How This Organization Is Driving Environmental Stewardship By Taking Action Against Microplastics
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Our environment is facing a new challenge: microplastics. A lot of this material is found in our waterways, and researchers are working hard at identifying where they come from and how we can mitigate this problem before it gets worse.
Dr. Brady K. Skaggs, Jr. is the Water Quality Program Director for The Pontchartrain Conservancy. Growing up as a swimmer, Dr. Skaggs has always had a connection with water. This passion developed into his working with The Pontchartrain Conservancy with a goal of making waterways better and cleaner for people who live around Lake Pontchartrain.
In this episode, Dr. Skaggs talks about:
- His role at The Pontchartrain Conservancy.
- The importance of improving waterways for future generations.
- How microplastics are revealing themselves in nature, and what The Pontchartrain Conservancy is doing to combat them.
- How microplastics are introduced into the environment.
Are you interested in protecting the water quality in your area? Learn more about how you may be able to make a difference in your community by taking advice from this front-line environmental worker!
To learn more about Dr. Skaggs and his work with the Pontchartrain Conservancy, visit scienceforourcoast.org.
Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
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| 0:43.7 | I have Brady K. Skaggs Jr. He's a water quality program director, part of the Pontchartrain |
| 0:49.5 | Conservancy. And we're going to talk about their work and his work. So Brady, thank you for |
| 0:53.5 | coming. Thank you. It's a pleasure being here. Yeah, if you would, tell me about your background. And then what's the Panshar Train Conservancy? What does it do? Sure. So my background, a little bit as grew up swimming, so I've always had a fashion to the nation with water, went and did my undergrad at Georgia Tech and microbiology, swam at Georgia Tech. |
| 1:12.6 | And then I made my way to New Orleans three days before Hurricane Katrina for an advanced |
| 1:18.6 | degree that was related to water. Studied up until graduated 2013 from the Tulane University School |
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