Outdoors with Coggin Heeringa
Every Wednesday on Classical IPR, Coggin Heeringa takes us into the great outdoors. She is the program director and naturalist at Crossroads at Big Creek Learning Center/Nature Preserve in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. And she's taught environmental studies at the Interlochen Arts Camp since 1971.
Latest Episodes
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Stoop and feel it. Stop and hear it. -
During the "plume boom," an estimated 5 to 15 million birds — egrets, spoonbills, birds of paradise — were killed each year for Easter parade fashion. -
In many ancient cultures, palm branches held symbolic meaning. Still today, they are given out in Christian Palm Sunday services. -
In nature, in theatre and even in politics, misdirection can be remarkably effective. -
In early spring, many so-called green plants are tinged with red or purple. Nature, it turns out, doesn't rush the wearing of the green. -
Our climate isn’t "perfect all the year." But then, it turns out that Camelot wasn't exactly Camelot either. -
In Shakespeare's England, having "a February face" was a stinging insult. But what does it mean? -
Ash Wednesday reminds us that we are part of a vast, recycling masterpiece — to "remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." -
Sandhill crane pairs don’t stop dancing after bonding. They continue to dance together throughout their relationship, again and again. -
Snow glows not because it shines, but because it gathers the light and reflects it.
