Wildlife Wire
Wildlife Wire
Podcast Description
Tune in each week as wildlife advocates Samantha Miller and Mark Surls deliver the top 4 wildlife stories making waves across the U.S. and chat with humans making a difference for wild animals. From Florida panthers to Washington orcas and Colorado wolves to Montana grizzlies, Wildlife Wire is your go-to podcast for wildlife news and the humans who care about animals.
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The show focuses on wildlife conservation, animal welfare, and ecological issues, with episodes covering topics like the impact of avian flu on wild birds, challenges facing mountain lions, and the consequences of different energy production methods on wildlife. Specific episode examples include discussions about otter trapping in Wyoming, the psychology behind wildlife abuse, and the emotional lives of wolves.
Tune in each week as wildlife advocates Samantha Miller and Mark Surls deliver the top 4 wildlife stories making waves across the U.S. and chat with humans making a difference for wild animals. From Florida panthers to Washington orcas and Colorado wolves to Montana grizzlies, Wildlife Wire is your go-to podcast for wildlife news and the humans who care about animals.
What happens when we stop treating wildlife, environmental sustainability, human well-being, and animal protection as separate issues?
In this episode of Wildlife Wire, Mark Surls talks with educator, author, and Institute for Humane Education co-founder and president Zoe Weil about the interconnected systems that shape our lives—and how learning to see those connections can help us become better problem-solvers.
Zoe shares the story of how a class she taught in 1987 launched her career in humane education and explains what it means to be a solutionary: someone who identifies unjust, unsustainable, and inhumane systems and works to transform them in ways that do the most good and least harm for people, animals, and ecosystems.
The conversation explores systems thinking, religion and our relationship with the natural world, the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence, polarization and binary thinking, and why lasting solutions require understanding the perspectives and needs of everyone affected by a problem.
Mark and Zoe also discuss how the Solutionary Framework is being used in education, where students move beyond simply learning about problems to investigating their root causes, developing solutions, putting those solutions into practice, and learning from the results.
Ultimately, the conversation asks a larger question: How can we train ourselves to look beyond the immediate consequences of our choices and better understand the ripple effects they create throughout interconnected human and natural systems?
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Zoe Weil
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Institute for Humane Education
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The Solutionary Way: Transform Your Life, Your Community, and the World for the Better
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What Is a Solutionary?
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Solutionary Framework and Humane Education Resources
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Solutionary Micro-credential Course
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Solutionary Voices with Zoe Weil
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