Stories for Change

Nature Based Education Consortium

We seek to address the historic exclusion of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, immigrant, and low-income communities from outdoor and environmental spaces in Maine by sharing narratives of people from these communities.

An initiative of the Nature Based Education Consortium.

6 Episodes

Travel with Purpose: Khadija El Barkaoui on Savoring a Moment
6/28/2025
7:17
Join us on a bike ride and Moroccan tea ceremony with Khadija in Portland, Maine! Khadija shares how growing up in Morocco influenced her outlook on travel, community, and connecting with nature. Transcript available.Process Coordinators: Silver Smith, Tessa Shanteler. Connector: Sarah Madronal. Administrator: Rosanna Gargiulo. Interviewer: Jen Hazard. Transcriber: Kalisto Nanen. Editors: Meg Knights, Eli Kao, Tessa Shanteler. Videographer: Eli Kao. Video Editors: Scott Sell. Publisher: Adrienne Singer.This story is part of the Stories for Change initiative by the Nature Based Education Consortium.This story was a collaboration between Khadija El Barkaoui and Stories for Change.
Ann Pollard-Ranco on Land Access and Language on Wabanaki Homelands
12/13/2024
38:29
Join Ann Pollard-Ranco, a Penobscot citizen, writer, photographer, and advocate for indigenous land access as she speaks with her cousin Sikwani Dana about language, memories, land, and dreams for the future.Connecter & Interviewer: Sikwani Dana. Administrator: Adrienne Singer. Audio producer: Aubrey Calaway. Photographer: Jen Hazard. Transcriber: Serena Blasius. Editor: Audrey Cole. Story coordinators: Tessa Shanteler and Emily Weyrauch. Transcript available. This story is part of the Stories for Change initiative by the Nature Based Education Consortium.This story was a collaboration between Ann Pollard-Ranco and Stories for Change.
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Isidora Muñoz Segovia on Embodying a New Climate of Care
11/8/2024
7:50
Join Isidora Muñoz Segovia on Mount Desert Island as she explores a movement practice and shares her perspective on how the climate crisis is a crisis of care. Isi is a climate justice and nutrition educator who lives in Bar Harbor.This story is part of the Stories for Change initiative by the Nature Based Education Consortium.This story was a collaboration between Isidora Muñoz Segovia and Stories for Change.Videographer and editor: Eli Kao. Pre-Interviewer: Nyamuon "Moon" Nguany Machar. Story editors: Rosanna Gargiulo, Megan Knights, Kalisto Nanen. Transcriber: Jen Hazard. Translator: Kalisto Nanen. Administrator: Serena Blasius. Accessibility team: Audrey Cole and Tessa Shanteler. With additional support from Tessa Shanteler and Emily Weyrauch.Read the full episode transcript, read the Spanish translation, and watch the video.
Re-Forming Our Relations: A Walk With Mihku Paul
6/28/2024
10:16
Mihku Paul, a Wolastoqey (Maliseet) educator, artist, writer, and activist, takes a walk at Fore River Sanctuary. She shares about what she learned from a traditional elder as a child, her current work as an educator and artist, and reads an original poem, "A Snail Primer."This story is part of the Stories for Change initiative by the Nature Based Education Consortium. This story was a collaboration between Mihku Paul and Stories for Change.Interviewer: Tessa Shanteler. Videographer and editor: Eli Kao. Story editors: Audrey Cole, Rosanna Gargiulo, Jen Hazard, Kalisto Nanen, Adrienne Singer. Transcriber: Kalisto Nanen. Administrator: Sarah Madronal. Story coordinators: Tessa Shanteler and Emily Weyrauch.Read the full episode transcript and watch the video.
Sass Borodkin on poverty, mutual aid, and healing in nature
12/7/2023
9:18
Sass Borodkin, a queer, nonbinary visual artist and poet and community organizer in Maine, talks about their relationship to nature, experiences of homelessness, and investment in mutual aid. This story is part of the Stories for Change initiative by the Nature Based Education Consortium, a Maine systems-change network seeking to expand equitable access to outdoor learning for all Maine youth. Interviewer: Sikwani Dana. Audio producer: Aubrey Calaway. Photographer: Jen Hazard. Transcriber: Audrey Cole. Editors: Kalisto Nanen, Rachel Goldberg, and Bri Dostie. Story coordinators: Tessa Shanteler and Emily Weyrauch. Music courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions. Additional support from other members of the Stories for Change working group. Read the full episode transcript.
Mike Reynolds on nature, accessibility, and freestyle biking
10/3/2023
6:58
Mike Reynolds, a 49-year-old disabled, gay man from Lewiston, talks about his childhood in nature in Maine, learning and competing in freestyle biking, and the true meaning of accessibility in outdoor spaces. This story is part of the Stories for Change initiative by the Nature Based Education Consortium. Interviewer: Sikwani Dana. Audio producer: Aubrey Calaway. Photographer: Nirmala Young. Transcriber: Sarah Madronal. Editors: Kalisto Nanen, Serena Blasius, and Audrey Cole. Story coordinators: Tessa Shanteler and Emily Weyrauch. Music from Blue Dot Sessions. Additional support from other members of the Stories for Change working group. Read the full episode transcript and see photos.

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Stories for Change

Nature Based Education Consortium

6 Episodes

Travel with Purpose: Khadija El Barkaoui on Savoring a Moment

Ann Pollard-Ranco on Land Access and Language on Wabanaki Homelands

Isidora Muñoz Segovia on Embodying a New Climate of Care

Re-Forming Our Relations: A Walk With Mihku Paul

Sass Borodkin on poverty, mutual aid, and healing in nature

Mike Reynolds on nature, accessibility, and freestyle biking