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. another adaptation to that, uh, aridity that, that dry climate. It plays into some of the more gross elements of human nature. He has rather unexpectedly earned a bit of internet fame due to his passion for a far less adrenaline-inducing subject: plants. I mix tragedy with comedy to make it more digestible and less futile-seeming. Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered. [laughs] And I had a pang of regret. You knows what Im gonna do, Im gonna take you to a nice rehab facility. Specifically, trees. And then theyll release you back to the wild and you can go eat some feral cats and squirrels and stuff like that, ya know?. Most of the prairies have been destroyed, but there's still these little islands left that people can go check out. Joey Santore, amateur botanist "Crime pays but Botany Doesn't" Podcast "It's all gonna be okay. All right. I've had everyone from teenagers to suburban dads tell me, Hey, I saw your page. This episode was brought to you by Mississippi, a wonderland for outdoor adventurers. An ex-punk and former train engineer who is self-taught in the sciences, Joey Santore does not fit the mold of the stereotypical botanist. All right. But you also get the feeling that botany gave him a way to make sense of the world, and of humans' place within it. That was just the revelation then that God, I don't know shit. If you like what we do here, please support our work on an ongoing basis. I was out in the country and the nearest rehab center was, like, two hours away, and they weren't open the day I got it. Warning: The video above contains graphic language. Possibilities opened up. Listen to me. So maybe it'll be okay. I'm Joey Santore: a Connecticut-born, Brooklyn-living, nonprofit-working, cooking-loving, playlist-making, lucid-dreaming, karate-coaching, twenty-something. It's just the way it is. Santore: The way my mind works, I just obsessed on fix that on something I probably got fucking add or some sort of neurological disorder, you know, that at one point served our species of evolutionary benefit. Nothing major, but a shovel takes two arms. It's this squat plant. Behind the camera, the 39-year-old doesn't dress the part of your typical field scientist, instead opting for Oxfords, carpenter jeans, and a baseball cap. Okay. You can read Jesse's story on Outside Online. Santore: I thought you was a gopher snake at first. Subscribe for free today! The main plus-side to any of this viral stuff is that maybe it'll encourage more people to look at the world like that. The first steps to learning more is realizing your own ignorance, and then being willing to work beyond that. Find out where to go, what to eat, where to live, and more. Larsen: As it happens, the particular species of milkweed that Joey wants to find here in South Texas is especially rare. Who discovered botany? It starts in Chicago, where he was raised by a single mother who was an elementary school teacher. According to Jesse Will, Joey's subscribers don't fit any kind of mold. interface language. He undoubtedly spurred people who'd never heard about milkweed to give a damn about the plant. Nother payote right there, doing that thing they do, just blendin' in with the gravels that have been deposited over the last, I don't know, 300,000 years by the, uh, meandering channel of the Rio Grand-ee. It's doing pretty good. I just don't think what you're doing is safe behavior. 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? Santore: 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. He went on to say that his friend who works at a wildlife rehab facility told him to keep the coyote in a cool, dark and quiet place and try to give it some food and water. But Joey's influence goes beyond just getting laypeople to care about the things growing in their neighborhoods. The next day I called around and the nearest wildlife rehab was like 2 hours away down south. Thats not true. Will: Well, hopefully people will hear this and, you know, chase down this stuff. I've been breaking relatively unimpactful laws my whole life. And I, my friend's pilfered scooter. I guess why I talk like that is, one, I want to make the science communication more funny. Join Outside+ to get Outside magazine, access to exclusive content, 1,000s of training plans, and more. He adds that if he had known how sick the coyote was, he wouldve tried to get it to a wildlife rehabilitation center sooner. We dont value anything geologically or botanically unless it has a direct benefit for us., A Life Cleanse in the Waters of Desert Hot Springs. Although he doesnt have a degree in botany, Santore tells TIME that nature is his true passion. Just imagining the possibilities of like planting something that would get bigger or, you know, dwarf your lifetime and your physical size. Many of those unauthorized trees now are more than 30 feet tall. Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie is another excellent one, down by Joliet. Santore: They planted a lot of these roses, which are dying and they planted a bunch of trees that are native to the Eastern U.S. Maren Larsen (host): From Outside magazine, this is the Outside podcast. I did a couple videos where I talked in my normal voice, but it just didnt feel right, says Santore. I, of course, would let my common sense and care for an animal in need override their recommendation if it happened again, but I understand why they have to say that.. Phone service was spotty so he sent a voice memo back "This is going to be a lot easier than typing with my thumbs on a smartphone, which is really a seventh layer of hell for me (we later connected by phone) answering my questions about the video and the fate of the coyote. FILE - Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Joey Bosa (97) looks on before an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 25, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. Bosa took part in 15 snaps . Santore, who hails from West Oakland, is YouTube's botany- and profanity-loving phenom by Robert Langellier July 11, 2022 Share This: Botanist Joey Santore. And, uh, Joey Sentore is like mentioned, you know, in terms of this plant. This modern Johnny Appleseed would have preferred to have been out planting when we met, but some corrective shoulder surgery has him temporarily sidelined. Joey Santore is a photographer, presenter, botanist, known for Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't (2019). This shits connected., Theres a parallel between Santores efforts and the present plight of his city. In the coyote video, which he said was taken in Siskiyou County, Calif., Santore can be seen following a pup that appears to be in poor condition through a field until it finally lies down and lets him pet and pick it up. He's going to take that opportunity to, uh, go drive the vroom vroom around and what the shit, you know, let's keep going. That's just the funny accent. You have reached your limit of 4 free articles. I called them and they said they could take her and everything, but she had already passed away in the night. They tried to turn it into a golf course in the 1960s; luckily, that plan failed. Trees are a side pursuit. 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. Let's see. Add to that the threat of invasive buffelgrass, which is fast outcompeting this important little weed. A knowledge of the relationships between living things and how we have all evolved to survive over time is a coping mechanism and a glimmer of hope in the age of increasingly dire predictions about the progress and effects of climate change. I grew up hearin people talk like dat. About that Chicago accent: He lays it on thick for the camera. But is now just kind of leftover. He started growing rare conifers from seed. Joey Santore Oakland, California Favorite Activities Pinterest. Theres unfortunately a sad ending to the story of a guy with a thick Chicago accent trying to rescue a struggling coyote pup. Riding the rails, he got an up-close tour of the geologic time scale exposed by railroad cuts: layers of rock dating back millennia. By Cirrus Wood Apr 27, 2020 West Oakland resident Joey Santore is often on the lookout for neglected medians or public spaces where he might secretly plant a tree. But, about that voice. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. It was recently proposed for the Endangered Species list, and is only observed a few dozen times a year in a handful of locations near the Rio Grande. Larsen: Off the clock, Joey began growing rare conifers from seed. I guess it's for the better. If you want to take a look at what I've been up to more seriously, check out my resume. The One Subscription to Fuel All Your Adventures. If it gets people to hate coyotes a little less and not demonize them, I'm down with it. You got the damn opposite leaves looking at it. Today. Hes not afraid to mix the sacred, mundane, and lewd. A good read? Cirrus Wood is a writer and photographer living in downtown Berkeley. But also, I grew up knowing guys like that, you know? And I have no context for anything outside of it. Last fall, two very different approaches to addressing climate change unfolded in the Bay Area. Allow me to introduce you to Joey Santore. He hasn't looked back ever since. I think the video obviously it got a lot of hits I think it touched people in different ways. Behind the camera, the 39-year-old doesn't dress the part of your typical field scientist, instead opting for Oxfords, carpenter jeans, and a baseball cap. And conditions are tough here, and getting tougher: high heat, poor soil, little rain. And so, an ex-punk, former-train-hopper-turned-engineer who doesn't have a college degree is getting hundreds of thousands of people excited about botany using just a camera and his voice. Personal Quotes (3) I just want people to take a closer look at the nonhuman world and ask more questions. Santore: So I found this astronomy textbook and then was reading it on a train once. Kind of a bummer! Special interests: Conifers of California, Conifers of Cupressaceae, California Native Cypresses, Arctostaphylos. and the majority of the day, we're looking for this rare milkweed Asclepias prostrata. with a website! Makes the turd of, uh, uh, life in modern society easier through a swallow, helps it go down easier. 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." Can anyone help? Its a way for me to throw a couple jabs at the elements of society that kind of irk me.. It's totally fascinating stuff, man. It makes life a lot more interesting. And then the YouTube account blew up, which is cool. Releasing a coyote pup or a juvenile coyote after rehab as a single animal is not going to achieve a successful outcome.. 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. But it ends up just being a very minor part of the day, hunting down this peyote. You know, and I just dont want to get bitten. I am trying to find this guy to invite him to Santa Barbara. Many of those unauthorized trees now are more than 30 feet tall. Will: Well, hopefully people will hear this and, uh, began. 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