiative and Steering Committee Member for the UN Ocean Decade Coordination Office on Connecting People and the Ocean. In 2018, she was named one of 15 Youth Ocean Leaders taking on the world internationally by the Sustainable Ocean Alliance. Michelle graduated Summa Cum Laude from Vermont Law School, where she earned a Master’s in Environmental Law and Policy and holds a B.S. in Biology with a Marine Emphasis from Western Washington University.  To learn more about Michelle and her work visit the Ocean Vision Legal website.   Support the show

    1h 1m
  3. Ocean Voices: A Journey into Intuitive Interspecies Communication with Dr. Lynne Shannon, Wynter Worsthorne, Eleni Gkikakis, & Christine Noble Seller

    NOV 12

    Ocean Voices: A Journey into Intuitive Interspecies Communication with Dr. Lynne Shannon, Wynter Worsthorne, Eleni Gkikakis, & Christine Noble Seller

    We are often taught to see ourselves as separate from the living world — yet this separation is an illusion. As we grow into our fullness as human beings, we come into resonance with the shared intelligence of Life.  It is natural to be open to conversation with Nature and other species. In this unique two-hour webinar-workshop, the Ocean Voices team — Intuitive Interspecies Communicators collaborating with marine scientists and researchers — shares how this groundbreaking initiative began and how it is transforming the way we listen to and engage with the Ocean. During this experience, you’ll: •  Hear first-hand how Ocean Voices bridges science and intuitive communication. •  Learn the principles of Intuitive Interspecies Communication (IIC). •. Experience the H.E.A.R.T. method (Heart Energy Achieving Real Transformation). •. Be gently guided in a direct, heart-based communication with our Ocean kin. Led by Dr. Lynne Shannon, Principal Researcher and head of the Marine Sustainability Lab at the University of Cape Town, the team also includes Wynter Worsthorne, Eleni Gkikakis, and Christine Noble Seller. Their work has been shared at the Global Biodiversity Forum in Davos and within Nature’s Council, inspiring new ways of knowing and collaborating across species. This is a special meeting of science and spirit as we listen to the Ocean together. Be ready to slow down, listen deeply, and embrace your fully human self — stepping into that wider conversation and relationship with Ocean, grounded in respect, reciprocity, and wonder.  Support the show

    1h 51m
  4. Herring Protectors with Kh'asheechtlaa

    OCT 23

    Herring Protectors with Kh'asheechtlaa

    Among the Tlingit people of Sheet’ká Kwáan (Sitka, Alaska), the yaaw, the herring, are honored as sacred relatives. The story of Kaxátjaashaa, the Herring Rock Woman, tells how the first herring came when she sang to them with respect, laying their eggs in her hair. From this teaching, Kiks.ádi women have carried responsibilities to the yaaw for generations through ceremony, harvesting, and collective care. In this conversation, Kh’asheechtlaa – Louise Brady, of the Kiks.ádi (Raven Moiety – Frog Clan), shares stories of the yaaw, their importance to Tlingit culture and ceremony, and their place in the wider ecosystem that supports whales, birds, fish, and people. She also speaks about the founding of the Herring Protectors, an Indigenous women-led grassroots movement rooted in traditional teachings that celebrates the yaaw, challenges destructive extractive practices, and asserts a sovereign Tlingit relationship with the land and waters. We invite you to join this webinar to learn about the yaaw, the people who continue to honor them, and why protecting herring matters for the life of the Ocean and for us all.  Support the show

    1h 4m
  5. Whale Kinship: Stories of Love and Evolution with Pat McCabe

    OCT 14

    Whale Kinship: Stories of Love and Evolution with Pat McCabe

    Dive into the deep wisdom of Whales with Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining), as she shares stories of kinship, presence, and the great evolutionary teachings carried by our Ocean relatives. During her recent time with Whales in Tonga, Pat witnessed their intimate family constellations — mothers and calves, quiet escorts, and the radiant love that flows through them. Through these encounters, Whale offered profound reminders about relationship, guardianship, and the spiral of time itself. Whale invites us to see evolution not as a long, linear timeline, but as something simultaneous — a vertical movement where past, present, and future rise together, like Whale itself lifting from the depths into the light. In this special conversation, Pat shares about her experiences with Whale as elder, teacher, and kin. Through her stories and ceremonial presence, we are invited to listen more deeply, to feel the spiral of time within us, and to remember our place in the great web of life. This is a chance to sit with Whale’s medicine of love, presence, and evolution — and to let their song awaken new possibilities in our hearts. Support the show

    1h 1m
  6. The Plastic Crisis & Our Interconnected Ocean with Rachel Bustamante & Tamara Adame

    SEP 23

    The Plastic Crisis & Our Interconnected Ocean with Rachel Bustamante & Tamara Adame

    Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent and far-reaching threats facing our Oceans today—touching everything from marine life to coastal communities to climate resilience. In this powerful conversation with Rachel Bustamante of Plastic Pollution Coalition and Tamara Adame, a scientific ocean diver and anti-plastics activist, we explore the multifaceted impacts of plastic on Ocean health, and the deep interconnections between pollution, policy, and our relationship with the living world. With a background in environmental policy analysis and campaign coordination, Rachel has worked to protect marine biodiversity and Ocean health at both state and global levels—including participation in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiations and direct advocacy with U.S. lawmakers. Her work is grounded in a commitment to justice, care, and solutions that protect people and planet. As a scuba diving instructor in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, diving in the Mexican Caribbean, Tamara started noticing a huge influx of plastics to the Ocean about eight years ago. Her own grassroots efforts at organizing Ocean cleanup - and seeing how little impact that had on the quantity of plastics in the region - led her to become an anti-plastics activist, both in her state of Quintana Roo and at the national level. Plastic bags in supermarkets have now been banned across Mexico, thanks to the efforts of many anti-plastics advocates, including Tamara. This session includes grounded insight, personal story, and tangible steps for those seeking to become more active stewards of Ocean health—whether in local watersheds or at the global level. Visit the webinar page to watch short film Mermaids Against Plastic and download a resource list with links mentioned in the webinar.  To learm more about Rachel Bustamante and her work visit her here Plastic Pollution Coalition.  To learn more about Tamara Adame and her work visit her website.   Support the show

    1h 4m
  7. Amazon to Ocean: The Currents That Connect Us with Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

    SEP 16

    Amazon to Ocean: The Currents That Connect Us with Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

    The Amazon breathes life into the Ocean. Through airborne rivers, nutrient cycles, and unseen pathways of energy and water, these two great bodies—Forest and Ocean—are intimately intertwined. In this opening session of our Ocean Conversation Series, we are joined by Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza—Peruvian chemical biologist, National Geographic Explorer, and award-winning artist. Raised between Lima and the edge of the Amazon jungle, Rosa’s work bridges Indigenous knowledge and modern science in service of biodiversity, conservation, and cultural resilience. This intimate, conversational session explores the nutrient flows between forest and sea, the role of traditional ecological knowledge in scientific understanding, and the art of storytelling as a pathway for ecological healing and reconnection. We also glimpse Rosa’s personal journey—her grandmother’s backyard “natural pharmacy,” her pioneering research on the Boiling River and medicinal stingless bees, and the global ecosystems that have shaped her vision. Her newly published book, The Spirit of the Rainforest, weaves these threads into an immersive journey through the Amazon—science, spirit, and story entwined. This is a conversation about relationship and reciprocity. A chance to listen to the waters—of land, sea, and self. Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is a Peruvian chemical biologist, National Geographic Explorer, and award-winning artist whose work bridges Indigenous knowledge and modern science to protect biodiversity and uplift rainforest communities. Founder of Amazon Research Internacional, Rosa has led groundbreaking studies on extreme ecosystems, including the Boiling River and medicinal stingless bees, while advocating for policies that honor the intrinsic value of Nature. With Andean-Amazonian roots and global research spanning from the Amazon to Yellowstone and Alaska, Rosa integrates science, storytelling, and ancestral wisdom to foster deeper connection with the living world. Her recently published book, The Spirit of the Rainforest, offers an immersive journey into Amazonian ecology, culture, and healing. Support the show

    1h 1m
  8. Trees, Ethics, and Planetary Wellbeing with Suzi Steer

    MAY 20

    Trees, Ethics, and Planetary Wellbeing with Suzi Steer

    Join Suzi Steer, founder of The Tree Conference and co-author of Rooted in Ethics, for an insightful conversation on citizen-led reforestation, protecting old-growth forests, and transforming our relationship with trees. Suzi explores the intersection of science, policy, and deep listening with Nature, highlighting innovative projects, grassroots movements, and cultural shifts that are reshaping how we care for Earth’s ecosystems. This session inspires new ways of thinking about trees—not just as resources, but as intelligent, interconnected beings essential to planetary wellbeing. Suzi Steer’s mission is to support trees to survive and thrive on Earth in these times. She is the founder of the Tree Conference, an event that brings together scientists, tree-related NGOs, foresters, grassroots communities, creatives, legal experts, tree-speakers and the general tree-loving public.  Suzi’s specialism is in the relationship between human construct systems (e.g. financial, legal, technological and governmental) and Nature’s planetary intelligence system. From her profession as a maths teacher, Suzi’s journey into exploring systemic change with individuals, communities and organisations has been through deep listening with trees and plants as experts in Earth’s multidimensional living systems. For six years Suzi worked through the UK charity TreeSisters to articulate the Ethics and Nature Relationships that support land, forest and biocultural restoration that honours all beings of Nature as conscious, intelligent and having agency.  This involved listening with representatives of Original Peoples and Nations and reforestation practitioners alongside specialists in law and international agreements. The resulting Rooted in Ethics: The Community Tree Stewardship Framework and Practices Guides are co-published by TreeSisters and The Fountain, a US 501c3. Learn more about Suzi and her work at thetreeconference.com Support the show

    1h 3m
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Many of us feel a need to be in closer connection with nature, our land, and with all beings. The Nature Evolutionaries podcast series, hosted by the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries (ONE) is a consciousness-raising exploration of what it means to be in co-creative partnership with the living Earth. Join us each month as we interview leading Nature Evolutionaries, inspiring individuals who hold a profound relationship with Nature, as they share their experiences and wisdom. Humanity and the Planet have come together in ONE voice~ to delve into the realms of the wild, our oceans, forests & gardens, sacred earth activism, ecology, spirituality, nature intelligence, poetry, storytelling, and more.

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  • Creator
    Organization of Nature Evolutionaries
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    128
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2025 Nature Evolutionaries
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    Nature Evolutionaries

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