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Do What You Do Best - How adventure tours, puppetry and saving Sun Bears go together.

Season 1, Ep. 59

Meet Doctor Sarah Pye an Author, University Lecturer and Environmentalist with her hand in many Pyes (excuse the pun). Sarah is passionate about conservation and in particular the rare Sun Bear Species. Inspired by the works of Dr Wong and his conservation work in Borneo. Sarah has created an acclaimed series of children’s books about adventures with Wildlife Wong after being encouraged to stick to doing what she does best. She now visits schools with her puppet sidekicks to raise awareness about endangered species. Sarah and her surprise guests join us in the studio for this fun and engaging chat of how we can play our part in not only saving a rare species but saving our own.


For more info visit: www.sarahrpye.com


This podcast is proudly sponsored by HumanKind Media.


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