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Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. https://www.pelecanus.org/the-possibilists.html In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around conservation to show that conservation successes are possible through changes in attitude and implementation of intentional change. On today’s episode of The Possibilists we talk with Anna Rathmann, Executive Director of the Jane Goodall Institute. The Jane Goodall Institute is a global community conservation organization that advances the vision and work of Dr. Jane Goodall. By protecting chimpanzees and inspiring people to conserve the natural world we all share, they improve the lives of people, animals and the environment. They believe that everything is connected—everyone can make a difference. Host and produc

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rights of Nature The first country in the world has given legal rights to individual wild animals https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-country-in-the-world-has-given-legal-rights-to-individual-wild-animals Investment White House Launches $1B Program To Boost Conservation Goal https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-america-the-beautiful-challenge-30x30_n_625432dee4b06c2ea32105ec Biden Admin Announces $500M For Energy Efficiency In Public Schools https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3258521-biden-administration-announces-500m-for-energy-efficiency-in-public-schools/ Canada Lays Out C$9.1 Bln Roadmap To Meet 2030 Climate Targets https://www.reuters.com/busines

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife Endangered green turtles are bouncing back in the Seychelles https://www.popsci.com/science/endangered-turtles-seychelles/ Indigenous Land Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) assumed full management of the Bison Range, formerly known as the National Bison Range https://flatheadbeacon.com/2022/03/28/tribes-assume-full-management-of-bison-range/ Judge rules New York took Mohawk land illegally in the 1800s https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/45540/20220314/judge-rules-new-york-took-mohawk-land-illegally-in-the-1800s Drawdown Germany backs phasing out combustion engine cars by 2035 https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-backs-phasing-out-

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Harvesting energy from the air: metasurface-based antenna turns ambient radio waves into electric power https://scitechdaily.com/harvesting-energy-from-the-air-metasurface-based-antenna-turns-ambient-radio-waves-into-electric-power/ Sale of Leases for Wind Farms Off New York Raises More Than $4 Billion https://governorswindenergycoalition.org/sale-of-leases-for-wind-farms-off-new-york-raises-more-than-4-billion/ Colorado Oil And Gas Regulators Approve ‘Strongest’ Financial Rules https://coloradonewsline.com/2022/03/02/colorado-oil-gas-strongest-financial-rules/ UN agrees to create world's first-ever plastics pollution treaty in a blow to big oil https://www.cnn.com/2

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Protected Areas Afro-Caribbean community safeguards pristine oceans with new protected area https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/afro-caribbean-community-safeguards-pristine-oceans-with-new-protected-area/ Renewable Energy Accelerated ammonia synthesis holds promise for conversion of renewable energy https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220215092519.htm Technological Breakthrough Allows Seamless Conversion of Ammonia to Green Hydrogen https://scitechdaily.com/technological-breakthrough-allows-seamless-conversion-of-ammonia-to-green-hydrogen/#:~:text=Technological%20Breakthrough%20Allows%20Seamless%20Conversion%20of%20Ammonia%20to%20Green%20Hydrogen,-TOPICS%3AEnergyGre

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Nikki Buxton of Belize Bird Rescue. Founded in 2004, Belize Bird Rescue is Belize's only multi-species avian rescue and rehabilitation center. Belize Bird Rescue has the ability to rehab and release all species of birds but specializes in saving parrots, including the endangered Yellow headed Amazon. If you’re listening to this episode, consider finding the video version on our youtube page as we were able to do this interview in person and were given a tour of their facilities. These birds are amazing and beautiful to watch, so it won’t disappoint. Thank you again to Nikki from Belize Bird Rescue. It’s astounding what they’ve created and the amount of birds they’ve been able to save. Please visit their website at BelizeBirdRescue.com and consider donating to their cause. Any amount will go a long way to saving the biodiversity of belize and they really deserve more help. Host and producer for this episode are Austin Parker and Taylor Parker

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife California judge restores federal protection for gray wolves in 44 states https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gray-wolf-endangered-species-act-wildlife-regulations/ Iceland Set To End Whaling By 2024 Due To Lack Of Demand https://www.sci-nature.com/2022/02/iceland-set-to-end-whaling-by-2024-due.html Drawdown Nuclear Fusion Heat Record A ‘Huge Step’ In Quest For New Energy Source https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/nuclear-fusion-heat-record-a-huge-step-in-quest-for-new-energy-source Rulings Ecuador’s top court rules for stronger land rights for Indigenous communities https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/ecuadors-top-court-rules-for-stronger-land-rights-for-indi

Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. conservationcommons.si.edu www.pelecanus.org In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around conservation to show that conservation successes are possible through changes in attitude and implementation of intentional change. On today’s episode of The Possibilists we talk to Jonathan Franklin, author and investigative journalist. Jonathan has written multiple books and dozens and dozens of articles for The Guardian, the New York Times and others on topics ranging from Narcos in Colombia to interviewing Timothy McVeigh among so much more. His latest book, A Wild Idea, is a biography of Doug Tompkins, the founder of apparel companies The North Face and Esprit, who then moved to Chile to purchase large amounts of l

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rewilding ‘We’re making babies’: After years in decline, Okanagan salmon are back https://thecanadian.news/2022/01/04/were-making-babies-after-years-in-decline-okanagan-salmon-is-back/ Asiatic cheetah Homino spotted in Bafgh for 1st time in years https://theanimalrescuesociety.nationbuilder.com/asiatic_cheetah_bafgh Land Biden Admin Revokes Mining Leases Near Minnesota's Boundary Waters https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/biden-administration-revokes-twin-metals-mining-leases-minnesota-boundary-waters/ Redwood Forest in California Is Returned to Native Tribes https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/us/redwood-forest-california-native-tribes-tcih-leh-dun/index.html Biden a

Welcome to Pelecanus Deep Dives, where we take a headline from a recent Pelecanus NEWS episode and take a deep dive, just like a pelican, into the article and try and explain some of the more technical, nuanced, or maybe complex ideas of the story to help us all better understand our world. While we will still release these as audio podcasts, this is really made for video as we’ll show diagrams, data visualizations, or photos to better illustrate the article’s topics. Check out our youtube page or social media to watch the video version. In this episode, our host Harrison Parker, a CalTech doctoral Candidate in atmospheric sciences, explains a January 15th Pelecanus NEWS headline about offshore wind energy. See links below! Host for this episode is Harrison Parker, Producers are Harrison, Austin and Taylor Parker. Music was provided by A Picture Book Studios Thank you for tuning in! Don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/worlds-largest-wind-farm-has-officially-

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Emma Sanchez of Panthera Belize. Panthera is a global organization dedicated to conserving big cats from African lions to cheetahs to leopards and more! Panthera Belize is a hub for the Jaguar corridor initiative which is working to preserve the genetic integrity of the jaguar by connecting and protecting core jaguar populations in human landscapes from northern Mexico all the way to Argentina among so much more. Please look into Panthera and the work they do all over the world to protect big cats at Panthera.org. You can also find Panthera Belize on Facebook! This episode is brought to you in part by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved Hosts and produ

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Charges Dropped Against Journalists Arrested on Wet’suwet’en Territory https://thenarwhal.ca/coastal-gaslink-drop-charges-journalists/ Drawdown World’s largest wind farm has officially started producing power https://www.iflscience.com/technology/worlds-largest-wind-farm-has-officially-started-producing-power/ Court orders Shell to halt Wild Coast seismic blasting https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/court-orders-shell-to-halt-wild-coast-seismic-blasting/ar-AASdojO Developers cancel Oregon pipeline and LNG export terminal https://www.ecowatch.com/oregon-lng-export-project-pipeline-2655910510.html Divestment for Biodiversity Norway wealth fund divests from China’s Yunnan

Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. conservationcommons.si.edu www.pelecanus.org In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around conservation to show that conservation successes are possible through changes in attitude and implementation of intentional change. In this episode of The Possibilists we talk with Dr. J. Drew Lanham, a professor of wildlife ecology at Clemson University, where his research focuses on songbird ecology as well as the African-American role in natural-resources conservation. Dr. Lanham is also an author and award-nominated poet of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, as well as his collection of poems, Sparrow Envy, were both published in 2016. Please find and read his books and articles, an

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! We start off this episode with a tribute to Dr. Thomas Lovejoy and Dr. E.O. Wilson, both of whom passed this last week. Their contribution to conservation will be forever felt and impactful. We thank you both for your lives of service. Protected Areas Portugal creates Europe’s largest marine protected area https://www.treehugger.com/portugal-creates-europe-largest-marine-reserve-5211970 Rules and Regs Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/papua-court-ruling-a-win-for-local-government-indigenous-groups-against-palm-oil/ Italy announces nationwide fur farming ban https://www.livekindly.co/italy-a

In this episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Korie Merrell and Sarah Godfrey about the Center for Natural lands management or CNLM. preserves and Management in Southern California. CNLM is a non profit organization that is focused on conserving native species, their habitat and functioning ecosystems in perpetuity, promoting the conservation values of such lands through education, promoting and facilitating uses of lands by the public that preserve the conservation values, and much more. Check out their conservation work at CNLM.org Korie Merrill is a Preserve manager for the Center for Natural Lands Management in Southern California which focuses on habitat conservation of many different habitat types, endangered or special status species, and public outreach. Sarah Godfrey is now a private contractor in Southern California with Map the Point, which specializes in database organization and customized GIS solutions, Integrated pest management and habitat restoration, and project management. C

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Biden signs executive order to make U.S. government carbon neutral by 2050 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-signs-executive-order-make-u-s-government-carbon-neutral-n1285632 Renewable energy has ‘another record year of growth’ says IEA https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/01/renewable-energy-has-another-record-year-of-growth-says-iea Animal Rights Elle bans fur from magazines worldwide https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/03/elle-magazine-to-stop-using-fur-in-editorial-and-advertising-content-worldwide New Jersey passes ban on cosmetic animal testing https://www.humanesociety.org/news/new-jersey-becomes-latest-state-end-cosmetics-

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown "Boston Mayor Divests Vulnerable City From Fossil Fuels" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/boston-mayor-divests-vulnerable-city-fossil-fuels-81335013 Wildlife Protections Freshwater Mussel Gains Endangered Species Act Protection in North Carolina, Virginia https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/freshwater-mussel-gains-endangered-species-act-protection-in-north-carolina-virginia-2021-11-15/ Monarch butterflies return to California after record low https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-california-butterflies-habitat-destruction-ffc90bc85fe95c60acc368e00966d025 USFWS withdraws flawed Red Wolf Rule https://defenders.org/newsroom/us-fish-an

Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. conservationcommons.si.edu www.pelecanus.org In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around conservation to show that conservation successes are possible through changes in attitude and implementation of intentional change. In this episode of The Possibilists we talk to Dr. Judy Mann. Dr. Mann is the Conservation Strategist at the South African Association for Marine Biological Research, also called SAAMBR. SAAMBR and Dr. Mann do so much for the conservation of marine resources in Southern Africa and beyond. Check out their website at https://www.saambr.org.za Hosts and producers for this episode are Austin Parker and Taylor Parker Producers are Cat Kutz and Andrea Santy Music was provided by “A Picture Boo

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Protected Areas Ecuador to expand Galapagos marine reserve https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/ecuador-expand-galapagos-marine-reserve-president-says-2021-11-01/ Drawdown U.S. and China announce surprise climate agreement at COP26 summit https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054648598/u-s-and-china-announce-surprise-climate-agreement-at-cop26-summit 6 Automakers and 30 Countries Say They’ll Phase Out Gasoline Car Sales https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/6-automakers-and-30-countries-say-theyll-phase-out-gasoline-car-sales/ar-AAQw1ZB Justice Judge OKs $626 Million Settlement In Flint Water Litigation https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/judge-oks-626-million-settl

Welcome to Pelecanus Deep Dives, where we take a headline from a recent Pelecanus NEWS episode and take a deep dive, just like a pelican, into the article and try and explain some of the more technical, nuanced, or maybe complex ideas of the story to help us all better understand our world. While we will still release these as audio podcasts, this is really made for video as we’ll show diagrams, data visualizations, or photos to better illustrate the article’s topics. Check out our youtube page or social media to watch the video version. In this episode, our host Harrison Parker, a CalTech doctoral Candidate in atmospheric sciences, explains a September 15th Pelecanus NEWS headline about a new Carbon Sequestration plant in Iceland. Host for this episode is Harrison Parker, Producers are Harrison, Austin and Taylor Parker. Music was provided by A Picture Book Studios Thank you for tuning in! Don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe.