Mary Pearl – Environmentalist, Educator and now - Fiction Writer
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This week’s guest with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox on 4-Quarter Lives is environmentalist and educator Dr. Mary Pearl. Mary was born and raised to be a New York debutante but had other plans. Her mother wanted her to go to Wellesley College for Women, but Yale opened to women just in the nick of time (1972). She then flew the coop again, becoming a biologist and exploring the behaviours of primates in the wild. This led her to connect the dots between the health of humans, wildlife and eco systems – the concept of conservation medicine - well before this was on everyone’s agenda. As president of the Ecohealth Alliance, Mary helped build careers of local scientists and educators in 20 high-biodiversity countries around the world. She also sits on the boards of Brazil’s Institute for Ecological Research and the Center for Large Landscape Conservation and is convener of the International Biodiversity Network.
Mary Pearl – Environmentalist, Educator and now - Fiction Writer
Mary Pearl – Environmentalist, Educator and…
Mary Pearl – Environmentalist, Educator and now - Fiction Writer
This week’s guest with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox on 4-Quarter Lives is environmentalist and educator Dr. Mary Pearl. Mary was born and raised to be a New York debutante but had other plans. Her mother wanted her to go to Wellesley College for Women, but Yale opened to women just in the nick of time (1972). She then flew the coop again, becoming a biologist and exploring the behaviours of primates in the wild. This led her to connect the dots between the health of humans, wildlife and eco systems – the concept of conservation medicine - well before this was on everyone’s agenda. As president of the Ecohealth Alliance, Mary helped build careers of local scientists and educators in 20 high-biodiversity countries around the world. She also sits on the boards of Brazil’s Institute for Ecological Research and the Center for Large Landscape Conservation and is convener of the International Biodiversity Network.