Join author, naturalist, USA Boxing Gold-certified coach, and Project Coyote Artist for Wild Nature Program Ambassador Vanessa Chakour for the last Wild Voices conversation of 2026. This webinar will be an inspiring conversation hosted and interviewed by Sarah Killingsworth, wildlife conservation photographer, writer, naturalist, and Project Coyote Advisory Board & Keeping It Wild Youth Education & Outreach Program Coordinator. Vanessa’s life work is dedicated to facilitating deep, direct relationships with nature, starting with our earthly bodies and local ecosystems.
In this webinar, Sarah will interview Vanessa about how competitive boxing, regional herbalism, and writing serve as foundational practices for healing, resilience, eco-activism, and reclaiming our animal nature. In an era of unrelenting ecological crisis, how do we sustain ourselves in the fight to protect the living world? How does something that gives us strength individually also provide a metaphor for the challenges in eco-activism? Looking at boxing as a holistic martial art alongside the grounding practices of herbalism, wildcrafting, and nature writing, Vanessa shares how deepening our intimacy with the wild inside and out becomes an act of daily resistance and restoration. Expect an inspiring, action-oriented dialogue that offers practices to nourish and strengthen inner and outer wilds.
When: Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 3PM ET – 12PM PT
REGISTER (*Registrants will receive a recording after the live webinar.)
