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Hallooooh! 

As a bookend to last week's sad tale about the ocean, this week I talked to Shah Selbe, a conservation technologist and former rocket scientist who is using engineering for all kinds of do-goodery. He tells tales of adventures and travel and waterproofing and shark tagging and canoe dragging and bee fighting and we talk about solar cars and the ocean and wind power and river monitoring and catching poachers and illegal loggers in the Amazon. He's amazing and so optimistic an I swear by the end of the episode you will want to change your career. 

Also there is talk of hippo butts and crocodile astrology. 

High fives,

Your Ladyuncle 

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Conservation Technology (EARTH SAVING) with Shah Selbe

THIS IS UPLIFTING, I PROMISE. And it might just make you switch careers. As a bookend to last week's Oceanology episode, Conservation Technologist Shah Selbe chats about saving the planet with some well-intentioned technology. Wind turbines, solar cars, and all the ways in which sensors, drones, r

Comments

Greg

Thanks Lunkle Dadward! I need the good news!

Mark Donahue

Ooo, I’m down with earth saving! Can’t wait to listen.

Mats Nylund

But I want to change my career after EVERY episode :).

Mark Donahue

Dang this guy is impressive! You think you’re doing a little bit of good in the world and then this fellow comes along and makes me feel inadequate. Haha. But that’s ok! I’ll bet his job is endlessly fascinating. Imagine the people he meets. The places he sees. Wow.