Jessie Panazzolo (@ecolojesst) author and founder of Lonely Conservationists (@lonelyconservationists), sits down with Laura, and things get deep. We talk about everything from trauma and PTSD during life-threatening field conditions (trigger warning here), being valued for your work, knowledge, and experience, and solutions to making conservation work better for all! We talk a lot about ethical ecotourism-- specifically solutions to providing funds to conservation projects. We also dive into what it means to be “inspiring”, advocating for yourself, unhealthy gatekeeping within conservation, mental health, handling haters, parachute science, and so much more. 

Jessie is incredibly vulnerable as she shares her stories, and this has opened the door for so many of us to find community and know we are not alone! Let’s take back what it means to be resilient, and instead acknowledge that it’s ok to not be ok.

Resources:

Lonely Conservationists Blog and Community: https://lonelyconservationists.com/

Buy Jessie's books! https://www.booktopia.com.au/how-to-conserve-conservationists-jessie-panazzolo/book/9780645240221.html