Season 6 · Episode 80 · 30 Jan 2026
80 - Andrew Howley
With Andrew Howley
“Asknature.org is the website that collects all we know about the way that the natural world works and puts it in a language that's easy for everyone to understand whether you have any biology training or not.”
Reflections
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
Grand Canyon
Q2: Life
Give us a glimpse into your life story so far with an emphasis on what you are doing currently?
Grew up in Long Island, New York. Outside all the time, but never really in the outdoors. Studied anthropology and archaeology in college, worked for America Online in the early days of the internet, and then worked at National Geographic for over a decade. Those kinds of experiences and interests are what led to a role at the Biomimicry Institute where he is now the Chief Editor of AskNature, a website that collects all we know about the way that the natural world works and puts it in a language that's easy for everyone to understand whether you have any biology training or not?
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
Just about anywhere if running
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
The natural growth of nature itself
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
The slow ways project in the UK who are encouraging people to use existing paths that criss cross the landscape and move at the speed of natural human movement.
Q6: Insight
Location
Flyover
Grand Canyon
Guest
🇨🇳 Williamsburg in Virginia