Radio Curious visits with Deborah Edelman, Adina Merenlender, co-authors, with Greg de Nevers of âThe California Naturalist Handbook.âÂ
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
You too may be a naturalist, as we find out in this interview with Deborah Edelman, holder of a Masterâs Degree in ecology from the University of California at Davis, and Adina Merenlender, holder a doctorate in biology and a University of California Cooperative Extension Specialist. Together, along with Greg de Nevers they wrote âThe California Naturalist Handbook.â This handbook is an easy to follow guide as well as a text for anyone with interest in nature.Â
The website for the book is http://ucanr.edu/sites/UCCNP/. Â Deborah Edelman and Adina Merenlender visited the studios of Radio Curious on May 17, 2013. We began our conversation with Adinaâs description of what a naturalist does.Â
The books Deborah Edelman recommends are âStory of Stuff:Â The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better,â by Annie Leonard, and âThe Forest Unseen:Â A Yearâs Watch in Nature,â by David George Haskell. Â The books Adina Merenlender recommends are âThe Song of the Dodo:Â Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction,â by David Quammen, and âThe Weather Makers:Â How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth,â by Tim Flannery. Â Radio Curious is a half-hour, weekly, long-form interview program, now in it's 23rd year. We interview people on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. Our website is www.radiocurious.org. If your station airs Radio Curious please let us know curious@radiocurious.org, we will add you to our list of syndicate stations. We also welcome questions, feedback and program ideas. Radio Curious 280 N. Oak St. Ukiah, Ca 95482. (707) 462-6541.