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How to (Re)Build Your World for Wildlife

Dec 25, 2025 · 39 min · Ep 19

You love wildlife and you want to do something to help it, but what can you do? If the problems facing wildlife look insurmountable, this episode is for you! Plus make a peaceful backyard refuge from everything else scary for yourself, a tiny vacation you can take daily. Learn how to make a difference, one backyard at a time, and (re)build for wildlife in the places where we live.

Take a trip into the past of your own neighborhood, and see the hidden world of your town, viewed as a fox or a bear.

A special how-to episode translating the insights of “Scary Animals in the Backyard” into pro tips and practical steps for your own local space. From real live landscape architect - creator and host Susan Dieterlen.

Listen to “How to (Re)Build Your World for Wildlife,” and subscribe to “30% Wild” at www.thirtywildpod.com

  • Five ways to provide for wildlife in our space
  • Four changes to make right now
  • How saving wildlife saves us
  • Changing what you can, and why it’s worth it
  • Avoiding conflict with your local wildlife…and your neighbors
  • Revisiting The Doom, and how to make a refuge from it
  • Peace on demand is a potent tool for resilience to pretty much anything
  • Help your neighbors love your backyard habitat – and want one of their own
  • Fighting The Doom with small changes

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