You Can Buy It, Buy It Nice, or Buy It Two?

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i think back to e lake. You know, my grey grandparents had this thing that was next to their hearth that was a shoe repair iron. They would put the shoe on it upside down, and then they'd nail on another solt and armor ring ad kidmeing like, what is this? And who did that? Y right? But that's what they used to do. Now, yes, you would just throw your shoes in the garbage and be like, new shoe times. Am that saying? Like, you can buy it, buy it nice, or buy it twice. Oh, yes, i ar invest in something that's a little bit better, that it'll

THIS IS UPLIFTING, I PROMISE. And it might just make you switch careers. As a bookend to last week's Oceanology episode, Conservation Technologist Shah Selbe chats about saving the planet with some well-intentioned technology. Wind turbines, solar cars, and 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.

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