Can a Tiny Organism Transform Human Relations?

Artist Laurie Palmer believes they can. In her book, The Lichen Museum, Laurie explores what we can gain from learning to see life the way a lichen does.

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Season Six Coming Soon

Season SIX Will Launch This Friday, May 9th New episodes, new guests, and new insights about nature and our built environments coming soon with season 6 of Shape of the World....

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Episode 33: Can Listening Be a Political and Moral Act?

Biologist David George Haskell says this collective inattention is a huge loss for each of us. It's like leaving money on the table because paying attention to the living...

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Episode 32: What Should We Fix First?

Margaret Renkl's new book "Graceland at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South is mix of graceful observations and practical solutions.

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Episode 31: Who Trashed My River?

The organization Nick Wesley co-founded, Urban Rivers, is creating The Wild Mile, the first-ever floating eco-park of its scale in the world.

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Episode 30: Privilege & Inequality in Animals

Guest Jenn Smith says that human concepts of intergenerational wealth and inequality occur also in the behaviors of animals.

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