35 episodes

You will hear stories about how our lives, all living beings and our living systems are intertwined: big and small, close and far, including us, human beings. Along the way we will discover our contributing human roles to regenerate life on Earth. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!

ALIVE Cristina Redko

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    • 4.9 • 12 Ratings

You will hear stories about how our lives, all living beings and our living systems are intertwined: big and small, close and far, including us, human beings. Along the way we will discover our contributing human roles to regenerate life on Earth. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!

    Regenerating Life

    Regenerating Life

    Bill Reed  works with the Regenesis group  which focuses on a living system design process. Bill is an internationally recognized architect and consultant working in sustainability and regeneration. Bill is also a founding member of the US Green Building Council and co-founder of the LEED Green building Rating System.

    "Regenerating Life" completes Season 1 of ALIVE.
    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net

    Glen Hope Road 8, field recording by Douglas Tallamy
    Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov 
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    Regenerate Life through Building (Re-cast)

    Regenerate Life through Building (Re-cast)

    Conversations with Marcus Scheffer, principal of 7group, which more than 20 years ago worked on creating the US Green Building Council LEED certification program as a first step towards sustainability. Nowadays 7group promotes regenerative work by “imagining a different way to understand how humans, their built environment and the natural world around us all live and breathe with each other.”

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net
    Thank you,
    Cristina Redko, PhD
    Key Sources:
    7group and Bill Reed (2009)  The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building:Redefining the Practice of Sustainability, John Wiley & Sons
    See also https://sevengroup.com
    River Fire by Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 
    Truth in the Stones by Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 
    Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov
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    Soil Health as Public Health (Re-cast)

    Soil Health as Public Health (Re-cast)

    Conversations with Didi Pershouse who describes the nested relationships between soil health, human health, water cycles and climate resiliency. In other words, she connects soil health to public health. She is an educator, and soil sponge strategist committed to building healthy communities both above and below ground.

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net
       
    Thank you,
    Cristina Redko, PhD
    Key Sources:
    Didi Pershouse is the founder of the Land and Leadership Initiative and the Center for Sustainable Medicine, and a co-founder of the “Can we Rehydrate California?” Initiative.    
    https://www.landandleadership.org
    http://www.rehydratecalifornia.org
    Didi Pershouse. The Ecology of Care: Medicine, Agriculture, Money, and the Quiet Power of Human and Microbial Communities.Mycelium Books, 2015.
    Didi Pershouse. Understanding Soil Health and Watershed Function: A Teacher’s Manual. August 15, 2017 (published in more than 60 countries, free download) 
    https://www.didipershouse.com/understanding-soil-health-and-watershed-function.html
    Didi Pershouse. Other Species are Essential Workers, Whose Economies Enfold Our Own. December 20, 2020. See https://medium.com
    Most sound effects obtained from freesound.org :
    Ancient Cavern III, CC by 3.0, Carlos Carty
    Harp improvisation (RepDac2 & RepDac3), CC by 3.0, Monika Gatt
    Munching, CC by 3.0, IneQuation
    End of the world (voice)  CC by 3.0, Speedenza
    Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov
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    Sense of Wonder (Re-cast)

    Sense of Wonder (Re-cast)

    Conversations with naturalists Bill Felker and Douglas Horvath, both from Southwest Ohio, focused on paying attention to surrounding environment and nature’s  sense of wonder. This show explores the wonders of being Alive!

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net
    Thank you,
    Cristina Redko, PhD
    Key Sources:
    Bill Felker’s Poor Will’s Almanack. See https://www.wyso.org/show/poor-wills-almanack
    Rachel Carson The Sense of Wonder: Celebration  of Nature for Parents and Children Harper Perennial, 2017 reprint edition.
    E.O. Wilson Biophilia. Harvard University Press, 1984
    Vivaldi 4 Seasons performed by the Wichita State University Chamber Players, an ensemble of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra
    Spring Peeper Calling.  Pseudacris crucifer.
    @2014 Stan Lake
    www.CatchingCreation.com

    Glasschimes  for Freesound.org. CC by 3.0, ross63moose
    Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov 






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    Celebration

    Celebration

    Celebration of the first year of the ALIVE podcast.

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net    
    Thank you,
    Cristina Redko, PhD
    Key Music Sources:
    Chariots of Fire interpreted by Massimo Bosco (copyright free)

    Glasschimes  for Freesound.org. CC by 3.0, ross63moose

    Martin Mueller and Torgeir Vassvik in beingsalmonbeinghuman.com,  villaks.org, and vassvik.com
    Piano played by Justin Allan
    Theme music created by Tim Moor:
     https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov

    Happy Birthday to you, for Freesound.org. CC by 3.0, DDmyzik
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    Change Starts in Your Backyard (Re-cast)

    Change Starts in Your Backyard (Re-cast)

    Conversations with entomologist Douglas Tallamy who urges that each one of us take environmental action one yard at a time to create the “Homegrown National Park”.

    Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net

    Thank you,

    Cristina Redko, PhD

    Key Sources:

    Douglas W. Tallamy. Nature’s Best Hope - A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2019

    Homegrown National Park:  https://homegrownnationalpark.org

    Find Native Plants in Your Area/National Wildlife Federation:

    https://www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder

    California Native Plant Society/Calscape:   https://calscape.org

    National Parks Nature Walks Podcast by Jacob Job, © 2021

    Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/national-parks-nature-walk-episode-1-rocky-mountains/

    Wolves Howling at Dawn in Yellowstone National Park and Spring Dawn Chorus in the Sequoias, field recordings by Jacob Job, © 2021

    Glen Hope Road 8, field recording by Douglas Tallamy

    Breaking Plates CC by 3.0, Juan_Merie_Venter

    Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov 



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Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

CultureWorks ,

Passionate and Optimistic Voices.

Great podcast. Cristina brings in extraordinary people to talk about nature and life. Each person has a passionate insight into the way the world works. And how we can work towards a higher consciousness of being.

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Interconnected

Such a refreshing exploration of how we are all one in a cosmic ecosystem. Exploring the nature of our environment and our humanity. Christina is modest and simply presents her guests and their expertise with the eyes of a child. And the theme of each episode so far is what WE can do to make our world better.

iFrameshot ,

Inspiring new podcast

What a wonderful addition to the podcast universe. Cristina Redko provides a heartfelt and refreshing perspective on the world around us. Each episode gets better and better as she develops her craft and takes on subjects that she is passionate about. What a treat!

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