Aug 28, 2024
Alex Critchley and Sarah Johnson of The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside describe the growing movement in Britain to ban the sale of peat and peat-based gardening projects, and their organization’s efforts to preserve and restore peatlands, a key piece in the battle against global climate...
Aug 21, 2024
Established in 1875, American Forests is a non-profit that was an enormously influential pioneer in addressing the over-exploitation and destruction of our nation’s forestlands. Listen as Benita Hussain, chief program officer for tree equity, describes how the organization has pivoted to assisting communities...
Aug 14, 2024
Dr. Anurag Agrawal of Cornell University describes the many ways that plants defend themselves against locally indigenous insects, and how the insects defuse and even become dependent on the plants’ defense mechanisms
Aug 7, 2024
Dr. Claire Rutledge of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station describes the ingenious use of native and non-native insects to control the damage done by this introduced, tree-killing pest