A Natural Leader: Environmental Educator Nicole Jackson
07/01/20 • 50 min
Nicole Jackson is an environmental educator, birder, and co-creator of Black Birders Week. She's also dedicated to connecting people to the environment and each other. As a girl, nature nurtured Nicole growing up on the east side of Cleveland, and much of her career is built around returning the favor.
Throughout our conversation, Nicole gifts us with nature lessons and shares how she's grown into herself as a natural leader and advocate for developing a lifelong relationship with nature.
Featured in this episode: Nicole Jackson
Hosted & Produced by Gale Straub
A production of Ravel Media
Sponsored by Oregon State University, Danner, & Peak Scents
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Resources
- Nicole Jackson: Instagram & Twitter
- Articles Featuring Nicole
- PBS: Nicole Jackson | Environmental Educator
- Portland Audobon: Reflections from Black Birders Week
- Newsbreak: Being Seen and Heard During Black Birders Week
- She Explores Episode: Black Birders Week is Forever
- National Parks Conservation Association
- Children & Nature Network
- Resources: Child Abuse
- AACAP Child Abuse Resource Center
- National Children's Advocacy Center: Resources
- Ravel Media
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- Oregon State University E-Campus: Visit ecampus.oregonstate.edu/explore to find the program that’s right for you.
- Peak Scents: Get 20% your order when you use the code EXPLORE20 at checkout at PeakScents.com.
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Music is by Meydan, Kai Engel, Swelling, & Lee Rosevere
Nicole Jackson is an environmental educator, birder, and co-creator of Black Birders Week. She's also dedicated to connecting people to the environment and each other. As a girl, nature nurtured Nicole growing up on the east side of Cleveland, and much of her career is built around returning the favor.
Throughout our conversation, Nicole gifts us with nature lessons and shares how she's grown into herself as a natural leader and advocate for developing a lifelong relationship with nature.
Featured in this episode: Nicole Jackson
Hosted & Produced by Gale Straub
A production of Ravel Media
Sponsored by Oregon State University, Danner, & Peak Scents
Join the She Explores Podcast community on Facebook
Visit She-Explores.com & Follow Us on Instagram
Resources
- Nicole Jackson: Instagram & Twitter
- Articles Featuring Nicole
- PBS: Nicole Jackson | Environmental Educator
- Portland Audobon: Reflections from Black Birders Week
- Newsbreak: Being Seen and Heard During Black Birders Week
- She Explores Episode: Black Birders Week is Forever
- National Parks Conservation Association
- Children & Nature Network
- Resources: Child Abuse
- AACAP Child Abuse Resource Center
- National Children's Advocacy Center: Resources
- Ravel Media
Sponsors and Discount Codes
- Oregon State University E-Campus: Visit ecampus.oregonstate.edu/explore to find the program that’s right for you.
- Peak Scents: Get 20% your order when you use the code EXPLORE20 at checkout at PeakScents.com.
- Danner: Learn more about the Trail 2650 at Danner.com
Episodes air weekly on Wednesdays-- subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode.
Music is by Meydan, Kai Engel, Swelling, & Lee Rosevere
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Embracing Intersectional Environmentalism: Leah Thomas & Kristy Drutman
Because environmentalism should be inclusive of both people and the planet. Leah Thomas, founder of IntersectionalEnvironmentalist.com, and Kristy Drutman, the podcaster behind Brown Girl Green, use the power of their platforms to help us rethink what it means to be an environmentalist in 2020.
While the fight for environmental justice isn’t a new one, it’s not one that’s historically been talked about enough within the environmental movement. But we can't separate the fight for racial equity from the fight against climate change, and the need to link the two only become more urgent as time passes.
In this episode, Leah Thomas and Kristy Drutman share their knowledge and help us reflect on the tools we have to become advocates, too.
Featured in this episode: Leah Thomas & Kristy Drutman
Hosted & Produced by Gale Straub
A production of Ravel Media
Sponsored by Sierra Designs, Tilley, and Danner
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Resources
- Women Featured on the episode:
- Intersectional Environmentalist: Instagram & Website
- Listen to Brown Girl Green Podcast: Apple Podcasts & Spotify
- Green 2.0 Report
- Articles Referenced:
- Vogue: Why Every Environmentalist Should Be Anti-Racist by Leah Thomas
- Huffington Post: We Don't Have to Halt Climate Action to Fight Racism by Mary Annaïse Heglar
- Additional Helpful Articles
- Sierra Club: Racism is Killing the Planet by Hop Hopkins
- Scientific American: Redling Practices Increased Climate Change Burden in Minority Neighborhoods
- She Explores Landing Page
- Ravel Media
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- Sierra Designs: Learn more about the Reach Out Campaign.
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Music is by Meydan, Lee Rosevere, & Kai Engel
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Featured in this episode: Rocío Villalobos
Hosted & Produced by Gale Straub
A production of Ravel Media
Sponsored by Oregon State University, Danner, & Peak Scents
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Resources
- Rocío Villalobos: Instagram & Website
- Explore Austin
- PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources)
- Native Women Running: Instagram & Website
- Native Women's Wilderness: Instagram & Website
- Westcave Preserve
- National Eating Disorders Association
- Subscribe to Underneath it All: Apple Podcasts & Spotify
- Ravel Media
Sponsors and Discount Codes
- Oregon State University E-Campus: Visit ecampus.oregonstate.edu/explore to find the program that’s right for you.
- Peak Scents: Get 20% your order when you use the code EXPLORE20 at checkout at PeakScents.com.
- Danner: Learn more about the Trail 2650 at Danner.com
Episodes air weekly on Wednesdays-- subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode.
Music is by Meydan, Kai Engel, Swelling, & Lee Rosevere
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