HeyJaredRefugia Podcast: A Podcast About Renewal
Host Debra Rienstra interviews a different guest each week, exploring the idea of refugia from a variety of perspectives, from biology to worship to politics. Refugia are places of shelter where life endures in times of crisis.
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Refugia Newsletter #128 (opens the original)
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Refugia NewsFinally, the asters have bloomed! I love how asters keep the party going after the other native flowers have bloomed and faded. Meanwhile, the fading flowers bring hungry goldfinches, who host their own parties, tugging away at tiny seeds in spent blooms, gorging themselves happily. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ipVr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimage
Refugia Newsletter #127 (opens the original)
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Refugia NewsGreetings, refugia friends. We have launched the new academic year, the midterm elections are upon us, and there’s a ton of climate-related news this week. One week into September and already I feel as if we’re in a whirlwind! I have the privilege of working with young people as a university professor, and I have to say: I ache for them. What a world they are coming of age into! So much difficult disruption. My students come from all over the world, and in my experience, they are ful
Refugia Newsletter #126 (opens the original)
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Refugia NewsAugust: the month of ripe tomatoes, glorious wildflowers, and buzzing anxiety about the start of a new school year. Even after thirty years of teaching, I still feel both anticipation and anxiety as students return to campus. I’m teaching environmental literature this semester, so sixteen lucky students will be reading (among other things) a few climate dystopia novels with me. Fun!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Hx3u!,f_auto
Refugia Newsletter #125 (opens the original)
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Refugia NewsI’m coming to you this week from the beautiful state of Minnesota, where our family is gathered for an annual week of fun together. We spent a few days in the Twin Cities and a few more hiking and goofing off on Lake Superior’s North Shore. I’ll report on highlights below. Also, yesterday was my birthday. I am now [mumble mumble] years old and grateful that I can still more or less keep up on moderate hiking trails with my super-fit adult children. Whew!<a class="image-link image2 is
Refugia Newsletter #124 (opens the original)
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Refugia NewsThis time of the summer normally feels to me somewhat dreamy, as if time itself pauses to sigh in summer delight. Instead, in the past two weeks, we’ve had apocalyptic skies from wildfire smoke, more nasty shenanigans from our federal government, and two—count ‘em two!—yellowjacket nests in the woodpile right outside my back door!I attempted to deal with the nests myself, and got decent results after a harrowing nighttime stealth operation with some insecticide powder. The next day,
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