The fairly lame. Podcast
By Domenic Vido
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The fairly lame. Podcast May 05, 2024
Restoring The LA River, Species Rediscovered In PNG, & More! Ep. 88
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Restoring The LA River! (0:53)
Mandatory Solar Canopies Over Carparks! (2:17)
Preventing Bird-Building Collisions! (3:27)
First Evidence Of Species Since 1883! (4:40)
Restoring The LA River!
https://e360.yale.edu/features/restoring_the_los_angeles_river
Mandatory Solar Canopies Over Carparks!
https://www.electrifying.com/blog/article/solar-panels-to-be-legal-requirement-in-french-car-parks
Preventing Bird-Building Collisions!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/27/birds-buildings-collisions-architecture
First Evidence Of Species Since 1883!
California Running On Renewables, Homeless Sleeping Pods, & More! Ep. 87
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Renewables Powering California! (1:00)
Hydrogen-Powered Disaster Relief Truck! (2:21)
Homeless Sleeping Pods! (3:32)
Tiny Tranquillity! (5:06)
Renewables Powering California!
https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-california-energy-demand-30-days/
Hydrogen-Powered Disaster Relief Truck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6PJH31hx4M
Homeless Sleeping Pods!
Tiny Tranquillity!
Massive Climate Case Win, Sound Restoring Reefs, & More! Ep. 86
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Switzerland Sued For Climate Inaction! (0:51)
Restoring Coral Reefs With Sound! (2:03)
3D Printed Seawalls! (3:37)
The Windspider Wind Turbine Crane! (5:02)
Switzerland Sued For Climate Inaction!
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68768598
Restoring Coral Reefs With Sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vxupa48Rbo
3D Printed Seawalls!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDn7US1TCV0
The Windspider Wind Turbine Crane!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKoYPAciXU
Solar Paying Teachers, Incredible Rooftop Farm, & More! Ep. 85
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Solar Panels Paying Teachers! (0:49)
Making LA Spongy! (2:14)
Incredible Rooftop Farm! (3:37)
The Burnbot! (4:43)
Solar Panels Paying Teachers!
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/02/arkansas-school-district-goes-solar-boosts-teacher-pay/
Making LA Spongy!
https://grist.org/extreme-weather/los-angeles-just-showed-how-spongy-a-city-can-be/
Incredible Rooftop Farm!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aa4K6BudFc
The Burnbot!
EV Swap-&-Go Stations, Roadkill-Preventing Badge, & More! Ep. 84
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
EV Swap-&-Go Stations! (0:52)
Roadkill-Deterring VW Badge! (2:15)
Undoing The Damage Of Blast Fishing! (3:59)
Supermarket’s Massive Rooftop Farm! (5:27)
EV Swap-&-Go Stations!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QeQ3VM4A4w
Roadkill-Deterring VW Badge!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9klRlKoEQk
Undoing The Damage Of Blast Fishing!
Supermarket’s Massive Rooftop Farm!
https://livingarchitecturemonitor.com/articles/award-winning-iga-organic-rooftop-farm-sp22
Electrifying Garbage Trucks, Re-foresting Kenya, & More! Ep. 83
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Upcycling Old Diesel Garbage Trucks! (0:53)
Re-foresting Kenya With Seedballs! (2:11)
The Power Of Botanic Gardens! (3:34)
Florida’s Massive New Conservation Reserve!
Upcycling Old Diesel Garbage Trucks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szYJfV1oJ1k
Re-foresting Kenya With Seedballs!
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44044267
The Power Of Botanic Gardens!
https://newatlas.com/environment/surrey-cooling-effects-green-spaces-waterways/
Florida’s Massive New Conservation Reserve!
https://winknews.com/2024/03/12/conservation-area-everglades-gulf-endangered-species/
Hong Kong's Ghost Net Hunter, Amazon Treetop School, & More! Ep. 82
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Hong Kong’s Ghost Net Hunter! (0:53)
Treetop Classroom In The Amazon! (4:02)
Turning Sacred Flowers Into Dyes!
Importance Of Sea Cucumbers!
Hong Kong’s Ghost Net Hunter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4uCofApDg
Treetop Classroom In The Amazon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zur6X6ceKLs
Turning Sacred Flowers Into Dyes!
Importance Of Sea Cucumbers!
https://newatlas.com/environment/sea-cucumber-coral-reefs/
Never-used Bridge Into Wildlife Crossing, EU Bans Greenwashing, & More! Ep. 81
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Abandoned Bridge To Wildlife Crossing! (0:50)
EV-Only “Gas Stations”! (3:05)
The EU Is Banning Greenwashing! (6:12)
3 Siblings Cleaning Bali’s Rivers! (7:30)
The Cool Down
Abandoned Bridge To Wildlife Crossing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1poG_eU8pA
EV-Only “Gas Stations”!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTwTpTiS0zA
The EU Is Banning Greenwashing!
3 Siblings Cleaning Bali’s Rivers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv15il9ri80
Bringing The Oryx Back From The Brink, Re-Foresting The Andes, & More! Ep. 80
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Chicago’s Floating River! (0:50)
Saving The Oryx! (3:23)
Reforesting The Andes! (5:37)
Tokyo’s Farm-Office! (7:10)
Chicago’s Floating River!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKLxXU0WAFA
Saving The Oryx!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67689675
Reforesting The Andes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3FOMxKkJGQ
Tokyo’s Farm-Office!
Teaching Birds How To Migrate, Shipping Container Apartments, & More! Ep. 79
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This week’s Stories! (0:00)
Shipping Container Apartments! (0:47)
Re-teaching Birds To Migrate! (2:07)
Turtle-Protecting Sniffer Dogs! (3:27)
USA’s 2023 National Park Visitor Numbers! (4:42)
Shipping Container Apartments!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO8GP56fQCo
Re-teaching Birds To Migrate!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V5zmxevaiM
Turtle-Protecting Sniffer Dogs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JZ5OuRZxvI
USA’s 2023 National Park Visitor Numbers!
Coral-Growing Robots, Paris' Mandatory Green Roofs, & More! Ep. 78
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Coral-Planting Robots! (0:48)
Recording All Of Ireland's Birds! (2:47)
Restoring Louisiana’s Coastline! (5:07)
Paris’ Mandatory Green Roofs! (7:05)
Coral-Planting Robots!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYFAD6YKxlQ
Recording All Of Ireland's Birds!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am2h0n7XS9E
Restoring Louisiana’s Coastline!
Paris’ Mandatory Green Roofs!
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/new-law-in-france-green-roofs-on-new-commercial-buildings/
Wollemi Pine Conservation, Turning Mangoes Into Leather, & More! Ep. 77
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Turning Mangoes Into Leather! (1:18)
Saving Australia’s Dinosaur Trees! (2:40)
Abandoned Train Lines To Urban Farms! (4:23)
Cleaning Up Jamaica’s Urban Rivers! (7:26)
Turning Mangoes Into Leather!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcieZYwyEiA
Saving Australia’s Dinosaur Trees!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLPDb3zR9cY
Abandoned Train Lines To Urban Farms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqyK_9iybD8
Cleaning Up Jamaica’s Urban Rivers!
Student's Solar Powered Campervan, Emergency Room Dogs, & More! Ep 76
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Power Of Therapy Dogs In Hospitals! (0:59)
Netherland’s Youth Sea Ranger Service! (2:03)
Solar-powered Campervan! (3:47)
Prevented Emissions From Subways! (5:16)
Power Of Therapy Dogs In Hospitals!
Netherland’s Youth Sea Ranger Service!
Solar-powered Campervan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vHuldVlpFA
Prevented Emissions From Subways!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723023124?dgcid=author
Saving The Northern White Rhino, EV Battery Passports & More! Ep. 75
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Panda Conservation In China! (0:52)
China’s Insane Solar Capacity! (2:24)
Rhino Conservation Breakthrough! (3:48)
EV Battery Passports! (5:32)
Panda Conservation In China!
China’s Insane Solar Capacity!
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/china-added-more-solar-power-in-2023-than-the-us-has-ever-built
Rhino Conservation Breakthrough!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjwUGGIJLEg
EV Battery Passports!
https://www.drive.com.au/news/electric-cars-to-require-battery-passports-in-europe-from-2027/
Mexico's Underground Rivers, Electric 1978 Ford, & More! Ep. 74
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Deep Sea Coral Reef Discovery! (1:15)
Manatees Using Underground River System! (2:48)
Underwater Space Station? (4:42)
Electric 1978 Ford! (6:12)
Deep Sea Coral Reef Discovery!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/19/deep-sea-coral-reef-atlantic-coast
Manatees Using Underground River System!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GkmjWJVrM8
Underwater Space Station?
https://newatlas.com/marine/deep-sentinel/
Electric 1978 Ford!
Homegrown Jeans, Crab Wildlife Crossings, & More! Ep. 73
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
3D-Printing Homes With Local Clay! (1:25)
She Grew Her Own Jeans! (2:50)
Feeding & Homing Animals After Fires! (4:11)
Wildlife Crossing For Crabs! (5:20)
3D-Printing Homes With Local Clay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MLJs1KRa0Y
She Grew Her Own Jeans!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV3lFtfaLyQ
Feeding & Homing Animals After Fires!
Drones: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-27/zoos-victoria-technology-conservation/103214190
Habitat Pods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T8pUliEDtk
Wildlife Crossing For Crabs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOrQc3lxiBQ
Xbus The Modular EV, Cleaning Up The World's Rivers, & More! Ep. 72
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Paying School Fees With Plastic! (1:30)
Modular Electric Vehicle! (3:05)
Cleaning Up The World’s Rivers! (4:20)
Bringing Bees Back To Detroit! (5:50)
Paying School Fees With Plastic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4rYZm5hWgs
Modular Electric Vehicle!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br9pWay2t_I
Cleaning Up The World’s Rivers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ32lSQjWU0
Bringing Bees Back To Detroit!
E-waste Racecar, Massive Sculptures Stopping Illegal Fishing, & More! Ep. 71
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Sinking Sculptures To Stop Bottom Trawling! (1:36)
World’s Largest Wooden Wind Turbine! (3:07)
Replica Formula E Car Made From E-waste! (4:29)
Monitoring Air Pollution With Moss & Lichens! (5:49)
Sinking Sculptures To Stop Bottom Trawling!
https://www.freethink.com/energy/bottom-trawling
DONATION WEBSITE: https://onceayear-globalocean.org/projects/la-casa-dei-pesci/
World’s Largest Wooden Wind Turbine!
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67718719
Replica Formula E Car Made From E-waste!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrAG4jgklME
Monitoring Air Pollution With Moss & Lichens!
https://grist.org/science/natures-air-sensors-are-growing-on-your-street-moss/
LA's Gangsta Gardener, The Incredible Recovery Of The Saiga, & More! Ep. 70
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
LA’s Gangsta Gardener! (0:47)
Beach Plastic Vacuum! (2:14)
Saiga Conservation Success! (3:40)
Using AI To Predict Poaching! (5:06)
LA’s Gangsta Gardener!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZzZ_qpZ4w
Beach Plastic Vacuum!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIR0tP2wBHE
Saiga Conservation Success!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/saiga-antelope-threatened-conservation-success
Using AI To Predict Poaching!
US' $8.2 Billion Investment In Trains, Replanting The UK's Seagrass, & More! Ep. 69
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
UK Seagrass Restoration! (2:33)
US’ $8.2 Billion Train Investment! (4:07)
Solar Panel-Covered Trucks! (5:32)
Ugly Food Subscription Boxes! (6:42)
UK Seagrass Restoration!
https://www.zsl.org/news-and-events/news/planting-healthier-ocean
US’s $8.2 Billion Train Investment!
Solar Panel-Covered Trucks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-p_dK1h-iQ
Ugly Food Subscription Boxes!
Companies:
Misfits Market: https://www.misfitsmarket.com/about-us
Imperfect Foods: https://www.imperfectfoods.com/impact
Farmers Pick: https://farmerspick.com.au/
3D-Printing Pet Prosthetics, Fenway Park's Rooftop Farm, Shipwreck Reefs, & More! Ep. 68!
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Stories! (0:00)
Rediscovering This Golden Mole! (2:38)
3D-Printing Prosthetics For Pets! (4:28)Shipwrecks Acting As Artificial Reefs! (5:52)
Fenway Park’s Rooftop Farm! (7:03)
Rediscovering This Golden Mole!
3D-Printing Prosthetics For Pets!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BC_lg8iMK4
Shipwrecks Acting As Artificial Reefs!
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-reveals-shipwrecks-refuge-marine-life.html
Fenway Park’s Rooftop Farm!
New York Suing Pepsi, Water-Producing Solar Panels, Detroit's Electric Road, & More! Ep. 67
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Topics! (0:00)
Bring Back Indonesia’s Zebra Sharks! (1:15)
Water-producing Solar Panels! (2:40)
America’s First Electrified Road! (4:19)
State of New York Sues Pepsi! (5:25)
Bring Back Indonesia’s Zebra Sharks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq0IPDL2Agg
Water-producing Solar Panels!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_LP3UQDLrc
America’s First Electrified Road!
https://www.autoblog.com/2023/12/03/wireless-ev-charging-road-detroit/
State of New York Sues Pepsi!
Africa's Great Green Wall, Energy Generating Windows, Palm Oil Crackdown, & More! Ep. 66
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Topics! (0:00)
Climate Insurance For America’s Ocelots! (1:57)
Food Forests And Africa’s Great Green Wall! (3:07)
Indonesia Cracking Down On Palm Oil! (4:44)
Energy Generating Windows! (6:03)
Climate Insurance For America’s Ocelots!
Food Forests And Africa’s Great Green Wall!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_SzuUHXP1M
Indonesia Cracking Down On Palm Oil!
Energy Generating Windows!
Google's AI Flood Hub, Kheyti Greenhouses, PNG's Massive New Marine Parks, & More! Ep. 65
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame Giveaway Info! (0:00) Today’s Topics! (3:05) Google’s Flood Hub AI! (3:40) Greenhouse-In-A-Box! (5:07) The Ocean Cleanup’s System 3! (6:18) PNG’s 2 Ginormous New Marine Parks! (7:40) Google’s Flood Hub AI! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz0ikfuE_z0&t=1s Greenhouse-In-A-Box! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvxhYMZUDK8 The Ocean Cleanup’s System 3! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjF0gB29OG4 Papua New Guinea's 2 Ginormous New Marine Parks! https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/21438/Papua-New-Guinea-Triples-Ocean-Protection-Announcing-Two-New-Marine-Protected-Areas.aspx
Korea's Floating City, Solar Car Challenge, Donating Homes To US' Poorest Community, & More! Ep. 64
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame Today’s Topics! (0:00) $4,000 Homes For America’s Poorest Community! (1:14) South Korea’s Floating City! (2:51) The World Solar Challenge! (4:29) Electrifying America’s School Buses! (6:01) $4,000 Homes For America’s Poorest Community! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHo1f5qe-Qw South Korea’s Floating City! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1OT0e0HasU The World Solar Challenge! https://worldsolarchallenge.org/ Electrifying America’s School Buses! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5-YH0UUq5o
Returning Island To Pre-Colonial Condition, Singapore's Free Electronic Repair Cafe, More! Ep. 63
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
Today’s Topics! (0:00)
City With Worst Traffic Gets First Train Line! (1:54)
America’s Largest River Restoration Project! (3:21)
Singapore’s Electronic Repair Cafe! (4:51)
Returning Caribbean Island To Pre-Colonial Condition! (6:25)
City With Worst Traffic Gets First Train Line!
America’s Largest River Restoration Project!
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/20/klamath-river-dam-removal-restoration-billions-native-seeds/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX4gYJ3hicQ
Singapore’s Electronic Repair Cafe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrT7FKxANQE
Returning Caribbean Island To Pre-Colonial Condition!
World's Largest Landfill Becoming A Park, Colossal Biosciences' Latest Mission, & More! Ep. 62
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Topics! (0:00)
America’s Largest Solar Panel Recycling Facility! (2:30)
World’s Largest Landfill Becoming A Park! (4:12)
Colossal Biosciences’ Latest Project! (5:36)
Buddy Benches! (6:57)
America’s Largest Solar Panel Recycling Facility!
World’s Largest Landfill Becoming A Park!
Colossal Biosciences’ Latest Project!
Buddy Benches!
Lids4Kids Website!
Converting Golf Course Into Public Park, Potential Lion Protection Fee, & More! Ep. 61
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Topics! (0:00)
Lion Protection Fee To End Trophy Hunting! (2:50)
Sponsor An Island’s Marine Reserve! (4:25)
Tradies Swapping Their Vans For Bikes! (5:44)
Golf Course Into Massive Public Park! (7:04)
Lion Protection Fee To End Trophy Hunting!
Sponsor An Island’s Marine Reserve!
Tradies Swapping Their Vans For Bikes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_46vienXy0
Golf Course Into Massive Public Park!
Pakistan's Flood-Proof Homes, Cali's Climate Disclosure Laws, Bhutan's Big Cats, & More! Ep. 60
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This Week’s Topics! (0:00)
California’s New Climate Disclosure Laws! (1:45)
Arizona’s Newest Car Free Community! (2:54)
Big Cat Recovery In Bhutan! (4:27)
Building Flood Proof Homes In Pakistan! ( 5:57)
California’s New Climate Disclosure Laws!
Arizona’s Car Free Community!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r7n-BXSa4U&t=3s
Big Cat Recovery In Bhutan!
$1 Billion Mission: https://www.conservation.org/blog/new-conservation-effort-seeks-1-billion-for-eastern-himalayas
Building Flood Proof Homes In Pakistan!
Rehabilitating Mines With Lavender, Paris' Centralised Cooling Network, & More! Ep. 59
All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
Today’s Topics! (0:00)
Paris’ New Centralised Cooling System! (2:20)
Turning Coal Mine Into Lavender Farm! (3:40)
Using Oysters To Cool Buildings! (5:17)
Virtual Fauna Fences! (6:39)
Paris’ New Centralised Cooling System!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdEYKjyCsLs
Turning Coal Mine Into Lavender Farm!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rCxAdRo-h4
Using Oysters To Cool Buildings!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJhYB3nqGxE
Virtual Fauna Fences!
Emergence Of Algae Ink, America's Climate Corp, London's $4.5 Billion Super Sewer, & More! Ep. 58
All fairly lame.’s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
Updates! (0:00)
Today’s Topics (1:45)
America’s National Climate Corp! (3:41)
London’s $4.5 Billion Dollar Super Sewer! (5:07)
Algae Ink! (6:09)
Shanghai’s 1,000 Trees Building! (7:34)
America’s National Climate Corp!
https://grist.org/politics/want-to-join-the-american-climate-corps-what-we-know-so-far/
Recruitment Website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/climatecorps/
London’s $4.5 Billion Dollar Super Sewer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3ipd9pDCA
Algae Ink!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5iYvMtqTAo
Shanghai’s 1,000 Trees Building!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndjytkhu7Gk
Preventing Bird-Turbine Collisions, Heli-Burning, 10,000 Endangered Turtles Released, & More! Ep. 57
All fairly lame.’s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
This week’s Topics (0:00)
Reducing Bird-wind turbine Collisions With AI-equipped Cameras! (2:04)
Tesla’s Solar Roof Tiles! (3:11)
Massive New Electric Motorbike Factory In Kenya! (4:39)
Aboriginal Rangers Heli-burning To Combat Bushfires! (5:57)
Moths Are More Efficient Pollinators Than Bees! (7:05)
10,000 Endangered Turtles Released Into Canada’s Thames River! (8:24)
Reducing Bird-wind turbine Collisions With AI-equipped Cameras!
https://newatlas.com/energy/wind-turbine-bird-death/
Tesla’s Solar Roof Tiles!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJeSWbR6W04&t=1364s
Massive New Electric Motorbike Factory In Kenya!
https://www.roam-electric.com/post/roam-unveils-roam-park
Aboriginal Rangers Heli-burning To Combat Bushfires!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-09-09/cosmo-newbery-heli-burn-bushfire-management/102597678
Moths Are More Efficient Pollinators Than Bees!
10,000 Endangered Turtles Released Into Canada’s Thames River!
https://londonnewstoday.ca/london/news/2023/08/30/10000-endangered-baby-turtles-released-into-river
US's Parks Generate $50 Billion, Wind-assisted Cargo Ships, White Rhino Release, & more! Ep. 56!
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This week’s Topics (0:00)
NPS Generates Over $50 Billion In Visitor Spending! (2:09)
Rabies Vaccines Airdopped From Planes! (3:14)
2,000 Rhinos Released From Horn Farm! (4:17)
Carbon Neutral Educational Island On The Great Barrier Reef! (5:15)
First Wind-assisted Cargo Ship Sets Sail! (6:15)
NZ Town Halved Air Pollution-related Deaths In Just 13 Years! (7:26)
NPS Generates Over $50 Billion In Visitor Spending!
Income breakdown for each park - https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm
Rabies Vaccines Airdopped From Planes!
2,000 Rhinos Released From Horn Farm!
Carbon Neutral Educational Island On The Great Barrier Reef!
First Wind-assisted Cargo Ship Sets Sail!
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/22/wind-powered-cargo-ship-sets-sail-on-maiden-voyage
NZ Town Halved Air Pollution-related Deaths In Just 13 Years!
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497495/how-rotorua-halved-early-deaths-from-air-pollution
EV Portable Chargers, Whale Poo Helping Fight Climate Change, Hemp Lego Brick Houses, & More! Ep. 55
Soon to be rolled out portable chargers for electric vehicles, the importance of whale poo for fighting climate change, building carbon negative homes out of hemp lego bricks, & more!
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Beehive Fences Protecting Remote African Farms From Elephants! (2:14)
Why Whale Poo Is So Important For Fighting Climate Change! (3:42)
Sustainable Summits In Arcadia N.P.! (4:46)
Building Homes With Hemp Lego Bricks! (6:10)
Why Sponge Cities Are So Important (7:16)
Portable Chargers For EVs! (8:28)
Beehive Fences Protecting Remote African Farms From Elephants!
Why Whale Poo Is So Important For Fighting Climate Change!
https://theconversation.com/bottoms-up-how-whale-poop-helps-feed-the-ocean-27913
Sustainable Summits In Arcadia N.P.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIY54pz1NOk
Building Homes With Hemp Lego Bricks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqLXXjvQXgI&t=106s
Harmless Home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8efNdG7au4
Why Sponge Cities Are So Important
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUpH2BiUh6s
Portable Chargers For EVs!
America's Salmon Forest, Recycling Unused Hotel Soap, Sailboat Drones Mapping The Sea, & More! Ep.54
Why the Tongass National Forest is called America's salmon forest, reusing unfinished hotel soap bars, autonomous boats mapping the deep seas and monitoring wildlife, & more!
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Surveying The Ocean With Autonomous Sailboats! (2:02)
Why Tongass Is Called America’s Salmon Forest! (3:25)
Solar Powered Wheelchair Access Ramps Across Greece! (4:27)
185 Countries Agree to New Global Biodiversity Fund! (5:20)
Recycling Unfinished Hotel Soap Bars! (6:18)
Crucial EV Sales Tipping Point! (7:34)
Surveying The Ocean With Autonomous Sailboats!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJMFfRXWrHA
Why Tongass Is Called America’s Salmon Forest!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GitENpJMS5A
Solar Powered Wheelchair Access Ramps Across Greece!
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/greece-beaches-wheelchair-accessible-180982140/
185 Countries Agree to New Global Biodiversity Fund!
Recycling Unfinished Hotel Soap Bars!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qJV34pcOaw
Crucial EV Sales Tipping Point!
Jetpack Paramedics, Demolishing Highway To Restore River, African Nun's Hydro Plant, & More! Ep. 53
Jetpack paramedics for injured hikers on mountains, removing a highway in the heart of Seoul to uncover an ancient river, an African nun built her community a hydro plant to over come blackouts, & more!
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Ecuador Votes To Ban Oil In Amazonian National Park! (2:02)
Building Hurricane Proof Homes Out Of Invasive Seaweed! (2:56)
Demolishing A Highway To Restore An Ancient River In Seoul! (4:14)
African Nun Built Her Community a Micro Hydroelectric Plant! (5:15)
Using Jetpacks To Reach Injured Hikers On Mountains! (6:17)
Underwater Jetpacks Helping Ultrascan Whale Sharks! (7:24)
Ecuador Votes To Ban Oil In Amazonian National Park!
Building Hurricane Proof Homes Out Of Invasive Seaweed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXiboAGQvM
Demolishing A Highway To Restore An Ancient River In Seoul!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWwt6ZJrgFc
African Nun Built Her Community a Micro Hydroelectric Plant!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt0Aw2jXNIE
Using Jetpacks To Reach Injured Hikers On Mountains!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtvCnZqZnxc
Underwater Jetpacks Helping Ultrascan Whale Sharks!
Railway To Sky Garden, Thermal Drones Finding Koalas, Reusing 60 Tons Of Coffee, & More! Ep. 52
How an elevated railway in New York was transformed into a nature walk, using thermal drones to find koalas, reusing coffee grounds to grow mushrooms, & more!
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Using Thermal Drones To Find Koalas! (2:15)
Satellite Tracked-seals Helping Map Under The Ice Sheets! (3:36)
Pyramids Protecting The Shore Whilst Acting As Artificial Reefs! (5:07)
Using Coffee Grounds To Grow Mushrooms! (6:24)
New York’s Incredible Highline Garden! (7:32)
Low Emission Zones Already Saving Billions Of Dollars In Prevented Health Care Costs! (9:04)
Using Thermal Drones To Find Koalas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCXwgtGZYHs&t=114s
Study About The Impact On Koalas - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159123001351?via%3Dihub
Satellite Tracked-seals Helping Map Under The Ice Sheets!
Pyramids Protecting The Shore Whilst Acting As Artificial Reefs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YeEWu3LKMo
Using Coffee Grounds To Grow Mushrooms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIuT1LfeONE
New York’s Incredible Highline Garden!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=068Rxxom1nc
https://dsrny.com/project/the-high-line
Low Emission Zones Already Saving Billions Of Dollars In Prevented Health Care Costs!
London Information - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/10/ulez-cut-toxic-nox-pollution-across-london-by-23-report-finds
Planting Aboriginal Artworks, USA's National Nature Assessment, Safer Cooking Stoves, & More! Ep. 51
Restoring the outback with Aboriginal artworks, America's national nature assessment, Mukuru Clean Stoves, & more!
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America’s National Nature Assessment! (1:49)
Planting Aboriginal Artworks In Western Australia! (3:07)
Building A Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary Out Of The Dirt From A New Train Line! (4:32)
Using AI To Detect Fires Within Minutes Of Igniting! (5:56)
Mukuru Clean Stoves! (7:00)
Aussie Kids Repairing Donated Clothes To Reduce Textile Waste! (8:14)
America’s National Nature Assessment!
Planting Aboriginal Artworks In Western Australia!
Building A Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary Out Of The Dirt From A New Train Line!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnSs4_sikxw
Using AI To Detect Fires Within Minutes Of Igniting!
https://newatlas.com/environment/newest-firefighter-artificial-intelligence/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ppHxqMacU0
Mukuru Clean Stoves!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIFLvSDGKqI
Aussie Kids Repairing Donated Clothes To Reduce Textile Waste!
Nevada's Lawn Ban, Deforestation Alarms, 3D Modelling Concealed Wildlife, & More! Ep. 50
Nevada is banning lawns to help conserve water, the deforestation alarms that are being installed all over the world, 3D modelling concealed wildlife to prevent smuggling, & more!
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3D Package Scanners To Crack Down On Wildlife Smuggling! (2:06)
Rainforest Guardian Modules, The Deforestation Alarms! (3:03)
Cutting Down The Transportation Emissions Of National Park Visitors! (4:35)
Nevada’s Lawn Ban! (5:48)
Notpla’s 100% Plastic Free Seaweed Films! (7:12)
The Cigarette Surfboard! (8:40)
3D Package Scanners To Crack Down On Wildlife Smuggling!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuE7GnzvcQU
Rainforest Guardian Modules, The Deforestation Alarms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTWaMpAew_I
https://www.mossy.earth/projects/combating-poaching
Cutting Down The Transportation Emissions Of National Park Visitors!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/national-parks-sustainability-carbon-free
Most Popular Parks - https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/national-parks/2023/02/27/most-visited-america-national-park/11338691002/
Great Smoky Mountains Air Quality - https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/air-quality.htm
Nevada’s Lawn Ban!
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/climate/las-vegas-lawn-grass-ban.html
Notpla’s 100% Plastic Free Seaweed Films!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bhWOHFeyEo
The Cigarette Surfboard!
Killer Whale Sniffer Dogs, Resistance Training For Coral, Fruit Picking Robots, & More! Ep. 49
Eba, the killer whale sniffer dog, how coral vita is putting coral fragments through resistance training to ensure reefs for future generations, fruit picking robots to cut down on food waste, & more!
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Eba, The Killer Whale Poo Sniffer Dog! (2:01)
How Coral Vita’s Growing More Resilient Coral, 50x Faster! (3:23)
Using Human Hair To Clean Up Oil Spills! (5:05)
World’s Largest Wind Turbine Is Now Operational! (6:33)
Mossy Earth’s Project Replanting A Forest After A Wildfire! (7:36)
Fruit-picking Robots To Cut Down On Foot Waste! (9:14)
Eba, The Killer Whale Poo Sniffer Dog!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhkC9zEYtg4
How Coral Vita’s Growing More Resilient Coral, 50x Faster!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z91BwhIPMJ0
https://www.coralvita.co/what-we-do
Using Human Hair To Clean Up Oil Spills!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Pll0V4HdM
How To Donate: https://matteroftrust.org/collecting-hair-fur-fleece/
World’s Largest Wind Turbine Is Now Operational!
https://newatlas.com/energy/worlds-largest-wind-turbine-myse-16-260/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1YzMwYQMbQ
Mossy Earth’s Project Replanting A Forest After A Wildfire!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H11ieh0rV3E
https://www.mossy.earth/projects/wildfire-restoration
Fruit-picking Robots To Cut Down On Foot Waste!
San Diego's Frozen Zoo, Rapid-growing Super Trees, Learning To Coexist With Sharks , & More! Ep. 48
San Diego Zoo's Frozen Zoo, field testing rapid-growing super trees in America, how drone videos of sharks and swimmers coexisting could completely change the way we prevent attacks, & more!
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Field Testing Rapid-growing Super Trees! (1:32)
Using Living Moss Panels To Filter And Cool Urban Air! (2:38)
Roadside Turbines Converting The Wind From Passing Vehicles Into Electricity! (3:50)
Mossy Earth’s Golden Kelp Forest Restoration Work! (5:05)
Drone Videos Of Sharks Are Helping Change How We Prevent Attacks! (6:35)
San Diego Zoo’s Frozen Zoo! (7:57)
Field Testing Rapid-growing Super Trees!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/science/genetically-modified-trees-living-carbon.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN-y_DJTA3Q
Using Living Moss Panels To Filter And Cool Urban Air!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGCJrqv0xPQ
https://greencitysolutions.de/en/citytree/
Roadside Turbines Converting The Wind From Passing Vehicles Into Electricity!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcSnwW5v3f8
Mossy Earth’s Golden Kelp Forest Restoration Work!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBgaRonO660
https://www.mossy.earth/projects/kelp-nursery
Drone Videos Of Sharks Are Helping Change How We Prevent Attacks!
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/features/drone-footage-of-great-white-sharks-in-california/
Scott’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott_fairchild/?hl=en
San Diego Zoo’s Frozen Zoo!
Underground Carpark Microgreen Farm, 30,000-plant Green Facade, Whale Conservation, & More! Ep. 47
How Urban Green turned underground car spaces into a microgreen farm, Europe's largest green facade, Australian Humpback Whale numbers keep climbing, & more!
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8 km Of Hedges Covering A Building! (2:09)
Detroit Community Lightning Their Neighbourhood With Solar Streetlights! (3:19)
Transforming An Underground Carpark In Sydney Into A Microgreen Farm! (4:23)
Growing Furniture and Insulation With Mycelium And Crop Waste! (5:27)
Teaching Endangered Species Not To Eat Cane Toads (6:38)
Australian Humpback Whale Numbers Continue To Climb! (8:14)
8 km Of Hedges Covering A Building!
https://discovercleantech.com/ko-bogen-ii-dusseldorf-europes-largest-green-facade/
Detroit Community Lightning Their Neighbourhood With Solar Streetlights!
Transforming An Underground Carpark In Sydney Into A Microgreen Farm!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNg3IOqlCXw
Growing Furniture and Insulation With Mycelium And Crop Waste!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1UjGTnWGYU
Teaching Endangered Species Not To Eat Cane Toads
Australian Humpback Whale Numbers Continue To Climb!
Train Station Turnstiles Into Turbines, Europe's Most Successful Species Recoveries, & More! Ep. 46
Turning train station turnstiles into turbines, Europe's most successful species recoveries, how bees are helping mitigate the effects of climate change in the Solomon Islands, & More!
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Europe’s Largest Rooftop Farm! (2:10)
Beekeeping Helps Solomon Islanders Generate Income And Protect Their Islands From Storms! (3:09)
S80 Solar-powered Scooter (4:10)
Turning Train Station Turnstiles Into Energy Generating Turbines In Paris! (5:24)
The Most Successful Species Recoveries In Europe! (6:09)
Wildcats Being Released In Secret Locations In Scotland! (7:11)
Europe’s Largest Rooftop Farm!
Beekeeping Helps Solomon Islanders Generate Income And Protect Their Islands From Storms!
S80 Solar-powered Scooter
https://insideevs.com/news/674177/s80-solar-powered-electric-scooter/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6hZSBgEc0&t=14s
Turning Train Station Turnstiles Into Energy-generating Turbines In Paris!
https://www.iberdrola.fr/e/residential/useful-information/blog/our-news/european-wind-day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-hCfL3HF6k
The Most Successful Species Recoveries In Europe!
Full Report:
https://www.rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/wildlife-comeback-in-europe-2022/
Wildcats Being Released In Secret Locations In Scotland!
Transforming A Quarry Into An Indoor Rainforest, Kenya's First Women Rangers, Turning Air Into Drinking Water, & More! Ep. 45
How the Eden Project transformed an abandoned quarry into an indoor rainforest, Kenya’s all-women ranger unit, turning fresh air into clean drinking water, & more!
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Transforming A Quarry Into An Indoor Rainforest Biome! (1:57)
Turning Air Into Clean Drinking Water In Africa! (4:19)
Kenya’s First All-women Ranger Team! (5:43)
Construction-grade Blocks Made of Out Unrecyclable Plastic! (6:50)
China Agrees To Ban The Funding Of Unsustainable Fishing Practices! (8:00)
Emergency Shelters For Wildlife Who Have Lost Their Homes In Bushfires! (9:04)
Transforming A Quarry Into An Indoor Rainforest Biome!
https://www.edenproject.com/mission/about-our-mission/our-mission-plants-and-nature
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/conservation/conservationists/eden4.htm
Turning Air Into Clean Drinking Water In Africa!
Majik Water - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19UCU6PS3TU&t=267s
Offgrid Box - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2bwRw0cwMI
Kenya’s First All-women Ranger Team!
https://www.ifaw.org/au/projects/team-lioness
Construction-grade Blocks Made of Out Unrecyclable Plastic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuWOFDEWMY8&t=49s
China Agrees To Ban The Funding Of Unsustainable Fishing Practices!
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/china-ratifies-wto-deal-fisheries-subsidies-2023-06-27/
Emergency Shelters For Wildlife Who Have Lost Their Homes In Bushfires!
Canada's Animal Testing Ban, Tidal Power Turbines, Mexican Grey Wolf Pup Release, & More! I Ep. 44
Canada has banned animal testing for cosmetics, tidal power turbines can generate electricity without restricting water flow, 16 Mexican Gray Wolf pups successfully accepted by a wild pack, & more! These are some of the stories I go over in this week's episode of The fairly lame. Podcast, your home of good environmental news! Head over to Instagram for daily good news stories that I don’t cover in the podcasts! All fairly lame.’s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame 4ocean Green Sea Turtle Spotlight: Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/blogs/cause-of-the-month/cotm-green-sea-turtles rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 This Week’s Topics! (0:00) Canada Bans Animal Testing For Cosmetics! (1:46) Ex-blast Fishermen Now Repairing Coral Reefs! (2:59) Tonga’s Wave Energy Plan! (4:29) Tidal Power Turbines! (5:33) 16 More Mexican Grey Wolf Pups Released! (6:47) Lions Returning To National Parks After Being Absent For Decades! (7:54) Canada Bans Animal Testing For Cosmetics! https://worldanimalnews.com/victory-canada-officially-bans-cruel-cosmetics-testing-on-animals/ Ex-Blast Fishermen Now Repairing Coral Reefs! https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/09/meet-the-ex-poachers-restoring-the-indonesian-coral-reefs-they-destroyed https://reefbuilders.com/2018/10/05/spider-frame-technique-restore-reefs/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40155824_An_Economic_Analysis_of_Blast_Fishing_on_Indonesian_Coral_Reefs Tonga’s Wave Energy Plan! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-23/tonga-looks-to-wave-power-park-as-renewable-energy-source/102497360 Tidal Power Turbines! https://newatlas.com/energy/orbital-o2-tidal-turbine/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d9zs0W9u2A 16 More Mexican Grey Wolf Pups Released! https://defenders.org/blog/2023/06/partnership-wins-wildlife-conservation https://www.fws.gov/story/cross-fostering-101 Lions Returning To National Parks After Being Absent For Decades! https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/return-of-the-lions-large-protected-areas-in-africa-attract-apex-predator/
Becoming A National Geographic Photographer! I Jayaprakash Bojan
For this episode of The fairly lame. Podcast I’m joined by the 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of The Year, Jayaprakash Bojan, talking about his transition from the corporate world into full-time photography, the incredible backstory of his award-winning photograph, and much more! Jayaprakash’s Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayaprakash_bojan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JayaprakashBojanPhotography/ Website: https://www.jayaprakashbojan.com/ Introduction (0:00) Transitioning From the Corporate World To Full-time Photographer (1:40) Winning The 2017 National Geographic Photographer Of The Year (4:46) Deciding Which Species To Chase (19:16) Importance Of Equipment (24:31) Understanding Animal Behaviour (27:47) Unsuccessful Expeditions (34:54) The Fear Of Missing (38:29) Ethics In Wildlife Photography (42:28) Bucket List (51:43) Wrap-Up (53:33)
Global Coral Biobank, Ex-cattle Ranchers Regrowing The Amazon, Gravity Batteries, & More! I Ep.43
How The Forever Reef Project aims to establish a global coral biobank, the family of cattle ranchers-turned-conservationists revegetating the Amazon, storing green energy in abandoned coal mines, & more! These are some of the stories I go over in this week's episode of The fairly lame. Podcast, your home of good environmental news!
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Rats Successfully Eradicated From Another Island! (2:30)
Powernest, A Rooftop Unit Combining Solar With Wind Turbines! (4:09)
Turning Abandoned Coal Mines Into Clean Energy Batteries! (5:57)
Family Of Cattle Ranchers Sell Their Herd And Regenerate Their 40 Hectares Of The Amazon! (7:19)
Yumi The Tree Planting Robot Speeding Up Revegetation Projects! (8:54)
The Forever Reef Project’s Coral Biobank! (10:08)
Rats Successfully Eradicated From Another Island!
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rats-are-finally-gone-from-this-vulnerable-island/
Rooftop Unit Combining Solar With Wind Turbines!
https://www.designboom.com/technology/powernest-wind-turbine-solar-panels-01-30-2023/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vJuKxAIMuA&t=344s
Turning Abandoned Coal Mines Into Clean Energy Batteries!
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220511-can-gravity-batteries-solve-our-energy-storage-problems
Family Of Cattle Ranchers Sell Their Herd And Regenerate Their 40 Hectares Of The Amazon!
YuMi The Tree Planting Robot Speeding Up Revegetation Projects!
https://futurism.com/the-byte/amazon-reforestation-robot
The Forever Reef Project’s Coral Biobank!
Underwater Drones Monitoring Reefs, Operation Migration, Finland's Carbon Neutral Progress, & More! Ep. 42
Autonomous underwater drones monitoring coral reefs, operation migration, Finland's progress towards being carbon neutral by 2035, & more!
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No Takes Zones Lead To Stronger Fishing Industries! (1:07)
Autonomous Underwater Drones Surveying Species And Inspecting Wind Farms! (3:33)
Battery Tankers Shipping Renewable Energy Across The Ocean!(4:53)
Finland Legally Commits To Carbon Neutral By 2035! (6:55)
My Favourite Wildlife Behaviour Change Project! (7:52)
The Importance of Black-backed Woodpeckers Post Fire! (8:58)
No Takes Zones Lead To Stronger Fishing Industries!
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/06/fully-protected-marine-areas-biodiversity-fishing-industry/
Published Paper
World’s Largest No Take Zone Example
https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/new-news/2022/10/21/ahi-recovery/
Autonomous Underwater Drones Surveying Species And Inspecting Wind Farms!
https://www.advancednavigation.com/robotics/micro-auv/hydrus/#Applications
Battery Tankers Shipping Renewable Energy Across The Ocean!
https://newatlas.com/energy/powerx-battery-tanker/
Finland Legally Commits To Carbon Neutral By 2035!
My Favourite Wildlife Behaviour Change Project!
https://www.inverse.com/science/controversial-conservation-method-could-save-countless-wild-animals
The Importance of Black-backed Woodpeckers Post Fire!
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/woodpeckers-for-fire-recovery-a-new-online-tool-tells-you-how/
Sea Turtles' Now Have Legal Rights In Panama, All-terrain Wheelchairs, QLD's Gillnet Ban & More! Ep. 41
Sea turtles now having legal rights in Panama, all-terrain wheelchairs, banning gillnets in the Great Barrier Reef, & more! These are some of the stories I go over in this week's episode of The fairly lame. Podcast, your home of good environmental news! Head over to Instagram for daily good news stories that I don’t cover in the podcasts! All fairly lame.’s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame 4ocean Green Sea Turtle Spotlight: Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/blogs/cause-of-the-month/cotm-green-sea-turtles?rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 This Week’s Topics! (0:00) This Month’s 4ocean Cause! (1:23) Gillnet Ban In The Great Barrier Reef! (1:57) Sea Turtles Gain Legal Rights In Panama! (4:19) Yale’s Interactive Map Of Unknown Species! (5:37) Global Protected Areas Hold 1 Year’s Worth Of Emissions! (6:49) All-terrain Wheelchairs! (7:56) Could Fungi Become A Major Construction Material? (9:35) Gillnet Ban In The Great Barrier Reef! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/05/conservationists-welcome-gillnet-fishing-ban-in-great-barrier-reef-world-heritage-area Sea Turtles Gain Legal Rights In Panama! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-03/panama-grants-legal-rights-to-sea-turtles-rights-of-nature/102406340 Yale’s Interactive Map Of Unknown Species! https://news.yale.edu/2021/03/22/yale-researchers-create-map-undiscovered-life Global Protected Areas Hold 1 Year’s Worth Of Emissions! https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/protected-areas-store-a-years-worth-of-co%E2%82%82-emissions-study-reveals/ All-terrain Wheelchairs! Parks Victoria: https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/get-into-nature/all-abilities-access/all-terrain-wheelchairs#:~:text=TrailRiders%20are%20available%20at%20selected,Centre%20on%20(03)%208427%202058 America: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/11/08/parks-trails-all-terrain-wheelchairs/ Could Fungi Become A Major Construction Material? https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/06/a-real-material-for-the-future-could-homes-made-of-fungi-slash-emissions-from-construction
Tackling Illegal Fishing With Autonomous Boats, Dingoes Found To Be Mostly Pure, & More! Ep. 40
The fleet of autonomous, solar-powered boats monitoring our oceans, new research found Dingoes to be mostly pure, & More! These are some of the stories I go over in this week's episode of The fairly lame. Podcast, your weekly home of good environmental news! Head over to Instagram and TikTok for daily good news stories that I don’t cover in the podcasts! All fairly lame.’s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame
4ocean Hawaiian Monk Seal Info! Use code: FAIRLYLAME for 20% off! https://www.4ocean.com/blogs/cause-of... This Week’s Topics! (0:00) New Dingo Research Suggests The Majority Of Wild Populations Are Pure! (2:59) Community-led Black Caiman Monitoring Program In The Colombian Amazon! (4:55) Autonomous, Solar-powered Boats Monitoring The World’s Oceans! (6:39) Massive EV Battery Breakthrough! (8:40) Storing CO2 In Algae Buried In The Desert! (10:00) Combining Social Housing With A Vertical Forest! (11:27) New Dingo Research Suggests The Majority Of Wild Populations Are Pure! https://theconversation.com/new-dna-testing-shatters-wild-dog-myth-most-dingoes-are-pure-206397 Community-led Black Caiman Monitoring Program In The Colombian Amazon! https://www.conservation.org/blog/news-spotlight-how-indigenous-communities-brought-a-sacred-caiman-back-from-the-brink Autonomous, Solar-powered Boats Monitoring The World’s Oceans! https://openoceanrobotics.com/dataxplorer/ Massive EV Battery Breakthrough! https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-05-03/catl-announces-battery-to-make-electric-aviation-possible/102289310 Storing CO2 In Algae Buried In The Desert! https://www.fastcompany.com/90740513/this-startup-fights-climate-change-by-growing-algae-in-the-desert Combining Social Housing With A Vertical Forest! https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/trudo-vertical-forest/