Hopeful By Nature

By Scott Shepherd

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There are people all over the world connecting kids and communities to the natural world in ways that build hope and a genuine desire to protect the places where we play. Most of them will never make the news. Hopeful by Nature goes to find them. Hosted by Scott Shepherd, dad, educator, and founder of Wildward Institute, each episode is a conversation with someone who saw a gap and built a bridge. From ocean educators and activists across the globe to conservationists in your backyard — these are the stories that remind us what's still possible. New episodes every week.

Episode Date
Joyful Persistance – How a coalition of 700 Californians got an outdoor learning bill further than anyone thought possible – and what they're doing next (Part I)
Sep 28, 2026
Closing the Nature Gap: How Policy Gets Kids Outdoors | Jackie Ostfeld, Sierra Club Outdoors for All
Sep 21, 2026
Teaching STEM in Spanish: Reclaiming Language as a Superpower | Ciencia Para Todos
Sep 14, 2026
Hummingbird Parenting: Jamie Lynn Langley on Risk, Nature Prescriptions, and Play Therapy
Sep 07, 2026
Retired Twice - And Still Passionate About Outdoor Learning
Aug 31, 2026
How Human Disturbance Threatens Sea Otter Survival | Gena Bentall, Sea Otter Savvy
Aug 24, 2026
Building a Marine Conservation Career From the Desert | Julianna Acuña, University of Arizona
Aug 17, 2026
Why We Only Protect What We Love | Aaron N.K. Haiman, Author of Birds of the California Delta
Aug 10, 2026
Earning Trust: Marco Wendt on Wild Animals, Belonging, and the Power of Listening
Aug 03, 2026
Nature Deficit Disorder & Teaching Kids to Self-Regulate Outside | Amy Reyes-Hauff, Get Wild Wyoming
Jul 20, 2026
Son Como Las Piedras -- A bilingual environmental educator on reclaiming the language he almost lost
Jul 13, 2026
Begin With Yourself - Why Every Kid Needs to Climb and What Sensory Processing Taught Me About Teaching My Own Classroom
Jul 06, 2026
It Doesn't Discriminate -- Building Careers in Conservation for Young Adults with Disabilities | Susie Schroer, AmeriCorps YES Initiative
Jun 29, 2026
Run Away From Home What a Himalayan concept, a phone ban in Thailand, and a rain-soaked rafting trip taught me about designing outdoor programs that actually meet people where they are
Jun 22, 2026
It Starts With One - How two Australian risk managers are using community for conservation
Jun 15, 2026
We're in the Goo -- What a blind father, a broken wood stove, and a bed bug infestation taught two dads about raising outdoor kids
Jun 08, 2026
"From Fear to Frontier" | Forbah Sandra N. — Leading Ocean Literacy and Environmental Education.
Jun 01, 2026