My two cents:
The first video Interview with panchoprieto (in Spanish with English subtitles)
was good, but nothing new or valuable compared to the many existing videos on the iNat YouTube channel. Although itās important to keep repeating these messages, so every new video has value!
The second video ā Become a Citizen Scientist! ā was more valuable, because it was hosted on a different YouTube channel: Northern California Public Media. I might not have seen the video, if you would not have shared it here.
My thoughts on the second video:
I like how Carrie framed iNat as āa giant collaborative muralā (my wording), with each of us putting our own dab of paint on a global picture of biodiversity.
I like how Scott was optimistic about the present, and therefore the future. There are many places in the world with miraculous biodiversity recovery stories, and we need to tell these stories!
In these places, present biodiversity is often higher than our parents or our grandparents remember. We need to tell these inspiring stories of hope! Remember that the river caught on fire!
As Cleveland emerged as a major manufacturing center, the Cuyahoga River became heavily affected by industrial pollution, so much so that it caught fire at least 14 times. When it did so on 1969 Jun 22, news coverage of the event helped to spur the American environmental movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River