Lively and inspiring conversations with creative innovators in conservation. Host Sean Gerrity interviews entrepreneurs around the world who have successfully led projects that support nature, wildlife, and people.
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Passing on Rewilding to the Next Generation: Frans Schepers Part 2
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Frans and Sean talk further about the future of rewilding. Topics include what holistic rewidling will look like as the field matures, and also expanding rewilding efforts through engaging younger generations as effective leaders and changemakers in this exciting space. This episode was produced by Chrissie Bodznick with music by Trace Ketterling. …
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Ensuring the Ongoing Rewilding of Europe: Frans Schepers Part 1
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Rewilding is a growing phenomenon around the world but getting a new project launched and keeping it going through the early phases can be exceedingly challenging. There is always seemingly too much to do and not enough resources to do it all. Frans Schepers, CEO of Rewilding Europe, talks about how he and his team assist rewilding entrepreneurs fr…
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A New Nature Reserve in Southern Scotland: Jenny Barlowe & Angela Williams
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Using a unique community land ownership approach, the new Tarras Valley Nature Reserve project is creating a valued gift for future generations. Initiated just a few years ago, the reserve has grown from nothing to 10,500 acres, making it one of the largest protected areas for nature in Southern Scotland. Jenny, Angela, and their team, while focuse…
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Let The River Roll: Oshun O'Rourke: Yurok Tribe
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The Klamath River 4-Dam Removal project is the largest such effort going on anywhere in the world. For decades advocates for letting the river run free to benefit salmon and all other associated riverine biodiversity assumed the corporate and government entities that had built and managed the dams were too powerful and closed off to the idea of rem…
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A One-Million Acre Vision. Orange River-Karoo Conservation Area: Andreia Pawel
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In a reflective quest aimed to align her emerging interests with a vocation, Andreia Pawel tent-camped in the Southern Namibian Savana for three years. Then, one day she unexpectedly received the chance to start a new one-million acre wildlife reserve: The Orange River-Karoo Conservation Area. As CEO of this fast-moving project, she looks back on f…
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Effective Science Storytelling: Part 2 of the Dominica Whale Project with Shane Gero
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This episode picks up Sean's conversation with Shane Gero from last week. In addition to sperm whales, the two discuss new ways to teach and communicate science, using storytelling as a conservation tool, and how every single job can be done with purpose. Learn More About Shane Gero and the Dominica Whale Project TedEd Video on Whale Talk: How Adva…
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A New Caribbean Wildlife Sanctuary: Dominica Whale Project with Shane Gero, Part 1
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Shane Gero is a marine biologist and renowned expert in the acoustic complexity and social behaviors of marine mammals, such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. He is a Scientist-in-Residence at the Department of Biology at Carleton University in Canada. Importantly, he is also an activist and staunch advocate for providing meaningful sanctuary for…
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Helping Grizzly Bears Get Where They Want to Go with Dr. Sarah Sells: Montana C.R.U.
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Using cutting-edge mapping technology and tiny, digital grizzlies programmed to behave like real ones, bear specialist Dr. Sarah Sells and her team are able to make unprecedented predictions for the species. They can forecast the migration routes that expanding populations of grizzly bears will take and where they are likely to make their new homes…
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Ongoing Wins for Nature with Laly Lichtenfeld & Neovitus Sianga: African People & Wildlife
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Laly Lichtenfeld and Neovitus Sianga’s work at African People and Wildlife (AP&W) centers on the linkages between people, wildlife and the diverse ecosystems they call home. For decades surrounding their base of operations in Tanzania, there have been intense and seemingly intractable conflicts between wildlife and people. Since 2005 AP&W has been …
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From Adventuring, to Finding Purpose, to Making a Big Impact. Gregg Treinish: Adventure Scientists
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Trekking 11,000 kilometers over the entire length of South America was cool, but for Gregg Treinish— adventurer and National Geographic Explorer of the Year—something was missing. He wondered if somehow he could bring together his passion for being outdoors, his love of big-time adventuring, and his deep interest in science. And there was one more …
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Lobstermen are Becoming America’s Newest Farmers with Briana Warner: Atlantic Sea Farms.
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Briana Warner became a food systems entrepreneur when she identified a risky yet exciting opportunity: the Maine lobster fishing fleet worked only seasonally. The rest of the year boats were largely idle, and local economies felt the pinch. Enter the sea-grown kelp business. Briana realized a new additive industry could produce a triple win. It wou…
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The Answers Are Out There is a new podcast featuring lively and inspiring conversations with creative innovators in conservation. Host Sean Gerrity interviews entrepreneurs around the world who have successfully led projects that support nature, wildlife, and people. Episodes drop twice per month on Tuesdays, starting 4/9! This episode was produced…
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