Podcast about environmental education and public engagement with nature.
Recent topics on the podcast include: citizen/community science projects, inclusivity in education, and community-based conservation.
A local nature guide I know (Gloria Seow) took the reporter on a night walk at the Rail Corridor. That is mentioned in the article. 🙂
"A former railway line running through the heart of Singapore has turned into one of its biggest conservation success stories, marking a departure from the more manicured approach to nature that the city-state is known for."
“My understanding of climate began with a human rights and a gender lens. I saw how severe it was undermining food security, and the burden on women to put food on the table.” ~Mary Robinson | Former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
#activism #conservation #climate #climatechange #Refugees #book #Science #earth #biodiversity #ClimateEmergency #climatejustice #stopfossilfuels #Nature #climatefuture #ClimateCrisis #amazon #humanitarian #Ireland #humanrights
18 months after we dug a wildlife pond and @markwitton and I have ...frogspawn! Super excited to watch these little dudes develop. 🐸
#frogs #amphibians #frogspawn #wildlife #garden #conservation #pond #nature
New episode alert!
Get to know an under-represented habitat. Bogs!
I speak with the wonderful Joshua Styles about moss, carnivorous plants, and the importance of bogs as carbon sinks.
Listen here: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4fyej-1395f4b
#climatechange #habitats #botany #EnviroEd #moss #conservation
Conversation with Joshua Styles from British Botany and the Northwest Rare Plants Initiative. We talk about bogs, their importance for carbon storage, and about some of the amazing plants that live in these harsh habitats. Full notes at KnowingNature.cc
#Rhino population declines in Kruger National Park.
“The 2021/2022 Report confirms that 195 rhinos were #poached in the #Kruger National Park in 2021…”
Some good news though:
“No rhinos have been lost in other SANParks-operated parks… (t)hese rhino populations have increased by 6.2%…”
https://africageographic.com/stories/another-year-of-loss-an-update-on-krugers-rhino-populations/
Now, you might have heard, and half-remembered a factoid that aphids are born pregnant. You probably did nothing with that information because it doesn't sound like it could possibly be true.
We regret to inform you that it is in fact true. Aphids are born pregnant.
Eyeling
Soh Kam Yung
ErNandy
Georgia
Dezene Huber 🌻
Vagina Museum