How can the worlds of wildlife conservation and music come collectively in good concord?
Whether or not biologist or park ranger, ecologist or conservationists, most wildlife professionals are pushed by ardour for his or her work and the pure world. Whereas this ardour is most frequently expressed in sweaty discipline clothes or late nights within the laboratory, a love for conservation may also encourage music.
This episode brings collectively members of The Wildlife Society, Emily Thoroski, and Merlin Shoesmith, to point out how science and artwork can collide.
Emily shares how she works with youngsters in her college workshops to co-write songs about nature. Merlin brings a lifetime of wildlife expertise, together with an unbelievable story about going through over a dozen grizzlies in Yellowstone. Collectively, they discover the steadiness between the scientist’s want to clarify every little thing and the songwriter’s objective to say simply sufficient.
Their tune “The Eyes of the Wolf,” reimagines Aldo Leopold’s well-known perception about predators and ecological steadiness, turning a key conservation lesson into music.
“Our Wild Lives” is The Wildlife Society’s weekly podcast, sharing compelling tales from wildlife professionals doing essential work world wide. Your hosts, Katie Perkins and Ed Arnett, of The Wildlife Society, deliver you thought-provoking conversations with main specialists and rising voices.
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