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The Broads' Story Project - Great Old Broads for Wilderness (Broads) is a national grassroots organization, led by women, that engages and inspires activism to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands. Conceived by older women who love wilderness, Broads gives voice to the millions of Americans who want to protect their public lands and wilderness for this and future generations. These podcasts are stories from Broads members about their experiences on America's wild lands. Learn more at www.greatoldbroads.org.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Jeff Sambur - For the Love of Trees
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Jeff Sambur, an author, blogger, and Great Old Bro, pays tribute to his father, telling a story about a white pine that inspired Jeff’s career path and lifelong love of trees. Visit Jeff’s blog, A Wandering, Wondering Jew at http://jeffsambur.blogspot.com where he writes about trees, travel, and life.
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Barbara Jacobsen - Land & People
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Barbara shares the story of her visits to Africa, and one trip when she volunteered to work with an HIV orphanage as a nurse consultant. She learned listening and humility and saw the amazing resilience of the people she served.
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Penni Kolpin - Road Trip Memories
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Penni shares a story about her road trips through the beautiful Kananaskis region of Canada and how natural places are important to helping people cope with the isolation and constraints brought on by coronavirus.
Music credits: Alan Piljak, "Something Wonderful"
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Susan Ostlie - Saving a Special Canyon
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Susan tells the story of Little Water Canyon, one of the region's treasures filled with huge old-growth trees, rich bird life, and plant species not typically found in the area. She talks about efforts to protect the canyon and her work identifying invasive species in the Sandia Mountains.
Music thanks: Blue Dot Sessions, "Lost Shoe"
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Betsy Caplan - A Long Day's Journey into Night
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Betsy Caplan, now in her 80s, tells the story of when she climbed not just one, but two of Colorado's formidable 14'er peaks in one day when she was 53.
Music credits: Rafael, Archangel, "Limitless"; John Bartmann, "Home at Last"
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Valoree Dowell - Let's go on a Broadwalk
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Valoree tells a story about attending a "Broadwalk" in Escalante, Utah where she made life-long friends who worked together to make a building disappear. She shares the importance of being in nature and bringing wildness into our lives. Learn more about Broadwalks HERE.