The Rescue Effect

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet Report is a checkup on the health of Earth, and this year’s report is the most comprehensive yet. Spoiler alert: its findings aren't good. But all's not doom and gloom: Enter the Rescue Effect, a perspective that believes there’s a lot to be optimistic about. On this episode I’m excited to bring you two contrasting viewpoints to the biodiversity problem. First I speak with Brent Loken, Global Food Lead Scientist for the World Wildlife Fund; in the second part of today's show I speak with conservation expert Michael Mehta Webster about his new book, The Rescue Effect. Here's a preview: [2:30] An overview of the major findings from WWF's 2022 Living Planet Index [6:00] What's going on in the tropics? [19:00] The rescue effect in practice [21:00] If nature has an inherent ability to persist, why do species go extinct? [27:00] Can the rescue effect ensure the survival of human beings amidst the next great mass extinction event? [33:00] How we can help give species a leg up, according to conservation experts Resources mentioned: 2022 Living Planet Index (via the World Wildlife Fund) The Rescue Effect: The Key To Saving Life On Earth Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
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1:00.8	Hello listeners, welcome back.
1:05.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 315 of sustainable
1:10.0	minimalists, a twice-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.
1:16.1	On today's show we are looking at the problem of biodiversity loss from two opposing angles, and oh my goodness we're gonna have fun.
1:25.0	Now stay with me for a minute while I break the problem down into incredibly
1:32.0	simplistic terms. Let's say you have a beautiful backyard. In
1:38.3	your backyard lives a family of a pretend bird. We're going to give this pretend a cutie
1:55.0	birds in your backyard. The yellow speckled cutie species only lives in your backyard.
1:58.0	It doesn't live anywhere else on the planet.
2:01.0	And 52 years ago, so in 1970, somebody and your family went outside and
2:08.5	counted the number of yellow speckled cutiees that were living.
2:13.8	There were 100 yellow speckled cutie
2:17.2	living happily in your backyard.
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