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Episode 06: Melati and Isabel Wijsen Jan 08, 2020

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Melati and Isabel Wijsen, inspiring young Co-founders of Bye Bye Plastic Bags, go in-depth about Bali’s breakthrough ban on plastic bags, the power of youth activism, and inspiring future change-makers.

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You can read more about Melati, Isabel, and their work in Bali in our coverage from our contributor Adam Skolnick here https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/392584/wsl-pure-balis-progress-on-plastic
You can find Bye Bye Plastic Bags @byebyeplasticbags on Instagram and Facebook or at byebyeplasticbags.org. You can also follow Isabel and Melati directly on Instagram @isabel.wijsen or @melatiwijsen.
Check out this video of Plastic Free MV passing a ban on plastic bottles in their town on Martha’s Vineyard! https://vimeo.com/330141360
Learn more about “Deep-Sea Mining and the Race to the Bottom of the Ocean” in The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/
To support the fire fighters in Australia, you can donate to support the fundraiser for The Trustee for NSW Rural Fire Service & Brigades Donations Fund here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1010958179269977/, to support the indigenous communities, you can donate to the Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities https://au.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities and to support wildlife affected by the fires, check out https://www.wires.org.au/

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Episode 05: Nik Strong-Cvetich Jan 01, 2020

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Nik Strong-Cvetich, Executive Director of Save The Waves, discusses the World Surfing Reserves and how preserving the ocean’s best surf breaks can help protect its other vital ecosystems. Reece and Nik also call up a special guest: big wave surfer Joao de Macedo.

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You can learn more about Save The Waves Coalition at savethewaves.org

We’d love it if you subscribe to our newsletter at wslpure.org, follow us on Instagram @wslpure, or shoot us an email at oneocean@wslpure.org.

If in need of some gear, you can find high quality, sustainably made threads at Outerknown.com

Thanks to our friends the Wild Yaks from Rockaway Beach,NY for our theme music!

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Episode 04: Rafael Bergstrom Dec 18, 2019

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Rafael Bergstrom, Executive Director of Sustainable Coastlines HI, breaks down the recently-passed Bill 40, a monumental measure banning single-use plastic in Hawaii, and details the efforts it took to push it through and how it will impact the state going forward.

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You can learn more about Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii here http://sustainablecoastlineshawaii.org/ and Bill 40 here. https://www.kitv.com/story/41454281/bill-40-signed-into-law-banning-most-disposable-plastics-on-oahu-by-2022

Also check out our other partners working to protect Hawaii.

https://www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/

https://oahu.surfrider.org/

https://www.zerowasteoahu.org/

This week's Flotsam + Jetsam!

Thanks to Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johsnon (https://www.instagram.com/ayanaeliza) (https://twitter.com/ayanaeliza) for her work to promote a "Blue New Deal." Check out her op-ed summarizing it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/10/green-new-deal-has-big-blue-gap-we-need-protect-our-oceans/

Our friends at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/ have some exciting research re: coral and how it helps us understand our past, and our future available here:

https://graphics.reuters.com/CLIMATE-CHANGE-CORALS/0100B33V2CC/index.html

Take a deep dive into Neal Agarwal's "The Deep Sea" https://neal.fun/deep-sea. Finally, if interested in the UNFCCC's Sports For Climate Action Framework, you can learn more here: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/sectoral-engagement/sports-for-climate-action

Thanks for listening!

Hit us up on email at oneocean@wslpure.org or find us on all the social sites @wslpure!

See you in 2020!

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Episode 03: Vans US Open - Panel Discussion Dec 11, 2019

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Recorded live at the 2019 Vans US Open of Surfing, an all-star panel of Dane Gudauskas, Kim Matsoukas, Stefanie Sekich Quinn, and Jackson Hinkle sits down with Reece to talk about how brands can impact the environment, the powerful youth movement making a difference today, and the current state of climate change.

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Thanks to our panelists!

Stefanie Sekich-Quinn, Coastal Preservation Manager at Surfrider Foundation

Kim Matsoukas, Senior Manager of Sustainability at Vans

Dane Gudauskas, Vans team rider and Cofounder of Positive Vibe Warriors

Jackson Hinkle, Youth Climate Activist

Thanks to our partners for supporting the discussion!

Vans

Clif Bar

Surfrider Foundation

Pacific City

Links for this week's Flotsam and Jetsam

Bill 40 Passes! https://www.zerowasteoahu.org/bill-40-honolulu-city-council

Vans Science Based Targets for Sustainabiilty https://www.vfc.com/sustainability-and-responsibility

One of "Nature's Solution[s] to Climate Change" - Whales! https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/12/natures-solution-to-climate-change-chami.htm

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Episode 02: Ethan Estess Dec 04, 2019

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Marine scientist and artist Ethan Estess dives into the dangers of overfishing top predators (sharks!) and the current state of Blue Fin Tuna, and then discusses his show-stopping design projects, including his Pipeline sculpture and Golf Ball Wave.

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More on Ethan Estess:

Learn more about Ethan's non-profit Countercurrent
Check out our work with Fore The Waves at the Freshwater Pro presented by Outerknown and at The Ohana Festival

Flotsam + Jetsam!

Upcoming events:

DEC 6 - Find a climate strike near you! Here are some groups that are organizing: https://globalclimatestrike.net/ https://www.fridaysforfuture.org/ https://www.sunrisemovement.org/climatestrike https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/
DEC 7 - Support the North Shore Community Land Trust as they work to protect Hawaii's coast and some of our favorite waves!

This week's ocean news:

Warming Waters, Moving Fish: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Iceland (New York Times)
Coal Knew, Too (Huffington Post)
#OceanOptimism! Scientists spot critically endangered vaquita porpoises with babies (San Diego Union Tribune)

As always, you can learn more about WSL PURE at wslpure.org. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, or just shoot us an email at oneocean@wslpure.org.

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Episode 01: Alex Weber Nov 27, 2019

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For the first-ever episode, Reece talks with the founder of The Plastic Pickup Alex Weber, who collected over 50,000 degrading golf balls from the sea floor off the coast of Pebble Beach and studied the effects of their microplastics on the surrounding ecosystem.

You can learn more about The Plastic Pick-Up and "Fore The Waves" here: https://www.theplasticpick-up.org/the-golf-ball-project.

Watch the process of building the wave here: https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/418810/wslpure_golf_ball_wave_fwp

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Presenting WSL PURE | One Ocean: Trailer Nov 20, 2019

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Our mission to protect our one ocean starts with becoming informed. In this series of enlightening and engaging conversations, WSL PURE’s Reece Pacheco speaks with activists, artists, athletes, and academics, about ocean conservation, sustainability, and how we can all take action to save our seas.

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