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TALATERRA

TALATERRA

By: Tania Marien
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 Environmental interpretation happens everywhere. On this podcast, you'll hear conversations with independent professionals who facilitate connections between people and the outdoors. Our guests work in diverse fields and take their own approach to environmental awareness and education. What they share in common is their commitment to nurturing the public's relationship with the outdoors and their status as independent professionals. Who are these professionals? What do they do? How do they contribute to lifelong learning in communities? Let's find out.2019 - 2025 TALATERRA Inc. Biological Sciences Career Success Economics Science Social Sciences
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  • Matthew Paneitz, Long Way Home

    Matthew Paneitz, Long Way Home
    Nov 28 2025

    Today, we get to learn from Matthew Paneitz, founder and executive director of Long Way Home. This organization built Hero School, a student-built and community-built campus in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala.

    Built from recycled tires and trash, the campus took 16 years to build and serves 178 students enrolled in PreK through High School. The school campus is almost complete.

    Matthew is also the recipient of the 2020 Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service for his work in Guatemala. This award, presented annually by the National Peace Corps Association, honors Peace Corps volunteers who continue to contribute to humanitarian causes.

    Long before this award and the existence of Hero School, Matthew had an idea.

    An idea that needed funding, direction, and partners.

    How did Matthew obtain funding when he started this project?

    How did he develop a strategy sustaining him and the school he built with the residents of Comalapa?

    What is the school's curriculum, and how does it change the conversation around poverty?

    Let's find out.

    LINKS

    Long Way Home - Turn Trash Into Schools

    Long Way Home Sustainability Projects (https://www.lwhomegreen.org)

    Help School Fight Climate Change with Green Building (Global Giving) - Giving Tuesday is December 2, 2025

    Watch timelapse video of recent classroom construction (Fall 2025)

    2020 Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service

    EcoHab.org

    Long Way Home on YouTube

    Long Way Home on Facebook

    Long Way Home on Instagram

    Long Way Home on LinkedIn

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    CREDITS:

    • Producer: Tania Marien
    • Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;
    • SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.
    • Subscribe to Transferable Solutions, a newsletter about reimagining environmental skills
    • Contact Us
    • © 2019 - 2025 Talaterra Inc

    ABOUT:

    TALATERRA combines "tala" (Icelandic for "to speak" and "to talk") with "terra" (Earth)—because speaking for our planet and telling its stories is what environmental educators do.

    TALATERRA: to speak Earth.

    * TALATERRA is an affiliate of Bookshop.org.
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    43 mins
  • Alexandra Dumitrescu, What nonprofits can learn from e-commerce

    Alexandra Dumitrescu, What nonprofits can learn from e-commerce
    Sep 19 2025
    Today my guest is fundraiser and impact growth leader, Alexandra Dumitrescu. In this episode, we discuss nonprofit funding. Alexandra highlights the potential of technology to enhance fundraising efforts and presents ways nonprofits can diversify income streams. We discuss e-commerce models, leveraging SaaS platforms, improving donor relations, and lost funding opportunities.We also discuss initiatives Alexandra founded to help nonprofits create sustainable income and integrate social impact features in business products.How might Alexandra's ideas (or some version of them) be applied to your project, organization, or partnerships?How does this conversation reframe what you see as being possible in environmental education? LEARN MOREAlexandra Dumitrescu on LinkedInBiggerPie (LinkedIn)RWAYS for Nonprofits (LinkedIn)Shop for Hope (Alexandra on Substack)Fundraising Platforms Mentioned:FundraiseUpDonorBoxiRaiserDataro.io Automation Services Mentioned:ZapierZendeskAcronyms Defined:Saas - Software as a Service (cloud-based services)KPI - Key Performance IndicatorsMVP - Minimum Viable ProductCSR - Corporate Social ResponsibilityAlexandra's Recommended Resources:Daniela Papi Thornton - Reclaiming Social Entrepreneurship (TEDx)Dan Pallotta - The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong (TED)Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)*Manifesto for a Moral Revolution (Jacqueline Novogratz)*Subscribe to the Transferable Solutions newsletter. _______________CREDITS:Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.Subscribe to Transferable Solutions, a newsletter about reimagining environmental skillsContact Us© 2019 - 2025 Talaterra Inc ABOUT:TALATERRA combines "tala" (Icelandic for "to speak" and "to talk") with "terra" (Earth)—because speaking for our planet and telling its stories is what environmental educators do.TALATERRA: to speak Earth. * TALATERRA is an affiliate of Bookshop.org.
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    57 mins
  • Rob Law, The Creek Kids

    Rob Law, The Creek Kids
    Jul 3 2025

    Rob Law is a musician and composer with decades of experience in the music industry. He has composed music for films and advertising campaigns. Rob is also a podcaster, a storyteller, and an advocate for outdoor learning. In this episode, Rob and I talk about The Creek Kids, his podcast for children inspired by the radio plays from the Golden Age of Radio.

    • The Creek Kids on Podbean
    • Rob Law (website)

    AUDIO SAMPLES (in order of appearance):

    • Lux. “Lux Radio Theater - Single Episodes : Old Time Radio Researchers Group : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.” Internet Archive, 2025. https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Lux_Radio_Theater_Singles. Sample is from "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes.' https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
    • The Mystery of the Flood: The Creek Kids. Produced by Rob Law. Used with permission.
    • Campbells Creek Soundtrail. Produced by Rob Law. Used with permission.

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    CREDITS:

    • Producer: Tania Marien
    • Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;
    • SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.
    • Subscribe to Transferable Solutions, a newsletter about reimagining environmental skills
    • Contact Us
    • © 2019 - 2025 Talaterra Inc

    ABOUT:

    TALATERRA combines "tala" (Icelandic for "to speak" and "to talk") with "terra" (Earth)—because speaking for our planet and telling its stories is what environmental educators do.

    TALATERRA: to speak Earth.

    * TALATERRA is an affiliate of Bookshop.org.
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    39 mins
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