Ocean Allison Podcast

Shannon is an ocean scientist, photojournalist, and conservationist working to share her stories with the world - on topics ranging from storm water pollution to the global aquarium fish trade. She was recently honored as one of National Geographic's 2017 Adventurers of the Year. In this episode we discuss the importance of curiosity, Shannon's interest in photography and writing, and how her definition of adventure has no boundaries. Follow Shannon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/S3Oceans Follow Shannon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/S3Oceans/ Follow Shannon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shannonswitzerswanson/

Jim is the cartoonist behind the world-renowned comic strip Sherman's Lagoon. Combining his love for humor, art, and the ocean, Jim conveys ocean education and conservation topics to readers via the adventures of Sherman the great white shark and his undersea friends. Hear why Jim has been drawing sharks for nearly 50 years, about his work with noted organisations like Mission Blue, United Nations, and PEW, and his thoughts on the importance of including controversial topics like shark finning in his light and funny comic strip. This episode is brought to you by Green Banana Paper - Recycled Vegan Wallets. Follow Sherman's Lagoon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Shermans-Lagoon-188130481283157/ Visit the Sherman's Lagoon website: http://shermanslagoon.com/ Watch Jim's animated shorts: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/collections/2016/01/cartoon-crash-course-a-visual-glossary-of-ocean-terminology

David is a shark conservation biologist at the University of Miami, using an interdisciplinary approach to being a shark scientist. With over twenty-eight thousand followers on Twitter, David is utilizing social media and blogging to spread the message of Why Sharks Matter. Hear David and I discuss his shark conservation research, his use of social media in science communication, and his outspoken relationship with Discovery Channel's Shark Week. Photo credit: Christine Shepard. Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhySharksMatter Follow David on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whysharksmatter/?fref=ts Follow David on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whysharksmatter/ Read David's blog: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/

Sarah is a Marine Physiologist at Sonoma State University studying both the lives and deaths of California's sea otters. Follow along as Sarah and I discuss how there's more to sea otters than just a pretty (and cute!) face. Her most recent research pinpoints End-Lactation Syndrome as a significant reason for mortality in adult female sea otters and the implications behind this. Read Sarah's scientific paper: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.7589/2015-06-158?journalCode=jwdi Visit seotter.org: http://www.seaotters.org/ Visit the Fish and Wildlife Service website to learn more: https://www.fws.gov/ventura/endangered/species/info/sso.html Visit the US Geological Survey website to learn more: https://www.werc.usgs.gov/project.aspx?projectid=91

Megan is the Community STEM Program Coordinator at Ocean Exploration Trust. This fish-loving, science communication extrovert provides ocean exploration education to people around the globe via Nautilus Live. Hear about Megan's journey becoming an ocean science communicator from growing up in Idaho and the incredible diversity of experiences she had as the 2012 Our World Underwater Rolex Scholarship recipient. This week's podcast episode is brought to you by Truli Wetsuits - truliwetsuits.com. Follow Megan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the.megan.cook?fref=ts Follow Megan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeganCook33 Follow Nautilus Live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nautiluslive/?fref=ts Follow Nautilus Live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EVNautilus Visit nautiluslive.org: http://www.nautiluslive.org/ Visit oceanexplorationtrust.org: http://www.oceanexplorationtrust.org/

Kat is a Hawaii-based jewelry maker sparking positive conversations about ocean plastic pollution with her jewelry company Nurdle in the Rough. She's literally turning trash into treasure! Hear about the inspiration, care, and positivity behind each and every piece of jewelry this ocean-loving metal smith creates. And what amazing organizations she gives back to just to make an even bigger impact than she already is. Follow Nurdle in the Rough on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nurdleintheroughjewelry/?fref=ts Follow Nurdle in the Rough on Instagram: http://instagram.com/nurdleintherough Follow Nurdle in the Rough on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nurdlentherough/ Visit Nurdle in the Rough's website: http://www.nurdleintherough.com/

Sean is a wildlife conservation filmmaker and the director of Wild Lens' latest award-winning film "Souls of the Vermilion Sea: Searching for the Vaquita". Learn about the vaquita - the world's smallest and most endangered marine mammal - and the complex situation that's caused such a drastic population decline. With less than sixty vaquitas left, Sean and his team are utilizing film to raise awareness and document this conservation emergency. Photo Credit: Tom Jefferson Follow Souls of the Vermilion Sea on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulsoftheVermilionSea/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE Watch the vaquita film: http://vaquitafilm.com/ Follow Wild Lens on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildLensInc/?ref=br_tf Visit Wild Lens' website: http://wildlensinc.org/

Candace is the Campaign Director at Oceanic Preservation Society working to expose complex environmental issues in order to protect the ocean and the planet for future generations. Hear Candace and I discuss all aspects of OPS's award-winning films like The Cove and Racing Extinction as well as the compelling campaigns behind them that inspire and create positive change. This environmental activist is exposing the truth and protecting the planet! Follow Candace on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candace.crespi/ Follow OPS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oceanicpreservationsociety/?fref=ts Follow OPS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoveMovie_OPS Follow OPS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oceanicpreservationsociety/ Visit Oceanic Preservation Society's website: http://www.opsociety.org/

Charlotte is the Director of Engagement at Mission Blue, working with partners worldwide to facilitate, support, and fund ocean education, science, and policy efforts. In other words, she's all ocean, all the time! Hear from this top notch ocean advocate about her work with Google Earth's Ocean Layer, Hope Spots, Fisheries Science, Conservation Marketing, and Policy. Follow @charlottevick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlottevick Follow @missionblue on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mission_blue/ Follow @missionblue on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missionblue/?fref=ts Visit Mission Blue's website: https://www.mission-blue.org/ This week's podcast episode is brought to you by Truli Wetsuits.

Tom is an Emmy award-winning cameraman, above and below the ocean's surface, dividing his time between freelancing for the BBC's Natural History Unit and overseeing his educational non-profit Schoolyard Films that provides free environmental education films to K-12 classrooms worldwide. Hear career highlights from beauty in the Arctic to fear in Patagonia to a constant respect while filming the animals that call the underwater world home across the globe. Follow Schoolyard Films on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolyardfilms/ Follow Schoolyard Films on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schoolyardfilms/ Visit Schoolyard Films' website: http://www.schoolyardfilms.org/ Visit Tom's professional website: http://fitzpro.tv/

Kristal is an environmental scientist, conservationist, and activist sparking a plastic pollution revolution with her non-profit Bahamas Plastic Movement. In 2014, she was awarded the Environmental Youth Leader Award by the Bahamian government. Hear Kristal's enthusiasm about educating Bahamian youth, about her experiences that led her to dedicate her life to improving the health of the ocean, and her perspectives on the future of the Bahamian people and their relationship to their environment. Follow @bahamasplasticmovement on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bahamasplasticmovement/ Follow BPM on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BahaPlasMvmnt Follow BPM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bahamplasmovement/?fref=ts Visit their website: http://www.bahamasplasticmovement.org/ Visit their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuX-8U9jcYLQRbCMDqA8byw

Morgan Visalli and Jocelyn Enevoldson (Mo and Jo) just completed a 1,200 mile expedition walking the California Coastal Trail the entire length of California. These two environmental scientists and activists spent three months putting one foot in front of the other to raise awareness about the importance of the CCT, collect data on the incompleteness of the trail, and bring people all over the country together to work towards a completed CCT! Follow @mojocoastwalk on Instagram: Follow MoJo Coastwalk on Facebook: Visit their website: www.mojocoastwalk.com

Caiti is the co-founder and president of the non-profit Debris Free Oceans, dedicated to eradicating marine debris throughout Miami and the globe, while having fun! With a background in marine science and coastal and environmental law, Caiti uses her wide range of expertise to bring awareness to important ocean issues as well as to find solutions. Follow Debris Free Oceans on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debrisfreeoceans/ Follow Debris Free Oceans on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DebrisFreeOceans/?fref=ts Visit the Debris Free Oceans website: http://www.debrisfreeoceans.org/ This week's podcast episode is brought to you by Truli Wetsuits, wetsuits for the woman ocean adventurer. Find yours at truliwetsuits.com and be truli yourself in the water!

David is an award-winning journalist and author, having written six books on a range of topics relating to our blue planet, including 50 Ways to Save the Ocean and his latest book The Golden Shore. Hear David's perspectives on ocean policy and change, as he's always on the front lines, getting the ocean recognized in the political arena, with his marine conservation lobbying organization Blue Frontier. Visit the Blue Frontier website: https://bluefront.org/ Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Helvarg Find David's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/David-Helvarg/e/B001K7PU34/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1476810918&sr=8-1

Danni is a dedicated and talented ocean spokesperson working as an on-camera host to give the oceans a voice. Hear how she's gone from a background in marine science to currently hosting Xploration Station's Nature Knows Best TV show available on Hulu and FOX. Dannie is also the co-founder of her ocean conservation non-profit, Big Blue & You, dedicated to inspiring and educating youth on all things ocean through art, science, and policy. Visit Danni's website: http://www.danniwashington.com/ Subscribe to Danni's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9BYsMJOXTp__BZ4shKa7tg Follow Danni on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danniwashington/ Follow Big Blue & You on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigblueandyou/ Follow Big Blue & You on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bigblueandyou/?fref=ts Visit the Big Blue & You website: http://bigblueandyou.org/

Tre' is the founder of PangeaSeed Foundation, a non-profit that harnesses the power of art to connect people with the ocean and the pressing issues that surround it. Hear about how in just a few years Tre' has grown PangeaSeed into an international organization with more than 300 ocean murals painted in cities all over the world, each one contributing to science, education, or activism in some way. Follow PangeaSeed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pangeaseed/ Follow PangeaSeed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PangeaSeed Follow SeaWalls on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seawalls_/ Visit their website: https://www.pangeaseed.foundation/

Janis is a resource teacher in Oceanside, California with a passion for documenting, collecting, transforming, and uncovering the mysteries behind beach litter she finds on her local beach. Hear how Janis brings her environmentalist ideals into her school and how her beach walks have evolved, inspiring her to take photos, make art, and collaborate with others to truly bring awareness to the issue of ocean plastic and marine debris. Follow @janisselbyjones on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janisselbyjones/ Follow @jksjones on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jksjones Visit her blog site: https://writetheworld.me/ Photo credit: Eduardo Contreras To enter Bodhi Surf School's Ocean Guardian Contest visit: http://www.bodhisurfschool.com/ocean-guardians/contest. Share how you're an ocean and environmental leader!

J is a marine biologist and best selling author of the book Blue Mind, explaining the science behind how being near, in, on, or under water positively impacts us. Hear what inspires J to learn everything he can about our emotional connection to water, share his message through tiny blue marbles, and what his next book will be all about. Support J on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wallacejnichols Visit J's website: http://www.wallacejnichols.org/ Follow J on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wallacejnichols Follow J on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wallacejnichols/?fref=ts Follow J on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wallacejnichols/

Autumn is the founder of Stream2Sea, a complete line of sunscreen and body care products that are safe for you as well as the ocean. Hear how this scuba diving, ocean loving, cosmetic chemist developed a line of products unmatched by any other in both quality, eco-consciousness, and scientific rigor. They allow you to explore the underwater world comfortably without damaging the ocean animals we care about like corals and fish. Visit their website: stream2sea.com (use promo code "oceanallison" for 10% off) Follow Stream2Sea on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stream2sea/?fref=ts Follow Stream2Sea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stream2sea/ Follow Stream2Sea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stream2sea

Gordon is a recent PhD graduate studying the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on coastal organisms and ecosystems. As a writer for Oceanbites, a graduate student run blog, Gordon is explaining the latest oceanographic research to the public. Hear him explain what it's like to get a PhD in ocean science, how he stays positive in the face of climate change, and what value he sees in communicating science effectively. Follow Gordon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/oberrated Visit Gordon's website: http://gordontober.weebly.com/ Visit the Oceanbites website: http://oceanbites.org/ Follow Oceanbites on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OceanBites Follow Oceanbites on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oceanbitesorg/?fref=ts Follow Oceanbites on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oceanbites/