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Smologies with Alie Ward

EARTH SAVING with Shah Selbe

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Let’s get ready for Earth Day with this uplifting chat about saving the planet with some well-intentioned technology. Conservation Technologist Shah Selbe fills us in on all the ways in which sensors, drones, recycled smartphones and real-time data reporting can help conserve species, spaces and communities that are threatened.

© Alie Ward Length 27 min 16 April 2026 Age: 6-10 , 11plus Topics: Science , Educational , Nature , Animals Country: USA Type: Episodic

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© Alie Ward Length 27 min 16 April 2026 Age: 6-10 , 11plus Topics: Science , Educational , Nature , Animals Country: USA Type: Episodic

Introducing Smologies: The Shorter, Kid-Safe Ologies

Introducing Smologies: The Shorter, Kid-Safe Ologies

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

Listen to episode one here

Let’s get ready for Earth Day with this uplifting chat about saving the planet with some well-intentioned technology. Conservation Technologist Shah Selbe fills us in on all the ways in which sensors, drones, recycled smartphones and real-time data reporting can help conserve species, spaces and communities that are threatened. Hear inspiring tales of travel, art, adventure, and putting engineering to good use from a former rocket-science turned professional do-gooder.

Follow Shah Selbe on Bluesky and Instagram

Check out his non-profit FieldKit.org

Full-length (*not* G-rated) Conservation Technology episode + tons of science links

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Sound editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions, Jake Chaffee, and Steven Ray Morris

Made possible by work from Noel Dilworth, Susan Hale, Kelly R. Dwyer, Aveline Malek and Erin Talbert

Smologies theme song by Harold Malcolm

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© Alie Ward | 27 min

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