Video Archive
Links to many of our past presentations
One of the primary ways the Natural History Institute reaches our community is by providing free community presentations from a variety of voices and disciplines. Here you will find recordings of many of our past guest talks.
2016
November 17
New Perspectives on Central Arizona Landscapes
Presented by Matt Turner
November 3
Engineering Eden
Presented by Jordan Fisher Smith
October 4
Going Outdoors: Re-wilding a Psychotherapist
Presented by Pablo Deustua Jochamowitz
April 21
Women and Birds: Birding for Science, Sisterhood, and Fun
Presented by Karen O’Neil & Nancy Silacci
March 31
Natural History of Sound
Presented by John Hopkins
March 1
Braiding Sweetgrass
Presented by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2015
November 19
Plant Parenthood: Do Violets Have Blue Genes?
Presented by Walt Anderson
November 3
Pines, Herbivory, and Climate Responses in Mediterranean Forests of Southern Spain
Presented by Asier Herrero Méndez
October 26
The Hour of Land
Presented by Terry Tempest Williams
No footage available
April 16
Natural History and Aesthetics: Why Should We Care About Nature
Presented by Harry Greene
March 19
Pollination Station
The science behind creating and conserving pollinator habitat.
Presented by Lisa Zander
March 3
Campus Conversations
With Dana Oswald and Nina Perlmutter
2014
December 4
Wildlife Wonders of Maasailand
Presented by Walt Anderson
November 19
Campus Conversations
With David Craig and Dan Campbell
November 13
From so Simple a Beginning
Presented by John Anderson
April 16
Campus Conversations
With Grace Burford and Tom Fleischner
March 27
Animals and The Human Spirit
Presented by Allison Hawthorne Deming
March 19
Campus Conversations
With Lisa Floyd-Hanna and Julie Comnick
March 5
Make Way for Monarchs
Presented by Gary Paul Nabhan
YouTube video by Allison Jack
February 22
The Cottonwood Calendar
Presented by Joel Barnes
2013
November 21
Little Bugs, Big Tundra: Arctic Insects in a Warming World
Presented by Terry Wheeler
November 10
A Naturalists Way of Seeing
Presented by Walt Anderson
April 11
The Natural History of Yunnan Province: China’s Biodiversity Hotspot
Presented by Ed Grumbine
April 4
Preserving the Verde River
Presented by Dan Campbell