Posts in Conservation Restoration
ULRICH EICHELMANN on Saving The Blue Heart of Europe /76

Ulrich is a German ecologist and conservationist who worked for the World Wildlife Fund Austria for more than 17 years until 2007, being primarily concerned with river conservation and restoration. He has been campaigning internationally against the construction of hydropower plants, such as dams along the Danube.

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JUREK LUBINSKI on Protecting Europe's Last Primeval Forest /74

Jurek Lubiński and his community, Obóz dla Puszczy (Camp of the Forest) are successfully fighting for the rights of this ancient forest’s protection.

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MIRIAM HORN on Conserving Common Ground in America's Divided Heartland /66

Miriam Horn has worked at the Environmental Defense Fund since 2004. She is the author of three books

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GEORGE MONBIOT on Reinhabiting an Ecological Commons /59

Today we speak with George Monbiot, who studied zoology at Oxford, and has spent his career as a journalist and environmentalist, working with others to defend the natural world.

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JODY HOLMES on Keeping the Great Bear Standing /51

We are joined by Jody Holmes, primary architect of a historic multi-generational agreement to conserve and sustainably manage the Great Bear Rainforest, one of the largest old growth temperate rainforests on the planet.

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BREN SMITH on Underwater Food Forests For Ailing Oceans /44

Bren Smith of Green Wave is determined to pioneer and popularize a food system that carries marine restoration in its very architecture. Having spent his life on the seas from Newfoundland to Alaska, Bren has witnessed first hand the collapse of global fisheries.

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DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest, Part Two /33

Diana was educated by elders who instructed her in the Brehon knowledge of plants and nature. Told she was the last child of ancient Ireland and told to one day bring this knowledge to a troubled future, Diana has done exactly that. Her Bioplan is an ambitious plan encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature.

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DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest, Part One /32

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a one-woman force of regeneration of the biosphere! A botanist, medical biochemist and self-defined "renegade scientist," she brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality and alternative medicine.

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LEILA DARWISH on Grassroots Earth Repair /23

Leila Darwish is a community organizer, author, permaculture designer, educator, urban gardener, and grassroots herbalist with a deep commitment to environmental justice, decolonization, food sovereignty, and to providing accessible and transformative tools for communities

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TOM WALDO on Fighting For Alaska's Ancient Rainforest /19

Today we will take an in depth look at the Tongass National Forest, the largest of US national forests, it consists of one third of the world’s coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem. Tom Waldo, senior staff attorney with Earth Justice in AK, who has dedicated the last 25 years to defending Alaska’s ancient forests.

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MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL on the Spine of the Continent /18

Today we explore an epic conservation project that encompasses the North American Rockies, and the infinite relationships between the species that inhabit them. Mary Ellen Hannibal is a writer and editor focusing on science and culture. Her book, The Spine of the Continent, is about a social, geographical, and scientific effort to save nature.

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