Lawrence Hall of Science

ANYWAMO.

Developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California, ANYWAMO works by inviting kids and adults to turn each phrase into a statement about something that they observe in nature.

For example, as I walk to my car to buckle up my kids in their car seats, I hear an American Goldfinch overhead singing, "Potato chip, potato chip." [Goldfinch singing] I notice how it flies in a bouncing pattern, rising high and dipping low like a rollercoaster as it calls.

[Goldfinch singing] I wonder if this bright yellow bird might be calling to its mate to suggest they stop by my patio birdbath.

he wheeled his way in anyway.

This is Craig Strang, who spent 32 years at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, and Karen Kao, founding CEO of 10 Strains, the organization that spent 13 years quietly weaving together nearly every environmental literacy effort in California.

This week, we talk about that 13-year arc, and about a bill that had unanimous, bipartisan support at every single stage, and still didn't make it to the finish line.

My name's Scott Shepard, I'm your host, and you're listening to Hope About Nature.

And across those three fields, kind of the unifying thing that has emerged for me is getting kids and learners of all ages outdoors.

And so that seems to be at the intersection of my interests and the work that I've done over the course of my career.

I worked at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley for 32 years.

I was the associate director there leading the learning and teaching programs, which included a very significant focus on environmental and ocean science education.