Wild in the City is a monthly podcast created for all the people in urban cities who care deeply about the environment and are concerned by the rapid disappearance of their wild places. You will be exposed to best practices from thriving urban cities around America who have successfully flipped the mindset on the cost of growth at the expense of our natural resources. Jim Newbury and Janet Wells bring you environmental change-makers who have demonstrated how the environment plays a critical role in the sustainability, resilience and growth of urban cities. If you are looking to learn, make connections with like-minded citizens, and be inspired to have local impact, look no further.
WILD IN THE CITY PODCAST
BILL REES
Forester &
Utility Vegetation Management Expert
EPISODE 1
Bill talks about the difference between maintenance and management under utility lines and why a mindset change is needed to make these plots of land productive.
ZACH WOOD
Georgia Grasslands Coordinator Southeastern Grasslands Institute State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia
EPISODE 2
Zach discusses why the restoration of grasslands in Georgia is so vitally important and what municipalities can do on public land and what citizens can do on private land.
CHRIS MOWRY
Biologist
Professor of Biology - Berry College
The Atlanta Coyote Project
EPISODE 3
Chris digs into how climate change is the number 1 biggest threat to biodiversity and how we can create dialogue and get involved in change that will benefit us all.
DOUG TALLAMY
Entomologist, Ecologist, Conservationist, Professor, Author Founding Partner of Homegrown National Park
EPISODE 4
Doug Tallamy, co-founder of “Homegrown National Park,” joins the podcast to discuss how individuals can best regenerate biodiversity in their own backyards.
LAURA C. MARTIN
Wildflower Meadow Expert
Artist, Gardener, Grandmother
EPISODE 5
Laura C. Martin, artist, author and illustrator, discusses her passion for native plants, why native plants are so important to home gardens and greater ecological systems.
SALLY BETHEA
Former Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Columnist, Author, Advocate
for the Environment
EPISODE 6
Sally Bethea, author and retired founding director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, discusses her experience at the forefront of river clean up in the South.