Every so often, I have a conversation on the podcast that really sticks with me, inspires me, and makes me grateful to have a platform to share it. This was one of those conversations. This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Tenijah Hamilton of Bring Birds Back, a podcast about the joy of birds and the way humans can help them through simple, everyday actions. Tenijah is a writer, and executive and creative producer with a passion for using the transformative art of storytelling to instigate change.
Since 2021, Tenijah has hosted and produced Bring Birds Back, a podcast about conservation, formal/ citizen science, and of course—birds, told through the lenses of intersectionality and environmental justice.
What’s inspiring to me about Tenijah (among many things) is that she didn’t grow up with a familiarity and love of being outdoors. In fact, she described her relationship as mostly centered around an avoidance. But, over time, she’s begun to rewrite her nature-relationship and has uncovered so much richness in the process.
In this conversation, Tenijah and I discuss everything from her personal journey of embracing discomfort and following her curiosity, to what it’s been like for her as a Black woman to reclaim parts of herself and her community. We also talk stepping into your personal power, and we obviously talk about birds! Tenijah shares the number one misconception about birding, tips and techniques for bird observation, why humans are so obsessed with birds, and some weird bird behavior that I loved knowing.
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For the full show notes, please visit www.ournaturepodcast.com/tenijah-hamilton
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