Listen to Nature’s Genius Season 1: All episodes available!

Have you tuned in to hear our Nature’s Genius Podcast Series exploring how the intelligence inherent in nature can help us model human organization on living systems? If not, you can listen to all the episodes here, including the most recent ones: “The Nature of Language, the Language of Nature”, featuring Jeannette Armstrong and Rowen White, and “Urban Forests: A Nature-based Solution to Climate Breakdown and Inequality” with Brett KenCairn and Samira Malone. We visit with scientists, ecologists, Indigenous practitioners of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, urban planners, community organizers, and authors reporting from the frontlines of ecological restoration. They explore the intelligence inherent in nature and show us how to model human organization on living systems. Be sure to subscribe to the Bioneers podcast to get alerts about the release of our second season of Nature’s Genius! Nature’s Genius was produced by Bioneers in collaboration with Catherine Edwards, an award-winning audio producer and writer with 10+ years of experience creating programs focused on science, health and technology. Explore Nature's Genius Learn more about each episode of the Nature’s Genius series below. Be the first to find out when new episodes are released! Subscribe to the Bioneers Podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Apple | Spotify | Youtube | Soundcloud | Amazon Music | Castbox | Pocketcast 1. The Universe Beneath Our Feet: Mapping the Mycelial Web of Life Imagine an underground web of mind-boggling complexity; quadrillions of miles of tiny threads in the soil pulsate with real-time messages, trade vital nutrients, and form symbiotic partnerships. Visionary biologists Toby Kiers and Merlin Sheldrake guide us through the intricate wonders of mycorrhizal fungal networks. Listen Now 2. What Does Water Want? Water makes life possible. From the tiniest bacteria to the tallest tree, every living thing relies on this irreplaceable substance. Erica Gies, author of “Water Always Wins,” explores water’s unique role in the web of life, and how we might repair and reshape our relationship with it. Rather than telling water what to do, maybe we should start by asking what it wants? Listen Now 3. Seeing the Forest for the Trees We trek into the ancient old-growth forest where the trees reveal an ecological parable: Forests are mightily interwoven communities of diverse life that run on symbiosis. They’ve operated on nature’s slow time to evolve a complex choreography in a kind of forest kin-dom that breathes life into the world. We hear from Dr. Suzanne Simard and Dr. Teresa Ryan, two leading Canadian ecologists whose work has helped reveal an elaborate tapestry of kinship, cooperation, and mutual aid. Listen Now 4. Beaver Believers: How to Restore Planet Water The restoration of beavers offers ancient nature-based solutions to the tangle of challenges bedeviling human civilization. Droughts, floods, soil erosion, biodiversity loss – you name it, and beaver is on it. Ecologists Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman share their semi-aquatic journey to becoming Beaver Believers. They are part of a global movement to bring back our rodent relatives who show us how to heal nature by working with nature. Listen Now 5. The Nature of Language, the Language of Nature Over 7,000 languages are spoken around the world. Each one reflects a rich ecosystem of ideas – seeds that grow into a multitude of worldviews. Today, many of these immeasurably precious knowledge systems are endangered – often spoken by just a handful of people. We hear from Indigenous language champions, Jeannette Armstrong and Rowen White. They reflect on the words, stories, songs and ideas that influence our very conception of nature, and our place within it. Listen Now 6. Urban Forests: A Nature-Based Solution to Climate Breakdown and Inequality Visionary urban planners and community organizers recognize that addressing the climate crisis requires drawing down carbon out of the atmosphere and sequestering it back where it belongs in natural systems. Urban forestry is a nature-based solution that addresses the parallel crises of climate change and wealth inequality. With Brett KenCairn, from the Center for Regenerative Solutions, and Samira Malone, with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network. Listen Now Feeling inspired? There's so much more to explore! Find Your Next Favorite Bioneers Newsletter. Do you know people who might enjoy reading this? Please share it with them! Share Tweet Share Forward

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