Forested Niches: A Nature Podcast
Develop a SENSE for how the future of our species
is entangled with the future of forests
This is the final self-guided forest therapy audio guide for the city of Seattle/Duwamish Land.
The focus of this episode is “community.” It features messages on the meanings of “silence” and “forest” from a few of our listeners.
This episode was inspired by the works of David Abram, Ph.D.
It features Thomas Rex Beverly’s recordings of the One Square Inch of Silence.
Conceived, written & performed by Ylfa Lund Muindi.
Co-produced & audio engineered by Muindi Fanuel Muindi
Created with the support of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
This episode runs for 25:26
This is the third of four self-guided forest therapy audio guides created for the city of Seattle/Duwamish land. A wander through Discovery Park suits this episode very well.
Pack yourself a plant to snack on - cherries are in season here in Washington.
This episode features fungi - how they break apart the world as we know it and how they empower others to build new worlds.
This episode was inspired by the works of Merlin Sheldrake and Anna L Tsing, Ph.D.
Conceived, written & performed by Ylfa Lund Muindi.
Co-produced & audio engineered by Muindi Fanuel Muindi
Created with the support of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
This episode runs for 28:17
This is the second of four self-guided forest therapy audio guides created for the city of Seattle/Duwamish land. This episode is best listened to along the Lookout Trail within the Washington Park Arboretum. The Arboretum (latin for tree place) has an interactive map you can download here.
This episode focuses on trees - how they feel, plan ahead, remember, and prepare for their own deaths.
Much of this episode was inspired by the works of Suzanne Simard, Ph.D and Monica Gagliano, Ph.D.
Conceived, written & performed by Ylfa Lund Muindi.
Co-produced & audio engineered by Muindi Fanuel Muindi
Created with the support of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
This episode runs for 30:08
This is the first of four self-guided forest therapy audio guides created for the city of Seattle/Duwamish land. Please find yourself a comfortable place in which you can fully immerse yourself in the environment before you tune in. This audio is not meant to be listened to while driving, running, or otherwise distracted.
Conceived, written & performed by Ylfa Lund Muindi.
Co-produced & audio engineered by Muindi Fanuel Muindi
Created with the support of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
This episode runs for 24:36
While indigenous people make up only 5% of the world’s population, their land houses 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity. It is time for us to acknowledge the vital roles that indigenous peoples have in shaping forests and promoting biodiversity.
This short episode explains why this acknowledgement is essential for this project.
This episode runs for 2:43
