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❤️’er of nature & conservation🌍
🎤Host of @animalsnatureandyou 🎧
🐨Constantly curious about animals🦎
👟Trail runner & trash picker-upper ♻️

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75 episodes published! @AnimalsNatureAndYou will wrap season one in December, but until then more awesome interviews with awesome people are coming soon🎉

#podcasters #podcast #wildlifeeducation

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Fall outside….
I mean, as in, autumn. It’s autumn outside. Please, don’t fall while outside. Or, actually, please don’t fall while inside or outside. Or at all. Just don’t fall okay? But please enjoy fall in nature. It’s lovely. 🍁🍂

#GetOutside

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Even though I understood and lived the realities created by social injustices, I hadn’t connected environmental justice to wildlife conservation until well into my adulthood.

Environmental justice is personal because it’s about the everyday lives and wellbeing of our communities—children, elders, families, everybody. And just as environmental harms have been purposefully and strategically placed, the solutions must be as well.

This includes intention regarding WHO creates and benefits from solutions (from local to national scales), WHERE—literally which neighborhoods—do benefits materialize, and the urgency with which we work.

Thank you to @zoologyrick for having this conversation on the @animalsnatureandyou podcast! Watch it at the link in my bio.

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We have some BEARY exciting news to share! Our very own Zookeeper Erin joined @zoologyrick for an episode of his podcast - Animals, Nature, and You!

You can listen to "Im-PAW-ssibly PAW-some Black Bear Facts" with Zoology Rick and Erin wherever you find your podcasts or through the links below. 🐻

🔗 https://animalsnatureandyou.buzzsprout.com
▶️ https://youtu.be/oEWnqjBCnBs

#SequoiaParkZoo #AnimalsNatureAndYou #TuleAndIshŭng #AndNabuMakesThree #BlackBears #BearyGoodNews #WeLoveAnAnimalPun

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That’s So Wild is celebrating it’s 50th episode. Lauren and Kaitlen sit down with Angela from San Diego Humane Society, their most frequent guest, to talk about the rare spotted skunk. The episode is titled “Man! This Stinks!” but you know what doesn’t stink? Their love of animals and conservation. Step into the Wild Mondays at noon! #thatssowild #fox5kusinowapp

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✨ IT’S SO CHIC TO CARE ✨

All of the photos in this post were taken by me at different national parks, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Wildlife Learning Center and my hometown wildlife park in Colorado - where I actually discovered my passion for wildlife and conservation in the first place! 🐾🌎

I can’t stress enough how chic it is to care! To be curious, involved, and passionate about the world around you.

Support your nearest AZA-accredited zoo! Listen to podcasts that keep you inspired and learning! I personally love Dear Hank & John and Amazing Wildlife: A San Diego Zoo Podcast.

Conservation is FAR from boring. There is always new research, new advancements, and so much happening in the world of wildlife and conservation every single day.

So stay curious. Keep learning. Get involved.

And of course… it’s so chic to care💅

If you made it this far, tell me in the comments: what do YOU care about?

Just a note: I’m not sponsored or endorsed by any of the zoos or organizations I share! ZooEthics is an independent project where I do my own research and share the animal welfare & conservation stories I find interesting.

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We now present to you the first part in a series. Here is part one of the nature books and guides we recommend. These books have helped shape our perspective and they have inspired us to be better humans. So much to learn, and protect. @goldenstatenaturalist most of these books are from your Patreon book club!! Join her Patreon it’s amazing! Ok here is the list, we will tag as many authors as we can find. If we missed you reach out we will tag! #nature #stateofthestateparks #books #birds #bugslife
Insects of the Los Angeles Basin by Dr. Charles L. Hogue is a classic, richly illustrated field guide published by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

The Forests of California: A California Field Atlas is a 2020 book by artist-naturalist Obi Kaufmann. Published by Heyday,

Plant Galls of the Western United States is a 400-page photographic field guide by Ronald A. Russo, published by Princeton University Press

The Vascular Plants of Orange County, California: An Annotated Checklist is a 2008 botanical reference book by Fred M. Roberts

Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of Southern California 2nd Edition Dr. Jan Timbrook

Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals Among California’s Oaks is a 2014 nature-writing book by author and naturalist Kate Marianchild. Published by Heyday Books and illustrated by Ann Meyer Maglinte,

The Cold Canyon Fire Journals: Green Shoots and Silver Linings in the Ashes is a 2022 non-fiction book by ecologist, artist, and naturalist Robin Lee Carlson. Published by Heyday Books

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Thank you San Diego! Until next time ☀️

A huge shout out to my friends at the @birchaquarium! I had such an amazing time meeting everyone and seeing all the animals. I can’t wait to edit all the footage. I also want to say that I had an experience that is in my top 5 favorite all time moments I’ve ever had at a zoo/aquarium. It might even be number 1! Thank you 😊.

Thanks to my buddy @zoologyrick for hanging out and always being so cool! Everyone needs to go check out his podcast right meow! @animalsnatureandyou

Thank you @kaitlendaigle for inviting me on your awesome show with @fox5sandiego and @kusinews. Can’t wait to come back and share more stories!

@nicole.orcinologist thank you for sliding in my DMs and inviting me whale watching hahaha. I can’t believe we saw that massive pod of dolphins! Also thanks to Captain @caitlyn_nieblas of @gonewhalewatching for getting us back safely.

And a huge shout to my friends @okay_ha and Donovan for showing us around the Safari Park. We had so much fun in the hot sun lol.

Lastly, thanks to Amanda for pulling through and coming with me in everything I do! You’re a beast and so adventurous 🥰

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This week’s episode of Animals, Nature, and You, is a replay from earlier this year when @dmizejewski filled us in on all things native bees!🐝 David shares why native bees are so important, how honey bees are actually part of the agricultural world, and how you can help our native pollinators.
* @AnimalsNatureAndYou will be back with fresh-off-the-vine episodes next week, and all new 10-minutes Tuesdays will be back soon!

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Part four of the most important series on Instagram today. We take this very seriously why aren’t you? Get out and save our hills and Nature-Max today. Send us videos of your nature-maxxing and will add them to our next drop. Let’s make this a cultural phenomenon! Comment Maxx and we will Add you to our founders club list for future exclusive NM drops. #nature #stateofthestateparks #birds #naturemaxxing #inat

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Episode three of Nature-Maxxing! We have had an overwhelming response to our first two episodes of Nature-Maxxing. Studies are in and five out of five people feel better while Nature-Maxxing. If you haven’t tried it yet it’s truly a craze that is sweeping the nation. Comment “Max” for a virtual high five from us! We love all of you Naturemaxxinistas! Save our hills! #nature #stateofthestateparks #naturemaxx #inat #parks

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Yay!! Gingerbread is getting stronger everyday!! We hit a huge milestone in her recovery! She went from being only 54 g to 64 g in a little less than a month. Just a huge shout out to Rick who you need to follow @animalsnatureandyou for give some wonderful advice on how to help Gingerbread!! Go follow him and thanks so much @zoologyrick

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