Episode 13: Aleskkya - Sacred Landscapes and Readings & Music

Part 1 - Sacred Landscapes

Aleskkya is a multi-disciplined artist, designer, musician, and poet who has made a life of creating images in words and music. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Aleskkya recounts an unexpected mid-life awakening which led him from a 'normal' life of education and career success onto a path of mystical self-discovery and exploration across earth, culture, and artistic expression.

Part 2- Readings & Music from Snow on Water

Part 2 of Nature Revisited Episode 13 continues with a selection of readings and music from Aleskkya's Snow on Water. Aleskkya is a multi-disciplined artist, designer, musician, and poet who has made a life of creating images in words and music.

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Episode 12: Scott Stokoe - Reframing Nature & Culture

Scott Stokoe is a Vermont-based ecological educator working with institutions to develop and expand their offerings in educating for sustainability through the creation of hands-on, applied learning experiences. In this episode, Scott explains how the concept of Nature is a human construct, and the global environmental crises mankind is facing are a result of our cultural failures.

Episode 11: Meg Lowman - Canopy Meg

Margaret Lowman aka 'Canopy Meg' has dedicated a lifetime of pioneering research into the hidden ecosystems of forest canopies found all over our home planet. As these imperiled marvels of nature enter an increasingly fragile state of balance, Meg is working to save Earth's forests and conserve the still uncounted wonders and discoveries they contain. In this episode Meg recounts her career path, discusses the mission of her work, as well as the various 'Canopy Walks' she is helping to build in an effort to raise awareness and appreciation of the world's forests.

Episode 7: David Van Wie - Take Me To The River

Part 1: On The Fly

David A. Van Wie is a former environmental professional turned writer & photographer who also has a passion for Fly Fishing. In this episode, David talks about the history of Fly Fishing and the theory and practice of tying flies. In preparation for Part 2 of the episode, David ties an assortment of flies that he will put to use in a nearby trout stream.

Part 2: In The Stream

In this episode, David takes us to a trout stream near his home and walks us through the process of selecting flies and thinking like a fish in order to catch one. He also talks about his new book, Storied Waters.

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Episode 3: Jeffery Reddick - A Painter Without A View

Jeffery Reddick is currently 30+ years into a life sentence for non-violent crimes in a North Carolina correctional facility. But he is not your run-of-the-mill inmate… Nature Revisited takes a glimpse inside the life of a man who has embraced the power of his memories of nature, together with his love of painting to transport himself beyond the confines of incarceration, touching the lives of some surprising people along the way. Author Gordon Hayward offers additional insights from a decade of correspondence with Jeffery.

Addendum: December 2023 - Jeffery has been released from prison and now lives with his sister in South Carolina.

Episode 2: David Culp - Brandywine Cottage & The Inevitable Garden

David Culp working in the Brandywine Cottage gardens.

David Culp is creator of the gardens at Brandywine Cottage in Downington, Pennsylvania, and is a plantsman and gardener who has lectured nationwide for over 25 years. Stefan van Norden and Sean Clauson visited David on the production trail of the film 'Negotiating with Nature' to talk with him about his personal & philosophical approach to the act of gardening and its inevitability across the human experience.

Episode 1: Peter Hatch - Thomas Jefferson & Monticello

Peter Hatch in Negotiating with Nature

In this pilot installment of Nature Revisited, Peter Hatch expounds upon his decades of experience maintaining Thomas Jefferson’s legendary Virginia homestead - Monticello and its expansive gardens. Rare insights along with an intimate perspective into the life of one of America’s most beloved Founding Fathers makes this first episode an indispensable listen.

Stefan van Norden interviewing Peter Hatch during production of Negotiating with Nature.