The fairly lame. Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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This Week’s Stories! (0:00)

Holding Back The Sahara! (0:59)

3D Printing Schools In Malawi! (2:37)

Indonesia’s Debt For Nature Swap! (4:07)

Solar Panel Sunflowers! (5:36)

Sources:

Holding Back The Sahara!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCli0gyNwL0&t=5s 

3D Printing Schools In Malawi!

https://www.bdcnetwork.com/worlds-first-3d-printed-school-completes-malawi-africa 

Indonesia’s Debt For Nature Swap!

https://www.conservation.org/blog/us-indonesia-swap-debt-to-protect-coral-reefs

Solar Panel Sunflowers!

https://www.designboom.com/design/sunflower-solar-panels-05-11-2022/ 

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This Week’s Stories! (0:00)

AI Reducing Restaurant’s Food waste! (0:43)

Hungary’s P.E.T. Pirates! (2:17)

Australia’s Underwater Art Gallery! (3:50)

Saving Turtle Eggs From Hurricane Beryl! (5:24)

Sources:

AI Reducing Restaurant’s Food waste!

https://www.businessinsider.com/hotels-offices-kitchens-winnow-ai-tool-reduce-food-waste-costs-2024-7

Hungary’s P.E.T. Pirates!

https://apnews.com/article/hungary-river-plastic-waste-cleanup-d30a35623956714660d0b0eedc603268

Australia’s Underwater Art Gallery!

https://www.umafl.org/impact

Saving Turtle Eggs From Hurricane Beryl!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sea-turtle-eggs-mexico-hurricane-beryl-b2575017.html

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This Week’s Stories! (0:00)

Another City Makes Public Transport Free! (0:54)

Cleaning Up Lake Tahoe! (2:10)

Combating Trophy Hunting In Great Bear! (3:31)

Rewilding Powerline Corridors! (4:48)

Sources

Another City Makes Public Transport Free!

https://www.dw.com/en/france-free-public-transport-takes-off-in-montpellier/a-68308580

Cleaning Up Lake Tahoe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-ZiA3MyzJM

Combating Trophy Hunting In Great Bear!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/conservation-group-buys-out-hunting-rights-in-b-c-s-great-bear-rainforest-to-protect-wildlife-1.7075126

Rewilding Powerline Corridors!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZzbKE7UzU&t=10s

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Today's Stories  Welcome (0:00)

Runaway Manatee (2:00)

Penguin Centre (13:20)

Rewilding Saudi Arabia (19:28) Detector Dog

(25:16) Platypus Dog (31.22)

Platypus Sanctuary (38:31)

Dolphin Rescue (42:38) 

Story links: Runaway Manatee  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62792026    

Penguin Centre https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-30/rockingham-community-celebrate-protections-for-penguin-colony/101384194   

Rewilding Saudi Arabia https://www.independent.co.uk/alula/the-desert-does-bloom-rewilding-alula-b2118060.html   

Detector Dog https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-11/conservation-dogs-helping-save-endangered-species/101299568   

Penguin Dog https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/04/weve-never-seen-a-platypus-lay-an-egg-sniffer-dogs-to-aid-researchers-by-detecting-occupied-burrows  

Platypus Sanctuary https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/platypus-sanctuary-extinction-climate-change-australia-b1812267.html   

Dolphin Rescue  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-03/bottlenose-dolphin-rescue-indonesia/101403764

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Today's Stories Intro (0:00)

"Tasmanian Tiger" Sighting (3:38)

Whale Radar (12:36)

Conservation Reserve Handed Back (19:18)

Native American $50 Million Grants (22:52)

Alpine Dingo Airdrop (27:58)

WTF Moment - Seismic Blasting (32:30)

Saye Shoes (44:30) 

Links:  Tasmanian Tiger https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-24/possible-tasmanian-tiger-sighting-in-adelaide-hills/101362246    

Whale Radar https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-new-detection-system-could-save-sperm-whales-from-ship-strikes-180980584/

Conservation Handback https://trustfornature.org.au/news/victorias-largest-conservation-reserve-to-return-to-traditional-owners/  

FEMA Grants https://www.foxnews.com/us/fema-designates-50-million-native-american-tribes-fight-climate-change 

Alpine Dingo https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-stray-dog-alpine-dingo-dna-test-victoria-a9185561.html   

Seismic Blasting https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-25/bass-strait-seismic-testing-plan-gas-exploration-fears/101367052

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Today's segments

Intro (0:00)

The Tinnie Army (1:04)

Removing Bondi's Shark Net (9:54)

Sydney Harbour Clean-Up (22:04)

Fossil Fuel Ad Ban In Sydney (30:30)

Species Rediscovery (36:16)

Solar #10 Source Of Energy Nationwide (46:04)

Links:

Tinnie Army https://theconversation.com/tinnie-army-leads-to-nsw-flood-inquiry-call-to-train-community-members-as-first-responders-how-will-that-work-188900

Bondi Shark Net https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/18/mayor-calls-for-end-of-shark-nets-at-iconic-bondi-beach

Sydney Harbour Clean Up https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-21/sydney-harbour-multi-million-funding-boost-for-marine-habitat/101354892

Fossil Fuel Ad Ban https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-20/sydney-council-considers-coal-gas-oil-advertising-ban-motion/101352790

Species Rediscovery https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-06/broad-toothed-rat-resdiscovered/101307344

Solar #1 Energy Source https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-20/solar-briefly-overtakes-coal-australia-number-one-source-power/101354054

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Todays topics:

Welcome (0:00)

Rewilding the West (US) (1:13)

Tasmanian Tiger De-Extinction (11:34)

Madrid cooling initatives (18:43)

Eco-Labelling in the UK (24:13)

Removing best before dates (UK) (33:07)

Bandicoot boom in Northern NSW (36:00)

Links:

Rewilding

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biac069/6651305

Tasmanian Tiger 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-17/thylacine-babies-in-10-years-genetic-engineering-team-says/101333144

Madrid 

https://twitter.com/jamesvgingerich/status/1559136334761136130

https://twitter.com/jamesvgingerich/status/1559247614369054723

Eco-label

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62460551

Best before

https://www.treehugger.com/supermarket-ditches-best-before-dates-shoppers-judgment-6386215

Bandicoots

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-12/bandicoot-populations-boom-after-bushfires-northern-nsw/101306826

Thank you so much for listening to episode 2 of The fairly lame. Podcast!   Feel like this style works much better and am really excited to keep pumping these out, each tuesday at 7pm AEST. 

Let me know what stories you would like me to cover!

Todays topics: Welcome (0:00)

Aussie farmer helping revegetate Africa (1:41)

Canberra leading the way in sustainability (10:21)

Spider monkey rescue in Peru (18:38)

Potential Sea Otter reintroduction off California (24:54)

Bolivia's Death Road wildlife revival (29:30)

WTF Moment - Saudi Arabia's 170km long, 200m wide, 500m tall skyscraper-city (32:20)

Goodbye (41:40)  

Today's links:

Aussie farmer - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-24/tony-rinaudo-forest-maker-fmnr-land-regeneration-africa/101189330 

Canberra - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-08/new-composting-and-recycling-facilities-for-canberra/101309904

Spider Monkeys - https://www.treehugger.com/stolen-monkeys-rescued-released-in-rainforest-6361740

Sea Otter - https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2022-07/fish-and-wildlife-service-completes-sea-otter-study-outlines-next-stepsDeath Road - https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/17832/

Bolivias-Former-Death-Road-is-Now-Alive-with-Wildlife.aspxSaudi Arabia - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-26/saudi-arabia-the-line-neom-eco-city/101271648

Todays Topics

- 0:00 Podcast overview 

- 3:16 The success of wildlife crossings in Australia 

- 9:11 Rex Airlines trialling electric planes

- 14:26 WTF Moment - Dreamworld using Koala money to buy a new ride

- 19:10 Nepal Tiger population almost tripled

- 24:26 Umbrella Species Rundown

- 27:15 My conservation project update

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In this quick Q&A with Pam Ahern, the founder and director of Edgars Mission, she lets us know:

- How the animals actually end up at the sanctuary

- What their Book Club volunteer opportunity involves

- What species are looked after at Edgar's, and which require the most attention

- What she thinks the current perception of Edgar's is and if this has changed over time