S1E10 — How to Map and Catalogue Every Plant Species on Earth by 2022 with Eric Ralls of PlantSnap & Earth.com

Dr. Nadina Galle is joined by Eric Ralls, Founder & CEO of PlantSnap and Earth.com, to discuss how a chance encounter with a mystery plant in his friend's backyard led to the idea behind PlantSnap, what technologies have made PlantSnap's 650,000 plants and 475 million+ image database possible, how a revolutionary partnership with the world's largest botanic gardens organization will complete their global citizen science project, and of course, what Eric's favourite plant is.  Follow Nadina and the Internet of Nature Podcast on all social platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/internetofnature_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadinagalle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/earthtonadina This podcast is brought to you by the Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform, an innovation of the Connecting Nature project which is funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union Grant Agreement No 730222. Produced by Little Red Flames.

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Can nature and technology — long viewed as opposing forces — work together to create liveable cities and improve public health? Dr. Nadina Galle is an ecological engineer on a mission to find out. Join her every Wednesday as she interviews top thought-leaders & entrepreneurs on their technologies for building greener, healthier, and smarter communities. Each episode contains powerful stories behind the innovator, delves into questions usually shied away from, and explores where the internet and nature converge.