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NATURALIST IN A NUTSHELL

**ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR**

"Those wild grapes way up in the tree are probably sour anyway!"
1982–2008 Weekend public Wild Food and Ecology Tours throughout greater NY, the northeast, and other regions
First Public Tour! Central Park, April 24, 1982
1982–2008 Classroom visits, nature walks, and auditorium presentations—pre-K through college—in hundreds of public and private schools throughout tri-state area
Kids Studying the NJ Palisades and Hudson River on an After-school Tour
Birthday Party Tour of Central Park
2001-2008 QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART—Leading tours of Flushing Meadow-Corona Park 2003-2008 B LUE HILLS RESTAURANT, STONE BARNS CENTER FOR FOOD—Consultant leading tours for public and world-class chefs 2004-2005 IBM—Consultant leading tours and creating display for Earth Day celebration in corporate center in Ossining, NY 2002-2008 Many WESTCHESTER, NY TOWN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS—Consultant, leading public tours, after-school programs, indoor presentations, and day camp events 1994-2008 BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE UPWARD BOUND—Leading field walks for innercity teenagers 2007-2008 LONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM—In-house workshops 1998–2006 NY Hall of Science—In-house workshops, demonstrations, and tours 2005 Chicago Botanic Garden—Speaker at Organic Cooking Symnposium: Go Natural! 2005 PENNSLYVANIA GREENWAYS—Featured speaker at their annual meeting 1994–2006 QUEENS COLLEGE UPWARD BOUND—Leading field walks for innercity teenagers
Tour of Queens College with Students and Faculty
1999–2008 WEBMASTER—Developing this web site 2005-2006 STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN —leading tours 2006 Keynote Speaker, NATIONAL WILD FOODS ASSOCIATION Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend, Cairo, WV—Keynote naturalist 2002-2008 INSTITUTION FOR INTEGRATIVE NUTRTION leading —nutrition and wild food tours; instructor in remote speaker program 2000-2002 CULINARY ARTS AT THE NEW SCHOOL —leading culinary wild food tours 1999-2000 NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN—Power of Herbs Weekend, teaching classes and leading tours 1996–1999 HISTORIC WATERLOO, Stanhope, NJ —Leading field walks
Walk this way!
1996–1999 OUTWARD BOUND—Providing teachers training workshops 1995–1998 ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHWEST QUEENS —Leading tours for South Queens Boys and Girls Club 1998 FLAT ROCK BROOK NATURE CENTER, Englewood, NJ —Staff development workshop 1997–1998 INDIAN ROCK PRODUCE, Quakertown, PA, —Consultant, bringing neglected edible wild plants into commercial production for the first time 1992–1996 US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Brookhaven National Lab —Consultant for NE Energy Consortium science scholarship program for gifted inner-city teenagers 1995 United Federation of Teachers Science Committee at Bank Street—Staff Development Workshops 1992–1993 NYC BOARD OF EDUCATION Citywide Program: Consultant —Five environmental training classes for teachers and twenty sessions for multiply disabled children 1992 Grant Recipient: THE DOOR, in Manhattan—Innercity teenagers environmental program 1992 SCARSDALE TEACHER'S INSTITUTE: Environmental teacher's training course at the Audubon Society's Weinburg Nature Sanctuary 1992–1993 KAY-SWISS SHOES—National Spokesman and Promotional Consultant 1992 SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, Astoria, Queens—Consultant for combination children’s program of art instruction, science, and nature 1981–2008 OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EVENTS African Grey [Parrot] Society, Alley Pond Environmental Center, American Culinary Alliance, American Museum of Natural History, Americorps, Ansonia Nature Center, Audubon Societies, Bartlett Arboretum, Bergen County Parks Dept., boy scout and girl scout troops, Blue Hill Restaurant, boys and girls clubs, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Bush-Holley House, Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Central Park Conservancy, Chautauqua Institute, Children Museum of Manhattan, Clark Botanic Garden, Culinary Arts at the New School, Culinary Institute of America, Dreamtime, Earthplace, Earthsave, Flanders Nature Center, French Culinary Institute, Earthsave, Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, Friends of Prospect Park, garden clubs, Green Nations Gathering, Honey Locust Farm, Hudson River Museum, Indian Rock Produce, Liberty Science Center, Learning Alliance, Lenoir Nature Preserve, LI Botanical Society, LI Herb Society, Matterhorn Nursery, Mission to Lichtenstein, Long Island Children's Museum, Museum of LI Natural Sciences, NY Academy of Sciences, NYC Parks Council, NY Eco-Expo, NY Open Center, NY Wine and Cheese Club, Omega Institute, Organic Connection Fresh Food Market, Pacific Institute, Queens Botanical Gardens, Rainbeau Ridge, Riverkeeper, Roaring Brook Nature Center, Rye Historical Society, Ryder Farm, Rye Historical Society, Rye Nature Center, Sierra Clubs, Silo Cooking School, Silver Lake Nature Center, Stamford Museum, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Staten Island Botanical Garden, Stone Barns Center, Stony Kill Farm, Wave Hill, Well-Sweep Herb Farm, White Memorial Conservation Center, Whole Life/New Life Expos, Wild Women Unite, Winterthur Museum, Wetlands Cafe, many YMCAs, and others
NYC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, 1986-1990 Parks Commissioner Henry Stern Hires "Wildman" Watch the TV coverage by WABC Eyewitness News NATURALIST—Natural Resources Group, Henry J. Stern, Parks Commissioner ORIGINATOR-ADMINISTATOR—Innovative program of Wild Foods and Ecology Tours, Forager's Field Botany Course, school tours and classroom visits, educational art exhibits PUBLICIST, SPOKESPERSON—News releases, press conference and media appearances INSTRUCTOR—Training sessions for NYC Urban Park Rangers
AUTHOR Books 2002 Author-Artist: The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook—A Guide to Preparing Wild (and Not-So-Wild) Foods (Harvard Common Press) 1994 Author: Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild and Not-So-Wild Places (William Morrow Publishers) 1986 and 2008 Author-Artist-Publisher: Shoots and Greens of Early Spring in Northeastern North America (self-published) Magazine Articles Backpacker's Magazine, Today's Dietician, Vegetarian Journal, Early American Life, CommonGround, Fit, Veggie Life, Natural Health and Beauty, VegNews, Environmental News Network, Mushroom the Journal of Wild Mushrooming, Coltsfoot Magazine, Whole Life Times
MEDIA "Wildman" with David Letterman
1990—2006 Host-Producer 2004 Host "Foraging With the Wildman" video/DVD series 1990–1995 Radio Host-Producer: "Foraging With the Wildman" on WBAI Radio in NYC—conversations with naturalists, scientists, educators, and activists, celebrating the environment 1992 Radio Host: "The Nature Nuts" on WNYE, a children’s program 1992–2006 TV Host: Queens Public Access TV, "The Enquiring Naturalist" series
1982–2008 TV Appearances and Coverage Dozens of local, national, and international programs, including CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Sunday Morning, Channel 2 News, Channel 11 News' Weird NY and Pete's People, WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News, Channel 4 News, Today Show, Sunday Today Show, You Bet Your Life with Bill Cosby, PBS The ’90’s, Soul of NY, and Globe Trekker; Latenight with David Letterman, Joan Rivers Show, Live with Regis and Cathy Lee, 9 Broadcast Plaza, PM Magazine, CNBC’s Alive and Wellness (regular appearances), Sonya Live—CNN, CNN Headline News, CNN Morning News, CNN Earth Matters, CNN News, Hanging With MTV, NY-1, TV Food Network's Roker on the Road, In Food Today, Food and News Views, and other shows, The Joe Franklin Show (twice), The Comedy Network, The Travel Channel, The National Geographic Channel, The Souls of NY, National Geographic TV of India, Nippon TV, a 30-minute documentary Mainichi TV in Japan, and many other Japanese Programs; the basis for Seinfeld’s cousin Jerry, NYC Parks Dept. foraging teacher
1982–2008 Radio Appearances and Coverage All local NY stations, many national and international programs, including NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow, All Things Considered, Living on Earth, and Morning Edition; WOR's Food Talk with Arthur Schwartz (annual guest), and Good Food Show with Patricia McCann; WNYC's Senior Edition and NY & Company, AP Radio, Monitor Radio, Splendid Table, A Chef's Table, BBC World News, Voice of America, Bloomberg News Radio, WAMC's Environment Show, CBS Newsradio 88 (several times), WINS 1010 News Radio, WABC Radio, CKUA Alberta's Ecofile, WMCA's Ask the Doctor, WHYL's What's Kookin' with Baker, Amercan Express in Japan, and many more
1982–2008 Newspaper/Magazine Features/Reviews New York Times (many features), New York Times Magazine, Chelsea-Clinton News, Chicago Sun-Times (page 1), Chicago Tribune (page 2 and many articles), NY Daily News, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Audubon Magazine, Associated Press, UPI, Reuters, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Newsday (many features), Newsday Magazine (cover story), NY Post (many articles), NY Magazine, The Village Voice (twice), San Diego Tribune, Mushroom Magazine, Fairfield Weekly, Baltimore Sun, SoWhet, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer (three times), The Phoenix, Boston Globe, Queens Tribune, Brooklyn Skyline, Brooklyn Courier, Brooklyn Papers, India in NY, Mind Body Spirit, National Examiner, Weight Watchers, Self, Elle, Veggie News, Vegetarian Times, London and Manchester Daily Telegraph, London Globe & Mail, Japanese Field and Stream, Japanese Cosmopolitan, Copley News Service, American Survival Guide, Herb Companion, Wild Foods Forum, Yomiuri of Tokyo, and many more
1984-1992 ART EXHIBITS, BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, AND MODELS OF WILD MUSHROOMS Model of the Yellow Morel Mushroom NYC Parks Dept. Arsenal Gallery, Manhattan Botanical Garden, Bronx and Queens NY Public Library, Jefferson Market branch, Manhattan Donnell Library Center, Manhattan Brooklyn Public Library, Main Branch Kissena Park Nature Center, Queens Pelham Bay Park Nature Center, Bronx Mayfair Festival, Allentown, PA Northeast Mycological Foray, Paul Smith College, MA Long Island Museum of Natural Sciences, SUNY at Stonybrook
1967-2007 MUSIC Amateur virtuoso jazz Brillophone player, jazz history and musicology
1978-2007 NATURAL FOODS COOKING, CATERING, TEACHING Dandelion Fried Rice 1978 Cofounder: Natural Gourmet Caterers (not connected to The Natural Gourmet Cookery School) 1979-1980 Yoga Plus Yoga Studio in Forest Hills, Queens, NY—Natural foods cooking teacher 1979 Awosting Hotel in New York State—Natural Foods Chef 2003 Natural Gourmet Cookery School—Developing and teaching class: "Beyond Soymilk—The Vegan Dairy"
1965-1978 CHESS PLAYER Over-the-Board US Chess Federation Tournament Chess Player: Class A–rated contestant Correspondent Chess League of America Postal Tournament Chess Player: Expert-rated contestant
1967-1971 EDUCATION BA in Psychology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
On This Page: Environmental Educator, NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Author, Media, Artist, Music, Natural Foods Cook, Chess Player, Education Home, Back to the Top

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR

"Those wild grapes way up in the tree
are probably sour anyway!"

1982–2008 Weekend public Wild Food and Ecology Tours throughout greater NY, the northeast, and other regions

First Public Tour!
Central Park, April 24, 1982

1982–2008 Classroom visits, nature walks, and auditorium presentations—pre-K through college—in hundreds of public and private schools throughout tri-state area

Kids Studying the NJ Palisades and Hudson River
on an After-school Tour

Birthday Party Tour of Central Park

2001-2008 QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART—Leading tours of Flushing Meadow-Corona Park
2003-2008 B LUE HILLS RESTAURANT, STONE BARNS CENTER FOR FOOD—Consultant leading tours for public and world-class chefs
2004-2005 IBM—Consultant leading tours and creating display for Earth Day celebration in corporate center in Ossining, NY
2002-2008 Many WESTCHESTER, NY TOWN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS—Consultant, leading public tours, after-school programs, indoor presentations, and day camp events
1994-2008 BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE UPWARD BOUND—Leading field walks for innercity teenagers
2007-2008 LONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM—In-house workshops
1998–2006 NY Hall of Science—In-house workshops, demonstrations, and tours
2005 Chicago Botanic Garden—Speaker at Organic Cooking Symnposium: Go Natural!
2005 PENNSLYVANIA GREENWAYS—Featured speaker at their annual meeting

1994–2006 QUEENS COLLEGE UPWARD BOUND—Leading field walks for innercity teenagers

"Wildman" with Queens College Personnel on Tour

Tour of Queens College
with Students and Faculty

1999–2008 WEBMASTER—Developing this web site
2005-2006 STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN
—leading tours
2006 Keynote Speaker, NATIONAL WILD FOODS ASSOCIATION Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend, Cairo, WV—Keynote naturalist
2002-2008 INSTITUTION FOR INTEGRATIVE NUTRTION leading —nutrition and wild food tours; instructor in remote speaker program
2000-2002 CULINARY ARTS AT THE NEW SCHOOL
—leading culinary wild food tours
1999-2000 NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN—Power of Herbs Weekend, teaching classes and leading tours
1996–1999 HISTORIC WATERLOO, Stanhope, NJ
—Leading field walks

Walk this way!

1996–1999 OUTWARD BOUND—Providing teachers training workshops
1995–1998 ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHWEST QUEENS
—Leading tours for South Queens Boys and Girls Club
1998 FLAT ROCK BROOK NATURE CENTER,
Englewood, NJ
—Staff development workshop
1997–1998 INDIAN ROCK PRODUCE, Quakertown, PA,
—Consultant, bringing neglected edible wild plants into commercial production for the first time
1992–1996 US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
Brookhaven National Lab
—Consultant for NE Energy Consortium science scholarship program for gifted inner-city teenagers
1995 United Federation of Teachers Science Committee at Bank Street—Staff Development Workshops
1992–1993 NYC BOARD OF EDUCATION Citywide Program: Consultant
—Five environmental training classes for teachers and twenty sessions for multiply disabled children
1992 Grant Recipient: THE DOOR, in Manhattan—Innercity teenagers environmental program
1992 SCARSDALE TEACHER'S INSTITUTE: Environmental teacher's training course at the Audubon Society's Weinburg Nature Sanctuary
1992–1993 KAY-SWISS SHOES—National Spokesman and Promotional Consultant
1992 SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, Astoria, Queens—Consultant for combination children’s program of art instruction, science, and nature

1981–2008 OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EVENTS

African Grey [Parrot] Society, Alley Pond Environmental Center, American Culinary Alliance, American Museum of Natural History, Americorps, Ansonia Nature Center, Audubon Societies, Bartlett Arboretum, Bergen County Parks Dept., boy scout and girl scout troops, Blue Hill Restaurant, boys and girls clubs, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Bush-Holley House, Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Central Park Conservancy, Chautauqua Institute, Children Museum of Manhattan, Clark Botanic Garden, Culinary Arts at the New School, Culinary Institute of America, Dreamtime, Earthplace, Earthsave, Flanders Nature Center, French Culinary Institute, Earthsave, Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, Friends of Prospect Park, garden clubs, Green Nations Gathering, Honey Locust Farm, Hudson River Museum, Indian Rock Produce, Liberty Science Center, Learning Alliance, Lenoir Nature Preserve, LI Botanical Society, LI Herb Society, Matterhorn Nursery, Mission to Lichtenstein, Long Island Children's Museum, Museum of LI Natural Sciences, NY Academy of Sciences, NYC Parks Council, NY Eco-Expo, NY Open Center, NY Wine and Cheese Club, Omega Institute, Organic Connection Fresh Food Market, Pacific Institute, Queens Botanical Gardens, Rainbeau Ridge, Riverkeeper, Roaring Brook Nature Center, Rye Historical Society, Ryder Farm, Rye Historical Society, Rye Nature Center, Sierra Clubs, Silo Cooking School, Silver Lake Nature Center, Stamford Museum, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Staten Island Botanical Garden, Stone Barns Center, Stony Kill Farm, Wave Hill, Well-Sweep Herb Farm, White Memorial Conservation Center, Whole Life/New Life Expos, Wild Women Unite, Winterthur Museum, Wetlands Cafe, many YMCAs, and others

NYC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, 1986-1990

Parks Commissioner Henry Stern Hires "Wildman"
Watch the TV coverage by WABC Eyewitness News

NATURALIST—Natural Resources Group, Henry J. Stern,
Parks Commissioner

ORIGINATOR-ADMINISTATOR—Innovative program of Wild Foods and Ecology Tours, Forager's Field Botany Course, school tours and classroom visits, educational art exhibits

PUBLICIST, SPOKESPERSON—News releases, press conference and media appearances

INSTRUCTOR—Training sessions for NYC Urban Park Rangers

AUTHOR

Books

2002 Author-Artist: The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook—A Guide to Preparing Wild (and Not-So-Wild) Foods (Harvard Common Press)
1994 Author: Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild and Not-So-Wild Places (William Morrow Publishers)
1986 and 2008 Author-Artist-Publisher: Shoots and Greens of Early Spring in Northeastern North America (self-published)

Magazine Articles

Backpacker's Magazine, Today's Dietician, Vegetarian Journal, Early American Life, CommonGround, Fit, Veggie Life, Natural Health and Beauty, VegNews, Environmental News Network, Mushroom the Journal of Wild Mushrooming, Coltsfoot Magazine, Whole Life Times

MEDIA

"Wildman" with David Letterman

1990—2006 Host-Producer

2004 Host "Foraging With the Wildman" video/DVD series
1990–1995 Radio Host-Producer: "Foraging With the Wildman"
on WBAI Radio in NYC—conversations with naturalists, scientists, educators, and activists, celebrating the environment
1992 Radio Host: "The Nature Nuts" on WNYE, a children’s program
1992–2006 TV Host: Queens Public Access TV, "The Enquiring Naturalist" series

1982–2008 TV Appearances and Coverage

Dozens of local, national, and international programs, including CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Sunday Morning, Channel 2 News, Channel 11 News' Weird NY and Pete's People, WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News, Channel 4 News, Today Show, Sunday Today Show, You Bet Your Life with Bill Cosby, PBS The ’90’s, Soul of NY, and Globe Trekker; Latenight with David Letterman, Joan Rivers Show, Live with Regis and Cathy Lee, 9 Broadcast Plaza, PM Magazine, CNBC’s Alive and Wellness (regular appearances), Sonya Live—CNN, CNN Headline News, CNN Morning News, CNN Earth Matters, CNN News, Hanging With MTV, NY-1, TV Food Network's Roker on the Road, In Food Today, Food and News Views, and other shows, The Joe Franklin Show (twice), The Comedy Network, The Travel Channel, The National Geographic Channel, The Souls of NY, National Geographic TV of India, Nippon TV, a 30-minute documentary Mainichi TV in Japan, and many other Japanese Programs; the basis for Seinfeld’s cousin Jerry, NYC Parks Dept. foraging teacher

1982–2008 Radio Appearances and Coverage

All local NY stations, many national and international programs, including NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow, All Things Considered, Living on Earth, and Morning Edition; WOR's Food Talk with Arthur Schwartz (annual guest), and Good Food Show with Patricia McCann; WNYC's Senior Edition and NY & Company, AP Radio, Monitor Radio, Splendid Table, A Chef's Table, BBC World News, Voice of America, Bloomberg News Radio, WAMC's Environment Show, CBS Newsradio 88 (several times), WINS 1010 News Radio, WABC Radio, CKUA Alberta's Ecofile, WMCA's Ask the Doctor, WHYL's What's Kookin' with Baker, Amercan Express in Japan, and many more

1982–2008 Newspaper/Magazine Features/Reviews

New York Times (many features), New York Times Magazine, Chelsea-Clinton News, Chicago Sun-Times (page 1), Chicago Tribune (page 2 and many articles), NY Daily News, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Audubon Magazine, Associated Press, UPI, Reuters, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Newsday (many features), Newsday Magazine (cover story), NY Post (many articles), NY Magazine, The Village Voice (twice), San Diego Tribune, Mushroom Magazine, Fairfield Weekly, Baltimore Sun, SoWhet, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer (three times), The Phoenix, Boston Globe, Queens Tribune, Brooklyn Skyline, Brooklyn Courier, Brooklyn Papers, India in NY, Mind Body Spirit, National Examiner, Weight Watchers, Self, Elle, Veggie News, Vegetarian Times, London and Manchester Daily Telegraph, London Globe & Mail, Japanese Field and Stream, Japanese Cosmopolitan, Copley News Service, American Survival Guide, Herb Companion, Wild Foods Forum, Yomiuri of Tokyo, and many more

1984-1992 ART EXHIBITS, BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, AND MODELS OF WILD MUSHROOMS

Model of the Yellow Morel Mushroom

NYC Parks Dept. Arsenal Gallery, Manhattan

Botanical Garden, Bronx and Queens

NY Public Library, Jefferson Market branch, Manhattan

Donnell Library Center, Manhattan

Brooklyn Public Library, Main Branch

Kissena Park Nature Center, Queens

Pelham Bay Park Nature Center, Bronx

Mayfair Festival, Allentown, PA

Northeast Mycological Foray, Paul Smith College, MA

Long Island Museum of Natural Sciences, SUNY at Stonybrook

1967-2007 MUSIC

Amateur virtuoso jazz Brillophone player, jazz history and musicology

1978-2007 NATURAL FOODS COOKING, CATERING, TEACHING

Dandelion Fried Rice

1978 Cofounder: Natural Gourmet Caterers (not connected to The Natural Gourmet Cookery School)

1979-1980 Yoga Plus Yoga Studio in Forest Hills, Queens, NY—Natural foods cooking teacher

1979 Awosting Hotel in New York State—Natural Foods Chef

2003 Natural Gourmet Cookery School—Developing and teaching class: "Beyond Soymilk—The Vegan Dairy"

1965-1978 CHESS PLAYER

Over-the-Board US Chess Federation Tournament Chess Player:
Class A–rated contestant

Correspondent Chess League of America Postal Tournament Chess Player: Expert-rated contestant

1967-1971 EDUCATION

BA in Psychology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

On This Page: Environmental Educator, NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Author, Media, Artist, Music, Natural Foods Cook, Chess Player, Education
Home, Back to the Top