It's not easy being evergreen

Outside/In

NHPR

Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The team peers into the Outside/Inbox to answer listener questions on the theme of “green,” a prompt which sends us exploring the hanging gardens of Babylon, xeriscaping, and the evolution of the human eye. 1: What’s the benefit of being evergreen? 2: How water-friendly is my lawn? 3: How many city buildings have green roofs? 4: Why did we evolve to see so many different shades of green? Featuring Georgia Silvera Seamans, Rubab Saher, Kate England, Abraham Wu, and Adriana Briscoe. Special thanks to Steven Peck. How to submit a question to the Outside/Inbox Call our hotline, 1-844-GO-OTTER, and leave a voicemail. Send a voice recording to outsidein@nhpr.org. We also post regular call-outs for questions in our stories on Instagram. We’re seeking questions on a new theme for an upcoming episode: “the deeps.” Think caves, life underground, geothermal energy, and deep existential questions about our life on earth. SUPPORT Outside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Subscribe to our newsletter (it’s free!). Follow Outside/In on Instagram or join our private discussion group on Facebook. LINKS Check out the Washington Square Park Eco Projects, which includes a map of city trees, a seasonal change monitoring project, and bird surveys. Project Drawdown on green roofs as a key climate solution Abraham Wu’s research on mapping green roofs Exploring the relationship between turfgrass and city heat Our own reporting on the American love of lawns, and the impact on the desert CREDITS Host: Nate Hegyi Reported and produced by Justine Paradis, Jeongyoon Han, Felix Poon, and Jessica Hunt. Edited by Taylor Quimby and Justine Paradis. Executive producer: Rebecca Lavoie Music by spring gang, Molife, Apollo, Autohacker, Diamond Ortiz, and Chris Zabriskie. Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.9	This is outside in.
0:02.4	This is outside in.
0:04.1	Warm coffee, boys.
0:07.1	New vibe.
0:18.4	Hey, this is outside in.
0:19.4	A podcast about the natural world and how we use it.
0:21.8	I'm Nate Hegey here with our producer, Justine Ferdes.
0:25.1	Hello.
0:26.0	Hey, so it is high time that we open up our listener mail bag.
0:29.7	Also known as the outside inbox.
0:31.8	And this time, the theme is green.
0:35.2	Do you remember that old movie, The Fifth Element, Nate?
0:38.6	Yes, I love that movie.
0:40.2	I think it's great.
0:41.2	Classic, right?
0:42.0	Yeah.
0:42.8	So if you haven't seen it, it's like a trippy post-apocalyptic
0:45.9	blade runner, but make it weird space movie.
0:48.2	That's a great, that's a great description of it.
0:50.9	And I bring it up because in the world of that movie,
0:54.1	the slang word for cool is green.
0:57.8	So they can instead of stay cool, it'd be like, stay green.
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