The Hive

15/05/2021

We had a blast recording The Hive podcast, and now that it has finished we would like to take the opportunity to thank all of our guests and listeners.

If you missed any episodes, then you can find all of the links here; https://open.spotify.com/show/4OapePkozuUE0sbA1lE6vj?si=Db01_VLaSQWkQKOrXPUE5Q

13/05/2021

Check out this post on WildHub written by episode 3 guest Thirza Loffeld for Mental Heath Awareness Week! Lots of great wildlife-related resources highlighted 🌿

And if you haven’t already, check out our episode of which explores how nature impacts our wellbeing 🐝

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/How-Nature-Impacts-on-Wellbeing-eqgfnt

You can also check out The Nature of Loss podcast to explore the importance of connection with nature and wildlife for our mental health 💚

https://anchor.fm/thenatureofloss

Highlighting our members who are working to support wellbeing & resilience in our community and have shared useful resources (feel free to add to this list in the comment section!)

30/04/2021

The final episode of The Hive takes a look at Conservation Psychology and it's use in our work as Conservationists. How do we encourage behaviour change now? Is there a better way of working? Lizzie Francolini talks us through her experience and career and the underlying principles of the practice and techniques!

Take a listen here;
https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Conservation-Psychology-Lizzie-Francolini-evqjpo

29/04/2021

As Boyz II Men said, "We've Come to the End of Road"

The final episode of The Hive features the fabulous Elizabeth Francolini, an inspirational whirlwind, operating in the world of Conservation Psychology. The thread of people has run all of the way through the podcast and this is a good note to end on, looking at behaviour change and a greater use of these concepts throughout Conservation work.

Mollie and I have been recording this podcast since Autumn 2020, I can't believe that either of us imagined we'd get to speak to so many great guests and from across the world. Thank you to all of you and not least Lizzie, who rounds up our run of 8 episodes.

We hope you've had fun listening, and found it useful!

If you haven't listened to our previous episodes you will be able to find them on Anchor, Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

But you can find this final episode here;
https://lnkd.in/dUHNBHU

And also find our blog alongside this;
https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/04/29/episode-8-conservation-psychology/

Lizzie Francoloni currently works as a therapist using Conservation and the outdoors as a therapeutic tool. After working in the social sector for many years, Lizzie retrained as a conservationist at Bristol University and it was soon obvious to her that she could combine these two elements, after q...

28/04/2021

The Hive will be wrapping up its original planned run of eight shows, with the release of the final episode tomorrow - at lunchtime! For those who haven't been lucky enough to stumble upon it yet - and can look past the ramblings of the hosts, there is some great content to pick up. From employability and diversity within conservation, to how we can use Conservation Psychology, and more effective engagement techniques in order to impact behaviour change.

You can find the first seven episodes here; https://lnkd.in/dBJu-Zx

19/04/2021

Have you checked out our 7th episode: Negative Environmental Behaviours: Impacts on Nature and Solutions?

Listen to our guests from both the UK and US!

Give it a listen here: https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Negative-Environmental-Behaviours-Impacts-on-Nature-and-Solutions-eufae5

The last 2 images highlight some issues they faced at Joshua Tree National Park 🌳

16/04/2021

Happy Friday Everyone!

The penultimate Episode of The Hive has arrived!

Episode 7 takes a look at some of the behaviours we have probably all been seeing across nature reserves for years, only to increase during the easing of lockdowns.

We spoke to Erik Kramer-Webb in the Joshua Tree National Park to discover how similar these issues are to what has been seen in America. Lucy McRobert (author of 365 Days Wild) to give us her insights into how this was handled from a marketing point of view, and how we can use more effective messaging as part of the toolkit to help reduce it and help us in our efforts to conserve wildlife

Take a listen here;
https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Negative-Environmental-Behaviours-Impacts-on-Nature-and-Solutions-eufae5

As always, there is a blog post alongside this episode, this one focuses specifically on the Joshua Tree and some insights into what went on "across the pond"
https://wordpress.com/stats/day/thehivepodcast.wordpress.com

We are heading across the pond for this episode! Join us as we explore how negative environmental behaviours impact nature and conservationists, and what solutions are out there. Featuring Professor Rick Stafford from Bournemouth University (check out more from Rick in episode 1), Eric Kramer-Webb,....

03/04/2021

The latest episode of The Hive is now live!

In this episode, we spoke to Kendra Marjerrison, a Visual Communications professional working in for. Conservation Authority in Canada.

Having studied a Visual Communications in Conservation course at Fleming College, Kendra went on to teach the course and now is involved in engaging audiences through effective communications.

This episode is of interest to anyone in Conservation who may be involved in social media or engagement elements.

Take a listen here: https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Visual-Communications-in-Conservation-etf7ms

02/04/2021

Turning Good Friday into a Great Friday! Episode 6 of The Hive podcast has just been released. This week featuring the wonderful Kendra Marjerrison - from Ontario in Canada. Kendra joined the Environmental Visual Communication course at Fleming College as a student, before becoming a lecturer on this innovative programme, developed in partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum.

Alongside telling us all about the principles of this, Kendra also shared some pearls of wisdom for people to listen to, from her own career and what she has noticed from others! Please take a listen - https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Visual-Communications-in-Conservation-etf7ms

And as always - here is the blog post to go alongside the episode, with all relevant links; https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/04/02/episode-6-kendra-marjerrison/

22/03/2021

"If you do not trigger emotions in your story, you will never change behaviours. You need emotions in your stories so people remember them and then feel motivated to act on them... People very rarely act on hearing facts alone".

Author of 365 Days Wild, Lucy McRobert challenges us to consider what resonates with our audience. When creating interpretation, or posting on social media about the environment, how many of us jump to talking about % decrease, or long-term declines. Lucy suggests that there is another way to tell these stories, which invoke emotions and a behavioural response. All part of an absolute gem of an episode of The Hive (aren't they all!)
https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Engagement-in-Conservation-esukep

21/03/2021

Sammy Brisdon makes a great point about people wanting to protect something, like an open space, or nature - if they use it and/or enjoy it in some way.

An easy to understand concept, so how do we execute this? For me it's about making environmental education & engagement accessible and inclusive - as well as ensuring access to natural spaces giving us a chance to reflect on the importance of the outdoors to our physical & mental health, but how the health of the ecosystems around us are critical to our future as a species.

Listen to Sammy and our other guest speakers talk about environmental engagement, in the latest episode of The Hive Podcast;

https://lnkd.in/eNJAhd8

20/03/2021

Working in Conservation? Looking for some ideas on how to effectively engage with people? Julia Migne, Director of Conservation Optimism suggests that we start with considering our audience - who are they and what do we want them to do?

For example, The Hive podcast is aimed at those already working in, or wanting to work in the Conservation sector, and we want them to listen to the podcast 🎙️😁

Starting with this fantastic episode about effective engagement;
https://lnkd.in/eNJAhd8

And check out the accompanying blog post, introducing all of the guests in this episode;
https://lnkd.in/dYuHCMd

18/03/2021

We are going full throttle into the world of environmental engagement for this episode!

We are back after a two week break, and for this episode we are focusing on how we can get our messaging effectively across to our audiences. Featuring Director of Conservation Optimism, Sammy Brisdon, Environmental Educator and Author of 365 Days Wild and founder of A Focus On Nature; Lucy McRobert.

This episode may be of interest to anyone linked to conservation, specifically - but not exclusively those who work in engagement. It's full of tips and insights into how to make your content more effective and more relatable. The guests are among the very best in their fields for this work, so come join us!

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Engagement-in-Conservation-esukep

14/03/2021

Our final guest of episode 1- Elise!

Find out more about Elise here: https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Elise-Sutton-eofdsp

12/03/2021

Our second bonus, get to know Professor Rick Stafford from ! 🐠

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Professor-Rick-Stafford-eofdtu

09/03/2021

This week we are releasing some bonus episodes on our guests from episode 1!

First up is Frances Jenkins from ! ✨

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Frances-Jenkins-eofdpt

02/03/2021

We are taking a mid-season hiatus for a couple of weeks, whilst Brian settles into his new role as a lecturer in Conservation at Kingston Maurward college! 👨‍🏫🎉🥳

So we thought, what better time than now to reminisce about our previous episodes 💚

What has been your favourite episode? What topics have you enjoyed? What would you like to hear more of?
Share with us in the comments, we’d love to hear your thoughts so far 🪴🌝

28/02/2021

How does this photo make you feel?

Nature is essential for our body and soul. Megan from explains why, and how they are leading the way for green prescriptions, in our most recent episode!

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Megan-Charles--How-Nature-Impacts-on-Wellbeing-eqgfnt

19/02/2021

The benefits of nature to the health and wellbeing of humans has been increasingly spoken about for a while now. Have you ever wanted to know more about the actual impacts elements of nature can have - such as fractals or the phytoncides?

Well! Episode 4 of The Hive can help you out with this! We were joined by Megan Charles. Operations Manager of A Dose of Nature, a Charity operating a sustainable green prescription service in London - founded by Counselling Psychologist; Dr Alison Greenwood.

We heard how Megan combined her Psychology undergrad, with a MSc in Environmental Strategy in order to get into this side of Conservation work.

Please read our blog to alongside the episode here; https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/episode-5-megan-charles

And the podcast episode itself can be found here;
https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Megan-Charles--How-Nature-Impacts-on-Wellbeing-eqgfnt

18/02/2021

Looking for a conservation podcast to get stuck in to on a wet+windy day?

Why not check out ? New episode released on Friday 🎉💚

Check out our most recent episode here: https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Views-Of-The-Conservation-Sector-epstf0

15/02/2021

Have you checked out our new episode of podcast?

Catch it here: https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Views-Of-The-Conservation-Sector-epstf0

What was your favourite part of the episode? Have you got any additional thoughts to add? 💚🤔

05/02/2021

Welcome back to our 3rd episode! How time flies...

In this episode we will be exploring views of our sector.
We hear from Emily Seccombe from A Focus On Nature, Ollie Sidwell from RateMyPlacement and Thirza Loffeld from WildHub!

Find out about how we can improve our sector by outlining and removing the barriers to prospective conservationists, how to secure the best people for the job, and how to keep developing our professional selves!

As always you can keep up with the fun on our blog https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/the-hive-episode-3/

Below we have added some links to the guests' organisations.

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Views-Of-The-Sector-epstf0

https://www.afocusonnature.org/
https://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/
https://wildhub.community/

Welcome back to our 3rd episode! How time flies. In this episode we will be exploring views of our sector. We hear from Emily Seccombe from A Focus On Nature, Ollie Sidwell from Rate My Placement and Thirza Loffeld from WildHub! Find out about how we can improve our sector by outlining and removing....

02/02/2021

A throwback to our last episode with Jessie Panazzolo, Author of How to Conserve Conservationists. We discussed how failure doesn't always seem to be acknowledged in conservation with seemingly only the success stories highlighted and published.

For the links to Jessie's work, check out our blog post here:
https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/01/25/episode-2-jessie-panazzolo/

To listen to the episode, click here https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Jessie-Panazzolo-eofcpb

31/01/2021

Had a chance to check out our most recent episode with Jessie Panazzolo from the Lonely Conservationists?

Give it a listen here: https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Jessie-Panazzolo-eofcpb

28/01/2021

We are nearing the end of January already!

Tune in to our new episode for some fun, insightful chat with founder Jessie Panazzolo!

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Jessie-Panazzolo-eofcpb

25/01/2021

Jessie Panazzolo (she/her), Author of How To Conserve Conservationists, joined Mollie and Brian to talk about her career to date, and those experiences that have had an impact on her - not all of them positive. After founding the online community; Lonely Conservationists, Jessie realised that the kind of issues she has faced, were more widespread than she'd thought.

Take a listen by following the link below;

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Jessie-Panazzolo-eofcpb

Jessie Panazzolo, Author of How To Conserve Conservationists, joined Mollie and Brian to talk about her career to date, and those experiences that have had an impact on her - not all of them positive. After founding the online community; Lonely Conservationists, Jessie realised that the kind of issu...

20/01/2021

When does volunteering to gain experience, become exploitation?

For Episode Two of The Hive, we spoke to Jessie Panazzolo (she/her) about the experiences that led to her writing her page turner of an autobiography; How to Conserve Conservationists.

Jessie also founded the online community; Lonely Conservationists, and she quickly discovered that her own experiences were by no means unique.

Entry level roles in Conservation quite often require some form of experience, usually gained in a voluntary capacity, should voluntary work be an expectation for an entry-level role in any industry? What impact could this be having?

18/01/2021

Professor Richard Stafford feels that a College education perfectly suits those who want to get a hands-on job in Conservation, and that degrees are the step to take for those interested in the science behind it.

As College graduates ourselves (prior to undertaking a degree), we completely agree with this! 🐝

To listen to our first full episode of The Hive, featuring Rick, please follow this link:
https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Routes-into-a-Conservation-Career-eoo21k

15/01/2021

The first episode of The Hive; Routes into Conservation, aired on the 11th January. It featured speakers from further and higher education with a look at the differences between college and university education - with experience from land based college/university and the Open University also included.

To catch up, you can find the episode here: https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Routes-into-a-Conservation-Career-eoo21k

Are you considering a job working in Conservation? There are several well-trodden routes into careers in this sector, The Hive's first episode features guests who provide more details about some of these. We start the episode with Elise Sutton, a graduate of both agricultural college and agricultura...

14/01/2021

The first episode of was all about clearing up some of the differences between and and helping people making decisions about their educations to make the right choice for them.

Here is a highlight of Frances Jenkins, Career Lead at Kingston Maurward College , talking about the benefits of choosing to study at a College 🐝💚

For the full episode, please follow this link; https://lnkd.in/db7x4Zx

12/01/2021

We really enjoyed interviewing Dr. Yoseph N. Araya as part of our first episode of The Hive.

His philosophical perspectives on the industry were heartwarming and it was really interesting to hear how The Open University supports people from many different backgrounds in completing education.

To listen to our first episode, please follow this link:

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Routes-into-a-Conservation-Career-eoo21k

09/01/2021

Featuring guests from the world of Conservation. From the UK to Australia, we feature some fascinating perspectives and new ideas.

The Hive Podcast, Episode 1 coming on January 11th, 2021!

Find our podcast blog here: thehivepodcast.wordpress.com

Please find latest episodes here; https://anchor.fm/thehivepod

06/01/2021

We have been featuring some guest blogs from UK students, exploring the choices they have taken in respect of courses and places to learn. This has highlighted some really interesting reflections from them, including how the best university isn't always the best university for you. And that if you study something you enjoy - you'll do better at it! Check out our blog for more

https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/01/06/routes-into-conservation-ashley-and-nina/

The second of our student guides to choosing courses and place to learn To go alongside our first podcast episode; Routes into Conservation, Mollie and Brian invited students enrolled on environmen…

05/01/2021

Slowly defrosting from your festive hibernation? ☃️

Need something to listen to whilst in the midst of our 3rd lockdown? 🏡

Our first episode is fast approaching! Start off the year with TheHive, a new conservation podcast for professional and wannabe conservationists 🌿🐝

04/01/2021

The first episode of The Hive podcast will look at some of the routes into a career in Conservation. Leading up to this, we have some guest blogs, from students giving their own experiences and perspectives, which might help others in making the best choice for them.

First up is Janey Sellars who went the route of a diploma, undergraduate degree and now studying Marine Biology at postgraduate level at the University of Exeter. Alongside Janey is Gwyneth Mitchell, who left Sparsholt College Hampshire, initially for a course at a bigger University, before deciding to move back to Sparsholt College, preferring the more rural campus and small class sizes.

We have more guest blogs, from students who have chosen different routes, throughout this week. Thank you to all of our guest bloggers - it's been really interesting to read about your different journeys.

https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2021/01/04/routes-into-conservation-janey-and-gwyneth/

The first of our student guides to choosing the right course and place to learn To go alongside our first podcast episode; Routes into Conservation, Mollie and Brian invited students enrolled on en…

30/12/2020

Here is our introduction for The Hive podcast!

We are excited to share this with you soon, and hope you will enjoy hearing these conversations as much as we did having them! 💚

Coming in 2021!

https://anchor.fm/thehivepod/episodes/Welcome-to-The-Hive-eoc7r9

27/12/2020

That's Christmas done for another year!

Are you starting to think about 2021? Here is a timely, short vid of Megan Charles, from Dose of Nature, talking about simple ways that we can all get a little more nature in our lives! There is over 40 years worth of evidence to show how nature can benefit us humans, which we'll be sharing more on in one of our full episodes. This is great for anyone looking for a New Years Resolution.

We'd love to hear what nature resolutions you had planned for the new year...

Find out more on Dose of Nature here; https://www.doseofnature.org.uk/

Mollie and Brian hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and we look forward to releasing our first full episodes in January. Visit this link to connect to our blog: https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com

21/12/2020

The Hosts; In Depth - Mollie

I am the other host of The Hive podcast, and here I tell you a little about myself and how I have gotten to where I am today!

https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2020/12/21/the-hosts-in-depth-mollie/

11/12/2020

"I was lucky to know that I wanted to be a Countryside Ranger from around the age of 15. Before this I held ambitions between the age of 5 and 12 to be a Police Officer, then that changed into lumberjack..."

Read more about Brian's career here: https://thehivepodcast.wordpress.com/2020/12/11/the-hosts-in-depth/