Welcome to your weekly feel good environment / sustainability / conservation news show! Each Monday we sit down and go through all the amazing things going on in our world, from not just Australia but the globe! Make sure to check out @fairlylame_ on Instagram and TikTik to get daily news stories and spotlights on incredible initiatives!
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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/
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/
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 https://www.thecooldown.com 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! https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240112IPR16772/meps-adopt-new-law-banning-greenwashing-and-misleading-product-information 3 Siblings Cleaning Bali's Rivers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv15il9ri80
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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJMZRIRkZWs
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! https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/hidden-gems-off-season-trips-highlights-of-325-5-million-national-park-visits-in-2023.htm
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! https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/saving-coastal-louisiana-a-50-billion-50-year-plan-to-restore-marshlands Paris' Mandatory Green Roofs! https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/new-law-in-france-green-roofs-on-new-commercial-buildings/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-08/paris-s-urban-forest-plan-takes-a-new-step-with-trees-at-the-place-de-catalogne?srnd=citylab-environment&embedded-checkout=true
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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsyHYPTsjU8
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! https://www.weforum.org/videos/therapy-dogs-relieve-pain-in-hospital-patients-study-finds/#:~:text=Therapy%20Dogs%20Relieve%20Pain%20In,Study%20Finds%20%7C%20World%20Economic%20Forum Netherland's Youth Sea Ranger Service! https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/01/25/our-oceans-are-massively-neglected-the-organisation-paying-young-people-to-save-the-seas 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
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! https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/wild-panda-population-nearly-doubles-as-china-steps-up-conservation-efforts 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/
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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q72dA533sCg
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
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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIu1J88Or_E
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/
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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85bRbCcwiNg
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! https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2023/12/08/watershed-moment-for-us-rail-with-8-billion-for-passenger-bullet-train-projects/?sh=373a1897d082 Solar Panel-Covered Trucks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-p_dK1h-iQ Ugly Food Subscription Boxes! https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/27/farmers-pick-fruit-subscription-boxes-imperfect Companies: Misfits Market: https://www.misfitsmarket.com/about-us Imperfect Foods: https://www.imperfectfoods.com/impact Farmers Pick: https://farmerspick.com.au/
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! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/golden-mole-that-swims-through-sand-rediscovered-after-86-years/ 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! https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/10/sport/fenway-farms-boston-ballpark-rooftop-garden-c2e-spt-spc/index.html
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! https://grist.org/accountability/new-york-calls-pepsicos-plastic-pollution-a-public-nuisance-in-first-of-its-kind-lawsuit/
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! https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/texas-ocelot-breeding-and-reintroduction-may-offer-new-route-to-recovery/ Food Forests And Africa's Great Green Wall! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_SzuUHXP1M Indonesia Cracking Down On Palm Oil! https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/indonesia-says-200000-hectares-palm-plantations-be-made-forests-2023-11-01/ Energy Generating Windows! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMhdpWMDp04
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
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
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! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-05/lagos-nigeria-city-with-world-s-worst-traffic-gets-metro-after-12-year-wait 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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SplqBwfZhxA
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! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/yes-solar-panels-can-be-recycled?embedded-checkout=true World's Largest Landfill Becoming A Park! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-21/how-nyc-transformed-the-world-s-largest-landfill-into-a-park?embedded-checkout=true Colossal Biosciences' Latest Project! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/25/imagine-more-dragons-us-biotech-firm-aims-to-breed-tiny-australian-lizard-that-is-near-extinction Buddy Benches! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-23/act-recycled-plastic-buddy-benches-anxiety-friendship-schools/101263044 Lids4Kids Website! https://www.lids4kids.org.au/
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! https://theconversation.com/lion-protection-fee-paid-by-tourists-could-help-stop-trophy-hunting-south-african-study-214507 Sponsor An Island's Marine Reserve! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/20/pacific-island-nation-niue-seeks-ocean-sponsors-conservation-plan-niue-climate-change Tradies Swapping Their Vans For Bikes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_46vienXy0 Golf Course Into Massive Public Park! https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/22/moore-park-golf-course-to-be-cut-in-half-to-make-room-for-new-park-in-inner-sydney
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! https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/companies-fear-lawsuits-californias-climate-disclosure-rules-2023-10-12/ Arizona's Car Free Community! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r7n-BXSa4U&t=3s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-07-31/how-a-car-free-community-in-phoenix-defeated-parking-minimums Big Cat Recovery In Bhutan! Snow leopards: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/press_releases/?9671466/WWF-395-increase-in-snow-leopard-numbers-in-Bhutan-a-milestone-achievement#:~:text=WWF,-WWF%3A%2039.5%25%20increase&text=16%20September%202023%20 Tigers: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/in-an-astounding-achievement-bhutan-tiger-numbers-grow-by-27#:~:text=As%20a%20result%20of%20a,conducted%20in%202021%20and%202022 $1 Billion Mission: https://www.conservation.org/blog/new-conservation-effort-seeks-1-billion-for-eastern-himalayas Building Flood Proof Homes In Pakistan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1980hFSoI
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! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-22/virtual-wildlife-fence-trial-results-in-reduced-road-kill/102890696 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-26/nsw-south-coast-council-first-virtual-fence-to-protect-wildlife/101571600
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
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! https://theconversation.com/why-moths-might-be-more-efficient-pollinators-than-bees-and-butterflies-204214 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
All fairly lame.'s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame 4ocean Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/discount/FAIRLYLAME?rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 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! https://www.ecowatch.com/national-park-visitor-spending-economic-benefits.html#:~:text=The%202022%20National%20Park%20Visitor,local%20gateway%20regions%20within%2060 Income breakdown for each park - https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm Rabies Vaccines Airdopped From Planes! https://www.wired.com/story/the-massive-campaign-to-air-drop-tiny-rabies-vaccines-to-raccoons/#:~:text=This%20August%2C%20government%20airplanes%20and,animal%20that%20bites%20into%20it. 2,000 Rhinos Released From Horn Farm! https://www.newscientist.com/article/2391160-huge-rewilding-project-will-release-2000-white-rhinos-across-africa/ Carbon Neutral Educational Island On The Great Barrier Reef! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/konomie-north-keppel-island-renewable-energy-great-barrier-reef/102821458 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
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! 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! All fairly lame.'s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame 4ocean Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/discount/FAIRLYLAME?rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 This week's Topics (0:00) 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! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/living-bee-fences-protect-farmers-from-elephants-and-vice-versa/ 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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiujtQZlUYY
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! 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! All fairly lame.'s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame 4ocean Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/discount/FAIRLYLAME?rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 This week's Topics (0:00) 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! https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/new-global-biodiversity-fund-to-restore-nature-worldwide-by-2030-officially-launches/ Recycling Unfinished Hotel Soap Bars! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qJV34pcOaw Crucial EV Sales Tipping Point! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-01/global-warming-solutions-clothes-that-cool-including-nasa-developed-materials?in_source=embedded-checkout-banner#xj4y7vzkg
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! 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! All fairly lame.'s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame 4ocean Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/discount/FAIRLYLAME?rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 This week's Topics (0:00) 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! https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/21/historic-ecuador-voters-reject-oil-drilling-in-amazon-protected-area 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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9WfSYQC-Wo
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! 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 Dolphin Spotlight: Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/discount/FAIRLYLAME/products/dolphin-bracelet-of-the-month?rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 This Week's Topics! (0:00) 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! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-25/oceanographer-elephant-seals-collect-crucial-data-as-they-dive/8297834 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 https://www.permafungi.be/en/ 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! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/30/low-emission-zones-lez-improving-health-studies#:~:text=Despite%20these%20differences%20in%20approach,people%20with%20blood%20pressure%20problems London Information - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/10/ulez-cut-toxic-nox-pollution-across-london-by-23-report-finds
Restoring the outback with Aboriginal artworks, America's national nature assessment, Mukuru Clean Stoves, & 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 Dolphin Spotlight: Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/discount/FAIRLYLAME/products/dolphin-bracelet-of-the-month?rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 This Week's Topics! (0:00) 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! https://www.newscientist.com/article/2386483-the-us-is-doing-its-biggest-ever-survey-of-nature-and-wildlife/ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/04/2023-16794/draft-prospectus-for-the-first-national-nature-assessment Planting Aboriginal Artworks In Western Australia! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-10/giant-aboriginal-art-years-in-making-sprouting-acoss-wa/102711838 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 https://mukurustoves.org/ Aussie Kids Repairing Donated Clothes To Reduce Textile Waste! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/students-transform-fashion-waste-into-community-windfall/102640706