Episode 94: David Lukas – Playing with language in the natural world

‘There’s a place for wild creativity with language’
- David Lukas

David is an author, adventurer, videographer, and nature guide. He takes ecological and scientific knowledge and weaves it into stories that captivate and connect others with nature. David sees language as a tool we can play with to learn more about the world around us.

Listen to hear more about:

• How David knew he wanted to be a naturalist since his early years.

• David’s book, Language Making Nature, and the process of inventing meaningful new words.

• Storytelling as a tool for communicating about nature.

• How new words can help us communicate about current and future ecological challenges.

• Creating words that extend beyond the limitations of our language in order to speak about things like the richness of colour or the complexity and subtlety of human emotions.

• The importance of a naturalist’s notebook.

• How we can sometimes be in nature without the need for words, names or labels.
  

Find out more about David and his work at https://lukasguides.com. You can learn about the book Language Making Nature at http://www.languagemakingnature.com.

David shares nature inspired photos and videos on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. You can find David’s natural history videos and virtual nature walks on his YouTube channel.

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