Down to Earth Plant Messengers
with Wendy Nadherny Fachon, author of The Angel Heart
Plants are beings of consciousness, capable of communicating with humans, if humans are paying attention with extrasensory perceptiveness. Cultivating our sensory abilities can enhance our appreciation of Nature and our connectedness to loved ones who have passed on to the next life. This episode shares three remarkable stories of different plants that have carried messages from heaven down to earth. One of these is a children's story, The Angel Heart, written and illustrated by Storywalker Wendy Nadherny Fachon. She tells the story behind the story... Read more.
Plant-Based Learning
Why Study Plants?
Many cultures use plants for food, dye, fibers and medicine. Wild plants have many useful purposes, and each one holds a special place in the great web of life. Plants can help us gain a better understanding of our own place in the divine order of the natural world. We can find much wisdom by studying plants through keen observation and experience - sensory and extrasensory.
Tune into Nature's Loving Vibes
Nature is essential to healthy development - body, mind and spirit.
Children thrive with sunshine, fresh air and space to roam, because their bodies were made to move and explore. Outdoors is where they learn about circadian rhythm, seasonal changes and the life cycles of flowering plants, butterflies and frogs. Nature offers the best playground, and this is where children fall in love with Nature. It is a world full of miracles and wonder that sparks curiosity, imagination, inquiry and patient observation. Falling in love with Nature and with Earth changes everything, because we will protect what we love.
Story Walking Radio Hour is about our love for Nature.
Inspired by encounters with Nature, the Story Walking podcast series encourages listeners to get outside and engage with the natural world. It introduces teachers, parents, caregivers and students to outdoor educators, environmental scientists and other nature-loving people from all walks of life working to preserve our planet and conserve our natural resources. Each episode begins with storytelling to set the stage for the guests who share their stories about how they fell in love with Nature and how their experiences led them to their passionate interests, fun jobs and purposeful lives.
SWRH podcast archives offer a treasure trove of stories and ideas.
Choose from an archive of over 70 podcasts, download, and listen while walking or driving to your intended destination, be it a city park, forest, lake, river, beach, salt marsh, farm or botanical garden. Each podcast page shares a show description, guest bios, links to relevant educational resources and a one-hour audio file, comprised of three segments.
Food Forest Gardening
Podcast with Green Teacher
Wendy Nadherny Fachon speaks with Green Teacher podcast host, Ian Shanahan, about Food Forest Gardening. What is a food forest? How can teachers present an ecosystems approach to gardening for impactful learning? How might teachers integrate corporative learning opportunities enrich the process? Wendy has her own food forest garden, and she sees great potential for food forest gardening in environmental education. She also shares her insights about nature drawing as a powerful pedagogical tool and tells a story about a serendipitous discovery of Red Mulberry trees.
Story Walking
Podcast with Talaterra
Wendy Nadherny Fachon speaks with Talaterra host, Tanya Marien, about how she developed her afterschool and summer learning Story Walking programs and about her Story Walking Radio Hour. She talks about partnership building, which has been critical to her success. She also shares her visions for the future of Story Walking.
About the Internet Radio Platform
Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network
The Story Walking Radio Hour is an Environmental Education program airing on syndicated Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network (D7RN), every Monday at 9am and 9pm ET.
It is listed under the "Sustainable Living" tab of the network website. D7RN seeks more environmentally-focused hosts to help raise consciousness. Learn more at https://dreamvisions7radio.com/about-us/
If you would like to be a Guest or Sponsor with the Story Walking Radio Hour, call or text Wendy at 401 529-6830.
For a complete listing of over 70 Story Walking Radio Hour podcasts, click here.
More About Wendy
active nature and spiritual learning for kids of all ages
Collaborating with schools, teachers, environmental educators, and local businesses, Wendy has created and facilitated programs for urban, woodland and salt marsh ecological science. When the pandemic disrupted in-person learning, she led the development of the virtual Nature Drawing habitat learning series for The Empowerment Factory and helped facilitate the teacher training. Wendy writes articles about kids health, outdoor learning and sustainable living for Natural Awakenings magazine and the Dreamvisions7Radio Network's Sustainable Living News. She is also a permaculture gardener, a children's author and loves to read all kinds of books.