The Nature of Things

WRVO presents an archived edition of the popular weekly essay, The Nature of Things, from Naturalist John Weeks. Every week WRVO will dive deep into our archive. We'll begin with episodes from 1984 and eventually come all the way to the conclusion of the series in June of 2006.  This re-issue of the Nature of Things is available as a podcast. You can download episodes indivdually to listen to or subscribe to the podcast and have the audio automatically download to your computer (See Podcast directions for more details).  The Nature of Things Podcast is updated every Friday.

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About John Weeks

John Weeks was born on August 21, 1924 on a little farm in West Webster, NY. His father was a commercial artist, his mother a writer and reciter of dialect essays. His early interest in nature was fostered by his parents, his 5 siblings and his teachers. At Cornell he studied ornithology and wildlife management graduating in 1949 with a BS in Agriculture. Ten year later he obtained an MS from Syracuse University majoring in plant ecology. His career included: Conservartion Biologist for the NYS Conservation Department, Associate Professor of Biology at Oswego State, Founding Director of The Rogers Environmental Education Center at Sherburne, NY and Director of Onondaga Nature Centers/Centers for Nature Education orignally headquartered at Beaver Lake. During his years at Oswego he concentrated on the development of Rice Creek Field Station. While working for ONC/CNE he oversaw development of programming for Beaver Lake, Baltimore Woods and the Cayuga Nature Center. After retiring in 1982 he designed and developed environmental exhibits and consulted with various education groups in NY State on designing and programming Nature Centers. He also assisted Cayuga County and the local citizens in the development of the Sterling Nature Center. During that time he also wrote 1000 nature columns for CNY daily and weekly newspapers.  In 1982, with the assistance of the Rice Creek staff he initiated “The Nature of Things”  a weekly 5 minute radio spot produced and aired by WRVO. He and his wife Esther were married in June of 1946. They have five children and 4 grandchildren.

Nature's Quiet Conversation
John Week's published some of his essays from The Nature of Things in a book, Nature's Quiet Conversations. WRVO is out of the book as a thank you gift for a donation to the station. However, you may purchase the book from Amazon.com. A portion of your purchase will be donated to WRVO.

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