Happy Holidays, Nature Nerds! As a little gift to you, we’re releasing a Bonus Patreon Episode from earlier this year! Enjoy and new episodes will coming your way in 2024!

A big thanks to Patron Annette for this suggestion! In this month's bonus episode, Jen talks about Lapland and the amazing story of Aimo Koivunen and the down side of mittens! Enjoy!

Organization to Support: Snowchange Cooperative

Snowchange.org

Snowchange was started in late 2000 to document climate and environmental change in the North and work with local and Indigenous communities of the Northern regions.

Re-wilding Finland™ is a trademark owned by Snowchange with the purposes of advancing community-based and -controlled national efforts to fight impacts of climate change, enhance biodiversity and protect waterways.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Koivunen

https://allthatsinteresting.com/aimo-koivunen

https://medium.com/exploring-history/the-crazy-crystal-meth-adventure-of-a-finnish-soldier-1cae54a1238f

https://www.tourstolapland.com/travel-guide/10-interesting-facts-finnish-lapland

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/where-santa-claus-live-hometown-north-pole-180953723/#:~:text=Lapland%20had%20served%20as%20a,the%20ears%20of%20a%20rabbit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/climate-change-reindeer-habitats-deforestation/