Podcasts about shifting baselines

A 7th-generation Baytown Texan, Shannon Tompkins was an outdoor journalist that highlighted Texas hunting and fishing for over 40 years. He recalls growing up duck hunting, describing his mentors and LeFour's Model 12; places like the sprawling Barrow's Ranch during its heyday, the infamous cardiac pond, Los Patos; bygone times like when Texas was the foremost US  snow goose hunting destination. A self-described dinosaur in today's duck hunting world, Tompkins cites several instances of "shifting baselines" regards Texas duck hunting then versus now.     MOJO's Duck Season Somewhere Podcast Sponsors: MOJO Outdoors  Benelli Shotguns BOSS Shotshells Ducks Unlimited  Flash Back Decoys  HuntProof Premium Waterfowl App Inukshuk Professional Dog Food  Tetra Hearing Tom Beckbe Voormi GetDucks.com USHuntList.com     It really is duck season somewhere for 365 days per year. Follow Ramsey Russell's worldwide duck hunting adventures as he chases real duck hunting experiences year-round: Instagram @ramseyrussellgetducks YouTube @GetDucks Facebook @GetDucks.com   Please subscribe, rate and review Duck Season Somewhere podcast. Share your favorite episodes with friends! Business inquiries and comments contact Ramsey Russell ramsey@getducks.com

Ever wondered how scientists unravel the ecological mysteries of bygone eras, long before systematic record-keeping? Believe it or not, one part of the answer is in pirate journals.And no, I'm not joking.Today, I have the privilege of hosting Dr. Loren McClenachan, an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and History, and a Canada Research Chair in Ocean History and Sustainability at the University of Victoria. Throughout her career, Dr. McClenachan has been delving deep into historical marine ecology, unearthing ingenious ways to examine past ecosystems.Our focus today? The intriguing concept of shifting baseline syndrome, a topic that we've only grazed the surface of in previous Nature's Archive conversations. In 2009, Dr. McClenachan authored a pivotal paper examining the dwindling sizes of recreational trophy fish off the Florida Keys. This study unveiled what seasoned anglers had long grasped—the once-plentiful colossal fish had become elusive.Shifting Baseline Syndrome arises when your first interaction with an environment establishes your baseline—a perceived "natural" or "normal" state. Yet, this baseline could markedly differ from your grandparents'. And here's where the surprise sets in: the implications span conservation and society alike.Dr. McClenachan helps explain these implications through a variety of eye-opening examples. And yes, you'll even discover how pirates play a part in this narrative.FULL SHOW NOTESPeople, Papers, and Organizations3 billion birds lostAll of Dr. McClenachan's publicationsAnecdotes and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome of Fisheries (Pauly)Daniel Pauly's TED TalkDocumenting Loss of Large Trophy Fish from the Florida Keys with Historical Photographs (McClenachan)Dr. McClenachan's WebsiteEcology. Globalization, roving bandits, and marine resourcesUniversity of Victoria – history website; environmental studies websiteBooks and PodcastsNature's Archive #57: Allen Fish – Raptor Migration from Hawk HillMusic: Spellbound by Brian Holtz MusicFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9616-spellboundLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://brianholtzmusic.com Support the show

Benny Blanco is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, but under his skin, his blood runs hot. In 2015, his life pivoted becoming a devout conservationists after Florida Bay lost over fifty thousand acres of his favorite fishing grounds. These grass flats were decimated by a large algae bloom cause by poor water quality and lack of fresh water. Joined at the hip with Captains for Clean Water, Blanco has been hand in hand with fellow guides and anglers alike on the footsteps of Tallahassee demanding change. The decimation over the years hasn't just been in Florida Bay but throughout Florida (Indian River Lagoon, Mosquito Lagoon, Everglades National Park, Caloosahatchee River, etc..). The main culprit was the lack of fresh water as it travels south through the Everglades. 2022 was a critical year when a passed Bill (2508) was on the desk of Governor DeSantis for a possible veto which was successfully executed. Those waning hours were critical. Captains for Clean Water and Benny's army were called upon and the “Rally in Tally” was a power play demanding to be heard, and they were. Benny Blanco has been a sought after fishing guide for over two decades. But his popular fishing show, “Guiding Flow TV” tells the conservation story from the poling platform of his skiff. Saving the Everglades is his most important work, and his voice has become one of the most powerful and respected in demanding Florida Legislature to clean up its act!

It's time once again for my regularly scheduled chat with globally recognized resilience and business continuity management expert, Regina Phelps. For this episode we talk about Shifting Baselines, defined as failure to notice change over time. We also touch on ROI vs VOI, which means how resilience, BCM, and DR professionals showing value, rather than trying to 'guess' at ROI dollars. It's a great conversation with Regina, and there is allot here to capture and take back to your own organizations to ensure your programs display value - and increase your own value. Don't miss this episode! Enjoy!

It's time once again for my regularly scheduled chat with globally recognized resilience and business continuity management expert, Regina Phelps. For this episode we talk about Shifting Baselines, defined as failure to notice change over time. We also touch on ROI vs VOI, which means how resilience, BCM, and DR professionals showing value, rather than trying to 'guess' at ROI dollars. It's a great conversation with Regina, and there is allot here to capture and take back to your own organizations to ensure your programs display value - and increase your own value. Don't miss this episode! Enjoy!

Iguanas didn't always fall out of trees during cold snaps in the Sunshine State, but chances are, future generations will regard them as just a natural part of the landscape. With the world changing around us at a rapidly increasing rate, how do we set conservation goals when we can't keep track of what we've lost? This episode was produced by Anisa Khalifa and mastered by Charlie Shelton-Ormond. Our thanks to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.

Leslie Anthony is a good friend of mine from the ski industry with a wide variety of skillsets. Not only is he an outdoor travel and sports author, but a biologist who wrote a book called 'Aliens Among Us' a few years ago that's all about different invasive species, so I sat down with him alongside some train tracks to chat about it all! Here we talk about different types of invasive species, what makes them invasive in the first place, how great they are at adapting, how they get around the world *cough*train tracks*cough*, and the different phases of preventing, detecting, eradicating and managing them. Check out Leslies book 'Aliens Among Us' here: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0300208901/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon_ca-20&linkCode=as2&camp=15121&creative=330641 Whistler Naturalists: https://www.whistlernaturalists.ca/ Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you! If you're enjoying this podcast and videos, please don't hesitate to support their production at my Patreon page for as little as 1$ per month! -> https://www.patreon.com/nerdyaboutnature You can also get NAN merch, stickers, resources and more information at www.NerdyAboutNature.com

Part 2 of our exploration of climate emotions through music: Thomas's playlist “Shifting Basslines of the Cornucopians” — its title inspired by the Snapped Ankles number, and having a double meaning: Shifting bass lines in the music that inspires us and “Shifting Baselines” in how each generation perceives the natural world. As Thomas notes: “My themes are water and fire, being a hostage to Capitalism and Climate Change, finding refuge, transformation, and our all-togetherness during these challenging times. As Courtney John sings “Yes we are sailing in a different boat. But we are sailing in the same ocean.” In my mix, I am inspired by a variety of sources, the old time music of the Carter Family, the cathartic punk of The Thermals, the immersive ‘Become…' series of Alaskan composer John Luther Adams, and the tribal techno of ‘Land Back.' We are nostalgic (and solastalgic) about the beautiful ‘Flatlands' in ‘The World We Knew' while the ‘Sword of Damocles' hangs over our heads. In this ‘Cruel Summer' with ‘No Snow on the Mountain' we hope that ‘Somewhere' there is a place for us.”

Hoe zit de natuurbescherming in België en met name Vlaanderen in elkaar? Welke onderwerpen spelen er en wat kunnen we in Nederland leren van de Vlaamse aanpak? Anthonie spreekt hierover met Annelies Jacobs, bioloog en wetenschappelijk medewerker van Natuurpunt. Annelies is bovendien fervent liefhebber van wilde planten en speurde in 2021 een jaar lang heel België af naar wilde planten. Als een echte plantendetective zocht ze op oude kaarten en in vergeten publicaties naar oude vindplaatsen van zeldzame plantensoorten. Wat deed dit speurwerk met Annelies? In deze aflevering spreken we ook over schuivende referentiebeelden (shifting baselines) en waarom het belangrijk is om het daarover te hebben in het natuurbeheer. De leestip van Annelies Jacobs is ‘12.000 jaar Bos ‘t Ename' van Guido Tack, Pieter Blondé, Martin Hermy en Paul van den Bremt. Reacties op deze aflevering zijn welkom via Twitter @birdingstip en @ToekomstNatuur. Of op Instagram via @toekomstvoornatuur. Reageren kan ook door een mailtje te sturen naar toekomstvoornatuur@vlinderstichting.nl. Je kunt Annelies vinden op Twitter via @annelies_ja.

Lida Pet-Soede is a senior strategic conservation and fisheries management professional. She has lived in many places around the world however most of her work has been based around Asia Pacific region, Indonesia and the Coral Triangle. Lida is originally from a dairy farm in the Netherlands, however discovered her love for the marine world whilst studying for her degree at Wageningen Agriculture University.Captivated by the ocean, she went on to complete a Phd in Indonesia in Tropical Fisheries Biology and Management. Lida is currently enjoying the coastal gems of Cornwall but plans to move back to Indonesia in the near future.Lida is a keen scuba diver, snorkeler and all round thalassophile. She has explored many amazing places, experiencing stunning underwater wilderness. Her career includes working with governments, NGOs and the private sector to achieve sustainable coastal and marine development in Indonesia and the Asia Pacific region. This includes project and strategy design, project review and evaluation, professional development coaching and creation of strategic partnerships. She conducts assessments and provides advice on tropical collaborative fisheries management, marine biodiversity conservation, sustainable aquaculture development, sustainable development in coastal communities, marine tourism, and policy reform for collaborative governance and management.Lida is passionate about preserving our ocean for future generations and is currently focusing on the concept of Shifting Baselines.  The concept that younger generations of divers may be blown away by the beauty of our waters. However, the reality is that it is just a fraction of the thriving ecosystem that it used to be. We cannot appreciate what is lost, if we never knew it was there. Using this as a focal point of her work, Lida hopes to motivate younger young people about lost ecosystems, and encourage them to focus their careers in solutions to rewild.OTHER RELATED LINKS https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lida-Pet-Soede MARINE CAPTURE FISHERIES POLICY FORMULATION AND THE ROLE OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS AS TOOL FOR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN INDONESIA KAJIAN KEBIJAKAN PENGELOLAAN PERIKANAN TANGKAP DI INDONESIA: MENUJU PEMBENTUKAN KAWASAN PERLINDUNGAN LAUT Mapping the overlap between ocean industries and marine hotspots in the Coral Triangle. A Review of the Spatial Distribution of Marine Turtle Nesting and Foraging Areas in Western Australia Global analysis of satellite tracking data shows that adult green turtles are significantly aggregated in Marine Protected Areas Safeguarding the Blue Planet: Six strategies for accelerating ocean protection Policy needs to improve marine capture fisheries management and to define role for marine protected areas in Indonesia Reexamining the science of marine protected areas: Linking knowledge to action SARS and the live food fish trade in Indonesia: Some anecdotes Effects of the 1998 Coral Morality Event on Kenyan Coral Reefs and Fisheries The Economics of Worldwide Coral Reef Degradation Impact of Indonesian coral reef fisheries on fish community structure and the resultant catch composition Can fishermen allocate their fishing effort in space and time on the basis of their catch rates? An example from Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, Indonesia Options for co-management of an Indonesian coastal fishery Kenyan coral reef fish, fisheries and economics – trends and status after the 1998 coral mortality Socioeconomic Assessment of the Impacts of the 1998 Coral Reef Bleaching in the Indian Ocean Cyanide fishing on Indonesian coral reefs for the live food fish market – What is the problem? Options for co-management of an Indonesian coastal fishery Trends in an Indonesian coastal fishery based on catch and effort statistics and implications for the perception of the state of the stocks by fisheries officials An Economic Analysis of Blast Fishing on Indonesian Coral Reefs The Status of the coral refs of India following the bleaching event of 1998 A note on cyanide fishing in Indonesia Blast fishing in SW Sulawesi, Indonesia An overview and comparison of destructive fishing practices in Indonesia How fresh is too fresh? The live reef food fish trade in Eastern Indonesia Comparison of methods for the estimation of gillnet selectivity to tilapia, cyprinids and other fish species in a Sri Lankan reservoir Coral Bleaching in the Indian Ocean: SocioEconomic Assessment of Effects Les effets du SRAS sur le commerce de poissons de récif vivants destinés à la restauration en Indonésie : quelques faits et chiffres IMPROVING COASTAL LIVELIHOODS THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE PRACTICES Can fishermen allocate their fishing effort in space and time on the basis of their catch rates? Blastfishing in Southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia. Fuzzy logic as a method for the application of qualitative concepts in a quantitative system framework. https://news.mongabay.com/2009/06/proving-the-shifting-baselines-theory-how-humans-consistently-misperceive-nature/amp/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i-learned-fishy-business-lida-pet

In "Shifting Baselines," Dr. Osterholm covers the trajectory of the pandemic amidst a decline in cases, the BA2 subvariant, hospitalizations in children, and his decision to return to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Email us your questions: OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu Michael's Beautiful Place: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/michaels-beautiful-place

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My guest today is Illegal Fishing and Transparency Analyst for Oceana, Emma Gee. I've been wanting to have someone on the show to chat about IUU fishing, and I'm so excited to share this episode with you! In today's episode, we chat about how Emma's non-marine biology degrees are helping to save the oceans, how we can look at historical ecology- what used to be in the ocean- and all about pirate fishing.Show Notes: marinebio.life/61Support the show (http://patreon.com/marinebiolife)

The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is part of a national jurisdiction, but widely out of reach for conservation. Many nations do not even have the gear, funding or the will and knowledge to monitor and enforce it fully. Based on Humphries and Huettmann (supported by E. Woehler; 2012) here emphasize the problems, and elaborate on the wider but hardly known issues of the EEZ, using global seabirds as an example. Citations and related references (PDFs available upon request): Beal M. M. P. Dias, R. A. Phillips, S. Oppel, C. HazinE. J. Pearmain, J. Adams et al. (2021) Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels. Science Advances 7 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd7225 Humphries, Grant R. W.; Huettmann, Falk (+ a contribution from Woehler, Eric) (2012) Global Issues for, and Profiles of, Arctic Seabird Protection: Effects of Big Oil, New Shipping Lanes, Shifting Baselines, and Climate Change. in F.Huettmann (ed) Protection of the Three Poles, Springer Tokyo, Japan, pp. 217-245 Huettmann F., T. Riehl and K. Meissner (2016) Paradise lost already? A naturalist interpretation of the pelagic avian and marine mammal detection database of the IceAGE cruise off Iceland and Faroe Islands in fall 2011. Environment, Systems and Decisions DOI: 10.1007/s10669-015-9583-0 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/falk-huettmann/support

David Roberts wrote for Vox.com in July, about the mental phenomenon of “shifting baselines,” in which we calibrate our expectations to the world we were born into, irrespective of what came before. And in so doing, he wrote, we unintentionally discount the severity of threats to our well-being. The term first came into fashion in 1995, when fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly observed that each generation of fisheries scientists accepts as a baseline the number of fish and the species composition at the beginning of their careers and uses that baseline to evaluate changes. Roberts spoke with Bob in the summer, about the social science of shifting baselines, generational amnesia and the psychological immune system — and what it all means for how we communicate about climate change. This is a segment from our July 17th program, “This Is Fine”.

Do you accept the abnormal as normal? The average person today does not know what real Christianity looks like because the only Christians they see are the Christians who have watered down lifestyles. To determine the correct standard of Christian living, we must return to the Bible. The Word of God should be the determining factor for what is to be considered normal or abnormal.

This is a segment of episode #248 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Shifting Baselines: Consensus Reality, Primal Wounds, & The Evolved Nest w/ Darcia Narvaez.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWnarvaez Learn more about Darcia’s work and the Evolved Nest: https://evolvednest.org The first time I spoke with Professor Darcia Narvaez was almost three years ago, back when I was first beginning to do interviews for this podcast. A great deal has changed and happened since then, not only with my work specifically, but in the world at large. In contemplating the roots of the fragmented, disruptive responses the novel coronavirus pandemic has generated, I felt compelled to reconnect with Prof. Narvaez to discuss her insights into this subject. This includes an examination of the contemporary, common child-rearing practices in the West (specifically the United States), and how this informs the ideologies/belief systems people attach themselves to in states of crisis and uncertainty, such as ours.  Darcia Narvaez PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Notre Dame University and the author and editor of numerous books, including ‘Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom’ and ‘Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing.’ She also writes regularly for Psychology Today with her ‘Moral Landscapes’ column, which explores her work with parenting, child development, self-development, and morality. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Her current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in her theories and research about human nature and human development. She publishes extensively on moral development, parenting and education. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[Intro: 8:17 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Darcia Narvaez PhD, Professor of Psychology at Notre Dame University. Professor Narvaez is the author and editor of numerous books, including ‘Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom’ and ‘Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing.’ She also writes regularly for Psychology Today with her ‘Moral Landscapes’ column, which explores her work with parenting, child development, self-development, and morality. The first time I spoke with Darcia was almost three years ago, back when I was first beginning to do interviews for this podcast. A great deal has changed and happened since then, not only with my work specifically, but in the world at large. In contemplating the roots of the fragmented, disruptive responses the novel coronavirus pandemic has generated, I felt compelled to reconnect with Prof. Narvaez to discuss her insights into this subject. This includes an examination of the contemporary, common child-rearing practices in the West (specifically the United States), and how this informs the ideologies/belief systems people attach themselves to in states of crisis and uncertainty, such as ours.  After we explore this subject, I ask Darcia to define the characteristics of the Evolved Nest: “Every animal has a nest for its young that forms part of an extra-genetic inheritance corresponding to the needs and maturational pace of offspring (Gottlieb, 1991; Oyama, Griffiths & Gray, 2001). Humans evolved to have the most helpless newborns and the most intensive caregiving niche. Childrearing practices consistent with the human nest were practiced for over 99% of human genus existence and still are in some indigenous cultures. Intensive caregiving in early life includes nearly constant touch, extensive breastfeeding, and free play with multi-aged peers as well as positive social support for the mother-child dyad and multiple adult caregivers (Hewlett & Lamb, 2005; Hrdy, 2009). All these caregiving practices are correlated with physical and mental health outcomes, but also with social and moral development.” (https://bit.ly/3fTZHTF) Darcia Narvaez’s prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Her current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in her theories and research about human nature and human development. She publishes extensively on moral development, parenting and education. Episode Notes: - Learn more about Darcia and her work: https://darcianarvaez.com - Learn more about the Evolved Nest: https://evolvednest.org - Read Darcia’s column ‘Moral Landscapes’ at Psychology Today: https://bit.ly/2y7m8na - The song featured in this episode is “Talanzele” by DJ N***a Fox from the album Cartas na Manga. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

Mitarbeiter, Schüler, Kinder oder Schatzi zu demotivieren geht schneller als man denkt. Denn wir wertschätzen gute Leistungen an die wir uns gewöhnen irgendwann nicht mehr und sehen nur noch, wenn es nicht klappt. Mehr dazu in dieser Folge.

Was bedeutet „Shifting Baselines“ und was hat das mit Pädagogik zu tun? Welchen Sinn hat es, sich mit Normalitätsverschiebung zu beschäftigen? Welchen Einfluss haben Richard David Precht, Gerald Hüther und die AFD auf unser Meinungsbild? Diese und weitere spannende, unterhaltsame Themen erwarten euch in der 30. Prakpaed-Episode. Viel Spaß wünschen Euch Jens & Dirk! - 00:00 Unsere Woche - 09:10 Dirks Angebotserinnerung - 10:20 Themeneinstieg - 15:30 Verständnis für Gehälter - 19:00 Verschiebung in der Pädagogik - 22:10 Veränderung in der Arbeitswelt - 27:25 Normal digital - 31:10 Worte der Anderen – Richard D. Precht - 33:20 Divers kontroverse Meinungsbildung - 37:35 Quellen der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung - 43:35 Petri Heil – Livecast vom SUP Board? - 47:00 Themenausstieg und Klönschnack Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prakpaed Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prakpaed YouTube: https://bit.ly/2S20x5C Twitter: https://twitter.com/prakpaed

In dieser Folge habe ich mir kurz die Shifting Baselines, den sogenannten Gewöhnungseffekt vorgenommen. Klar gewöhnt man sich schnell an Dinge, dass ist auch sinnvoll. Häufig aber auch nicht. Mehr dazu in dieser Folge.

MAMO abonma jesensko dogajanje zaključuje s predstavitvijo večdnevnega skupinskega dela projekta Shifting Baselines. Bogat nabor teoretikov in ustvarjalcev, ki se predhodno med seboj ne poznajo nujno, skupaj pripravi dogodek, na katerem lahko obiskovalci vidijo rezultat večdnevnega dela. Z njimi se je pogovarjala Nika Švab.

Newsy, upstart news service across linear, OTT and mobile platforms, is aiming to also offer newsworthy ways to spotlight brands doing well by doing good. One-off profiles to short form docu-series by Andy Brownell, vice president of Newsy Brand Studio, and Joey Maiocco, producer, are not hard-driving headline stories, but are, nonetheless, of great importance to impressing and retaining more and more influential consumers. As Brownell tells host, E.B. Moss, Head of Content Strategy at MediaVillage, “We're focused on developing sponsored stories for brands looking to tell more about the key social issues that they're addressing – [such as] improving the environment....” In this Episode 38 of Insider InSites he described the genesis of the studio itself on through how it’s helping the Newsy triple bottom line. Here's the topline: E.B. Moss: Why use storytelling to showcase the impact brands can have on their industry or community? Andy Brownell: I think there’s a much greater awareness of what brands are doing in the world today. Today’s consumers ... are much more tuned in to the kinds of things that brands are doing beyond just offering a product or service. Consumers are starting to make purchase decisions beyond the normal parameters... whether it's a manufacturing company and the footprint it leaves ... to the role that companies play within their communities.... Moss: How do you keep it genuine, and is purpose-driven Newsy branded content skewed towards a younger audience? Brownell: Because we're a branded content studio that's connected to a national news organization, I think by definition we're held to a slightly higher standard in terms of the authenticity... for the content to be genuine, to be able to inform people and provide them something of value. There are all these amazing stories and things that [brands] are doing that never make it into an advertisement, barely make it into the social feeds and that require a lot more time to tell a good, compelling story. That’s what we really wanted to focus in on. Moss: You created the Shifting Baselines series as part of this, with KoAnn Skrzyniarz (hear recent Insider InSites episode) who founded Sustainable Brands, a global organization bringing brands and nonprofit organizations together to solve problems. Brownell: Yes, we were a media partner for their June conference in Detroit. A huge portion of Fortune 500 companies have a presence there, and not just sustainability people, but chief marketing officers are there. Marc Pritchard [chief brand officer of P&G] talks a lot about that and “Brands For Good” -- where sustainability has an equal seat at the table with brand managers. Media and the role that we play at the brand studio can be an integral part of helping connect those dots and tell brand stories. Moss: Is pro-social content a hard sell? Brownell: ...People are starting to make it a bigger part of the conversation and a bigger part of their marketing and communications plans. READ MORE AT MEDIAVILLAGE.COM

Almost a quarter century ago, Daniel Pauly, one of the most important scientists of the Anthropocene, introduced “shifting baselines syndrome” to explain our generational blindness to environmental destruction. It has since become one of the key terms framing climate change and other forms of planetary degradation. In his upcoming book Vanishing Fish, Shifting Baselines and the future of global fisheries, Daniel Pauly offers a devastating look at the state of today’s global fisheries—and a radical way to turn it around. He chronicles not only the arc of the fishing industry’s demise, offering insights into how and why it has failed, but draws on decades of research to provide an up-todate assessment of ocean health and an analysis of the issues that have contributed to the current crisis, including globalization, massive underreporting of catch, and the phenomenon of “shifting baselines,” in which, over time, important knowledge is lost about the state of the entire natural world.

This is the second episode of our series on shifting baselines, exploring how changing perceptions of fish stocks helped to fuel the collapse of the cod fishery in Newfoundland. This episode documents how both technology and a failure to take historical anecdotes seriously contributed to the cod collapse.

Over time, our perception of what is 'normal' changes. When it comes to environmental conservation or restoration, that means we are creating reference points that are constantly moving. This shifting of baselines was catastrophic for the Newfoundland cod fishery, and ultimately led to the collapse of fishery. This episode is the first of a series describing how technology and population science were drivers in fueling the improper management of the Newfoundland cod fishery.

In this episode we talk to scientists from Olympic National Park in Washington state about studying the coastal habitats of N. Washington, climate change, ocean acidification and what we can do as citizens to support long term research like what Steve Fradkin and Jonathan Jones are doing for the National Park Service. Special Thanks to the Olympic National Park scientists, the National Park Service, the Cabrillo National Monument Conservancy. Producer, Host, Editor, Creator: Austin Parker Producer: Taylor Parker

The Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community at large to learn about Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch's most recent discoveries directly from the scientists who made them. Dennis Hanisak - Shifting Baselines: Water Quality in the Central Indian River Lagoon

The Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community at large to learn about Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch's most recent discoveries directly from the scientists who made them. Dennis Hanisak - Shifting Baselines: Water Quality in the Central Indian River Lagoon

Over the past several episodes, Skepticality has interviewed some of the notable scientists featured in the new pro-Intelligent Design documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.  This week, the last word on the controversy goes to Dr. Randy Olson, the biologist-turned-filmmaker whose 2006 documentary Flock of Dodos: The Evolution – Intelligent Design Circus examined the communication breakdown between the science community and the rest of the world on the subject of evolution.   Dr. Olson strives to improve the reputation of science in the court of public opinion, where the Religious Right and Intelligent Design movements continue to wedge their way in by "teaching the controversy."  On his "Shifting Baselines" blog, Dr. Olson was one of the first scientists to express concern that the well-funded Expelled was likely to succeed in selling its message to a tremendous number of people. The "dodos" of the blogosphere responded with incredulity.   At the request of many skepticality listeners, we're pleased to feature this week's interview with Dr. Olson about his controversial opinions — and about his new film, Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy.

We at DiveFilm Podcast Video are delighted to kick off the summer season with three short public service announcement flicks from ShiftingBaselines.org. Submit your own web flick PSA to ShiftingBaselines.org and win cash and prizes, and help make a difference in the future of the ocean. Please visit ShiftingBaselines.org for more information! From their website: "Shifting Baselines is a "media project" -- a partnership between ocean conservation and Hollywood to help bring attention to the severity of ocean decline. We are not an action group and we do not have any membership to join. If we have done our job well and you are motivated to help protect the world's oceans, then PLEASE join one, some, or all of our PARTNER groups. They are the people really doing things. They have the "Get Involved" buttons, the Action Plans, and the Grassroots Activities. They need your help and are seeking donations. If you would like to donate to The Shifting Baselines Ocean Media Project, please contact us at info@shiftingbaselines.org."