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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 Book Studios”

All images were provided by Dr. Mann and SAAMBR

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-settlement-flint-water-litigation-81093828

Rewilding

Fishers released at Olympic National Park

https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/news/fishers-released-at-olympic-national-park-to-boost-restoration-efforts-for-housecat-sized-member-of-weasel-family.htm

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.

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. Hila Shamon on World Bison Day!

Dr. Shamon is a landscape ecologist and mammalogist at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Conservation Ecology Center. Shamon’s research interests focus on anthropogenic activity and land use changes effects on terrestrial mammals’ distribution and densities across large landscape gradients. Today we talk about her work with the American Bison and Swift Fox in and around Montana where she lives. She is doing so much amazing work for both species, so thank you to the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute for their help and time and all of the work they do!

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 Book Studios”

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 Protections

State Judge Issues "Dramatic Decision" in Striking Down Wisconsin Wolf Hunt http://www.projectcoyote.org/state-judge-issues-dramatic-decision-in-striking-down-wisconsin-wolf-hunt/

California Protects Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles As Endangered Species https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/california-protects-leatherback-sea-turtles-as-endangered-2021-10-14/

Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ are people too, US court rules https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/pablo-escobar-colombian-hippos-granted-rights-interested-persons-us-court

Drawdown

Hertz just made the biggest electric vehicle purchase ever https://grist.org/transportation/hertz-just-made-the-biggest-electric-vehicle-purchase-ever/?fbclid=IwAR3uA0BRBUhy8gk7TKL7l6uXhMEnPfobh-km7kzQ9iCZRSJMjnGPk3FjlhE

9 in 10 cars now being sold in Norway are electric or hybrid

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/1044330824/norway-electric-vehicle-car-sales-evs

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 Brian Masuga of Peppermint Narwhal. Peppermint Narwhal, run by Becky and Brian Masuga, is a media company that focuses on telling conservation stories, including sharing the stories of endangered species, conservation success stories, uncommon knowledge about nature, and much more. This episode will be best enjoyed on video as Peppermint Narwhal provide mostly a visual medium.

We’ve been fans of them as their work is amazing and they have a wide variety of topics and styles so please enjoy our conversation with Brian and check out their website (Peppermintnarwhal.com) and social media to see their work!

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 Book Studios”

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!

Judgments

UN declares access to a clean environment a human right

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102582

BC Anti-Logging Protesters Win As Judge Denies Firm’s Injunction Bid

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/29/canada-logging-protests-vancouver-island-judge

People

UN Rules That Steven Donziger House Arrest Violates International Laws

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/574786-un-rules-that-steven-donziger-house-arrest-violates-international

Landscape Ecologist, Lisa Schulte Moore, wins Macarthur Genius Award

https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2021/lisa-schulte-moore

"Three Scientists Win Nobel for Work on Climate Breakthroughs"

https://www.sej.org/headlines/three-scientists-win-nobel-work-climate-breakthroughs

Reversals

Biden To Expand Bears Ears, Other National Monuments,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/07/bears-ears-biden-monument/

USFWS formally reinstates the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/changes-to-migratory-bird-treaty-act-enforcement-regime-take-flight

Welcome to our newest series, 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 recent technological advancement in solar energy that we highlighted in the August 1st episode of Pelecanus News. Find the article here: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/23/eabe4206

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.

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" can also be found on YouTube!

Headlines:

Rewild

Rare Florida butterfly bounces back, offers lesson for saving other critters

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/460260-rare-florida-butterfly-bounces-back-offers-lesson-for-saving-other-critters/

Thanks to the Yurok Tribe, condors will return to the Pacific Northwest

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/thanks-to-the-yurok-tribe-condors-will-return-to-the-pacific-northwest/

Drawdown

China Pledges to Stop Building Coal-Burning Power Plants Abroad

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/chinas-pledge-to-end-building-coal-plants-abroad-improves-belt-and-roads-reputation-development-bank-says/ar-AAOLxnB

EPA To Cut Greenhouse Gases Thousands Of Times More Powerful Than CO2

https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-cut-greenhouse-gases-thousands-times-more-powerful-co2

Divestment

Boston University to end endowment investments in fossil fuels

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/573649-boston-university-to-end-endowment-investments-in-fossil-fuels

The MacArthur Foundation announced that it will divest from fossil fuels

https://jack1065.com/2021/09/22/macarthur-foundation-joins-investment-shift-away-fossil-fuels/

Cash Money

California rolls out biggest climate package in state history with an unprecedented $15 billion investment

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/09/23/newsom-wildfires-climate-change-sequoias/

Philanthropists pledge record $5 billion to protect nature

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/philanthropists-pledge-record-5-billion-protect-nature-2021-09-22/

Welcome to The Possibilists!

The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus.

https://conservationcommons.si.edu

https://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. Rafael Chiaravalloti, a Smithsonian postdoctoral fellow working in the Pantanal area of Brazil, his home nation. Rafael is a biologist, anthropologist, and conservation social scientist with experience all over the world, and over 10 years of experience in the Pantanal where he has focused on the sustainability of socio-ecological systems.

Rafael went from working with biological resources to working with local communities to understand their sustainable agricultural processes. His work, including two books, is the kind of thing that conservation needs more of.

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 Book Studios”

All Photos provided by Dr. Rafael Chiaravalloti