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The fairly lame. Podcast
Domenic Vido
110 episodes
5 months ago
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!
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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!
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The fairly lame. Podcast
Restoring Africa's Degraded Farmlands, Solar Panel Sunflowers, & More! Ep. 101

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/ 


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1 year ago
7 minutes 28 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
AI Analysing Food Waste, Underwater Art Gallery, & More! Ep. 100

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

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1 year ago
7 minutes 11 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Cleaning Up The Philippines, Animal Testing Lab Turned Into Sanctuary, & More! Ep. 99

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

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1 year ago
6 minutes 55 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Most Important Land To Protect, Planting Trees To Save Salmon, & More! Ep. 98

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

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1 year ago
7 minutes 12 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Australia's Solar Windows, Bali's Firefly Sanctuary, & More! Ep. 97

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 

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1 year ago
6 minutes 35 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Sneaking Whales Out Of Ukraine, Ecosia Plants 200 M Tress, & More! Ep. 96

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 

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1 year ago
7 minutes

The fairly lame. Podcast
Saving The Ganges River, Floating Solar Farms, & More! Ep. 95

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


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1 year ago
6 minutes 47 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Returning Bison To Portugal, A Zero-waste Store On Wheels, & More! Ep. 94

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

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1 year ago
6 minutes 21 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Car-Free Sundays In Colombia, Wolf Conservation Success, & More! Ep. 93

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 

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1 year ago
6 minutes 38 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
New York's Climate Exchange, Fire Fighting Beavers, & More! Ep. 92

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

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1 year ago
6 minutes 59 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
French City's Free Public Transport, Cleaning Up Lake Tahoe, & More! Ep. 91

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


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1 year ago
6 minutes 21 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
India's Drought-Proof Village, Suspended Solar Panels, & More! Ep. 90

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

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1 year ago
6 minutes 35 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Reviving The Thames, World's Largest Wildlife Crossing, & More! Ep. 89

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 

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1 year ago
6 minutes 15 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Restoring The LA River, Species Rediscovered In PNG, & More! Ep. 88

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/

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1 year ago
6 minutes 21 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
California Running On Renewables, Homeless Sleeping Pods, & More! Ep. 87

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

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1 year ago
7 minutes 4 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Massive Climate Case Win, Sound Restoring Reefs, & More! Ep. 86

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 


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1 year ago
6 minutes 44 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Solar Paying Teachers, Incredible Rooftop Farm, & More! Ep. 85

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

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1 year ago
7 minutes 2 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
EV Swap-&-Go Stations, Roadkill-Preventing Badge, & More! Ep. 84

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

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1 year ago
7 minutes 39 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Electrifying Garbage Trucks, Re-foresting Kenya, & More! Ep. 83

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/ 

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1 year ago
6 minutes 25 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
Hong Kong's Ghost Net Hunter, Amazon Treetop School, & More! Ep. 82

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/


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1 year ago
8 minutes 30 seconds

The fairly lame. Podcast
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!