Welcome to I’ll Go If You Go, a Save the Redwoods League podcast.
Through conversations with Black, Indigenous, and people of color who explore and work in the outdoors, we’re building community and illuminating how Californians from all walks of life think about and experience nature and conservation, in the redwoods and beyond.
I’ll go if you go — because when we explore together in community, the experience is all the more powerful.
Music by Nhu Nguyen and Anni Feng.
Episodes
Season 3
To Build a Trail—and the community that follows
Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps
ESCC on Instagram
Trek long and prosper
Michelle has a bachelor’s in marine biology and a master’s in biology with an emphasis on community-based conservation. She also has professional experience creating and facilitating nature-based programs for kids and adults.
Tiffany Tharpe, CEO and Co-Founder of BGT, was unable to make it for this podcast conversation, but we felt her presence nonetheless. Tiffany holds a BA in English and works as a Veterinary Assistant. She is passionate about this planet and the animals and plants that call it home, as well as building community and inspiring others to care for the planet. Her favorite outdoor activity is challenging herself to face her fears in the outdoors and trying anything at least once.
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Out with Outlandish!
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The Girl with the Redwood Tattoos
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Have no fear, the gals are here!
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Conservation: now in technicolor!
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About the host
Emily Harwitz (she/her) is a multimedia science writer and photographer whose work focuses on the environment and our connection to it. She tells stories that foster community, provoke curiosity, and inspire a sense of deeper connection with the natural world around us.
Season 2
EPISODE 6
Brown is a beautiful color
Grace Anderson (she/her) and Mo Asebiomo (they/she).
EPISODE 5
When the river meets the sea
Featuring Josh Norris.
EPISODE 4
“Skate slow and live”
Featuring Sam Mercado, Jai Ledesma, and Kim Woozy.
EPISODE 3
Bird is the word
Featuring Clay Anderson.
EPISODE 2
Nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend
Featuring Juan Lazo Bautista.
EPISODE 1
The fungus among us
Featuring Arthur Lee.
About the host of season 2
Emily Harwitz (she/her) is a multimedia science writer and photographer whose work focuses on the environment and our connection to it. She tells stories that foster community, provoke curiosity, and inspire a sense of deeper connection with the natural world around us.
Season 1
EPISODE 6
Come as you are (smells like team spirit)
Featuring Dana Poblete, Marcos Castineiras, and Caleb Castle.
EPISODE 5
How to stand up (like a redwood)
Featuring Rebecca Au.
EPISODE 4
A hike a week keeps your well-being at peak
Featuring Karla Amador.
EPISODE 3
If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals
Featuring Toni Maggi-Brown.
EPISODE 2
Rooting yourself in community and place
Featuring Farrahn Hawkins.
EPISODE 1
Raised by the Oakland redwoods
Featuring Miguel Marquez.
About the host of Season 1
Leslie Parra (she/her) connects diverse communities to redwood and sequoia forests. She has garnered significant recognition for her leadership in community civic action, STEM and environmental education, and diversity, equity, and inclusion work over the past 15 years. Her professional calling is to cultivate enrichment programs with multicultural and international perspectives, driven by and in collaboration with communities. During her free time, she loves to go hiking with her partner Eric and their dog Mishqui (which means “sweet” in Quichua, the native language of Ecuador—a place she calls home).
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