This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Dr. Hugh Ross.

Dr. Ross is an astronomer and the founder and president of Reasons to Believe. He is also the author of Weathering Climate Change.

In this episode you will hear about any connection if any between astronomy and climate change, climate stability, the ice-age cycles, what we can do to keep the climate stable while preparing for the upcoming ice-age, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Holly Worton.

Holly is an author, podcaster, and speaker. She writes nonfiction books about her adventures to inspire people to get outdoors and reconnect with nature as a way to reconnect with themselves. Holly enjoys spending time outdoors, walking and running long-distance trails, and exploring Britain’s sacred sites. She’s originally from California and now lives in England, but has also lived in Spain, Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina.

Holly has spent the last few years talking to trees – the yew, the oaks, and the sycamores.

In this episode you will hear about what it means to be speaking with trees, the lessons trees have to teach us, her latest book, and more.

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You are at the right place, this is The Butterfly Effect. This butterfly is excited to be speaking again, and this time in Hebrew with Maya Jacobs. If you are looking for the episode in English, check out Episode #26.

פרק בונוס בעברית של אפקט הפרפר עם מאיה יעקבס.

מאיה יעקבס, מנכ"לית עמותת צלול, הארגון המוביל בישראל להגנת הים, נחלים ומים.

מאיה מובילה את העמותה עוד מעט עשר שנים, במהלכן העמותה הובילה מאבקים וניצחונות היסטוריים כמו סגירת מיכל האמוניה של חיפה כימיקלים, הפסקת הזרמת 5 מיליון טון בוצת ביוב מזוהמת לים בכל שנה מהשפד"ן (מתקני טיהור השפכים של גוש דן), הם קידמו את חוק השקיות ומהמובילים של המלחמה בזיהום הפלסטיק החד פעמי.

במקביל, העמותה גם יוזמת שיתופי פעולה רבים לשינוי הרגלים, פועלת רבות בתחומי הסברה, שיתופי פעולה וקידום פתרונות למשברי האקלים והזיהום.

למאיה עצמה יש 15 שנות ניסיון כיועצת תקשורת ואסטרטגיה, מגיעה עם רקע מקצועי עשיר הן במגזר הציבורי, בו שימשה כדוברת בלשכת ראש הממשלה אהוד ברק וכקצינת ההסברה הראשית של הקונסוליה הישראלית בניו יורק בתקופת האינתיפדה השניה ובמתקפת הטרור 9/11 על העיר, וכן במגזר השלישי בו עבדה גם בקרנות פילנתרופיות כמו הקרן לידידות וכאמור, בעשור האחרון, מובילה את צלול.

בפרק נדבר על העבודה של מאיה בצלול, למה חשוב לשמור על המים ואיכות הסביבה, פתרונות של אנרגיה ירוקה, מה אנחנו יכולים לעשות ועוד.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Ariana Ivan. Ariana has built social-impact businesses from fashion to education and today her mission is to create models that make forests profitable, without cutting or degrading them.

You will hear about what are some potential profitable business models for forests (besides logging), the role of a forest caretaker, the long term and short term projects they can get involved in, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Pablo Restrepo Meza.

Pablo is a designer and artist focused on regeneration and peace through the aesthetic experience. He has a BA in International Relations from the University of Exeter and The University of Hong Kong. He worked in Fashion during 5 years building networks for the reintegration of former combatants as part of the Colombian Peace process, He founded Juventud de La Tierra (Youth of the Earth) in 2018 as an environmental collective that seeks to generate planetary consciousness through design. Pablo has been an ambassador for Colombia for One Young World, has a TEDx talk about change through design and has participated in various forums as a public speaker.

In this episode you will hear about his work in facilitating a conscious environmental change within people, the indigenous people of Columbia and what we can learn from them, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Maya Jacobs. Maya is CEO of Zalul environmental association, one of Israel’s leading environmental NGOs, dedicated to marine preservation, focusing on eliminating pollution from the Mediterranean and Red Seas, from Israel’s streams and rivers, and water preservation.

She has over 20 years of experience in media strategies and influencing public opinion, and has been dedicating these abilities for the environment in the past 10 years.

During her time with Zalul Maya led the organization to many achievements and today she is in a very unique position in which she leads the biggest environmental campaigns and struggles on the one hand while initiating and leading many collaborations on the other.

In this episode you will hear about why water preservation is so important, the problem with plastic at sea, green energy, the "special" gene of the coral reef in the Red Sea, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Ross O'Ceallaigh. Ross is an Urban Design and Planning Consultant based in London. When he's not helping clients create better urban environments, he hosts the Green Urbanist Podcast. This show explores how planners, architects, nature lovers and policy makers can make cities more sustainable, healthy and happy. Ross believes that urbanists have a unique role to play in tackling climate change.

In this episode you will hear about his work, what’s an urban designer, the benefits of more green in our cities, the equality and inequality in the space, ways to get cities more green, his podcast, and more.

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Breno Veiga is an agroforester that has been developing ways to promote the knowledge surrounding agroforestry systems throughout communities.

He is the co-creator of the documentary film O Elo Perdido (The Lost Connection) that is seeking the reconciliation between man and nature, through the lens of agroforestry.

Breno is also the Co-Founder of Ekonavi, a new platform that helps facilitate this lost connection.

In this episode you will hear about what agroforestry means, what are some of its benefits in comparison to the traditional farming methods, the making of the film, and more.

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Tim Kovar is a Master Tree Climbing Instructor with 30 years of teaching experience. His love and respect of nature, coupled with his wanderlust spirit, led him to metaphorically and literally take the vertical path less traveled. A path that has led him into the remote jungles of the world in pursuit of his vision to help connect others to our natural world.

In 1993, Tim began his career at Tree Climbers International in Atlanta, Ga., where he helped develop the standardized curriculum being taught around the world. Today, he continues to work closely with TCI, serving as their international instructor and ambassador, ensuring the integrity of the organization’s high standards. In 2005, the old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest lured him to Oregon where he co-founded Tree Climbing Northwest, which was operated by New Tribe. In 2010, he branched out on his own and founded Tree Climbing Planet.

In pursuing his vision, Tim has had the opportunity to work with many passionate people. He has worked extensively with canopy researchers stationed around the world, including ornithologists in Indonesia, primatologists in Uganda, entomologists in Ethiopia, and herpetologists in India, and students in Central America.

A true believer in sharing his knowledge, Tim consults with eco-tour operators and budding entrepreneurs wishing to plant their own schools.

In this episode you will hear about what it means to be a professional tree climber, the values in tree climbing, the does and don’ts, and much more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Harry Justice.

Harry is a senior at the Berkeley Carroll school in Brooklyn, NY, originally from Jersey City, NJ. He engages with environmentalism and sustainability by co-leading his school’s environmental club, conducting independent science research on sustainability, and promoting advocacy and social justice through personal research and advocacy with the climate advocacy group FXB Climate Advocates.

In this episode you will hear about his environmental work at school, his thoughts on environmental justice, the generational gaps and responsibilities in regards to climate change, and more.

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