john muir

Did you know spending time in nature improves your brain, reduces stress and keeps you fit? I know when I walk through the forest and climb up to a mountain overlook, it clears my head and allows me to reboot. As John Muir said, "The clearest way into the Universe is though a forest wilderness.” At home in NC’s Great Smoky Mountains, naturalist and writer George Ellison and his artist wife, Elizabeth, share their creative insights into nature and speak about inspirations and love of discovery.

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Fordham University Distinguished Professor of Theology Elizabeth Johnson presents the challenge of how loving the Earth and its species as a neighbor must become an intrinsic part of faith in God, 3/7/17. Hosted by the Garaventa Center.

Curtis joins Thomas to discuss the recent events with national parks in his area as well as vandalism of other parks and landmarks around the world.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is hard at work on a $4.6 billion, decade-long construction project to overhaul the Hetch Hetchy water system, which delivers water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park and five local reservoirs to 2.5 million residents in the Bay Area.