Writer-naturalist Mike Weilbacher is an environmental educator with 40 years of experience teaching through lectures, walks, newspaper essays, theatrical performances, and radio. 

His first book, Wild Philly, has just been released by Timber Press, and features 29 nature walks you and your family can take in the Philadelphia region, plus tons of additional information about nature and the environment.

Mike offers  lectures, walks, and other programs on nature and the environment, talking about natural topics like monarch butterflies and environmental concerns like climate change. His climate change lecture, “Hotter, Wetter, Weirder,” focuses on the future of Philadelphia’s climate, and is the first lecture to do so. He’s presented both virtually and in person at many community organizations including parks, nature centers, libraries, and schools, plus senior communities, churches, synagogues, and more. 

His website, www.mikeweilbacher.com, includes a full listing of his offerings, including lectures and walks.

A former nonprofit executive director, he’s also well-known to public radio listeners as “Mike the All-Natural Science Guy” on the award-winning live children’s radio show “Kid’s Corner” on WXPN, where he has been talking to children about nature and the environment for more than 35 years.  

Mike’s work has earned him the title of “Citizen Hero” from The Philadelphia Inquirer and Environmental Educator of the Year and Outstanding Conservation Educator from Pennsylvania environmental groups.