His videos may be popular with kids who are budding botanists. In other words, as the ecosystems around us erode under humanity's touch, understanding the ways they fit together is more crucial than ever. There's something to be said for keeping something like this around, you know, it's, it's a part of this, this interwoven fabric that supports it, supports the life that's been here for millions of years and is part of the bigger picture. Take it easy, buddy. Warning: The video above contains graphic language. Joey Santore | major gifts fundraising at charity: water Hi there. Every time it feels like an apocalyptic story with this plant. You know, maybe not being seen for, for God knows how long. By Saturday morning, the clip more than 6 million views and hundreds of thousands retweets and likes. Paintings. Trees are a side pursuit. Total Photos Contributed: 339 [View all photos] or [See a list of all photos] or [View most recent photos] Collection: Private First he delved into various sciences and then focused, increasingly, on botany. Joey was born in Chicago and yet --. Joey: You know, and I kind of like seeing trees. Specifically, trees. And in particular, that pup being in thinner body condition and being possibly hungry, that wouldnt be unexpected to see it at different times of day or night, she explains. Joey Santore's path to becoming an unlikely YouTube star really is one of the most winding journeys you could imagine. Looking for Tony Santoro online? Larsen: He was kicked out of military school and got into graffiti and the punk scene. but I think there's other things happening there it's like in this time that we're in, which is like pretty, anti-science he's getting across these scientific ideas by not sounding like he's shouting at you from the ivory tower, right? S1E10 - Doing What You Love Without Making It Your Job, with Joey Santore The Joy of Challenge 374 subscribers Subscribe 1.6K Share 31K views 1 year ago Joey Santore, from "Crime Pays but. His life as a guerrilla forester began when he noticed some of the public spaces the city was ignoring. It was crossing a road on like a 90-degree day at 2 p.m, he says. And so I realized that might happen, but it didnt really mess with me until the day after, he says. As a fellow phyto-obsessive personality, Joey is dedicating most of his spare time to not only understanding plant diversity but also sharing his passion for botany with the world. Theyre very unpredictableThis gentleman couldve easily been bit or scratched., She went on to say that he brought up some legitimate concerns in the video. It makes sense. Larsen: Asclepias prostrata is just one species, native to one relatively small ecosystem. I just been planting trees, sometimes with permission, mostly without, uh, because the city I live in kind of dropped the ball so hard on their, uh, uh, public beautification efforts. From Outside magazine, this is the Outside podcast. Everything I know (about nature and botany) I basically learned myself, he said. You know, and I just dont want to get bitten. But regrettably, it had a very sad epilogue. Uh, he has one that says plant milkweed or get fucked. You'll see guys posting photos of dead coyotes they shot over the weekend. What did you think when you saw that video went viral? Every time it feels like an apocalyptic story with this plant. And then, uh, of course these are a couple of mine as well. Larsen: I first learned about Joey a few years ago, in a video titled "Guide to Illegal Tree Planting," which was sent my way by a friend familiar with my affinity for both botany and what's known as "guerilla gardening." Larsen: Joey took matters into his own hands and began slowly replacing the non-native, water-sucking ornamentals the city installed with an assortment of plants he grew himself from seed. I mean, she almost certainly would have died she was underweight and she had mucus in her nose and eyes but maybe she would have been food for something else. Maren Larsen (host): From Outside magazine, this is the Outside podcast. Will: Every academic botanist that I talked to was super stoked on his work. Larsen: Using a stick that does not seem nearly long enough to me, Joey herds the snake out of harm's way as it flicks its tongue ominously, seeming to tolerate -- just barely -- this loud, swearing man trying to save it. So he decided that he'd see the U.S. by hopping freight trains. But as he told Jesse Will while they traveled around South Texas, once he hit his teen years he tended to get into trouble. And especially where we are now as a species with our understanding of science and the world and all this technology that we have. I would just be going [to school] to learn this stuff rather than get that piece of paper and thats kind of the whole idea behind the Crime Pays But Botany Doesnt thing. Cmere, hey, youre OK, shhh, a mans voice can be heard as he runs after a small, skittish coyote through the tall grass. and see what grows around you and then just start learning plants by family and genus, which is how they're all grouped together. another adaptation to that, uh, aridity that, that dry climate. Guy with thick chicago accent helps coyote pup pic.twitter.com/RJB9sqkrxl. World United States United Kingdom Canada Australia South Africa Israel India France Belgium Switzerland. I realize maybe I shouldnt have done that because it probably stressed it out, but again this thing was covered in parasites, he says. When I was a kid, a lot of my friends had dads like that. You gotta, you gotta peyote, a peyote, a lophophora, whole shit tons of peyotes. All right. Joey Bosa was responsible for one of the more costly moments of the Los Angeles Chargers' collapse Saturday, taking a crucial 15-yard penalty after losing his temper on the sideline. She was really sick, I could tell. Come on, hey. I went to college and studied sociology and communication but dropped out to travel. My work has appeared in newsprint, magazines, websites, and the missed connections section of Craigslist, where I write personalized notes to drivers who cut me off in traffic. Join Outside+ to get Outside magazine, access to exclusive content, 1,000s of training plans, and more. This is journalist Jesse Will, who profiled Joey for Outside Online. Joey was interested in science and growing things from an early age: he recalls trips to the Field Museum and propagating elm trees in his backyard. But if [the video] gets people to smile a little bit, that's cool. Hard to mistake the voice-overs blue-collar, lunch-bucket bawl for Sir David Attenborough when the speaker declares that planting treesgivers of oxygen, creators of atmospheremakes the turd of lifeeasier to swallow.. Then there are people who got sucked in because of one of those viral videos. While some scientists bristle at Joey's swearing or his abrasive politics, most professional plant lovers recognize that his approach is having an important impact. Special interests: Conifers of California, Conifers of Cupressaceae, California Native Cypresses, Arctostaphylos. Santore: And then I realized, I didn't know anything about the country I lived in and it was a big ass country, so why not travel? He now works as a freight train driver in Oakland, where he frequently makes trips into the wilderness in search of native plants. The soil type is different there, it's all really sandy. Santore works a day job driving diesel locomotives. Which is to say: sometimes what it takes to get us to give a shit about the natural world is a foul-mouthed amateur scientist. Gypsum-endemic plants of Southern Utah quell the pain of life in this culturally bleak wasteland., Instead of this myopia, where we view everything through the lens of our own life, botany lets you zoom out and see how the world works and observe these relationships that different organisms have with each other. Joey had always liked railroads. That's one of mine. You can plant this thing that would outlive you and maybe destroy the sidewalk," says Oakland resident Joey Santore, whose viral video " Tony Santoro's Guide to Illegal Tree-Planting " playfully documents his subversive efforts to reforest his neighborhood. We launched in March2016with our first series, Science of Survival, which was developed in partnership with PRX, distributors of the idolized This American Life and The Moth Radio Hour, among others. Joey Santore @JoeySantore Recently finished filming our 1st piece for a show encouraging people to kill their lawns & replace with low-maintenance native - or at least non-invasive - gardens. You knows what Im gonna do, Im gonna take you to a nice rehab facility. What he's talking about, if he's speaking directly to you. Larsen: This blend of well-informed science, minor lawbreaking, and humorous rants about the ills of society is what draws people to Joey's YouTube channel, as well as his Instagram account, and his podcast. He's shooting the shit. Amidst mild profanity and general irreverence, we examine plant life (the base of Earth's food chain) and the nature of the rocks and soil they grow on, as well as the evolutionary adaptations that enable . I've had everyone from teenagers to suburban dads tell me, Hey, I saw your page. Per the sponsoring organization, a rendering of the Swedish teen as big as Washingtons face on Mount Rushmore is an effective way to honor and amplify a message of environmental stewardship for a warming planet. But he did link to Crime Pays But Botany Doesnt, the YouTube channel where the clip originated, among a collection of nature videos about plants narrated in that same recognizable Chicago accent. But then the next day, it kind of messed me up a little bit more. But then Monday when I woke up and was about to head back down south and take her to the wildlife rehab, she had already passed that night., Santore says that although the coyotes death wasnt entirely unexpected, it still hit him hard. You get, for instance, a cactus that's native to the Chicago area. Meanwhile, across the bay, Tony Santoros Guide to Illegal Tree-Planting debuted. Santore: I thought you was a gopher snake at first. This blend of well-informed science, minor lawbreaking, and humorous rants about the ills of society is what draws people to Joey's YouTube channel, as well as his Instagram account, and his podcast. I think the video obviously it got a lot of hits I think it touched people in different ways. Santore: It's, it's like this, recently born into consciousness, species of primate is now able to figure out the world, dissect the world around it and figure out how it fits in. Joey made "Guide to Illegal Tree Planting" when he was living in Oakland, California, where a project to enhance the extra-wide median of parkway left him a bit uninspired. Riding the rails, he got an up-close tour of the geologic time scale exposed by railroad cuts: layers of rock dating back millennia. A halfway decent knock-knock joke? A good read? Not long after posting the video, the UK-based Caters News Agency contacted him about monetizing the video and he signed a licensing agreement, though said he hasnt been paid any money as of yet. and he says that accent as a joke, like it just makes him laugh. But the truth is that Joey has this sense of raw and unbridled enthusiasm thats elusive to a lot of professionals, says Michael Eason, who runs the Rare Plant Conservation Department at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Joseph Anthony Bosa ( / bos /; born July 11, 1995) is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). Over the course of 13 years with Union Pacific, he worked his way up to an engineer, reading about the latest updates in the field of botany whenever he could. Luckily, it seems like most of the comments have been from these middle-aged women in the middle of the country who just love seeing this cute pupgetting a bath. Santore: The biggest population of it keeps repeatedly getting cleared by a well-intended, albeit somewhat oblivious, road grader. Thats not true. So maybe it'll be okay. So he decided that he'd see the U.S. by hopping freight trains. Guerrilla gardener Joey Santore has planted more than 300 trees, encouraging a new appreciation of our habitatand one another. The 23-minute videoreleased the week before the murals revealis the work of a tattooed, foulmouthed Chicago transplant who for the past few years has been quietly greening up Oakland. All right. It was funny, going out to California when I moved out there. I believe you; I believe youre so tough., Guy with thick chicago accent helps coyote pup pic.twitter.com/RJB9sqkrxl. content language. I obviously don't talk like that in real life I got an accent, but I don't talk like that. Last fall, two very different approaches to addressing climate change unfolded in the Bay Area. Joey Santore, 36, never expected to get famous for posting videos about nature. So I did that and I got her to eat a little bit, he says. He's squatting in carpenter jeans and dusty black oxfords, scanning each. Joey's video from South Texas has some 50,000 views and counting. Being, uh, important members of the natural ecosystem, you know, you don't want to see them, uh, get, get smacked. Okay. You see it get wiped out, you know, but then of course, you know, they're just hiding. I would rather hear science communication spoken to me from someone like that, than from the super-vanilla, watered down NPR voice that you normally hear.. We have constructed attractive Patreon tiers that allow you to be fully recognized for your regular contribution. Theres so many different wildlife disease concerns that have significant overlap with human health impact.. May 26, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. The Tribune did confirm his identity in a public records search but agreed not to reveal it. In real life, his lilt isnt nearly so exaggerated. For his part, Santore says that while he understands why the Department of Fish and Wildlife recommends avoiding direct contact with wild animals, he feels there can be extenuating circumstances. He's gonna, I'm sure he'll return it once he's done. I want to share themand [talk about] what a tragedy it is that people don't know this stuff is here. One is that, at the department, we never recommend chasing or cornering or forcibly handling wildlife. Despite Santores good intentions, its never a good idea for humans to interact with a wild animal in this way regardless of the situation, Victoria Monroe, the California Department of Fish and Wildlifes Conflict Programs Coordinator says. That's a Crotalus Organus NorPac. The self-taught botanist sounds off on going viral, preserving the natural world, and the story behind that accent. And, and when I talked to him on the phone, he's he's like, yeah, I know where some populations of that are, you know, I'm going to go look for some new ones. I got like 120 Facebook friend requests from middle-aged white ladies in Iowa. Aside from the hits, Santores long-form videos offer a panoramic botanical and geological breakdown of a location, explaining current topics like plant speciation and biogeography, alongside profane rants about climate change and the state of things in general. Were gonna need this kind of awareness of ourselves in the world to be able to deal with it., Video 1: Santoree Youtube ChannelVideo 2: Interview. His priority is making habitats, not only leaves and pretty flowers. The video captivated peoples hearts and went massively viral, with people applauding Santore for his commitment to trying to help the coyote and loving the thicker than normal Chicago accent that he puts on for his videos. To find enough real estate to survive, these prostrata often end up finding their home in the middle of the road. Maybe I should have just left her alone. Larsen: Riding the rails, he got an up-close tour of the geologic time scale exposed by railroad cuts: layers of rock dating back millennia. Larsen: Jesse's assignment was to cover Joey's search for a local plant called lophophora williamsii: otherwise known as peyote. Even if it gets really ugly, it's still gonna be okay. Asclepias prostrata is just one species, native to one relatively small ecosystem. Released on 03/11/2022. Volo Bog near Crystal Lake is another great resource. I think it's kind of risky. 3 min read. Today I'm here to answer your plant questions via Twitter. These are animals that dont let you get close to them, but it was so sick I was able to get up close to it and I could see it was kind of scraggly and it was totally malnourished and underweight., After realizing that the coyote was covered in parasites, including ticks and fleas, Santore says that he decided to give it a bath. But is now just kind of leftover. And then, uh, of course these are a couple of mine as well. I'm getting welcome to Mexico texts, were so close to the border. I don't know why you're taking that kind of stance with me. Theyre normally crepuscular or theyre out at night." It starts with Joey on a rideshare e-scooter that a friend of his had hacked using some kind of computer chip he bought online. Larsen: But you also get the feeling that botany gave him a way to make sense of the world, and of humans' place within it. 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