Episode 285: Plastics and Our World w/Dr Lisa Erdle 5 Gyres Institute

Episode 285: Plastics and Our World w/Dr Lisa Erdle 5 Gyres Institute

As we kick off our Plastic Free July Challenge, this week we welcome Dr. Lisa Erdle from the 5 Gyres Instiute. Dr. Erdle is the Director of Science & Innovation at the 5 Gyres Institute. She is a microplastics researcher, lifelong sailor, and is passionate about keeping waterways clean for wildlife and people. Lisa completed her PhD at the University of Toronto, where her research focused on the sources, fate, and effects of microfibers in the environment. Currently, Lisa lives in California and is continuing research on microfibers and plastic pollution. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Lisa grew up swimming and sailing on the Great Lakes and holds a deep love of the water.. You can learn more about 5 Gyres and their work in reducing plastics in our lives by visiting them HERE You can also lean more about 5 Gyres own Plastic Free Parks Trashblitz by going HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 272: Zoo Educator & Texas Lobo Coalition Founder Hope Carr

Episode 272: Zoo Educator & Texas Lobo Coalition Founder Hope Carr

This week we welcome Hope Carr. She is the Education Manager at Austin Zoo, as well as the founder and chairperson of the Texas Lobo Coalition, a non-profit dedicated to the restoration of the Mexican...

18 Mar 20221h 10min

Episode 271: Animal Chaplain and Author Sarah Bowen

Episode 271: Animal Chaplain and Author Sarah Bowen

This week we are excited to speak with Animal Chaplain and author Sarah Bowen. Sarah has grown up with a deep love and connection to animals and nature. So much so, that is led her in a direction of e...

9 Mar 20221h 9min

Episode 270: Jeff Corwin host of Wildlife Nation

Episode 270: Jeff Corwin host of Wildlife Nation

This week we welcome one of our greatest conservation heroes, Jeff Corwin. We were thrilled to spend an hour with Jeff in between filming of his latest show, Wildlife Nation, which is now airing on AB...

2 Mar 202249min

Episode 269: Crafty Crows

Episode 269: Crafty Crows

Out of all the bird species we have covered, Crows have to be one of the most sensational and intelligent. While we do debate on just who the "smartest" bird species in the world is, Crows are without...

23 Feb 20221h 10min

Episode 268: The Legendary Leopard Seal

Episode 268: The Legendary Leopard Seal

We go back to the ocean and way down under to Antarctica to cover a top predator, the Leopard Seal. Besides Orcas, nothing can match this top dog of our southern oceans. Leopard Seals are notorious fo...

16 Feb 20221h 10min

Episode 267: Twelve Cheetah Project w/Dan Cabela from the Cabela Family Foundation

Episode 267: Twelve Cheetah Project w/Dan Cabela from the Cabela Family Foundation

This week we speak with Dan Cabela about the ambitious Twelve Cheetah Project. Dan is representing the Cabela Family Foundation, who has given significant support to the rehabilitation of the Marromeu...

9 Feb 202238min

Episode 266: Mass Migration of the Wildebeest

Episode 266: Mass Migration of the Wildebeest

What can we say about one of Africa's most iconic animals, the Wildebeest, the Gnu. They are just legends. Their mass migrations across Eastern Africa have created some of the most intense predator vs...

2 Feb 20221h 21min

Episode 265: Precious Pygmy Hippos

Episode 265: Precious Pygmy Hippos

With as few as 2000 Pygmy Hippos left in the world, we are losing one of natures often forgotten large herbivores. Though one tenth the size of their larger cousins the Common Hippopotamus, the Pygmy ...

26 Jan 20221h 9min

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