Selected and Upcoming Presentations

Natural History as a Practice of Conservation and Connection

IUCN Species Survival Commission (Freshwater Conservation Committee), Future for Nature Academy, The Fishing Cat Project; Chilika, India (virtual); February 2024

Why Natural History Matters

School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; September 2023

Natural History, Reciprocal Healing, and a Sense of Kinship

Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves series, Natural History Institute, Prescott, Arizona; May 2023 [video]

Natural History, Loving the World, and Achieving Sustainability. Part of panel discussion: “Knowing and Protecting Life On Earth Begins With Natural History and Science Innovation,” United Nations Science Summit, New York (virtual); September 2022 [video]

Natural History: A Practice of Mindfulness, Kinship, and Respect

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southwest Utah, St. George, Utah (virtual); June 2022

Falling In Love With Birds

“Notes From the Field” video presentation, Natural History Institute, Prescott, Arizona [video]

Why Natural History Matters More Than Ever

Qatar Natural History Society, Doha, Qatar (virtual); May 2021

Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight

Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado, with Paul Smith’s College and Roosevelt University (virtual); April 2021 [video; intro of TLF at 7:55]

Natural History: The Practice of Falling in Love with the World, in Inspire session on Natural History: The Passionate Heart of Ecology

Ecological Society of America annual conference (virtual); August 2020

Story and the Ecological Imagination

Coordinator of special session at Ecological Society of America annual conference (virtual); August 2020

Why Natural History Matters

Plenary address, Reciprocal Healing: Nature, Health, and Wild Vitality- A National Confluence, Sedona, Arizona; November 2019

Natural History: The Heart and Soul of Environmental Education

Keynote address, Annual Conference, Arizona Association for Environmental Education, Prescott, Arizona; September 2019

Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight

Headwaters Conference, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado; October 2018

Nature, Love, Medicine

Reading and discussion with Nalini Nadkarni, Brooke Williams, and Jana Richman, The King’s English Bookstore, Salt Lake City, Utah; October 2018

Nature, Love, Medicine

Panel discussion with Nalini Nadkarni and Jana Richman; Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah; October 2018

Natural History Through Literature

Panel discussion with Jana Richman, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah; October 2018

Natural History As Ally

Workshop for conservation professionals, Maine Audubon Society, Falmouth, Maine; September 2018

Why Natural History Matters: Saving the Earth and Feeding Your Soul Through the Study of Natural History

Maine Audubon Society, Falmouth, Maine; September 2018

Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; September 2018

The Attentive Practice of Natural History, and Wellness, in panel discussion on The Power of Place-Based Observation  

 Organization of Biological Field Stations annual conference, Schoodic, Maine; September 2018                                   

Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight

Human Ecology Forum, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine; September 2018

Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight

Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series, Yosemite National Park, California; July 2018

Game Over or Game On?: Disrupting Crises Through Creative Interventions

Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences annual conference, Washington, D.C.; June 2018   (with Randall Amster, Georgetown University)

Field Studies: The Essential Foundation of a Natural Resources Education

Keynote address, Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas; March 2018

Falling In Love With the Natural World

Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona; February 2018

Nature, Love, Medicine

Lecture, reading and discussion, with contributors Sarah Rabkin, Gwen Heistand, and Edie Dillon, Stanford University Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Portola Valley, California; November 2017

Nature, Love, Medicine

Reading and discussion, with contributors Jane Hirshfield, Sarah Rabkin, Gwen Heistand, and Edie Dillon, Point Reyes Presbyterian Church, sponsored by Point Reyes Books and Black Mountain Circle, Point Reyes, California; November 2017

Nature, Love, Medicine

Reading and discussion, with contributor Edie Dillon; Bright Side Books, Flagstaff, Arizona; October 2017

Nature, Love, Medicine: In Celebration of Natural History

Reading and discussion, with contributors Alberto Búrquez and Gary Paul Nabhan, University of Arizona Desert Laboratory at Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona; October 2017

Natural History: Falling In Love With the World

Sustainability Brown Bag Series, Pima County Office of Sustainability, Tucson, Arizona; October 2017

Nature, Love, Medicine book launch

Reading and discussion, with contributors Melanie Bishop and Edie Dillon; Peregrine Book Co., Prescott, Arizona; October 2017

Teaching Biology in the Field: Importance, Challenges, and Solutions. NSF/BioScience Report

Plenary address, Organization of Biological Field Stations annual conference, Lake Itasca, Minnesota; September 2017

The Critical Importance of Field Education in a Changing World

Co-Organizer, Special Session, Ecological Society of America conference, Portland, Oregon; August 2017

Natural History and the Deep Well of Community

Keynote, Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences annual conference, Tucson, Arizona; June 2017

Why Natural History Matters 

Keynote, 14th Annual Arizona Botany Meeting, Arizona Native Plant Society, Prescott, Arizona; May 2017

Our Deepest Affinity: Connecting With Nature as the Wellspring of Relational Learning, Leadership, and Hope

Keynote ("Inspirator"), The Second International Dialogue for Relational Leadership and Learning for Hope-full and Sustainable Futures, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; July 2015 [Proceedings]

Stories from the American Campfire: Conservation Strategy and Practice in the USA

Conservation Council of South Australia; Adelaide, Australia; July 2015

Falling in Love With the World: The Path of Natural History

Keynote, Northeast Naturalists' Gathering, Natural History Network/Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont;  May 2014

Falling in Love With the World: The Path of Natural History

Prescott Community Earth Day, Prescott, Arizona;  April 2014

The Way of Nature in the Southwest

Reading and Presentation, Peregrine Book Co., Prescott, Arizona; November 2013

How to Write about the Environment Without Succumbing to Despair: Three Perspectives on Environmental Solutions

Panelist (with Alan Weisman and Antony Brown), Peregrine Book Co., Prescott, Arizona; October 2013

Knowing Place: What, Why, and How   

Panelist, "Knowing Place: A Forum", Speak to the Wild, Wells Gray Provincial Park, Clearwater, British Columbia; September 2013

Why Natural History Matters

Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series, Yosemite National Park, California; August 2012

The Way of Natural History

Village Books and North Cascades Institute, Bellingham, Washington; July 2012

Natural History Renaissance:

Building a Social Movement for Nature and Conservation

Forestry Seminar Series, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona;  November 2011

The Heart of Natural History

Keynote Address: Centennial Zoofest, 100 Years of Arizona Natural History

Heritage Park Zoological Park, Prescott, Arizona; October 2011

Why the World Needs Natural History:

Attentiveness to Nature as an Integrative Basis for Earth Stewardship

Presenter at “A Natural History Initiative for Ecology, Stewardship, and Sustainability“ symposium at Ecological Society of America conference, Austin, Texas;  August 2011

Falling in Love with the World: the Path of Natural History

Society for Human Ecology conference, Las Vegas, Nevada; April 2011

The Way of Natural History

Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona; April 2011

126 Degrees of Exploration: A Year of Intentional Natural History

Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona; November 2009

Why Natural History Is Important Today

Highlands Center for Natural History annual meeting, Prescott, Arizona; August 2009

Next Steps Toward a Natural History Renaissance

Workshop co-facilitator, Ecological Society of America conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico;  August 2009

What Is Natural History and Why Does It Matter?

Presenter at "Natural History: The Basis for Ecological Understanding and a Global Sustainable Society," Organized Oral Session at Ecological Society of America conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico;  August 2009

Aldo Leopold and the Practice of Natural History

"A Fierce Green Fire at 100: Aldo Leopold and the Roots of Environmental Ethics,"  Summer institute sponsored by Arizona State University and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Prescott, Arizona; July 2009

Why Natural History Matters

Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona;  February 2009

Revitalizing Natural History

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon;  November 2008

A Renaissance of Natural History in Human Ecology

(Interactive Symposium, co-facilitated with John Anderson, Joshua Tewksbury, and Saul Weisberg) Society for Human Ecology conference, Bellingham, Washington;  September 2008

Shorebird Use of Estero Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico

Colorado River Delta Shorebird Workshop, Yuma, Arizona; November 2007

The Legacy and Future Visions of Conservation Biology on the Colorado Plateau

Panel Discussion Participant, Ninth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; October 2007

The Greatest Alchemy: The Magic of Desert Wetlands

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine;  October 2007

What Greater Treasure?: Living Water in the Desert

Keynote Address, Gila River Festival, Silver City, New Mexico; September 2007

Natural History: The Original Practice of Human Ecology

Society for Human Ecology conference, Bar Harbor, Maine; October 2006

Livestock Grazing in the American West:

A Case Study of Ecological and Sociopolitical Conflict

EcoLeague Curriculum Exchange Symposium, Society for Human Ecology conference, Bar Harbor, Maine; October 2006

Nature Writing: The Product and the Process

Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona;  October 2006

Why Natural History Matters

Forestry Seminar Series, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona;  October 2006

An Overview of the Ecological Effects of Livestock Grazing in the Arid West

California Partners in Flight conference, Bishop, California;  August 2006

The Greatest Alchemy: Wetlands and the Arid West

Keynote address, Western Wetlands Conference, Denver, Colorado;  October 2005

In the Land of Singing Stones

Everett Ruess Arts and Humanities Festival (sponsored by Utah Humanities Council), Escalante, Utah; October 2005

Desert Wetlands

Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona;  September 2005

 

 

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