The Butterfly Effect

This butterfly is excited to be speaking with David Wadström. David is co-founder of Solvatten.org, a social enterprise with a mission to give people clean and hot solar water at home to reduce the burning of wood or charcoal.

In this episode you will hear about his mom’s (Petra Wadström) invention, what it has to do with former US president Barack Obama, the connection to trees, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with scientist Pedro H.S. Brancalion.

Pedro Brancalion is a Professor of Tropical Forestry at the University of São Paulo, Brazil and vice-coordinator of the Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact. His research focuses on the development of innovative forest restoration approaches in human-modified tropical landscapes, aimed at transforming restoration into an economically viable land use with greater potential to contribute to biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. He has a background as an agronomist and has worked in close collaboration with farmers, agricultural companies, and

conservation NGOs to develop large-scale restoration programs, as well as with policy makers in Brazil to develop novel legal instruments and strategic plans for restoration. Most of his research has been focused in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Amazon regions. He worked as lead author and review editor in The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), as member of the scientific board of Brazil’s National Plan for Native Vegetation Recovery and of the Regenera Brasil initiative. He published  more than 170 peer-reviewed papers and 7 books, and received the 2018 Bunge Award for his contribution to promoting ecosystem services in agriculture.

You will hear about his latest research Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration where we dive in to talk about biodiversity, soil carbon, the meaning of “Brazil” and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with novelist Jennie Fields. 

Born in Chicago, Jennie is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the author of five novels. Her last novel, The Age of Desire was a New York Times Editor's Choice and has just been optioned for film. Her new book, Atomic Love is being translated into nine languages.  After many years in New York, Jennie now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and their sassy dog, Violet Jane.

You will hear about her book and the connection between the Manhattan project and what we are facing today.

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PC Anthony Scarlati & Dan Taylor.

This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Siddhant Desai. Siddhant is a junior at the Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering in Rockaway, NJ.

Siddhant understands the warming and nature crisis the Earth is facing, and is trying to use his knowledge and skills in computer science, programming, and engineering to make a difference in the world.

You will hear about his AI program that identifies the best locations to plant trees in order to make the biggest impact on our planet.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Chad Hanson, a forest and fire ecologist with more than 17 years experience in this field.

His Ph.D. research focused on forest and fire ecology and the rare wildlife species that depend upon post-fire habitat in forests of the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere in the western U.S.. He has published an impressive list of scientific research papers on forest and fire ecology, wildlife use of burned forest, natural post-fire forest regeneration, and fire history and trends.

In this episode you will hear about Chad's work, the importance of wildfires to our forests, how can we prevent unnecessary fires, do we really have less fires historically (yes less), and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Milton Yacelga. Milton is a wildlife biologist with a comprehensive understanding of continental and island ecosystems. His work spans wildlife ecology, conservation, and animal behavior with a focus on endangered species.

Milton is vice-president & co-founder of Kaminando Habitat Connectivity Initiative, an NGO that aims to protect the threatened tropical forest and the iconic jaguar in the Isthmus of Panamá.

In this episode you will hear about Milton’s work in the Montane Clowd Forest, the jaguars, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Iris Bardon. Iris is a Politics & International Relations student particularly involved in environmental preservation, international peace and development through various ongoing projects. From art to technology, she believes there are lucid and innovative ways to help our beautiful planet and reverse the trends often described to young people as irreversible.

In this episode you will hear about all the amazing projects Iris is involved in, her work with Earth Uprising & climate activist Alexandria Villaseñor, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Brenda Asnicar. Brenda is a famous Argentinian actress, model, singer, and dancer. Brenda's love for this planet led her to grow a forest of 100 trees in her hometown. She is using her voice to manifest a green change to our world.

You will hear about how she does it, what made her start, and more.

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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 how she does it, and her thoughts on sustainable logging, eco tourism, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking to James Musyoka from Kenya Connect.

You will hear about our tree planting in Kenya, solar lights, compost toilets, Nobel prize winner Wangari Maathai, and how it is all connected.

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