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Restoring Africa's Degraded Farmlands, Solar Panel Sunflowers, & More! Ep. 101

2024-08-1307:28

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Holding Back The Sahara! (0:59) 3D Printing Schools In Malawi! (2:37) Indonesia’s Debt For Nature Swap! (4:07) Solar Panel Sunflowers! (5:36) Sources: Holding Back The Sahara! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCli0gyNwL0&t=5s 3D Printing Schools In Malawi! https://www.bdcnetwork.com/worlds-first-3d-printed-school-completes-malawi-africa Indonesia’s Debt For Nature Swap! https://www.conservation.org/blog/us-indonesia-swap-debt-to-protect-coral-reefs Solar Panel Sunflowers! https://www.designboom.com/design/sunflower-solar-panels-05-11-2022/

AI Analysing Food Waste, Underwater Art Gallery, & More! Ep. 100

2024-07-3007:11

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) AI Reducing Restaurant’s Food waste! (0:43) Hungary’s P.E.T. Pirates! (2:17) Australia’s Underwater Art Gallery! (3:50) Saving Turtle Eggs From Hurricane Beryl! (5:24) Sources: AI Reducing Restaurant’s Food waste! https://www.businessinsider.com/hotels-offices-kitchens-winnow-ai-tool-reduce-food-waste-costs-2024-7 Hungary’s P.E.T. Pirates! https://apnews.com/article/hungary-river-plastic-waste-cleanup-d30a35623956714660d0b0eedc603268 Australia’s Underwater Art Gallery! https://www.umafl.org/impact Saving Turtle Eggs From Hurricane Beryl! https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sea-turtle-eggs-mexico-hurricane-beryl-b2575017.html

Cleaning Up The Philippines, Animal Testing Lab Turned Into Sanctuary, & More! Ep. 99

2024-07-2306:55

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Trading Ocean Plastic For Food! (1:00) Using Bees To Protect Mangroves! (2:13) NZ’s Tourist Fee Supporting Conservation! (3:42) Animal Testing Lab Turned Into Sanctuary! (5:09) Trading Ocean Plastic For Food! https://www.rappler.com/environment/philippine-diving-town-swaps-trash-rice-clean-up-beaches/ Using Bees To Protect Mangroves! https://www.npr.org/2024/07/15/nx-s1-5039826/kenya-mangroves-hidden-beehives-combat-logging NZ’s Tourist Fee Supporting Conservation! https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/346863--25-million-boost-for-conservation.html Animal Testing Lab Turned Into Sanctuary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdmiODHL_ls&t=15s

Most Important Land To Protect, Planting Trees To Save Salmon, & More! Ep. 98

2024-07-1607:12

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) The Most Important 1.2% Of The Earth! (0:54) Grandma's Crocheting Shade Cloths! (2:21) Medical Pantry! (3:39) Saving Salmon By Planting Trees! (5:17) Sources: The Most Important 1.2% Of The Earth! https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/article-hubs/conservation-imperatives-protected-areas-biodiversity/explainer Grandma's Crocheting Shade Cloths! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WOeh-BErkw Medical Pantry! https://medicalpantry.org/ Saving Salmon By Planting Trees! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz55r7en416o

Australia's Solar Windows, Bali's Firefly Sanctuary, & More! Ep. 97

2024-07-0906:35

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Solar Panel Windows! (0:54) Incredible Urban Backyard Farm! (2:17) Otters Returning To Oregon? (3:32) Bali’s Firefly Sanctuary! (5:03) Sources: Solar Panel Windows! https://www.9news.com.au/national/energy-new-invisible-solar-panel-windows-soon-to-be-available-nationwide/3b1af03e-e815-4e41-9024-484c68b9ff04 Incredible Urban Backyard Farm! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ZukMyejLk Otters Returning To Oregon? https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2024/06/rare-wildlife-sighting-on-the-northern-oregon-coast-thrills-environmental-group.html Bali’s Firefly Sanctuary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj06bxGCTa8&t=27s

Sneaking Whales Out Of Ukraine, Ecosia Plants 200 M Tress, & More! Ep. 96

2024-07-0207:00

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Beluga Whales Rescued From Ukraine! (0:59) Iberian Lynx Downlisted! (2:18) Reducing Plastic In Grocery Stores! (3:48) Ecosia Has Planted Over 200 Million Trees! (4:56) Sources: Beluga Whales Rescued From Ukraine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7fe_xtaXS0 Iberian Lynx Downlisted! https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/the-iberian-lynx-population-doubled-only-three-20240523080316-nt.html Reducing Plastic In Grocery Stores! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgjEU0MV77U Ecosia Has Planted Over 200 Million Trees! https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/ecosia-tree-planting-milestone

Saving The Ganges River, Floating Solar Farms, & More! Ep. 95

2024-06-2506:47

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Cleaning Up The Ganges River! (0:56) Floating Solar Farms! (2:14) Using Tyres To Re-Surface Roads! (3:41) Saving Hawai’i’s Birds From Malaria! (4:58) Sources: Cleaning Up The Ganges River! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0BKaVbcC8I Floating Solar Farms! https://grist.org/energy/climate-lake-floating-solar-panels-floatovoltaics/ Using Tyres To Re-Surface Roads! https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2020/jul/sustainable-roads Saving Hawai’i’s Birds From Malaria! https://www.npr.org/2024/06/12/nx-s1-4906582/mosquito-hawaii-birds-endangered-species-extinct

Returning Bison To Portugal, A Zero-waste Store On Wheels, & More! Ep. 94

2024-06-1706:21

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Returning Bison To Portugal! (0:56) The Green Corridor Project Cooling Medellín! (2:12) The Zero-Waste Store On Wheels! (3:41) Uber’s Mission To Have Only EV’s In London! (4:44) Sources: Returning Bison To Portugal! https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/portugal-welcomes-first-wild-bison-in-10000-years-in-hopes-theyll-rewild-a-quarter-million-acres/ The Green Corridor Project Cooling Medellín! https://www.rappler.com/environment/how-medellin-city-colombia-cooled-dramatically/ The Zero-Waste Store On Wheels! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O96OfuTZiI Uber’s Mission To Have Only EV’s In London! https://www.zemo.org.uk/news-events/news,uber-offers-london-drivers-5000-to-switch-to-an-electric-vehicle_4645.htm

Car-Free Sundays In Colombia, Wolf Conservation Success, & More! Ep. 93

2024-06-1106:38

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Car-Free Sundays In Colombia! (0:40) US’ Largest Solar Recycling Facility! (1:56) Fostering Endangered Mexican Grey Wolf Pups! (3:17) Cleaning Up Greece’s Abandoned Fish Farms! (4:48) Sources: Car-Free Sundays In Colombia! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/30/the-tranquility-frees-you-bogota-the-city-that-shuts-out-cars-every-week US’ Largest Solar Recycling Facility! https://electrek.co/2024/02/15/us-solar-panel-recycling-2/ Fostering Endangered Mexican Grey Wolf Pups! https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2024/05/31/wildlife-agencies-place-27-mexican-gray-wolf-pups-in-the-wild/73924456007/ Cleaning Up Greece’s Abandoned Fish Farms! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGlRy7HhUGg

New York's Climate Exchange, Fire Fighting Beavers, & More! Ep. 92

2024-06-0406:59

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) The New York Climate Exchange! (1:01) Brazil’s Unique Wildlife Crossings! (2:19) How Beavers Help Fight Fires! (3:38) The Great Barrier Reef Census! (5:09) Sources The New York Climate Exchange! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-11/governors-island-climate-tech-projects-explore-water-infrastructure?srnd=citylab-environment&embedded-checkout=true Brazil’s Unique Wildlife Crossings! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_85a6gZNqkI How Beavers Help Fight Fires! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQYjecVJs4E The Great Barrier Reef Census! https://greatreefcensus.org/science

French City's Free Public Transport, Cleaning Up Lake Tahoe, & More! Ep. 91

2024-05-2706:21

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Another City Makes Public Transport Free! (0:54) Cleaning Up Lake Tahoe! (2:10) Combating Trophy Hunting In Great Bear! (3:31) Rewilding Powerline Corridors! (4:48) Sources Another City Makes Public Transport Free! https://www.dw.com/en/france-free-public-transport-takes-off-in-montpellier/a-68308580 Cleaning Up Lake Tahoe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-ZiA3MyzJM Combating Trophy Hunting In Great Bear! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/conservation-group-buys-out-hunting-rights-in-b-c-s-great-bear-rainforest-to-protect-wildlife-1.7075126 Rewilding Powerline Corridors! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZzbKE7UzU&t=10s

India's Drought-Proof Village, Suspended Solar Panels, & More! Ep. 90

2024-05-1906:35

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) India’s Drought-Proof Village! (1:04) Sri Lanka Protects 100% Of Mangroves! (2:19) Suspended Solar Panel Farm! (3:39) Bringing Back The Kingfisher! (4:59) Sources India’s Drought-Proof Village! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79VUAFq2rbg Sri Lanka Protects 100% Of Mangroves! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Zn9MyTrF0 Suspended Solar Panel Farm! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKRq87EKUZc Bringing Back The Kingfisher! https://www.zsl.org/news-and-events/news/extinct-wild-chick-hatches-ahead-hopeful-first-wild-release

Reviving The Thames, World's Largest Wildlife Crossing, & More! Ep. 89

2024-05-1306:15

All my links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame This Week’s Stories! (0:00) Bring The Thames Back To Life! (0:57) Algae-powered Buildings! (2:21) Story Behind World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing! (3:32) $40 Million Donation To Yellowstone! (4:52) Bring The Thames Back To Life! https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054645619/state-of-the-river-thames-report-london Algae-powered Buildings! https://www.arup.com/projects/solar-leaf Story Behind World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing! https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/08/us/iyw-wildlife-overpasses/index.html $40 Million Donation To Yellowstone! https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1236404969/donor-gives-40-million-for-yellowstone-national-park-employee-housing

Restoring The LA River, Species Rediscovered In PNG, & More! Ep. 88

2024-05-0506:21

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! https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/in-png-researchers-find-a-large-pigeon-lost-to-science-for-140-years/

California Running On Renewables, Homeless Sleeping Pods, & More! Ep. 87

2024-04-2907:04

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! https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/55778733#:~:text=Lots%20of%20homeless%20people%20may,with%20emergency%20shelter%20at%20night. Tiny Tranquillity! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjXkqR9dbVQ

Massive Climate Case Win, Sound Restoring Reefs, & More! Ep. 86

2024-04-2206:44

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

2024-04-1407:02

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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEqG5fFTx2s

EV Swap-&-Go Stations, Roadkill-Preventing Badge, & More! Ep. 84

2024-04-0807:39

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! https://theconversation.com/restored-coral-reefs-can-grow-as-fast-as-healthy-reefs-after-just-four-years-new-study-224284 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

2024-04-0106:25

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

2024-03-2508:30

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! https://www.businessinsider.com/how-turning-flower-waste-into-natural-dyes-can-reduce-pollution-2024-1 Importance Of Sea Cucumbers! https://newatlas.com/environment/sea-cucumber-coral-reefs/

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