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Talking with my friend Connel Bradwell about what his experience was like at Nottingham Trent University for wildlife biology in the UK, and what my college experience was like for ecology majors at community college and as a transfer student at University of California, San Diego. Going through the general application process and the differences between majors and coursework for environment and zoology students!
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Talking with my friend Connel Bradwell about what his experience was like at Nottingham Trent University for wildlife biology in the UK, and what my college experience was like for ecology majors at community college and as a transfer student at University of California, San Diego. Going through the general application process and the differences between majors and coursework for environment and zoology students!
Connel's Instagram: @ConnelBradwell // instagram.com/connelbradwell
Connel's Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCCa_8u9Lj13-NdPj5YNDkjA
Covid disclaimer: Connel is in my social bubble and our island has very few cases so our health authority told us it was safe for us to spend time together unmasked.
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![Reacting to your controversial environmental opinions (Pt 2!!)
Reacting to your thoughts about zoos, nuclear energy, GMOs, pesticides and herbicides, going childfree for the environment, and lethal species management. Pt 2 of reacting to your controversial opinions!
Zoos: 0:30
Nuclear Power: 7:13
Lethal species management: 9:45
Impact of dogs and cats on wildlife: 11:08
Childfree for the environment: 11:55
Charismatic megafauna 14:26
Save the bees movement 14:45
GMOs: 15:56
Pesticides: 16:48
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***LINKS/FURTHER READING**
→Part 1 Controversial opinions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGRixmJk-K4
→Pacing behavior at zoos (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuZFzTpcbfY
→Animal Madness – Zoochosis, Stereotypic Behavior and Problems with Zoos: https://slate.com/technology/2014/06/animal-madness-zoochosis-stereotypic-behavior-and-problems-with-zoos.html
→Wildlife Responses to Pedestrians and Dogs: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3783988?casa_token=24PzashsovkAAAAA%3Ajt0aiSbxu6qiLoziE8dzBPBiJsQJ6Sbe6ZzrN8xHwNg-ywq7Jdiy6sTeJ0_8d2071d209ICxwabXOjSoCT5EGUrn66RU_uRYfE17doTuG9jXIKkeLBOo&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
→The Effect of Dogs on Wildlife Communities https://bioone.org/journals/Natural-Areas-Journal/volume-28/issue-3/0885-8608(2008)28[218:TEODOW]2.0.CO;2/The-Effects-of-Dogs-on-Wildlife-Communities/10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[218:TEODOW]2.0.CO;2.short
→Per capita emissions by country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita
→Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038071708001624
→Impacts of agricultural herbicide use on terrestrial wildlife in temperate landscapes: A review with special reference to North America: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223894181_Impacts_of_agricultural_herbicide_use_on_terrestrial_wildlife_in_temperate_landscapes_A_review_with_special_reference_to_North_America
***BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS**
→The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California by Mark Arax https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41883929
→Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56140.Cadillac_Desert?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=YaBw4e8bpA&rank=1
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