Postcrossing: Your Mailbox Can Be a Window to the World – (forthcoming)

The Synergy between  Star Trek and  Real-world Space Exploration, Presentation to Sun City Oro Valley Astronomy Club, September 17, 2026.

The Life, Legacy and Cancellation of John Muir, with Harold Wood, #71 of Our Public Lands Podcast.  (April 9, 2026)
John Muir has been targeted by critics over his supposed views on Native Americans. Are these claims historically grounded and do they hold water?

The Limeliters: Folk Pioneers Still Performing – Two-session class presented to the Sun City Oro Valley Institute for Learning for Retirement,  December 2 & 19, 2025.

The First Earth Day –  1/2 hour YouTube video interview of Harold Wood celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, telling stories of the first Earth Day and how far the movement has progressed. (2020)

Alan Watts  – A Pantheist Unitarian Universalist Mystic Social Critic and Spiritual Entertainer –  (PDF) – Excerpted in Pantheist Vision Vol., 38, No. 4, Winter 2021-2022.

Celebrating 50 Years of the Wilderness Act: A Personal Narrative – presented at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Visalia, November 29, 2014.

The Legacy of John Muir, presented at  the California Historical Society on November 13, 2014.  Recorded by C-Span: view it online on the C-Span American History TV website: Conservationist John Muir presented by Harold Wood, introduced by Doug McConnell. A brief excerpt is included on a Facebook video of John Muir as the Father of Modern Ecology published by “Brut Nature.”

The Continuing Inspiration of John Muir – Power Point Presentation (First presented at Sequoia Natural History Association seminar on John Muir, October, 2004, and frequently at  Yosemite Conservation Center thereafter, and at the National Wilderness Conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act (Albuquerque, NM), October 17, 2014).

Keeping John Muir Relevant Through the World Wide Web – Presentation at  John Muir: Naturalist and Scientist Symposium,  University of the Pacific, April 21 – 24, 2010. 

John Muir and the Animal Kingdom – Power Point presentation (First presented at LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite, in 2008, and subsequently updated for Tulare County Audubon Society and other venues).

Introduction to Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Garrett Burke, speaking on Inspiring Change: Half a Billion California State Quarters Later, at John Muir in Global Perspective Conference, University of the Pacific, March 31 – April 1, 2006.

John Muir in India – Submitted Paper and Presentation at John Muir in Global Perspective Conference, University of the Pacific, March 31 – April 1, 2006.

John Muir Around the World – Power Point Presentation (Presented at Yosemite Conservation Center, frequently since 2003).

John Muir on the Internet – Presentation at 2001 California History Institute John Muir: Family and Friends Conference, University of the Pacific, May 4-6, 2001.

Teaching Muir and the Environment in Public Schools – Moderator for panel featuring Robert Engberg, Betsy Keithcart, and Nichols Polos; John Muir and the World Wide Web, demonstation of website with Harvey Chinn; and providing a Display on exhibit for the John Muir Day Study Guide,  at “John Muir in Historical Perspective” Conference, University of the Pacific, April 19-20, 1996.

Conservation Retrospective – Moderator for panel featuring Bruce A. Richardson and Rick R. Brynildson, at John Muir Conference, University of the Pacific, April 19-22, 1990.