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- Erica Bjelland: Rural Renewable Energy Alliance | Accessible Solar Power | Episode 033
In this episode we sit down with Erica Bjelland, a Program Development Specialist at the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance! RREAL is a nonprofit organization who's goal is to make solar energy accessible to communities of all income levels, providing support for anyone who is interested in bringing solar energy into their community. Listen in to hear a great conversation about the importance of renewable energy and the ways in which RREAL is making it easier to access!
Click here to learn more about our nonprofit: www.lastchanceendeavors.com
Click here to learn more about the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance: www.RREAL.org
21 min - Erik Sotka: Evolutionary Ecologist at Grice Marine Lab | History's Logbook | Episode 032
Listen in as we sit down with Erik Sotka, an evolutionary ecologist with the Grice Marine Lab at the College of Charleston. He's an expert on invasive species and the ways in which they're changing the ecological make up of marine habitats in the eastern United States. Did you know that the vast majority of introduced species do not go on to become invasive, but instead fizzle out? Erik Sotka is fascinated by why some species succeed where others fail, and the effects that they may have once they're established!
Click here to learn more about our nonprofit: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com
30 min - Rafael Pacchiano: Former Mexican Minister of the Environment | The Plight of the Vaquita | Episode 031
Listen in to this EarthX micro-episode to hear what the Mexican government is doing for the critically endangered vaquita! This species of shy porpoise is endemic to the Gulf of California, and is on the brink of extinction. Often caught as bycatch in illegal nets set for a species of fish called totoaba, the number of vaquita remaining in the wild is estimated to be fewer than 30 individuals!
If you'd like to learn more about our nonprofit, click here: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com
If you'd like to learn more about vaquitas, click here: http://www.vivavaquita.org
9 min - Janet Neilson: Humpback Whale Biologist at WhaleFest 2019 | Longterm Monitoring of Humpback Whales | Episode 030
Join us for our final interview to come out of WhaleFest 2019 as we sit down with Janet Neilson, a whale biologist who works at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Janet's job is to understand how many whales are in Glacier Bay each summer, and to figure out where they're concentrating! She and her team use a variety of techniques to monitor their whales, and spend the entirety of the off-season analyzing all the data they collect in the few short months that the humpbacks visit the park. If you've ever wondered what the day-to-day life of a whale researcher is like, this is a must-listen episode!
If you'd like to learn more about our nonprofit, click here: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com
If you'd like to learn more about Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, click here: https://www.nps.gov/glba/index.htm
If you'd like to explore the "humpback yearbook" click here: http://alaskahumpbacks.org
24 min - Blue Latitudes | Turning Oil Rigs into Coral Reefs! | Episode 029Join us for another episode recorded in Dallas at EarthX 2019! This week we're sitting with Emily Hazelwood and Amber Jackson-Sparks, two leaders in the Rigs-to-Reefs movement and the co-founders of Blue Latitudes! Their company designs sustainable, creative, and cost effective solutions for environmental issues in the offshore industry. Offshore oil rigs are massive pieces of infrastructure that are put in place for decades at a time to extract petroleum, but once the oil reserve has been depleted a new issue arrises: what to do about the infrastructure left behind? Emily and Amber argue that after decades in the ocean the structure has built up an incredible amount of sea life, and that it's beneficial to allow everything below the surface to remain. In fact, these man-mad oases can become important safe-houses for marine life in an increasingly over-harvested ocean!To learn more about our nonprofit, click here: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.comTo learn more about Blue Latitudes, click here: http://www.rig2reefexploration.org24 min
- Mayumi Arimitsu: Research Ecologist at WhaleFest 2019 | Why Are The Birds Dead? | Episode 028
Join us for another gripping episode coming all the way from Sitka, Alaska! We sit down at WhaleFest 2019 across the table from Mayumi Arimitsu, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center, to discuss the shift that the mysterious "Blob" has caused to the food chain in the eastern Pacific! A massive die-off of critical sea birds puzzled scientists, and Mayumi's work has helped clarify some of the possible links and mechanisms behind it!
To learn more about our nonprofit, click here: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com
To learn more about the Alaska Science Center, click here: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/asc/
30 min - Candace Chandra: Fresh Food Connect | Fighting Food Deserts | Episode 027
Join us for another EarthX episodes with the CEO of Fresh Food Connect, Candace Chandra! Fresh Food Connect is a tech platform that allows small-scale urban agriculturalists to connect with the people who need their produce the most, and was launched as a way to lessen the impact of food deserts- urban areas with no easy access to fresh produce. It's important to remember that environmental issues go beyond just preserving habitats or species: if your family has no access to nutritious food you've got a lot more on your mind than trying to go green.
If you would like to learn more about our nonprofit, click here: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com
If you would like to learn more about Fresh Food Connect, click here: http://www.freshfoodconnect.org
24 min - Rob Suryan: Research Ecologist at WhaleFest 2019 | Forage Fish in Hot Water! | Episode 026
Join us this week as we continue our Sitka WhaleFest series with Rob Suryan, Research Ecologist with the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Science Coordinator for Gulf Watch Alaska! Listen in as Rob unravels the mystery behind the disappearance of a critical link in the Alaskan marine food chain! If you've been listening to our other WhaleFest episodes you're probably already familiar with "The Blob", a several year phenomenon of unusually warm water in the northern Pacific ocean. With the appearance of the warm water came a drastic decline in the number of forage fish, a group of fish that serve as a critical food supply to animals higher up the food chain, and Rob's job was to figure out exactly what happened!
To learn more about our nonprofit, click here: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com
To learn more about the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, click here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/alaska
To learn more about Gulf Watch Alaska, click here: https://gulfwatchalaska.org
28 min - Christian Fritz: K9s 4 Conservation | Turtle Sniffing Dogs | Episode 025
This episode tells the story of how some very special dogs are helping to protect one of the most iconic marine animals found in the US! Listen in to the hilarious Christian Fritz, Founder and Chief of Operations for K9s 4 Conservation, an organization that trains dogs to sniff out sea turtle nests so that marine biologists can protect the precious hatchlings within. Believe us, recording this episode with an adorable pup in the studio was a highlight of our week!
If you'd like to learn more about our nonprofit, click here: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com
If you'd like to read more about K9s 4 Conservation, click here: https://www.k9s4conservation.org
20 min - Jackie Hildering: The Marine Detective at WhaleFest 2019 | Positive Change | Episode 024
This week's episode is with one of the most driven and passionate guests we've ever had; Jackie Hildering, the keynote speaker at WhaleFest 2019! She calls herself the Marine Detective in part because she always asks the question "Why?", and she believes that a sense of wonder is the most important tool in the conservationist's toolkit. Listen to her journey from the classroom to the co-founder of the Marine Education and Research Society, and all of her crazy stops along the way!
Click here to learn more about our nonprofit: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com
Click here to learn more about the Marine Education and Research Society: https://mersociety.org
Click here to learn more about the Marine Detective: https://themarinedetective.com
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