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Nature EvolutionariesPartnering with Beavers for a Resilient Future with Jakob ShockeyJoin us in discussion with Jakob Shockey, co-founder of Project Beaver, for an insightful webinar that explores a pivotal question, "How can we move towards coexistence and partnership with Nature even in places where we as humans have dramatically altered the landscapes?" Looking to Nature and co-creative partnership, we will delve into the role of beavers as natural engineers and their crucial contributions to environmental health and sustainability.During the webinar, you’ll learn about the critical ecological benefits that beavers provide. They create and maintain wetlands, essential for a diverse range of flora and fauna, which ser...2024-07-091h 06
Kinward PodcastKIRSTEN & JAKOB SHOCKEY on Empowerment in Play | Kinward 07 🌑Kirsten Shockey, co-founder of the Fermentation School and writer at Fermenting Change, reminds us in this episode of Kinward, “humans play to learn.” Jakob, Kirsten’s son and founder of Project Beaver, adds later, “I’m very interested in avoiding getting pigeonholed as an expert in anything, and” (to his mom) “I think you are too—because we’re not. We’re just playing in these spaces.” Mother and son both note early in this episode that the techniques they’ve built their careers around—techniques for fermentation and the stewardship of waterways—are ancient. So, their work is not about inventing a...2024-06-061h 19
Kinward PodcastAround the Farmstead Table with KIRSTEN & JAKOB SHOCKEY, Mother and Son [Immersion] | Kinward 07[I] 🌕This delicious Immersion episode with Jakob Shockey, founder of Project Beaver, and his mom Kirsten, co-founder of The Fermentation School, is a beautiful taste of the rooting and belonging that one family has woven to support and nourish their good work in the world.Kirsten and Jakob share a morning wakeup blessing, a simple practice for connecting and grounding with each other at the end of the day, and a really yummy sounding recipe for fermented beets.You’ll hear a lot more about their multifaceted and multi-scale work of collaborating with life in our fu...2024-05-2319 min
Short WaveBeavers Can Help With Climate Change. So How Do We Get Along?NPR's Tom Dreisbach is back in the host chair for a day. This time, he reports on a story very close to home: The years-long battle his parents have been locked in with the local wild beaver population. Each night, the beavers would dam the culverts along the Dreisbachs' property, threatening to make their home inaccessible. Each morning, Tom's parents deconstructed those dams — until the annual winter freeze hit and left them all in a temporary stalemate.As beaver populations have increased, so have these kinds of conflicts with people...like Tom's parents. But the solution may not be...2024-04-2414 min
Short WaveBeavers Can Help With Climate Change. So How Do We Get Along?NPR's Tom Dreisbach is back in the host chair for a day. This time, he reports on a story very close to home: The years-long battle his parents have been locked in with the local wild beaver population. Each night, the beavers would dam the culverts along the Dreisbachs' property, threatening to make their home inaccessible. Each morning, Tom's parents deconstructed those dams — until the annual winter freeze hit and left them all in a temporary stalemate.As beaver populations have increased, so have these kinds of conflicts with people...like Tom's parents. But the solution may not be...2024-04-2414 min
Willamette Wake UpConservation Spotlight Shines the Light on BeaversConservation Spotlight explores Oregon's state mammal. Jakob Shockey, Executive Director of Project Beaver, shares the history of beavers in the Willamette Valley, their importance to watershed health, and how humans can live with them in harmony. 2024-03-2027 min
Resistance RadioResistance Radio interview of Jakob ShockeyJakob Shockey is a human, father and husband. He works primarily with beavers and people, focusing on the restoration of complex natural processes and relationships that create and maintain resilient habitat and its wildlife. Jakob co-founded and leads Project Beaver, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering humans to partner with beavers and value their works. He also sings to himself, loves flying kites and can’t spell.2023-08-2151 min
DarkHorse PodcastBeavers? Bret Weinstein Speaks with Jakob Shockey on the Darkhorse PodcastJakob Shockey, founder of the Beaver Coalition, has spent years researching and working to preserve, restore, and understand beaver habitats. He discusses with Bret the rarely discussed impacts of Beavers on all aspects of our world, and how we have thrown this equilibrium out of balance by trapping beavers and industrializing north America with little regard for preserving the factors that made it as hospitable as it has been.Find Jakob at his website: https://www.jakobshockey.com/Find the Beaver Coalition at: https://www.beavercoalition.org/*****Find Bret Weinstein on...2023-01-212h 52