Three Stories: 1. Oil spill off the coast of Mauritius Island, after an oil tanker crashed into a coral reef. 2. Two beluga whales were just released from captivity into an open ocean sea-pen off the southern coast of Iceland. 3. Palm oil producer allocates a wildlife sanctuary for Sumatran Rhinos, a critically endangered species with only 30 - 80 organisms left in the wild. Sources: https://news.yahoo.com/tanker-oil-spill-mauritius-065310165.html https://belugasanctuary.sealifetrust.org/en/ htt...
Aug 17, 2020•7 min
How organics play a role in the quest for sustainable agriculture. An interview with Dr. David Granatstein. In this interview of Environmentality., Dr. David Granatstein, Professor Emeritus at Washington State University shares about his experiences with organic agriculture, and in particular, the organic tree fruit industry that he worked alongside for many years and is so prevalent in WA state. Granatstein shares about the problems organic growers face, recent breakthroughs for the industry an...
Aug 13, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Three Stories: Eleven new Emperor Penguin colonies discovered in Antarctica via satellite detection of guano. This raises the population of this species by 5 - 10%. NASA Space Dragon Crew returns to Earth! The first NASA splashdown since 1975. Six climate scientists and activists weigh in on daily action to combat climate change. VOTING was the most frequent empowering action listed. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53549299?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=e03ad4...
Aug 10, 2020•5 min
How maintaining elephant autonomy and opting out of performative tasks is key. An interview with Danielle Carnahan. In this interview of Environmentality., Danielle Carnahan, a wildlife conservationist, comes on the show to talk about ethical elephant interaction and elephant psychology. Elephants are captured at an early age from the wild, trained aggressively and exploited through tourism, bringing about a lot of trauma. Danielle's master's research was focused on assessing PTSD in Asian eleph...
Aug 06, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Three Stories: NASA launches their 9th rover to Mars to collect soil and rock samples in search of fossils or signs of past life. The ultimate goal is to bring these samples back to Earth analyze them. This is the third launch for Mars this month, with China and United Arab Emirates also launching missions to Mars as well. Eastern Tropical Pacific reefs demonstrate resiliency to warming temperatures. A 44-year long study showcases no change in coral reef abundance between Baja California and the...
Aug 03, 2020•6 min
How soil organic matter can mitigate climate change and why agriculture needs to improve it. A lecture from Brendon Anthony. This is the second lecture of Environmentality. and a bit of a response to the first, which was about Climate Change. In this episode, Brendon unpacks what carbon sequestration is and effective strategies to try and mitigate climate change by drawing down carbon from the atmosphere back into our plants and soils. Brendon discussed various strategies to do this. The first i...
Jul 30, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Four stories this week: Trump rolls back regulations on the National Environmental Policy Act, the largest open ocean clean up has just been completed, the Great American Outdoors Act has been passed by Congress, and a proposed mining access road is set to disrupt caribou migration in Alaska. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/national-environmental-policy-act-changes/index.html https://www.greenmatters.com/p/ocean-plastic-cleanup?insta=&utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-greenmatter...
Jul 27, 2020•5 min
How fruit trees can liberate people and heal the environment. An interview with Craig Erickson. In this interview of Environmentality., Craig Erickson, from Eden Reforestation Projects (and my business partner at Harvest Craft), comes on the show to talk about agroforestry. Agroforesty is a permanent agricultural system that consists of a diversity of fruit/resource producing trees that can help sequester carbon (mitigate climate change), increase economic revenue for farmers and be used as a to...
Jul 23, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Three stories this week: Methane levels reach all time high, Ethiopia attempts to move forward with Africa's largest dam and hydroelectric power plant, but faces opposition from Egypt, and artificial reefs prove to be effective in restoring coral reef habitats by increasing fish abundance. Sources: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200714182228.htm https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02116-8?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=8a93e2b69c-briefing-dy-20200715&utm_me...
Jul 20, 2020•6 min
How methane turns from greenhouse gas to energy source. An interview with Geoff Bishop. In the first interview of Environmentality., Geoff Bishop, from California Bioenergy, comes on the show to talk about biodigesters. Biodigesters are an immediate solution to the problem of rising methane emissions, as a result of animal agriculture, in particular dairies. Geoff shares about how he fell in love with the environment and how he came to work for CalBio, a company that helps dairies fuel a renewab...
Jul 16, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Two stories this week: Three pipelines were shut down or abandoned this week. The Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL Pipeline have been shut down or stalled due to insufficient environmental impact reports. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline shut down due to political pressure and rising costs. Wild bison are projected to be re-introduced to the UK in the Spring of 2022. As a keystone species, the bison is anticipated to help engineer the ecosystem to increase biodiversity. Sources: https://www.nrd...
Jul 13, 2020•5 min
Why its real, happening and how we can play a part. A lecture from Brendon Anthony. In this episode Brendon kicks off the brief lecture series by discussing the difference between climate change and global warming, while providing six pieces of evidence for climate change today: global temperatures rising, melting ice sheets and glaciers, ocean warming, ocean acidification, sea level rise and extreme weather events. Additionally, Brendon provides seven potential mitigation/solution strategies: l...
Jul 08, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Three Stories: Dole begins plan to become plastic free and carbon neutral Record high temperatures occur in the Arctic Circle Longest bird migration tracked and completed
Jul 06, 2020•4 min
The introduction, goals and reasons for starting the podcast. An introductory episode from Brendon Anthony. Welcome to Environmentality. A podcast for environmental news, brief lectures and interviews with the experts! In this introductory episode, Brendon walks us through his love for the environment, how it began and why he wanted to start this podcast: to bring environmental education from the classroom to the masses, in order to foster a better appreciation and stewardship for our beautiful ...
Jul 04, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 1
