How did we get here… by Holly Smith My name is Holly Smith and I’m a third year Environmental Science undergraduate student, and Sustainability Architect within Sustainability Services at The University of Leeds. In simple terms, I am the project manager running the University’s ‘Campus Biodiversity Monitoring Project’. I actually started as a Campus Ambassador…More
Episode 8; Conservation Psychology
Lizzie Francolini currently works as a therapist using Conservation and the outdoors as a therapeutic tool. After working in the social sector for many years, Lizzie retrained as a conservationist at Bristol University and it was soon obvious to her that she could combine these two elements, after quickly realising that conservation is a social…More
Episode 7 – Behaviours in Nature; Joshua Tree National Park
Erik Kramer-Webb lives and works in Joshua Tree and where has and his wife own the California Climbing School. Episode 7 of The Hive features Erik and some of his experiences, we compared this to our own experience and also spoke to Lucy McRobert about some solutions to this. During the latest US Government shutdown…More
Episode 6; Kendra Marjerrison
Visual Communications in Conservation The Hive returns with Episode 6 – just in time for Easter weekend! Kendra Marjerrison grew up in Ottawa and attended the University of Guelph to study Ecology and Resource Conservation. After working in a few jobs after graduating, Kendra was inspired to join the Environmental Visual Communications programme, jointly developed…More
Episode 5; Engagement in Conservation
Three professionals from across the Conservation sector providing some top tips on how to engage effectively and reminding us of how important it is to engage! In the fifth episode of The Hive, we take a look at the importance of engagement to Conservation. As usual, the episode features guests carrying out interesting and innovative…More
Episode 4; Megan Charles
Operations Manager at A Dose of Nature Megan Charles took an interesting pathway into her conservation career, completing an undergraduate degree in Psychology, followed by a Masters in Environmental Strategy. This provided her with a useful combination of knowledge from different disciplines. It also bought her into the orbit of Dr Alison Greenwood, a Counselling…More
The Hive, Episode 3
Views on the Conservation Sector In the third episode of The Hive, we take a look at the barriers facing people who are planning to enter the conservation sector. Featuring some fantastic guests, including Emily Seccombe from A Focus On Nature who described her experiences, working for various organisations within the environmental sector differences she…More
Episode 2; Jessie Panazzolo
The Conservationists Conservationist Jessie Panazzolo is a conservationist, author and founder of an online global community who is shining a light on issues within the conservation sector. Mollie and Brian caught up with Jessie in this episode of The Hive; take a listen here Jessie revealed some of the issues she has faced throughout her…More
Episode 1; Routes into a Conservation Career
Routes into a Conservation Career To listen to this episode of The Hive, please click here For this episode, The Hive featured guests from the worlds of both Higher and Further Education, including Elise Sutton – who had attended a land-based College (Kingston Maurward), and then went on to study at Harper Adams, a land-based…More
Routes into Conservation, Millie and James
The third and final of our student guides to choosing courses and place to learn To go alongside our first podcast episode; Routes into Conservation, Mollie and Brian invited students enrolled on environmental courses to give their perspectives on the choices that they had made with their educational routes, and how their experiences could help…More
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