Meet Me on Planet 3 Deanna Hoffman

WCAI Climate Change Reporter, Eve Zuckoff, joins me for Part 2 of a Meet Me on Planet 3 special series on environmental journalism.

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The interviewer becomes the interviewee! WBUR Correspondent Barbara Moran joins me for an in-depth discussion about environmental reporting. This is Part 1 of a Meet Me on Planet 3 special series on environmental journalism.

Interested in incorporating current events into your curriculum or turning your students into environmental reporters? Contact me to talk about how to make this happen: greeninstruction@gmail.com.

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This week's podcast episode features Seopedi Baitsile, founder of The Upcycle Project in the African nation of Botswana. Seo discusses her inspiration for her work, which makes a difference "one bottle at a time." She also talks about how she is helping to combat the increase in non-biodegradable packaging waste seen in Botswana with an education campaign focused on #NtsholeleMoSkaftining, which is Setswana for "bring your own container." You won't want to miss this uplifting interview!


To view Seo's work, visit this week's Meet Me on Planet 3 Blog Post and The Upcycle Project's Instagram Page: t.u.p._
Click HERE to learn more about Botswana from National Geographic Kids.

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Meet Me on Planet 3 returns with bonus footage from my interview with Geographer Duncan Cook. He had so many interesting things to talk about that it didn't all fit it in one episode! Tune in to hear about geography vs. geology, how we know the Ancient Maya painted with mercury, and what adults can do to prompt children to think about the environmental histories of the places they know best.

Make sure you also listen to the first part of my interview with Duncan if you haven't already: Episode 6 - Duncan Cook on Learning About Climate Change from Ancient Civilizations.

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For Meet Me on Planet 3 podcast episode 6, I interviewed Dr. Duncan Cook, a Senior Lecturer of Geography at Australian Catholic University (ACU). (In American lingo, we'd call him a professor.) Duncan describes some of the archaeological data that support the claim that drought, caused by deforestation, forced the ancient Maya to abandon their inland cities. Climate change, anyone? I seriously learned so much from our conversation. You MUST listen to this interview - Duncan's work and his data are fascinating. I secretly (or not so secretly) hope he invites me on his next expedition!

Some key terms used in this episode:


Anthro: Anthro is a prefix that means human. Anthropogenic means caused by humans. For example, anthropogenic sources of carbon indicates carbon dioxide in our atmosphere due to human activities, such as burning coal for electricity.
Paleo: Paleo is another prefix, which means occurring in the distant past. For example, the expression "paleo diet" is used to describe foods that could have been hunted or gathered by ancient humans.
Geo: A third prefix, geo, means Earth. A Geographer studies not just maps but also how society interacts with Earth's natural environment. Speaking of geography, two locations that come up include the Petén, which is a region in northern Guatemala, and the Yucatán, which refers to an area of Mexico.
Catchment: Catchment is another way of describing a watershed, such as the area surrounding a lake or river.
Calcium Carbonate: A little high school chemistry for you! Calcium carbonate is an important chemical in seashells. Its chemical formula is CaCO3, revealing that it consists of one calcium atom, one carbon atom, and three oxygen atoms.
Isotope: An isotope refers to the same kind of atom with different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei and therefore different atomic masses. For example, Oxygen-16 and Oxygen-18 are isotopes. They are both forms of the element, oxygen, but they have different atomic masses due to differing numbers of neutrons.

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This pandemic has been so difficult, especially for those who suffered loss. During her fully remote senior year of college, Elizabeth Sockwell began to feel quite hopeless. Instead of dwelling on her sorrows, Elizabeth channeled her energy into something positive, what she called the 4C Tree Project. The 4 C's stand for "Capture Carbon, Commemorate COVID," and this is exactly what Elizabeth strived to do. She worked with her community leaders and fellow student activists to plant trees as living memorials to honor lives lost to COVID-19.

You can learn more about Green Newton's latest projects on their website and follow them @green.newton on Instagram and @greennewtonma on Twitter. Elizabeth also recently started her own blog called Achievable Green - check it out!

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