This season has been all about the mutual impact birds, humans and nature have on each other. To close it out, Bill McKibben joins Tenijah for an honest chat about the future, nearly 35 years after his book debut, “The End of Nature” first sounded the alarm about climate change. He also talks about his organization, Third Act, that encourages fellow Baby Boomers to be leaders and allies to younger generations, as well as the most vocal in the fight for change — all while knowing they may not be around to see the full extent of its destruction. You don’t want to miss this one — press play!More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/podcasts/bring-birds-back/time-age-and-climate-change-bill-mckibben">BirdNote.org</a>Want more Bring Birds Back? Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/BringBirdsBack/">Instagram</a>! For more BirdNote, subscribe to our <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email">weekly newsletter</a>. For ad-free listening and other perks, sign up for BirdNote+ <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/birdnoteplus">here.</a>BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.Bring Birds Back Season 4 is sponsored by the <a href="http://academy.allaboutbirds.org">Cornell Lab of Ornithology</a>.

The famed activist talks aging in the time of global warming, 30+ years after his monumental debut.

Time, Age and Climate Change with Bill McKibben

This is part two of our series on the Sustainability in Prisons Project. If you haven’t heard part one already, we encourage you to listen to that first.Tenijah learns all about Sustainability in Prisons Project’s most successful program to date: rehabilitating the federally endangered Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly. Find out how the incarcerated participants at Mission Creek Corrections Center are saving the endangered species and changing the ecology of the evergreen state year by year. Then, we’ll take a step further out and explore how green projects impact lives inside prison and upon release. Is it possible to move toward a more humane prison system by saving the planet? Listen in.More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/podcasts/bring-birds-back/reimagining-prison-pt-2-rehabilitating-butterflies-and-minds">BirdNote.org</a>Want more Bring Birds Back? Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/BringBirdsBack/">Instagram</a>! For more BirdNote, subscribe to our <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email">weekly newsletter</a>. For ad-free listening and other perks, sign up for BirdNote+ <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/birdnoteplus">here.</a>BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.Bring Birds Back Season 4 is sponsored by the <a href="http://academy.allaboutbirds.org">Cornell Lab of Ornithology</a>.

In part two, we look at how rehabilitating butterflies gives purpose to some incarcerated participants.

Reimagining Prison Pt. 2: Rehabilitating Butterflies and Minds

The American prison system is complex and there are so many reasons as to why and how it could be improved. For nearly two decades, the Sustainability in Prisons Project (a collaboration between Evergreen State College and Washington state’s Department of Corrections) has been doing just that — and with visible results. In this two-part episode, we venture into Cedar Creek and Mission Creek Correctional Centers to learn all about the ways in which they’re impacting the lives of their incarcerated participants, starting with their newest program, the Avian Acoustic Monitoring Program. More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/podcasts/bring-birds-back/reimagining-prison-pt-1-acoustic-birding-and-sustainability">BirdNote.org</a>Want more Bring Birds Back? Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/BringBirdsBack/">Instagram</a>! For more BirdNote, subscribe to our <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email">weekly newsletter</a>. For ad-free listening and other perks, sign up for BirdNote+ <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/birdnoteplus">here.</a>BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.Bring Birds Back Season 4 is sponsored by the <a href="http://academy.allaboutbirds.org">Cornell Lab of Ornithology</a>.

Folks from the Sustainability in Prisons Project teach us about their most dynamic programs, including their acoustic birdsong research project.

Reimagining Prison Pt. 1: Acoustic Birding and Sustainability

Nature author, photographer and self-taught birder Dudley Edmondson shares how embracing the great outdoors as a child changed his life for the better. With over 30 years of experience, Dudley has dedicated much of his career encouraging Black and Brown people, especially, to venture into nature as refuge from daily societal pressures and microaggressions. Dudley shares why he’s so adamant about advocating for more representation in the field, and he talks about  improving mental health with more solitary time with  our chirping friends. Tune in!More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/podcasts/bring-birds-back">BirdNote.org</a>Want more Bring Birds Back? Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/BringBirdsBack/">Instagram</a>! For more BirdNote, subscribe to our <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email">weekly newsletter</a>. For ad-free listening and other perks, sign up for BirdNote+ <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/birdnoteplus">here.</a>BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.Bring Birds Back Season 4 is sponsored by the <a href="http://allaboutbirds.org">Cornell Lab of Ornithology</a>.

Dudley Edmondson talks about the importance of befriending nature as a safety net. 

Finding Belonging in the Great Outdoors

This episode’s guest may be too young to remember the 90’s children’s show, Gullah Gullah Island, but he’s certainly influencing the next generation the same! Isaiah Scott, a rising Gen-Z bird-influencer and ornithologist, reconnects with Tenijah to dish all about his journey into birding while young, Black and curious. He also shares how his Gullah Geechee heritage continues to inspire his work, including a forthcoming field guide that seeks to preserve his ancestral connection to birds. There’s definitely “lots to see and to do there”– press play and take the journey with us!More info and transcript at <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/podcasts/bring-birds-back">BirdNote.org</a>Want more Bring Birds Back? Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/BringBirdsBack/">Instagram</a>! For more BirdNote, subscribe to our <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/subscribe-email">weekly newsletter</a>. For ad-free listening and other perks, sign up for BirdNote+ <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/birdnoteplus">here.</a>BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your <a href="https://www.birdnote.org/about/great-ways-support-birdnote">tax-deductible gift</a> makes these shows possible.Bring Birds Back Season 4 is sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Gen-Z influencer, Isaiah Scott, talks about life as a young, Black ornithologist and the impact of his ancestral origins in the culturally rich Gullah Geechee Corridor.

Let’s All Go to Gullah Geechee Sea Islands with Isaiah Scott

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