A Frame to Notice Through (with Naturalist Bethany Ricks)

Summary

Our connection with nature is important to us, whether it’s dandelions in the sidewalk cracks or deep-woods hikes. Naturalist and friend Bethany Ricks talks to us about maintaining that connection with nature near and far, even when we can’t get out of our living rooms.

Pedigree | Emily Dickinson

The pedigree of honey

Does not concern the bee;

A clover, any time, to him

Is aristocracy.

Revery | Emily Dickinson

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee.

One clover, and a bee.

And revery.

The revery alone will do,

If bees are few.

Resources & Information

Merlin Bird ID

iNaturalist

Association of Zoos and Aquariums

The Frog Hunt - Everything is Connected (Bethany tells a story; originally created for Tamarack Nature Center)

Beetles Project: Resources (“I notice, I wonder, it reminds me of”)

Animal Planet Aquarium Watch

The Ultimate Game Freak (Interview with Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokemon)

A Soft Place to Land