TSL:SFN – 12 Universal Laws of Nature w/ Matthieu Mehuys

TSL:SFN – 12 Universal Laws of Nature w/ Matthieu Mehuys

Today I’m thrilled to welcome Matthieu Mehuys, Belgian-born landscape architect, regenerative garden designer, award-winning author, and an inspiring voice in practical ecological living. Raised on a farm and trained in landscape design, Matthieu has spent years helping everyday people transform their yards into thriving, biodiverse ecosystems that save time, nurture health, and heal the planet, one backyard at a time. […]

TSL:SFN – ROAM w/ Hillary Rosner

TSL:SFN – ROAM w/ Hillary Rosner

Hillary Rosner is an award-winning science journalist whose work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Her new book, ROAM: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World, explores how roads, fences, and cities have fragmented the planet—and how reconnecting habitats could help heal both wildlife and humanity. Find Hillary Rosner and Roam: […]

TSL:SFN – 100 Years to Extinction w/ Peter Solomon

TSL:SFN – 100 Years to Extinction w/ Peter Solomon

What if Stephen Hawking was right—that humanity has less than 100 years left? Physicist and tech entrepreneur Peter Solomon, Ph.D., believes the clock is ticking. With five existential threats accelerating—AI, climate change, genetic engineering, nuclear risk, and social media manipulation—he’s using science and storytelling to wake us up. His new novel 100 Years to Extinction paints a future we must […]

TSL:SFN – Feed Us With Trees w/ Elspeth Hay

TSL:SFN – Feed Us With Trees w/ Elspeth Hay

Elspeth Hay is a writer and food systems thinker who’s inviting us to radically rethink how we grow our food. In her book Feed Us with Trees, she uncovers a forgotten story—one in which humans once thrived by cultivating staple foods like acorns, chestnuts, and hazelnuts in forest gardens rather than plowed fields. Through conversations with Indigenous knowledge-keepers, scientists, nut […]

TSL:SFN – Entwined w/ Bridget A. Lyons

TSL:SFN – Entwined w/ Bridget A. Lyons

Bridget A. Lyons is a writer, artist, and explorer whose new book Entwined: Dispatches from the Intersection of Species takes readers on a journey into the wisdom of the more-than-human world. Blending memoir, science, and travelogue, Lyons explores what octopuses, owls, kelp, stingrays, and countless other beings can teach us about resilience, relationships, and living in harmony with our planet. […]

TSL:SFN – Wildfire Days w/ Kelly Ramsey

TSL:SFN – Wildfire Days w/ Kelly Ramsey

Kelly Ramsey is a former wildland firefighter and debut author of Wildfire Days, a gripping memoir about her time as the only woman on an elite hotshot crew battling megafires in California. With raw honesty, she shares the physical, emotional, and cultural toll of life on the fireline—and what it reveals about a West increasingly shaped by climate-fueled disaster. Find […]

TSL:SFN – Regenerating Earth w/ Kelsey Timmerman

TSL:SFN – Regenerating Earth w/ Kelsey Timmerman

Kelsey Timmerman is a New York Times bestselling author and globe-trotting journalist who brings big global issues down to a human scale. In his latest book, Regenerating Earth, he dives into the world of regenerative agriculture—traveling from Indiana cornfields to the Amazon rainforest—to explore how farmers and Indigenous communities are healing the planet by working with nature, not against it. […]

TSL:SFN – Grass Isn’t Greener w/ Danae Wolfe

TSL:SFN – Grass Isn’t Greener w/ Danae Wolfe

Danae Wolfe is an award-winning conservation photographer, writer, educator, and the founder behind the @chasingbugs social media handle, focused on fostering appreciation and stewardship of backyard bugs and wildlife. Ever the pragmatic, she believes that everyone has the power to make a difference in combatting climate change and biodiversity loss. Danae was the 2022 recipient of the Garden Communicators International Emergent Communicator award, and […]

TSL:SFN – Learning For A Resilient Future w/ Dr. Pavel Cenkl

TSL:SFN – Learning For A Resilient Future w/ Dr. Pavel Cenkl

What if education wasn’t just about knowledge, but about resilience and real-world impact? Dr. Pavel Cenkl, Academic Dean at Prescott College and Founder of the Regenerative Learning Network, is rethinking how we learn, integrating regenerative design, global collaboration, and sustainability. Pavel is a leader in transformative education. He’s also an endurance athlete, using Arctic expeditions to document climate resilience. Get […]

TSL:SFN – Bad Naturalist w/ Paula Whyman

TSL:SFN – Bad Naturalist w/ Paula Whyman

Paula Whyman is the author of the new memoir Bad Naturalist and the award-winning short story collection You May See a Stranger. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The American Scholar, and numerous literary journals. In Bad Naturalist, Paula shares her often humorous and deeply honest journey of ecological restoration on 200 wild acres in the Virginia mountains […]

Subscribe to Verdant Growth to get notified when posts go live!

* indicates required