Episodes
Oct. 17, 2019
SUFB 907: Does Doing What You Love Require A Marine Conservation Career
As I reach my mid-career point, I often reflect on how my career has impacted the Marine Conservation community. Did I help solve some problems for people? Did I provide the resources that I thought were important for people to succeed in Marine...
Oct. 16, 2019
SUFB 906: Getting My Foot In The Door After College
I created a poll in a Facebook Group that has been growing like crazy in members lately and I thought I would share some of the results with you. I asked what the members thought was holding them back from building their Marine Conservation Career....
Oct. 15, 2019
SUFB 905: Deep Sea Mining - All You Need To Know With Dr. Diva Amon
I had a great conversation with Dr. Diva Amon where she gave me an update on the situation with Deep Sea Mining. Diva spoke about being part of the research team that collected baseline data in a Deep Sea Mining Lease Area in the Pacific Ocean. The...
Oct. 11, 2019
SUFB 904: When Adapting To Sea-Level Rise Gets Complicated
The City of Del Mar, California is working on a plan to adapt to Sea Level Rise caused by Climate Change. City planners must get the plan approved by the California Coastal Commission in order to implement the plan; however, the Coastal Commission and...
Oct. 10, 2019
SUFB 903: Are The Ocean Clean Up Project People Bad People?
In the last episode, I talked about the update from the Ocean Clean Up Project which stated that their prototype was able to collect plastic; however, it also caught a number of ocean animals. The project has received some criticism and with...
Oct. 9, 2019
SUFB 902: Ocean Clean Up Can Harm Neustons. And What The Heck Is A Neuston?
The Ocean Clean Up Project has released an update that their prototype is catching plastic in the Pacific Ocean Gyre. Great news! Unfortunately, Dr. Rebecca Helm noticed that the prototype wasn't just catching plastic. It was catching small animals...
Oct. 8, 2019
SUFB 901: So You Want To Be A Marine Biologist
I had the wonderful opportunity to meet up and speak with Kara Muzia, Marine Biologist and host of the "So You Want To Be A Marine Biologist" podcast. Kara's podcast is all about helping you get a job and build a career in Marine Science and...
Oct. 7, 2019
SUFB 900: Are All People Who Work In Marine Conservation Equal?
Today's episode is focused on an interaction that a friend of mine had on social media recently. Someone said that my friend was not a true scientist if she wasn't collecting data in the field or in a lab. This claim simply isn't true and has no...
Oct. 4, 2019
SUFB 899: Social Media For Environmental Communications
I have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Andrew Thaler on the podcast today to discuss his take on the Evolution of Social Media for Environmental Communications. We talk about his high hopes for Social Media in the past and his "Battleground" outlook...
Oct. 3, 2019
SUFB 898: 8 Reasons Why You Should Care About IUU Fisheries
I was invited to give a talk yesterday at a private school for grades 7 and 8 students. They had a project that included the topic of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fisheries, an important and delicate issue in the Oceans. After the talk,...
Oct. 1, 2019
SUFB 897: Lawyers In The Fight For The US Environment
Wouldn't it be great to watch an hour dram TV series on environmental lawyers that fight in the courts to save the environment? I know I would. Check out the real-world examples I mention in this podcast of environmental lawyers protecting the...
Sept. 30, 2019
SUFB 896: New York City'S Sustainable Stores And What Podcasting Can Do For A Conservation Organization
After I spoke about sustainable and Zero Waste stores last week, I got some listener feedback that I thought I would share because I thin kit's important to tell people where some of these sustainable options exist. Arleen Paredes, a great Speak...
Sept. 28, 2019
SUFB 895: 9 Young Climate Change Activists Your Should Be Following
Greta Thunberg has made the adult world aware that young people across the globe are demanding to see more actions across the globe. There are other young people who are doing the same thing representing youth and their countries to step up climate...
Sept. 26, 2019
SUFB 894: Why You Should By Eco-Friendly Products Online
Have you ever wondered how products stay on the grocery store shelf for so long? There is a specific way companies make sure they last so long. Have you ever wondered how the size of the packaging impacts the amount of the product you use? There...
Sept. 25, 2019
SUFB 893: The Canadian Government Climate Plan
The Canadian Government, controlled by the Liberals, bought a pipeline for $4.5 Billion. Environmentalists were angry that the government did not fulfill their promise in reducing climate change; however, is that what is really going on? An...
Sept. 24, 2019
SUFB 892: Could Greta Thunberg's UN Climate Speech Be The Most Powerful Climate Speech Ever?
Did you hear Greta Thunberg's United Nations Climate Summit speech from yesterday? The long-anticipated speech from the passionate young lady could go down in history as one of the best Climate Speeches (In My Honest Opinion). Listen to the...
Sept. 23, 2019
SUFB 891: 3 Big Changes That Could Save Global Fisheries According To Dr. Daniel Pauly
A , where the author, Andrew Nikiforuk, spoke with Global Fisheries Expert, Dr. Daniel Pauly, and asked him what he would change about global fisheries if he were a Global Fisheries Minister. Daniel had 3 things that he would change: 1) End Government...
Sept. 20, 2019
SUFB 890: 5 Climate Denier Statements, Debunked For Climate Strikers To Have Good Conversations
The Climate Strike has inspired a number of young people to participate in the strike as well as participate in conversations on Climate Change with their parents and other adults that may or may not "believe" in Climate Change. To help the...
Sept. 19, 2019
SUFB 889: Getting Your Career Off The Ground While At School
Finding a job in Marine Conservation is tough. Building a career in Marine Conservation is even tougher. There are more people vying for positions and less funding available to pay the people. Jobs do exist and people do build their careers;...
Sept. 18, 2019
SUFB 888: How Humans Ruin Everything
There was an article that I recently read that explained how climate change was melting the snow on mount Everest, exposing the trash left by climbers as well as dead mount climbers who did not succeed in reaching the peak. It got me thinking of...
Sept. 16, 2019
SUFB 887: Why A Sea Turtle's Mouth Os So Terrifying
It's like a scene straight out of IT, when Penny Wise turns into a monster and you see all of his nasty teeth. Not many people would compare the mouth and esophagus of a Sea Turtle to a fictional serial killer monster that is topping the box office at...
Sept. 12, 2019
SUFB 885: Will Japan Dump Nuclear Waste water Into The Ocean
Japan is considering the option to dump some of its nuclear waste into the Ocean as storage space is running out. South Korea is looking to avoid that situation and engaging in talks to find alternative solutions. I am not looking forward to...
Sept. 11, 2019
SUFB 884: Providing Science To UN Negotiations
I speak with Guillermo Ortuno, a Ph.D. student at Duke University, to find out how meetings at the United Nations work to better manage the high seas by making existing agreements better. Guillermo wrote a paper with some colleagues about how...
Sept. 10, 2019
SUFB 883: NOAA Scientists Threatened Over Hurricane Prediction Correction
President Donald Trump made a mistake when he said Hurricane Dorian was going to hit Alabama. He could have admitted that he made a mistake and that would have been the end of it; however, in true Trump style, he did not admit to the mistake. Instead,...