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Dollars & Change: The Expert's Guide to Sustainable and Responsible InvestingDollars & Change - Episode 31 Featuring Mallory McDuffIn the first Dollars & Change episode of 2026, host Peter Krull was joined by Mallory McDuff, environmental educator, author, and longtime Warren Wilson College faculty member. The conversation explored a rarely discussed topic: sustainable end-of-life planning.
2026-01-1929 min
Let’s Talk Memoir186. Broadening a Memoir’s Scale, Accessibility, and Audience featuring Mallory McDuffMallory McDuff joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about expanding a project from straight memoir to broaden its accessibility and audience, feedback from editors about what’s marketable, placing an essay to help sell a book, starting a memoir in the middle of the story, death and choices we can make that align our final wishes with the values we hold in our life, conversations around burial, making less of an impact on the earth, how detachment from death and dying is relatively new in our culture, allowing scenes to stack upon themselves, how to weave the perso...
2025-07-2433 min
Practice You with Elena BrowerMallory McDuff part 2On our last best act, planning for the end of our lives and aligning our end-of-life choices with our values. Exploring new, sustainable practices such as green burial, aquamation, conservation cemeteries, home funerals and human composting. (0:00) - Introduction and Background of Mallory McDuff (2:05) - Defining Green Burials and Their Importance (5:47) - Exploring Cremation and Aquamation (14:06) - Choosing a Green Burial Site (29:53) - Personal Stories and Final Wishes (36:28) - Practical Considerations and Resources (36:39) - Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks In this second conversation with Mallory McDuff, environmental education professor, we discuss her book, Our Last Best Act. She i...
2025-03-2940 minPractice You with Elena BrowerMallory McDuffOn the women who've designated themselves as voices for the Earth and prioritizing joy amidst the truths of our times. (0:00) - Introduction to Mallory McDuff and the Podcast (1:52) - Hannah Herman's Connection to Mallory McDuff (4:49) - The Power of Climate Storytelling (6:20) - Colette Pichon Battle's Story (12:03) - Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson's Focus on Ocean Justice (24:50) - Mari Copeny's Activism in Flint, Michigan (36:11) - Kendra Pinto's Fight Against Fracking in New Mexico (44:55) - Conclusion and Call to Action Mallory McDuff discovered the field of Environmental Education as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic, where she saw the cri...
2025-03-1546 min
Creating a Cooler World13 - Campus Life, Climate, and Connection with Mallory McDuffMallory McDuff has been living on campus at Warren Wilson College for over 20 years. She is a professor who teaches environmental education at the college, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. Living and teaching at the college, and raising two daughters, has given her some unique opportunities to connect with young adults, understand their thoughts and feelings about climate change and the environment, and see how those thoughts and feelings have evolved and continue to evolve.Mallory is the author of several books that focus on climate change and the environment, including Love...
2024-05-161h 09
Pop Break TodayNot Couple Goals: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)Welcome to “Not Couple Goals” where co-hosts Allie Nelson and Tyler McCarthy do a deep dive into a different ridiculous romantic thriller from the vantage point of their long-term relationship.
Allie, a TV writer/producer and actress, has an affinity for romantic thrillers, the more salacious the better. Tyler, an entertainment reporter and critic, often finds himself drawn in despite his better judgment. Join them as they explore all the ways it’s possible to love too hard… like WAY too hard.
In this episode, Allie and Tyler are joined by film critic and podcaster Derick M...
2024-01-111h 51
Relish The Full Audiobook That Keeps Book-Lovers Hooked.Love Your Mother by Mallory McDuffPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/271051to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Love Your Mother
Author: Mallory McDuff
Narrator: Lu Banks
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
Release date: 06-20-23
Ratings: 5.0 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Climate Change
Publisher's Summary:
As a mother and a professor of environmental education, Mallory McDuff wanted to give her two daughters and her students a roadmap to engage in climate justice in their communities, rather than be left feeling paralyzed by the enormity of the problem. She set out to find women of diverse ages, backgrounds, and vocations—one from each of the fifty US...
2023-06-205h 43
Forum on Religion and Ecology: Spotlights3.15 Mallory McDuff and Women for Climate JusticeThis episode of Spotlights features Mallory McDuff. She is an author, educator, and mother, teaching environmental education at Warren Wilson College outside Asheville, North Carolina. Her writing stems from ordinary life–raising children and teaching students–amidst the enormity of our uncertain times, especially our changing climate. She talks about her new book, Love Your Mother: 50 States, 50 Stories, and 50 Women United for Climate Justice (Broadleaf Books, 2023). The book tells stories about women of diverse ages, backgrounds, and vocations–one from each of the fifty US states–as inspiration for a new kind of leadership focused on the heart of the clim...
2023-03-1351 min
SpadeSpoonSoulEpisode 25 - Bishop Brian Cole and Dr Mallory McDuff on green burial aka natural burial or conservation burialCo-hosts Brian Sellers-Petersen and Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows have a conversation with Bishop Brian Cole, V Episcopal Bishop of East Tennessee and Dr. Mallory McDuff, Professor of Outdoor Leadership & Director of Environmental Education at Warren Wilson College. Our conversation is framed by Mallory’s book, Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love.
“All justice work is connected. If it is not healing to our bodies, it is not healing to our spirits. If it is not healing to the earth, it is not good for us. This...
2023-02-2248 min
Kindness & Compassion PodcastMallory McDuff | Our Last Best Act Of Kindness and Compasstion | Episode 5Death is a subject most of us tend to avoid. In particular, thinking about our own death or the death of loved ones. But as most of us know, death is a reality of life and it touches us all at some point. In this episode we tackle this topic with Dr. Mallory McDuff a professor of environmental studies and author of Our Last Best Act; Planning for the end of our lives to protect people and places we love. We explore how kindness and compassion can be practiced even in death and with our end of life issues. Read...
2022-02-2838 minKindness & Compassion PodcastMallory McDuff | Our Last Best Act Of Kindness and Compasstion | Episode 5Death is a subject most of us tend to avoid. In particular, thinking about our own death or the death of loved ones. But as most of us know, death is a reality of life and it touches us all at some point. In this episode we tackle this topic with Dr. Mallory McDuff a professor of environmental studies and author of Our Last Best Act; Planning for the end of our lives to protect people and places we love. We explore how kindness and compassion can be practiced even in death and with our end of life issues. Read...
2022-02-2838 min
The MockingcastEpisode 222: The Best Place to Cry in PublicIn which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk habit formation, performative meetings, Latin American religion, and the benefits of falling apart in church. Also, George Costanza chimes in with some tips on working less.
Click here for more information about our Tulsa Conference (1/21-22).
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Click here to read Sarah's post about "A Light Year."
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Click here to read the Economist piece on "The Rise of Performative Work."
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2022-01-181h 05
Faith & Grief PodcastEpisode 47 - Mallory McDuff, Educator and Author of Our Last Best Act on end of life, grief and saving the planetWe talk with educator and author, Mallory McDuff about her latest book, Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love and her own grief journey. After the deaths of both her parents, Mallory realized how helpful it was to know what they wanted when they died. Mallory spoke with experts and researched best practices for end of life planning. She offers ideas and alternatives that can support those who love us as they deal with practical side of death with focus on how best to lessen the impact...
2021-12-2253 min
BPR News ExtendedGreen burials: How to combat climate change from the graveA lot contributes to climate change. A Warren Wilson College professor decided to examine one factor that many might find uncomfortable to talk about but is something we will all face - our death.Mallory McDuff is the author of 'Our Last Best Act: Planning For The End Of Our Lives To Protect The People And Places We Love.' It looks at the growing diversity of end-of-life choices in Western North Carolina, from 'green burials' that use only biodegradable materials, to body donation to body farms such as at Western Carolina University, to 'aquamation', also called water cremation. All...
2021-12-1616 minForum on Religion and Ecology: Spotlights2.11 Dialogue about Death, with Mallory McDuffThis is a clip from the episode of Spotlights featuring Mallory McDuff, PhD, a teacher and writer at Warren Wilson College. She discusses the importance of talking about death, reflecting on her latest book, Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love (Broadleaf Books, 2021).The music at the introduction and conclusion of the clip comes from the song "You Carry My Love," by Elizabeth Teague. You can listen to the full episode here.
2021-12-0607 minForum on Religion and Ecology: Spotlights2.10 Our Last Best Act, with Mallory McDuffThis week's episode of Spotlights features Mallory McDuff, PhD. She writes and teaches environmental education just outside of Asheville, North Carolina, at Warren Wilson College, a liberal arts school that integrates academics with work and community engagement. She's written many books, articles, and essays that examine the intersection of people and places for a better world. Weaving together personal stories and academic research, she talks about her latest book, Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love (Broadleaf Books, 2021).
2021-11-2956 min
Diana Butler Bassmallory mcduff excerptAn excerpt from my Secret Garden conversation with Mallory McDuff.
2021-10-1906 min