Fashion's "take-make-waste" model is highly polluting; a 2017 Ellen MacArthur Foundation report revealed a truckload of garments goes to landfill or incineration every second. This unsustainable system urgently needs a redesign.

The Foundation champions a circular economy, eliminating waste and pollution. Its Jeans Redesign project exemplifies this, uniting over 100 brands to create jeans designed for durability, reuse, and recycling. This initiative ensures clothes never become waste, offering a blueprint for circular fashion.

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Eszter Csicsai from Rheaply explains how businesses can integrate circular economy principles into the workplace, an area often overlooked despite its significant potential.

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Polar bears typically prey on beluga whales near ice floes. However, recent fascinating footage from the Center’s Brett Hartl reveals a different interaction in open water, where belugas appear unafraid. This unusual encounter is incredible to witness.

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At Summit 22, Timberland's Charlie Downes-Jackson discussed the company's regenerative ambitions, including opportunities and challenges in their transition. This video is presented by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to promoting a circular economy. Their model, driven by design, aims to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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The Center for Biological Diversity recently rallied in Asheville, NC, advocating for stronger safeguards for the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest, a biodiversity hotspot. Over 300 attendees submitted 34,000 public comments urging improved management, reflecting the message: "We love Pisgah, and we want to see more of it protected."

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Alfredo Giron-Nava, an André Hoffmann Fellow with the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions and the World Economic Forum, is a co-founder of dataMares.

Drawing on his expertise in science, communication, and data visualization, Alfredo helps dataMares advance sustainable fisheries management and reduce illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) global catch.

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This video features Brilliant Planet's Raffael Jovine, who explains algae's vital role in creating and regenerating natural products. He details how algae contributes to regeneration.

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Founded in 2009, Ginkgo Bioworks leads in producing bacteria using renewable materials. Neekta Hamidi discusses their current work and innovations, offering an optimistic outlook.

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Join host Jeff Corwin to explore the remarkable comeback of the American crocodile. Once near extinction with only 100 adults, their population now exceeds 2,000 in South Florida, largely thanks to an unexpected sanctuary: the Turkey Point nuclear power plant. Its secure 6,000-acre network of cooling canals provides an ideal nesting habitat, a "nuclear headstart program" supported by Florida Power & Light and Defenders of Wildlife.

Conservationists monitor and tag hatchlings before releasing them, ensuring the health of these apex predators. Protecting crocodiles is vital, as their thriving population signifies a healthy broader ecosystem. Learn more about wildlife conservation at www.defenders.org/wildlifenation.

Host Jeff Corwin returns to Massachusetts, joining Dr. Lindsay Rosa of Defenders of Wildlife at the New England Wildlife Center. The center provides vital veterinary care for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife, from raccoons to owls. Corwin and Rosa highlight the surprising biodiversity of New England and the challenges species face due to human encroachment and pollution.

They observe the rehabilitation of a swan suffering from lead poisoning, a common issue from fishing sinkers and shotgun shells. The team successfully treats the swan and later releases a recovered barn owl into a protected habitat. This experience underscores the critical need for conservation efforts and mindful coexistence to protect our wildlife neighbors. To learn more, visit www.defenders.org/wildlifenation.

Join Jeff Corwin in southern Florida as he partners with Defenders of Wildlife staff and biologists to rehabilitate and release sick and injured sea turtles. This adventure highlights the significant challenges these creatures face globally, showcasing the dedicated efforts of conservationists to ensure their survival and return to the ocean.

The team expresses immense joy and pride in each release, especially for loggerheads equipped with state-of-the-art tracking technology, which acts as an "electronic guardian angel." This powerful experience underscores that conservation demands action: volunteer, enjoy your local environment, and defend wildlife. Learn more at www.defenders.org/wildlifenation.

Jeff Corwin joined Defenders of Wildlife in Boston to aid peregrine falcon recovery. At Deer Island's wastewater treatment plant, falcons nest on a 130-foot filtration tank. This initiative, a collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, provides crucial urban nesting sites.

Once near extinction, peregrine falcons have made a remarkable comeback, with 50 known pairs now thriving in Massachusetts. Corwin and Jacob Malcolm assisted biologists in banding chicks, a vital step in tracking their recovery. This project exemplifies successful conservation, showing how ingenuity and stewardship allow wildlife to flourish in urban environments. Learn more at www.defenders.org/wildlifenation.

Host Jeff Corwin highlights the plight of threatened aquatic animals, particularly Florida's iconic manatees. These gentle giants face critical threats: habitat loss, harmful algae blooms, and man-made barriers like the Kirkpatrick Dam, obstructing access to vital warm water springs. Conservationists restore habitats, like the Ocklawaha River, and implement rescue and rehabilitation to save this keystone species.

Florida's waterway challenges mirror global environmental issues. Oceans and wetlands are crucial for food, oxygen, climate regulation, and water filtration, but face constant threat. Protecting these vital ecosystems and fostering coexistence is essential for countless species, including the endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle and coral reefs, ensuring a healthy planet.

Join host Jeff Corwin in Alaska as he delves into the lives of North American brown bears. He explores the intricate relationship between humans and bears, highlighting their shared reliance on the vital salmon resource.

Corwin ventures into the Alaskan wilderness, observing a mother bear with two cubs and witnessing bears hunt for salmon. He also learns about the state's salmon management efforts, ensuring this crucial resource remains sustainable for future generations.

Join host Jeff Corwin on a conservation adventure, beginning in California's Big Sur to help save the majestic California condor. At the Ventana Wildlife Society, Corwin assists in preparing juvenile condors for release into the wild. This iconic bird, North America's largest, was rescued from a population of just 22 individuals in 1982 through a dedicated captive breeding program. Today, approximately 500 condors exist worldwide, with about 300 flying free across the American West and Mexico.

Corwin then travels to his home state of Massachusetts to work with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. His mission there is to protect the unique saltmarsh sparrow, a species vital to the delicate salt marsh habitats of the East Coast.

Host Jeff Corwin celebrates the Endangered Species Act (ESA), landmark 1973 legislation protecting vulnerable wildlife and ecosystems. The bald eagle, once near extinction, exemplifies the ESA's success, having recovered and now thriving across the U.S.

The ESA also protects sea turtles, with Florida's beaches being globally vital nesting sites. Conservation efforts, like Boca Raton's beachfront parks, are crucial. While only 1 in 10,000 hatchlings survive to adulthood, protecting their habitat allows these keystone species to flourish. All six sea turtle species nesting in America are protected by the ESA. Learn more at www.defenders.org/wildlifenation.

Host Jeff Corwin travels to Alaska's Cook Inlet to assist conservationists Nicole Whittington-Evans and Suzanne Steinert in monitoring the critically endangered beluga whale population. These "great white canaries of the sea" are uniquely adapted to Arctic life, using echolocation and feeding on salmon, but their numbers have drastically declined.

The Cook Inlet beluga population has plummeted by nearly 80% since the late 1980s due to habitat degradation, climate change, and other cumulative human impacts. Conservation efforts focus on reducing these threats and balancing human and wildlife needs to ensure these iconic whales survive for future generations. Learn more about wildlife conservation at www.defenders.org/wildlifenation.

Join host Jeff Corwin in Central Florida as he helps rescue threatened gopher tortoises from new real estate developments. Florida's rapid growth, with 1,000 new residents daily, leads to habitat destruction. Alarmingly, older permits still allow developers to bury tortoises alive, along with the over 360 other species that rely on their burrows.

Gopher tortoises are vital "nature's engineers," digging extensive underground tunnels that provide essential shelter from weather, fires, and predators for countless creatures. Corwin, alongside experts from Defenders and Saving Florida's Gopher Tortoises, meticulously excavates these animals from development sites to prevent them from being entombed. Learn more about the wildlife featured in the episode at www.defenders.org/wildlifenation.