1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,708 This is an Ocean's Day episode. Now 2 00:00:01,708 --> 00:00:03,500 you're probably going to watch this after 3 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:04,416 Ocean's Day because 4 00:00:04,416 --> 00:00:06,916 Ocean's Day 2025 is on the 8th. 5 00:00:06,916 --> 00:00:08,958 I publish on the 9th and you're probably 6 00:00:08,958 --> 00:00:10,041 going to see this at some point. 7 00:00:10,041 --> 00:00:12,166 But I hope that this resonates with you 8 00:00:12,166 --> 00:00:13,958 at any point in time you watch this, 9 00:00:13,958 --> 00:00:14,916 whether it's June 8, 10 00:00:14,916 --> 00:00:17,500 2025 or December 25, 2025, 11 00:00:18,083 --> 00:00:20,083 or even 2026, 2027 and 12 00:00:20,083 --> 00:00:21,416 further down the road. 13 00:00:21,791 --> 00:00:24,041 We see a lot of problems with our oceans. 14 00:00:24,041 --> 00:00:25,416 We see a lot of problems with nature and 15 00:00:25,416 --> 00:00:27,000 a lot of the times and most of the time 16 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,291 it's due to us, the humans. 17 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:31,416 We are in a wasteful world and we 18 00:00:31,416 --> 00:00:34,000 continue to perpetuate that world through 19 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,666 politics, through policies, through 20 00:00:36,666 --> 00:00:38,750 actions and through promises. 21 00:00:39,291 --> 00:00:41,083 And whether we want to do it or not, or 22 00:00:41,083 --> 00:00:43,000 we're just a victim of circumstances in 23 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,375 this whole game we call ocean 24 00:00:45,375 --> 00:00:46,708 conservation and then we call 25 00:00:46,708 --> 00:00:48,875 world, we need to have hope. 26 00:00:49,333 --> 00:00:50,666 And that's going to be the message I want 27 00:00:50,666 --> 00:00:51,416 to drive home today 28 00:00:51,416 --> 00:00:53,500 is the message of hope. 29 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:54,958 There's been a number of different things 30 00:00:54,958 --> 00:00:56,500 that have brought me to this lately that 31 00:00:56,500 --> 00:00:58,833 I've seen lately on TV, including the 32 00:00:58,833 --> 00:01:01,041 Star Wars, which is all about hope, but 33 00:01:01,041 --> 00:01:04,208 it speaks to everything that we are 34 00:01:04,208 --> 00:01:06,375 facing as a world population, 35 00:01:06,583 --> 00:01:08,291 everything that we need to do. 36 00:01:08,791 --> 00:01:10,750 And we need to feel hopeful to get 37 00:01:10,750 --> 00:01:13,708 inspired and inspire others to take 38 00:01:13,708 --> 00:01:17,083 action to do better for our oceans, for 39 00:01:17,083 --> 00:01:18,500 nature and for our planet. 40 00:01:18,583 --> 00:01:20,125 So we're going to talk about that on 41 00:01:20,125 --> 00:01:21,958 today's episode of the How to Protect the 42 00:01:21,958 --> 00:01:23,500 Ocean podcast. I promise you you're going 43 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:26,041 to feel better after this. So watch the 44 00:01:26,041 --> 00:01:28,291 entire episode. Let's start the show. 45 00:01:30,791 --> 00:01:31,916 Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another 46 00:01:31,916 --> 00:01:33,333 exciting episode of the How to Protect 47 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:34,291 the Ocean podcast. I'm 48 00:01:34,291 --> 00:01:35,166 your host, Andrew Lewin. 49 00:01:35,458 --> 00:01:36,333 And this is the podcast where you find 50 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:37,750 out what's happening with the ocean, how 51 00:01:37,750 --> 00:01:39,166 you could speak up for the ocean, what 52 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:40,541 you could do to live for 53 00:01:40,541 --> 00:01:42,500 better ocean by taking actions. 54 00:01:42,541 --> 00:01:46,125 It is June 9th. Now, when I record this, 55 00:01:46,333 --> 00:01:47,708 well, actually, I recorded a week early, 56 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:49,125 but when I published is going to be June 57 00:01:49,125 --> 00:01:52,500 9th. I am getting ready to go to Nice, 58 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:54,625 France for the UN 59 00:01:54,625 --> 00:01:55,916 Ocean Decade Conference. 60 00:01:56,666 --> 00:01:59,375 The UN Ocean Decade is 10 years, a decade 61 00:01:59,375 --> 00:02:02,000 between 2020 and 2030, where we are 62 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,250 dedicating towards the ocean. There's a 63 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:06,375 lot of action that is happening. There 64 00:02:06,375 --> 00:02:07,958 are a lot of promises that are being made 65 00:02:07,958 --> 00:02:10,916 by government as we speak because the 66 00:02:10,916 --> 00:02:11,500 conference goes from, I think, 67 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:14,958 it's June 5th to the June 15th. It's a 68 00:02:14,958 --> 00:02:16,333 long conference. I'm going to be there 69 00:02:16,333 --> 00:02:18,041 from the 11th to the 15th. I'm going to 70 00:02:18,041 --> 00:02:20,291 bring you more episodes later on next 71 00:02:20,291 --> 00:02:22,791 week to be able to provide you with my 72 00:02:22,791 --> 00:02:25,166 experience in one of these conferences, 73 00:02:25,375 --> 00:02:26,791 the people I met. Hopefully, I'll get 74 00:02:26,791 --> 00:02:28,250 some interviews as well, but there'll be 75 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:31,000 a lot of content driven around this. But 76 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 it's one of those days where I always 77 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,958 have trouble talking about it because 78 00:02:34,958 --> 00:02:36,875 this podcast, every day we live, Ocean's 79 00:02:36,875 --> 00:02:38,708 Day, right? Every day, June, Ocean's 80 00:02:38,708 --> 00:02:40,333 Week, Ocean's Month, whatever you want to 81 00:02:40,333 --> 00:02:40,500 say it, it's always over. 82 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:43,125 It's Ocean's Day here at this podcast. 83 00:02:43,125 --> 00:02:44,875 Every time you tune in, it's Ocean's Day 84 00:02:44,875 --> 00:02:47,666 because we live for the ocean every time 85 00:02:47,666 --> 00:02:49,666 I either record or publish and every time 86 00:02:49,666 --> 00:02:52,041 you listen and hopefully get inspired by 87 00:02:52,041 --> 00:02:53,250 a lot of the guests by some of the 88 00:02:53,250 --> 00:02:56,041 stories that I talk about and some of the 89 00:02:56,041 --> 00:02:57,500 motivational stuff that we do. 90 00:02:57,500 --> 00:02:58,583 And that's what today is going to be 91 00:02:58,583 --> 00:03:00,208 because look, we're facing a world that 92 00:03:00,208 --> 00:03:02,083 sucks right now, especially when it comes 93 00:03:02,083 --> 00:03:03,708 to ocean conservation. We have 94 00:03:03,708 --> 00:03:05,375 politicians in place that are either 95 00:03:05,375 --> 00:03:08,500 causing problems for everybody else like 96 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:11,125 Donald Trump or you're in a country where 97 00:03:11,125 --> 00:03:13,416 the politicians have to react to certain 98 00:03:13,416 --> 00:03:15,750 politicians like Donald Trump to be able 99 00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:17,708 to say, hey, we need to divest our 100 00:03:17,708 --> 00:03:20,583 necessities or requirements to depend on 101 00:03:20,583 --> 00:03:22,833 a place like the US and we need to build 102 00:03:22,833 --> 00:03:24,583 something with other countries, 103 00:03:24,583 --> 00:03:26,291 especially when it comes to oil and gas. 104 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:28,041 That means we may need to build more 105 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:29,875 pipelines. We need to get more oil and 106 00:03:29,875 --> 00:03:31,333 gas out of the country, which means we're 107 00:03:31,333 --> 00:03:33,333 not going to reduce our footprint with 108 00:03:33,333 --> 00:03:34,791 oil and gas, which is what we've been 109 00:03:34,791 --> 00:03:37,250 wanting to do for the last decade or so. 110 00:03:37,833 --> 00:03:39,458 And the actions have led towards that, 111 00:03:39,458 --> 00:03:40,750 which is disappointing. I guess I'm 112 00:03:40,750 --> 00:03:42,250 talking about Canada, which is it's 113 00:03:42,250 --> 00:03:44,000 disappointing to me and there's a lot of 114 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,708 worry that happens with that. You have 115 00:03:46,708 --> 00:03:48,500 oil and gas, which is a huge fossil fuel. 116 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:50,125 It's dirty, especially when you take it 117 00:03:50,125 --> 00:03:52,125 out of the ground like the tar sands in 118 00:03:52,125 --> 00:03:54,708 Alberta and Saskatchewan, but it's also a 119 00:03:54,708 --> 00:03:57,083 necessity for our economy because our 120 00:03:57,083 --> 00:03:57,875 economy is essentially 121 00:03:57,875 --> 00:03:59,500 based on oil and gas. 122 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:01,625 So we're in a bit of a pickle, a big 123 00:04:01,625 --> 00:04:03,000 pickle, to be honest. It's not something 124 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,666 that I like, but because of what's 125 00:04:05,666 --> 00:04:07,875 happening south of the border, we have to 126 00:04:07,875 --> 00:04:10,250 free up our dependence on the US for 127 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:12,500 selling oil because we sell 95% of the 128 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:15,208 oil to the US and we have to go to the 129 00:04:15,208 --> 00:04:16,500 different markets, whether it be 130 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:17,500 European, whether it be Asian markets. 131 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:20,333 And now it's starting to say, okay, well, 132 00:04:20,375 --> 00:04:21,625 what are we going to be doing with that 133 00:04:21,625 --> 00:04:23,208 oil and gas? How is that going to affect 134 00:04:23,208 --> 00:04:24,833 our environment as well as the world 135 00:04:24,833 --> 00:04:26,291 environment? Is that going to increase 136 00:04:26,291 --> 00:04:28,500 our greenhouse gas contribution or are we 137 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:29,125 going to find ways to 138 00:04:29,125 --> 00:04:30,250 decrease it in other places? 139 00:04:30,250 --> 00:04:31,958 I don't really know. And it's giving me a 140 00:04:31,958 --> 00:04:34,541 little bit of anxiety when I start to 141 00:04:34,541 --> 00:04:36,625 think about it. In addition to that, we 142 00:04:36,625 --> 00:04:38,000 have provincial governments like the 143 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Ontario government here in Canada who are 144 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,708 putting forth, as I mentioned a couple of 145 00:04:41,708 --> 00:04:44,208 weeks ago, a bill five that will replace 146 00:04:44,208 --> 00:04:46,375 the endangered species act with the 147 00:04:46,375 --> 00:04:46,500 species conservation act. 148 00:04:46,541 --> 00:04:48,166 Species conservation act, which 149 00:04:48,166 --> 00:04:50,541 essentially takes away recovery plans, 150 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:52,416 which is a huge part of species at risk 151 00:04:52,416 --> 00:04:54,333 or endangered species act. They're going 152 00:04:54,333 --> 00:04:57,000 to take away protecting the areas where 153 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,125 they could feed the 154 00:04:58,125 --> 00:04:59,458 areas where they forage. 155 00:04:59,458 --> 00:05:01,958 They're only going to protect areas where 156 00:05:01,958 --> 00:05:04,000 they actually sleep. So they're dense, 157 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,375 essentially, which is not good. They're 158 00:05:05,375 --> 00:05:07,083 going to put together special economic 159 00:05:07,083 --> 00:05:08,916 zones, which essentially we can do 160 00:05:08,916 --> 00:05:10,625 whatever we want in these zones. We can 161 00:05:10,625 --> 00:05:11,708 develop, we can destroy 162 00:05:11,708 --> 00:05:12,500 whatever we want to do. 163 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:16,250 It's taken away a lot of great recovery 164 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:18,208 and actions that have happened in the 165 00:05:18,208 --> 00:05:19,833 past and that will happen in the future 166 00:05:19,833 --> 00:05:21,750 to protect these species, to protect 167 00:05:21,750 --> 00:05:23,916 biodiversity, which helps protect the 168 00:05:23,916 --> 00:05:24,541 planet, which helps 169 00:05:24,541 --> 00:05:25,416 protect the environment. 170 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:27,458 And of course, like the Ontario 171 00:05:27,458 --> 00:05:29,958 environment and habitats, and as well as 172 00:05:29,958 --> 00:05:32,208 will be prosperous for us and will stop 173 00:05:32,208 --> 00:05:33,958 with flooding and all this kind of stuff 174 00:05:33,958 --> 00:05:35,125 will increase without it. 175 00:05:35,125 --> 00:05:37,166 It builds on the anxiety. We have these 176 00:05:37,166 --> 00:05:38,750 politicians in place and they're saying 177 00:05:38,750 --> 00:05:40,291 they're using what's happening down. 178 00:05:40,541 --> 00:05:44,166 So as a way to do all these moves, 179 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:46,250 they'll say like the Ford government, the 180 00:05:46,250 --> 00:05:47,750 provincial government, Ontario saying, 181 00:05:47,750 --> 00:05:48,708 Hey, you know what? You gave us a 182 00:05:48,708 --> 00:05:50,375 mandate. We said that there was a threat 183 00:05:50,375 --> 00:05:52,166 from the south that we have to do this. 184 00:05:52,166 --> 00:05:53,750 And this is something he's wanted to do 185 00:05:53,750 --> 00:05:55,333 for a long time. He's just using what's 186 00:05:55,333 --> 00:05:57,916 happening down south as an excuse. And it 187 00:05:57,916 --> 00:05:59,125 just sucks. It really 188 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:00,500 does sucks to see that. 189 00:06:00,541 --> 00:06:04,625 And so what I wanted to do today with all 190 00:06:04,625 --> 00:06:07,041 of this stuff is really talk about hope. 191 00:06:07,041 --> 00:06:09,166 I've seen two things over the last couple 192 00:06:09,166 --> 00:06:11,458 of weeks that have really brought me back 193 00:06:11,458 --> 00:06:13,375 into that hopeful feeling with all the 194 00:06:13,375 --> 00:06:14,333 crappy stuff that's 195 00:06:14,333 --> 00:06:15,541 happening in our world. 196 00:06:25,541 --> 00:06:31,833 We have seen examples of that and it was 197 00:06:31,833 --> 00:06:33,750 shown in the ocean documentary, the 198 00:06:33,750 --> 00:06:37,375 movie, so that we can see firsthand, not 199 00:06:37,375 --> 00:06:39,166 only the destruction that's in this case, 200 00:06:39,166 --> 00:06:41,500 the trawl fishering takes, but also the 201 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:43,708 recovery that it can have when we allow 202 00:06:43,708 --> 00:06:45,291 things to recover, right? 203 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:52,125 So we get this type of stuff and that 204 00:06:52,125 --> 00:06:54,500 makes me feel better because even though 205 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:57,291 someone who sees the destruction and sees 206 00:06:57,291 --> 00:06:59,125 the policies and the politicians make all 207 00:06:59,125 --> 00:07:02,000 these crappy choices, having a video like 208 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,666 that, having a movie like that and being 209 00:07:03,666 --> 00:07:06,291 able to get that distributed widely 210 00:07:06,291 --> 00:07:07,875 because Sir David Attenborough is pretty 211 00:07:07,875 --> 00:07:10,500 much the king of documentaries right now, 212 00:07:10,916 --> 00:07:12,500 seeing him speak like that with his passion and his voice and just as a way to do that, 213 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:15,333 with his passion and his voice and just 214 00:07:15,333 --> 00:07:18,166 everything about him really resonates 215 00:07:18,166 --> 00:07:20,041 with a lot of people and people love 216 00:07:20,041 --> 00:07:21,500 watching documentaries by them, whether 217 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:23,625 they're sad, whether they're happy, it 218 00:07:23,625 --> 00:07:25,000 doesn't matter. They love watching this 219 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,916 and to watch a movie like the oceans, I 220 00:07:26,916 --> 00:07:30,041 feel will really inspire people to take 221 00:07:30,041 --> 00:07:32,500 action and I feel as though like looking 222 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,750 at stuff with oceans and Oceans Day and 223 00:07:34,750 --> 00:07:35,791 Oceans Month will help 224 00:07:35,791 --> 00:07:37,500 inspire people to take action. 225 00:07:37,541 --> 00:07:39,833 That's the whole point of these Oceans 226 00:07:39,833 --> 00:07:42,375 Day weeks month. That's the point of why 227 00:07:42,375 --> 00:07:44,583 we're doing this is to say, Hey, you know 228 00:07:44,583 --> 00:07:46,416 what? We can still save the ocean. We 229 00:07:46,416 --> 00:07:48,666 just have to make a few changes. Some of 230 00:07:48,666 --> 00:07:50,500 them are big and some of them are small, 231 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:52,708 but we have to make changes. It could be 232 00:07:52,708 --> 00:07:54,375 in your personal life and your behavior, 233 00:07:54,375 --> 00:07:56,708 or it could be on a wider scale, 234 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,708 provincial, national, even local 235 00:07:58,708 --> 00:08:00,083 government scale and 236 00:08:00,083 --> 00:08:01,500 international scale, right? 237 00:08:01,583 --> 00:08:03,416 There's all these different ways that we 238 00:08:03,416 --> 00:08:05,583 can protect the ocean from a human side. 239 00:08:06,250 --> 00:08:07,708 And so today what I want to do is I want 240 00:08:07,708 --> 00:08:09,625 to go over some of those. I want to go 241 00:08:09,625 --> 00:08:11,708 over and say, Hey, you know what? There 242 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:13,416 are certain things that you can do, not 243 00:08:13,416 --> 00:08:16,083 only to decrease your ocean anxiety or 244 00:08:16,083 --> 00:08:18,625 your climate anxiety, but also really 245 00:08:18,625 --> 00:08:19,500 help out with the movement. 246 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,875 Help out with data analysis, help out 247 00:08:22,875 --> 00:08:24,458 with data gathering. There's so many 248 00:08:24,458 --> 00:08:26,416 things that we can do. And I'm going to 249 00:08:26,416 --> 00:08:29,083 talk about a few of those today to help 250 00:08:29,083 --> 00:08:31,791 inspire you to take action, to say, Hey, 251 00:08:31,791 --> 00:08:33,458 you know what? Some of these are really 252 00:08:33,458 --> 00:08:35,625 doable. They won't take that much change. 253 00:08:35,625 --> 00:08:36,916 It's just a matter of a little bit of 254 00:08:36,916 --> 00:08:38,375 change behavior, which I know can be 255 00:08:38,375 --> 00:08:40,333 tough on all of us, but something that we 256 00:08:40,333 --> 00:08:42,291 can do that may actually save us money in 257 00:08:42,291 --> 00:08:44,625 some places, but also make us feel better 258 00:08:44,625 --> 00:08:46,333 about the environment because we're doing 259 00:08:46,333 --> 00:08:47,500 something. That's part of it. 260 00:08:47,541 --> 00:08:49,708 Talking about it, listening about it and 261 00:08:49,708 --> 00:08:51,500 doing something about it really helps. So 262 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:53,083 here's some of the things you can take, 263 00:08:53,083 --> 00:08:54,375 like personally actions that you can 264 00:08:54,375 --> 00:08:55,916 take, like our personal lifestyle 265 00:08:55,916 --> 00:08:58,250 changes. So we got eat sustainable 266 00:08:58,250 --> 00:09:00,333 seafood. There are guides like seafood 267 00:09:00,333 --> 00:09:03,041 watch and ocean wise in Canada and they 268 00:09:03,041 --> 00:09:04,541 have apps that help you make more 269 00:09:04,541 --> 00:09:05,958 informed decisions. Now, are they 270 00:09:05,958 --> 00:09:07,875 perfect? No, but they're better than just 271 00:09:07,875 --> 00:09:09,916 going blindly and just assuming that 272 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:12,375 everybody is buying sustainable seafood. 273 00:09:12,791 --> 00:09:14,750 Go and look at these apps. Make sure you 274 00:09:14,750 --> 00:09:16,083 cover. You can look at multiple if you 275 00:09:16,083 --> 00:09:16,500 want, but make sure that you are covered. 276 00:09:17,541 --> 00:09:19,916 And say, look, if the person behind the 277 00:09:19,916 --> 00:09:21,916 counter or the waiter can't tell me if 278 00:09:21,916 --> 00:09:23,458 this is sustainable, because of where 279 00:09:23,458 --> 00:09:24,833 it's caught and how it was caught, then 280 00:09:24,833 --> 00:09:26,625 don't eat it. That's the action that you 281 00:09:26,625 --> 00:09:28,416 can take. That's the power that you can 282 00:09:28,416 --> 00:09:30,125 have and tell them that's why I'm not 283 00:09:30,125 --> 00:09:32,000 eating because you guys don't know. And 284 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,666 you can't tell me. Okay. So that's one 285 00:09:33,666 --> 00:09:34,625 thing. The other thing you can do is 286 00:09:34,625 --> 00:09:36,458 reduce single use plastics might be a 287 00:09:36,458 --> 00:09:37,875 little hard at first. When you start to 288 00:09:37,875 --> 00:09:39,833 realize how many single use plastics are 289 00:09:39,833 --> 00:09:42,166 in our life, but you can carry reasonable 290 00:09:42,166 --> 00:09:45,708 water bottles, bag utensils and say no to 291 00:09:45,708 --> 00:09:46,500 straws. Use those paper straws. 292 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:49,416 As much as people don't like them, they 293 00:09:49,416 --> 00:09:51,375 pretty much at the point now where you 294 00:09:51,375 --> 00:09:53,875 can actually drink out of one drink and 295 00:09:53,875 --> 00:09:55,541 you'll be fine. You have a metal straw 296 00:09:55,541 --> 00:09:57,333 that costs like two bucks. You can have 297 00:09:57,333 --> 00:09:59,166 straws. However you want. When we talk 298 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:00,416 about straws, we're talking about people 299 00:10:00,416 --> 00:10:02,083 with disabilities that need those plastic 300 00:10:02,083 --> 00:10:04,000 straws. I completely understand. Do what 301 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,875 you need to do, but these are the choices 302 00:10:05,875 --> 00:10:08,416 you could make if this works out for your 303 00:10:08,416 --> 00:10:09,875 lifestyle. But it's not just about 304 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:12,708 straws, but all single use plastics all 305 00:10:12,708 --> 00:10:15,333 around. So like, for instance, I always 306 00:10:15,333 --> 00:10:16,500 go when I'm out in the air, I don't know how to do it. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. 307 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:17,291 So I'm in the office or I'm in the 308 00:10:17,291 --> 00:10:19,083 office. We go out for lunch once a week 309 00:10:19,083 --> 00:10:21,458 or so. I'll go to a place where I'll go 310 00:10:21,458 --> 00:10:24,083 buy food or get takeout for the office 311 00:10:24,083 --> 00:10:26,583 now I tend to go to a place that will 312 00:10:26,583 --> 00:10:28,416 have the reasonable containers that are 313 00:10:28,416 --> 00:10:30,833 compostable that tends to help me out. I 314 00:10:30,833 --> 00:10:32,500 know they're composed. We'll have done 315 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:34,500 the research. I go to that place a lot 316 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,791 more than I normally do. I don't use or 317 00:10:36,791 --> 00:10:37,791 compostable or 318 00:10:37,791 --> 00:10:39,500 environmentally friendly utensils. 319 00:10:44,583 --> 00:10:46,666 utensils. So I'm able to make those 320 00:10:46,666 --> 00:10:48,250 better decisions. Now, if 321 00:10:48,250 --> 00:10:49,250 we go to a different place 322 00:10:49,250 --> 00:10:51,833 and they don't serve environmentally safe 323 00:10:51,833 --> 00:10:53,416 or protected or non 324 00:10:53,416 --> 00:10:55,166 single use plastics, if 325 00:10:55,166 --> 00:10:57,625 they sell single use plastics, then I'll 326 00:10:57,625 --> 00:10:58,666 be careful in terms of 327 00:10:58,666 --> 00:11:00,125 how I'll use it. I'll 328 00:11:00,125 --> 00:11:02,458 say no to a plastic bag, no to plastic 329 00:11:02,458 --> 00:11:04,166 utensils, and I'll just bring the 330 00:11:04,166 --> 00:11:05,125 container even though 331 00:11:05,125 --> 00:11:06,916 that's plastic. You can't get away from 332 00:11:06,916 --> 00:11:07,875 all of it. I don't want 333 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:09,333 people reducing what you 334 00:11:09,333 --> 00:11:11,666 eat or where you eat from, but that's a 335 00:11:11,666 --> 00:11:12,791 power that you have if 336 00:11:12,791 --> 00:11:13,833 that's important to you. 337 00:11:13,875 --> 00:11:16,375 You can avoid those places because that 338 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:17,125 is something that you 339 00:11:17,125 --> 00:11:18,208 want to avoid. You don't 340 00:11:18,208 --> 00:11:19,958 want to have single use plastics. You can 341 00:11:19,958 --> 00:11:21,125 even talk to the 342 00:11:21,125 --> 00:11:22,458 owner or the people behind 343 00:11:22,458 --> 00:11:23,958 the counter and say, Hey, you know what? 344 00:11:23,958 --> 00:11:24,916 Like I would love to 345 00:11:24,916 --> 00:11:25,500 get that. I would love 346 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:27,708 for you to get like environmentally 347 00:11:27,708 --> 00:11:29,500 friendly containers and 348 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:30,541 it's supposed to happen like 349 00:11:30,541 --> 00:11:31,916 in Canada anyway, it's supposed to 350 00:11:31,916 --> 00:11:33,458 happen. So just reduce 351 00:11:33,458 --> 00:11:35,041 single use plastics to a point 352 00:11:35,041 --> 00:11:36,708 where you can not have to have them at 353 00:11:36,708 --> 00:11:37,583 all. Not depend on them 354 00:11:37,583 --> 00:11:38,875 at all is always great. 355 00:11:39,291 --> 00:11:40,666 Use reef safe sunscreen. This is 356 00:11:40,666 --> 00:11:44,458 basically the non-enzene benzene type of 357 00:11:44,458 --> 00:11:45,625 sunscreens. They have 358 00:11:45,625 --> 00:11:46,875 harmful chemicals like 359 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:49,125 oxybenzone that bleach reef. So anything 360 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:51,500 that's mixed with zinc is usually pretty 361 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:52,416 good. It's harder to 362 00:11:52,416 --> 00:11:54,000 put on. It's not the best, but they're 363 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,208 getting better at making 364 00:11:55,208 --> 00:11:56,541 ones that are easy to put on. 365 00:11:56,541 --> 00:11:57,791 They don't feel like when you put them on 366 00:11:57,791 --> 00:11:58,708 and you can still see the 367 00:11:58,708 --> 00:12:00,083 sunscreen. It could be a pain in 368 00:12:00,083 --> 00:12:01,875 the butt. I use it as much as possible. 369 00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:03,958 It's also better for your skin. So 370 00:12:03,958 --> 00:12:04,916 there's always a secondary 371 00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:07,208 benefit when using those. Now, of course, 372 00:12:07,208 --> 00:12:09,208 you can also reduce carbon emissions. You 373 00:12:09,208 --> 00:12:10,791 can bike, you can walk, you can take 374 00:12:10,791 --> 00:12:12,500 public transit and you can 375 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:13,791 eat more plant-based foods. 376 00:12:13,791 --> 00:12:14,958 Those are some of the things that you can 377 00:12:14,958 --> 00:12:16,958 do that will immediately reduce your 378 00:12:16,958 --> 00:12:18,750 footprint on the planet. That's something 379 00:12:18,750 --> 00:12:19,583 that's really important. 380 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,750 Pick up litter, even if it's not yours. 381 00:12:22,083 --> 00:12:24,041 So a beach on the street in your own 382 00:12:24,041 --> 00:12:26,166 neighborhood, it all flows downstream. 383 00:12:26,541 --> 00:12:28,583 Wherever it goes, it will find a waterway 384 00:12:28,583 --> 00:12:30,208 and it will flow downstream. So the more 385 00:12:30,208 --> 00:12:31,916 you can pick up, the better. Sometimes 386 00:12:31,916 --> 00:12:33,208 like when I'm on a walk, 387 00:12:33,333 --> 00:12:34,916 I'll even bring like gloves or something 388 00:12:34,916 --> 00:12:36,500 in a bag and I'll just pick them up and 389 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:38,291 walk in the dogs or something. And I feel 390 00:12:38,291 --> 00:12:39,250 like the dogs like it 391 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:40,458 when I pick up that plastic. 392 00:12:40,458 --> 00:12:41,541 Because I don't know about you, but I 393 00:12:41,541 --> 00:12:43,250 have one dog who likes to eat everything. 394 00:12:43,250 --> 00:12:44,958 It takes away from her and especially 395 00:12:44,958 --> 00:12:46,625 hurting her stomach when she eats it. 396 00:12:46,625 --> 00:12:48,083 I don't catch it at her eating it. So 397 00:12:48,083 --> 00:12:49,583 picking up that stuff, picking up litter 398 00:12:49,583 --> 00:12:51,666 off the ground is always helpful. And it 399 00:12:51,666 --> 00:12:53,000 takes care of your neighborhood, right? 400 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,041 It takes care of your city or town that 401 00:12:54,041 --> 00:12:55,708 you live in. And it allows you to be 402 00:12:55,708 --> 00:12:57,041 like, you know what? I help keep this 403 00:12:57,041 --> 00:12:57,833 clean. This is something 404 00:12:57,833 --> 00:12:58,708 that's really important. 405 00:12:59,041 --> 00:13:00,500 Now, some of the mental and emotional 406 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:02,500 actions that you can take to turn your 407 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:05,375 anxiety down is join a community or an 408 00:13:05,375 --> 00:13:07,541 online forum. You can join the undertow 409 00:13:07,541 --> 00:13:10,208 community by going to speakupforblue.com 410 00:13:10,208 --> 00:13:11,791 forward slash the undertow that 411 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,333 speakupforblue.com forward slash the 412 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:16,666 undertow to join our community where you 413 00:13:16,666 --> 00:13:17,916 can talk about this stuff. 414 00:13:17,958 --> 00:13:20,458 Get it off your chest. Read stories that 415 00:13:20,458 --> 00:13:22,583 are a positive stories about the oceans. 416 00:13:22,916 --> 00:13:25,125 Hear people talk about the oceans and be 417 00:13:25,125 --> 00:13:26,333 like, Oh, I want to get in on this 418 00:13:26,333 --> 00:13:28,166 action. You can do a lot of that. That'll 419 00:13:28,166 --> 00:13:29,958 be really great. Many of us have social 420 00:13:29,958 --> 00:13:31,750 media and we have these fees that we 421 00:13:31,750 --> 00:13:33,750 could actually curate because the fees, 422 00:13:33,750 --> 00:13:35,750 the algorithms based on what you interact 423 00:13:35,750 --> 00:13:38,125 with and what you watch or what you read. 424 00:13:38,125 --> 00:13:39,583 And that's going to be important. If you 425 00:13:39,583 --> 00:13:41,583 want to read more about the ocean and 426 00:13:41,583 --> 00:13:43,416 positive stories, start engaging with 427 00:13:43,416 --> 00:13:46,333 those stories, share them, like them, 428 00:13:46,666 --> 00:13:48,791 love them, whatever you have to do and 429 00:13:48,791 --> 00:13:50,541 comment on them to say, hey, thanks for 430 00:13:50,541 --> 00:13:51,791 sharing this positive stuff. 431 00:13:52,125 --> 00:13:53,458 Then you could start to be like, Hey, you 432 00:13:53,458 --> 00:13:54,625 know what? Like I'm starting to get 433 00:13:54,625 --> 00:13:56,625 really interesting information on my 434 00:13:56,625 --> 00:13:58,083 newsfeed and use it for what it's 435 00:13:58,083 --> 00:14:00,750 supposed to be. Not just like Karen's 436 00:14:00,750 --> 00:14:02,833 getting people arrested or people 437 00:14:02,833 --> 00:14:03,958 complaining about everything. 438 00:14:04,125 --> 00:14:06,250 You could find very good positive 439 00:14:06,250 --> 00:14:08,416 environmental news on whether it be 440 00:14:08,416 --> 00:14:10,375 TikTok or Facebook or Instagram or 441 00:14:10,375 --> 00:14:11,500 whatever you're watching Snapchat, 442 00:14:11,916 --> 00:14:12,875 whatever you're watching, you can find 443 00:14:12,875 --> 00:14:14,500 out. But you have to curate that a little 444 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,083 bit. You have to do that for yourself. 445 00:14:16,541 --> 00:14:18,458 You can practice ocean gratitude. So take 446 00:14:18,458 --> 00:14:20,291 moments and reflect on the ocean's beauty 447 00:14:20,291 --> 00:14:22,083 and importance and not just the ocean 448 00:14:22,083 --> 00:14:24,458 lakes and streams as well. I was talking 449 00:14:24,458 --> 00:14:26,083 to a friend of mine when I went away to 450 00:14:26,083 --> 00:14:28,416 Vancouver last week. We were walking in 451 00:14:28,416 --> 00:14:30,208 Stanley Park, which is a very famous park 452 00:14:30,208 --> 00:14:31,708 in Vancouver and it's 453 00:14:31,708 --> 00:14:32,125 right along the ocean. 454 00:14:32,125 --> 00:14:34,500 We were walking along the ocean and we're 455 00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:35,875 just smelling the air, looking at the 456 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:37,000 ocean, looking at the mountains in the 457 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,458 background and just enjoying the moment. 458 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,625 In fact, even when my buddy went in, he 459 00:14:41,625 --> 00:14:42,791 went in swimming even though it was like 460 00:14:42,791 --> 00:14:44,791 54 degrees Fahrenheit or something like 461 00:14:44,791 --> 00:14:46,875 that. It was crazy cold. He went in and 462 00:14:46,875 --> 00:14:48,250 had a nice swim because it was a nice 463 00:14:48,250 --> 00:14:50,083 day. He wanted to cool off. He definitely 464 00:14:50,083 --> 00:14:52,291 cooled off, but he enjoyed the moment. 465 00:14:52,666 --> 00:14:54,166 Right? And then next, you know, about 466 00:14:54,166 --> 00:14:55,333 five minutes later after he got out of 467 00:14:55,333 --> 00:14:57,375 the water, we see some seals. We enjoy 468 00:14:57,375 --> 00:14:59,458 the ocean. And I told him, I said, you 469 00:14:59,458 --> 00:15:00,750 know what? We probably take it for 470 00:15:00,750 --> 00:15:01,125 granted that he grew up in an ocean. 471 00:15:01,125 --> 00:15:06,208 We don't get to be around or we don't 472 00:15:06,208 --> 00:15:08,500 take in the moment when we're around Lake 473 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:10,291 Ontario, Lake Erie, all the different 474 00:15:10,291 --> 00:15:11,750 great lakes that are here, the five 475 00:15:11,750 --> 00:15:14,375 different great lakes and just like enjoy 476 00:15:14,375 --> 00:15:16,666 the view, enjoy what they represent, 477 00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:19,875 enjoy what we see each and every day that 478 00:15:19,875 --> 00:15:22,208 like I have a 20 minutes away. I have a 479 00:15:22,208 --> 00:15:24,208 beautiful walk like a beautiful lakefront 480 00:15:24,208 --> 00:15:26,708 and I could walk that every day and I 481 00:15:26,708 --> 00:15:28,541 don't. I don't even though I should every 482 00:15:28,541 --> 00:15:29,541 time I do it. I'm like, I should do this 483 00:15:29,541 --> 00:15:30,125 more. So don't take it for granted. If you really want to do this, I'm going to take it for granted. 484 00:15:30,166 --> 00:15:32,791 If you live around a lake or even you can 485 00:15:32,791 --> 00:15:34,625 walk by a stream or something, enjoy 486 00:15:34,625 --> 00:15:37,500 nature, enjoy the moment, enjoy the green 487 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,583 space, the more you enjoy it, the more 488 00:15:39,583 --> 00:15:41,708 politicians keep it around. So and the 489 00:15:41,708 --> 00:15:44,208 more you'll enjoy that gratitude. Okay? 490 00:15:44,458 --> 00:15:46,208 So now you can also share the ocean wind. 491 00:15:46,208 --> 00:15:48,000 So talk about successful conservation 492 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,291 stories in your social circles, 493 00:15:50,291 --> 00:15:51,291 especially when somebody 494 00:15:51,291 --> 00:15:52,125 tries to bring you down. 495 00:15:53,125 --> 00:15:54,291 There's somebody in your group that's 496 00:15:54,291 --> 00:15:55,625 trying to bring you down by bringing down 497 00:15:55,625 --> 00:15:57,041 like, Oh, it's so sucks that we have 498 00:15:57,041 --> 00:15:58,416 climate change and there's flooding and 499 00:15:58,416 --> 00:15:59,666 this and that's like, Oh, you know what? 500 00:15:59,666 --> 00:16:00,750 There's actually somebody who prevented 501 00:16:00,750 --> 00:16:02,333 flooding and one of their cities and talk 502 00:16:02,333 --> 00:16:04,541 about those stories have like a roster of 503 00:16:04,541 --> 00:16:06,250 stories to be like, Yeah, this is what I 504 00:16:06,250 --> 00:16:08,125 want to do. That's really important. 505 00:16:08,708 --> 00:16:10,416 And then limit doom scrolling. This is 506 00:16:10,416 --> 00:16:12,166 what my therapist tells me all the time. 507 00:16:12,166 --> 00:16:14,125 Like there's a lot of crappy things going 508 00:16:14,125 --> 00:16:15,791 on in the world and they're shown on 509 00:16:15,791 --> 00:16:18,666 TikTok, on Instagram, on social media in 510 00:16:18,666 --> 00:16:20,000 general. Stay away 511 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,125 from that stuff, right? 512 00:16:21,125 --> 00:16:23,583 Limit that type of scrolling, go out and 513 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:26,041 enjoy nature. Go for a walk. If you have 514 00:16:26,041 --> 00:16:27,708 pets, take them for a walk. If you can 515 00:16:27,708 --> 00:16:29,708 take them for a walk. If you go out and 516 00:16:29,708 --> 00:16:31,291 you're near a water body and you can go 517 00:16:31,291 --> 00:16:33,541 swimming, go kayaking, go whatever. Just 518 00:16:33,541 --> 00:16:36,000 even walk along the side. Just take in 519 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,166 the breath of fresh air, enjoy it. And 520 00:16:38,166 --> 00:16:40,625 that will help you recover from all this 521 00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:42,208 doom scrolling. It'll help you really 522 00:16:42,208 --> 00:16:44,375 enjoy nature and understand how nature 523 00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:47,125 functions just by being in and watching. 524 00:16:47,125 --> 00:16:49,083 Watch the birds and listen to the birds 525 00:16:49,083 --> 00:16:50,125 and watch the animals and see what they do. 526 00:16:51,125 --> 00:16:52,708 And look at their behaviors is so much 527 00:16:52,708 --> 00:16:55,208 better for you. Let's talk about using 528 00:16:55,208 --> 00:16:57,416 your voice, speaking up for the ocean, 529 00:16:57,666 --> 00:17:00,125 speaking up for the blue. You can host or 530 00:17:00,125 --> 00:17:02,250 join a World's Day event. Like I'm going 531 00:17:02,250 --> 00:17:03,666 to nice. I'm not expecting everybody to 532 00:17:03,666 --> 00:17:05,791 go to Europe, but there's always an event 533 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:08,416 on June 8th. I attended this in the past. 534 00:17:08,416 --> 00:17:10,208 Of course I attended. I know doing this. 535 00:17:10,208 --> 00:17:11,583 It's it'll be in the future. This week 536 00:17:11,583 --> 00:17:13,625 I'm attending and I attended an Ocean's 537 00:17:13,625 --> 00:17:15,875 Day event in a library in Milton, which 538 00:17:15,875 --> 00:17:17,125 is just the city beside me. 539 00:17:17,166 --> 00:17:19,875 And I got to talk to a lot of people who 540 00:17:19,875 --> 00:17:21,625 are interested about the ocean, whether 541 00:17:21,625 --> 00:17:23,083 it's careers, whether it's just about the 542 00:17:23,083 --> 00:17:24,458 ocean in general, talking about the 543 00:17:24,458 --> 00:17:26,541 ocean, even podcasting, talking about 544 00:17:26,541 --> 00:17:27,958 speaking up for the blue is really 545 00:17:27,958 --> 00:17:29,625 important. And so speaking up for that 546 00:17:29,625 --> 00:17:31,625 blue and hosting a day event or being a 547 00:17:31,625 --> 00:17:33,375 part of that attending one is always 548 00:17:33,375 --> 00:17:35,125 great in the future when you can do so. 549 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:37,500 Right to elected officials emails, 550 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:40,583 letters, write stories, personal stories 551 00:17:40,583 --> 00:17:42,291 of why you think the ocean important, why 552 00:17:42,291 --> 00:17:43,500 you think your lakes and rivers are 553 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:45,125 important and the environment important. 554 00:17:45,375 --> 00:17:47,833 I'm sure they cannot ignore that. They 555 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:49,958 have to read everything that you put. 556 00:17:49,958 --> 00:17:51,291 They have to listen to everything you 557 00:17:51,291 --> 00:17:53,125 say. They may not agree with you and they 558 00:17:53,125 --> 00:17:54,500 may do something different, but you can 559 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:55,125 force them to listen to it. 560 00:17:56,125 --> 00:17:57,958 Read it because that is your power. You 561 00:17:57,958 --> 00:17:59,541 elected them there. They are there to 562 00:17:59,541 --> 00:18:02,083 answer for you. Some politicians are 563 00:18:02,083 --> 00:18:03,458 better than others. Those are not very 564 00:18:03,458 --> 00:18:05,333 good. You don't elect them the next time 565 00:18:05,333 --> 00:18:06,583 and you tell people about. I was like, 566 00:18:06,583 --> 00:18:07,875 hey, I wrote to this person never 567 00:18:07,875 --> 00:18:09,958 responded or he never said he said the 568 00:18:09,958 --> 00:18:11,208 opposite of what's being done. 569 00:18:11,625 --> 00:18:13,208 He understood my plight, but I'd said my 570 00:18:13,208 --> 00:18:14,833 piece and this is how he treated me or 571 00:18:14,833 --> 00:18:17,666 she treated me or they treated me and I 572 00:18:17,666 --> 00:18:19,500 don't like it. And so you can talk about 573 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,416 that as well. And then you can support 574 00:18:21,416 --> 00:18:23,791 indigenous ocean stewardship amplifying 575 00:18:23,791 --> 00:18:24,125 the indigenous voices that are important. 576 00:18:25,125 --> 00:18:27,125 And they're on social media that are on 577 00:18:27,125 --> 00:18:29,416 the internet and initiatives in your area 578 00:18:29,416 --> 00:18:32,166 can really help in terms of managing the 579 00:18:32,166 --> 00:18:34,416 environment. So lifting those voices up 580 00:18:34,416 --> 00:18:36,875 is really important. Nobody protects the 581 00:18:36,875 --> 00:18:38,583 environment like indigenous people and 582 00:18:38,583 --> 00:18:40,125 their culture. It's so important. 583 00:18:40,166 --> 00:18:41,625 And now we're just starting to scratch 584 00:18:41,625 --> 00:18:44,375 the surface of collaborating with and 585 00:18:44,375 --> 00:18:46,750 having indigenous communities lead 586 00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:48,916 conservation in and around their area. 587 00:18:49,333 --> 00:18:50,833 Start ocean conversation. Talk with 588 00:18:50,833 --> 00:18:52,833 friends, family, or even coworkers about 589 00:18:52,833 --> 00:18:55,041 what they can do to like how they can be 590 00:18:55,041 --> 00:18:56,375 in conservation. Some of them will be 591 00:18:56,375 --> 00:18:57,625 very negative because people don't want 592 00:18:57,625 --> 00:18:59,375 to change, but it's very important that 593 00:18:59,375 --> 00:19:00,541 you talk to them because there's going to 594 00:19:00,541 --> 00:19:01,958 be those few. They're like, oh, I could 595 00:19:01,958 --> 00:19:03,625 do that. And they might do that. They 596 00:19:03,625 --> 00:19:04,791 might respect you enough to 597 00:19:04,791 --> 00:19:06,125 do that. So that's always good. 598 00:19:06,416 --> 00:19:08,083 And then of course, post educational and 599 00:19:08,083 --> 00:19:09,791 hopeful ocean content, you can share the 600 00:19:09,791 --> 00:19:11,791 stuff in my podcast. We can look at 601 00:19:11,791 --> 00:19:13,083 beyond jaws and all the stuff that's 602 00:19:13,083 --> 00:19:15,041 going on there. There's a lot of hopeful 603 00:19:15,041 --> 00:19:16,875 and great projects that we're talking 604 00:19:16,875 --> 00:19:18,666 about. And you can share those clips that 605 00:19:18,666 --> 00:19:20,708 I send out on social media. You know, the 606 00:19:20,708 --> 00:19:22,083 ones you've probably seen them quite a 607 00:19:22,083 --> 00:19:23,791 bit. There's a lot of different things 608 00:19:23,791 --> 00:19:26,250 that you can do that will help you share 609 00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:27,125 these types of stories. 610 00:19:27,125 --> 00:19:29,833 Let's get into like the hands on action 611 00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:32,208 so you can support and volunteer or even 612 00:19:32,208 --> 00:19:34,541 provide financial help. You can donate to 613 00:19:34,541 --> 00:19:37,083 ocean conservation organizations, even $5 614 00:19:37,083 --> 00:19:39,500 a month to the ocean Conservancy or any 615 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:41,625 kind of local organizations will really 616 00:19:41,625 --> 00:19:43,750 help them a lot, especially that monthly 617 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:45,625 spend is what a cup of coffee, maybe even 618 00:19:45,625 --> 00:19:46,333 less than a cup of 619 00:19:46,333 --> 00:19:47,125 coffee that could help out. 620 00:19:47,125 --> 00:19:49,416 And if more and more people donate the 621 00:19:49,416 --> 00:19:51,291 same amount, then you can really get 622 00:19:51,291 --> 00:19:52,875 something moving and support these 623 00:19:52,875 --> 00:19:54,416 organizations, especially local 624 00:19:54,416 --> 00:19:56,333 organizations that need your help. You 625 00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:58,458 can volunteer for beach cleanup or river 626 00:19:58,458 --> 00:20:00,583 cleanups or any kind of cleanup. Anything 627 00:20:00,583 --> 00:20:02,666 that helps the environment, even going on 628 00:20:02,666 --> 00:20:04,708 walks and stuff like that. Nature walks 629 00:20:04,708 --> 00:20:06,500 is always a great thing and doing it 630 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:08,666 yourself. You can support ocean focused 631 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:11,291 businesses. This is a huge thing. Look up 632 00:20:11,291 --> 00:20:13,916 B Corps. These are corporations that have 633 00:20:13,916 --> 00:20:16,125 a social enterprise twist to them. These are for profit purposes. 634 00:20:16,125 --> 00:20:18,000 These are for profit businesses that want 635 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,250 to protect and help their employees. They 636 00:20:20,250 --> 00:20:21,541 want to protect and help the environment 637 00:20:21,541 --> 00:20:22,791 and they want to protect and help 638 00:20:22,791 --> 00:20:24,791 society. These are great businesses that 639 00:20:24,791 --> 00:20:26,958 you can support very easy by just buying 640 00:20:26,958 --> 00:20:29,333 their products and or services. You can 641 00:20:29,333 --> 00:20:32,083 adopt a sea creature or you can adopt a 642 00:20:32,083 --> 00:20:35,291 tag like follow FA hlo. You can actually 643 00:20:35,291 --> 00:20:37,125 go on their app and their website. I've 644 00:20:37,125 --> 00:20:38,750 talked about this before. I actually have 645 00:20:38,750 --> 00:20:40,625 their bracelets have two other bracelets. 646 00:20:40,625 --> 00:20:42,041 Their shark, their regular shark and 647 00:20:42,041 --> 00:20:43,791 whale shark where they actually team up 648 00:20:43,791 --> 00:20:46,125 with organizations that tag and 649 00:20:46,125 --> 00:20:47,625 animals, whether they be in aquatic or 650 00:20:47,625 --> 00:20:50,458 marine or even on land and they tag 651 00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:52,000 animals that you can watch them. You can 652 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,583 actually get an animal and you can watch 653 00:20:53,583 --> 00:20:56,083 them forever. If that tag falls off, you 654 00:20:56,083 --> 00:20:57,375 get another animal. You can see where 655 00:20:57,375 --> 00:20:59,166 they go. It's really cool what you can 656 00:20:59,166 --> 00:21:01,500 see. It's all on an app. So really great 657 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,125 thing that you can do there. You can 658 00:21:03,125 --> 00:21:05,291 offer your skills so you can write you 659 00:21:05,291 --> 00:21:07,500 can design you can code you can market 660 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,666 all those can help nonprofit 661 00:21:09,666 --> 00:21:11,375 organizations and citizen science 662 00:21:11,375 --> 00:21:12,666 projects who don't have the people with 663 00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:14,291 those skills in their organization 664 00:21:14,291 --> 00:21:14,958 because they might 665 00:21:14,958 --> 00:21:16,125 just be a one-off project. 666 00:21:16,166 --> 00:21:18,166 that just is very tight on budgets. 667 00:21:18,458 --> 00:21:19,416 Everybody's tight on budgets. 668 00:21:19,416 --> 00:21:19,916 So the more you can 669 00:21:19,916 --> 00:21:20,875 volunteer, the better. 670 00:21:20,875 --> 00:21:22,500 You can also go on a board of directors, 671 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:23,666 that would help as well. 672 00:21:24,208 --> 00:21:26,083 Now you can look at taking more action 673 00:21:26,083 --> 00:21:27,583 and be curious and contribute. 674 00:21:27,583 --> 00:21:28,875 So you can participate in 675 00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:29,875 marine citizen science projects, 676 00:21:30,708 --> 00:21:32,166 apps like iNaturalist, 677 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:33,583 eBird for shorebirds, 678 00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:34,875 or ReefCheck, or even 679 00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:35,875 citizens of the reef. 680 00:21:35,875 --> 00:21:36,791 If you go on their website, 681 00:21:37,291 --> 00:21:38,500 they have a way that you can, 682 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:39,500 we talked about with Andy 683 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:40,958 Ridley a couple of weeks ago, 684 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:42,000 where we talked about 685 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,125 identifying boulder corals, 686 00:21:44,125 --> 00:21:45,875 plate corals, branching corals, 687 00:21:46,166 --> 00:21:47,666 all these different types of formations 688 00:21:48,125 --> 00:21:49,583 and helping the AI be 689 00:21:49,583 --> 00:21:51,000 as accurate as possible. 690 00:21:51,333 --> 00:21:52,291 It's really kind of fun. 691 00:21:52,291 --> 00:21:53,000 I've done it before 692 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 and it's a lot of fun. 693 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:54,500 It's really easy. 694 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:55,500 You can just do it with your hand. 695 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:56,041 You can do it with a 696 00:21:56,041 --> 00:21:57,083 couple of clicks of the mouse. 697 00:21:57,333 --> 00:21:58,041 It's really great. 698 00:21:58,041 --> 00:21:58,458 You can do that. 699 00:21:58,458 --> 00:21:59,375 I'll put a link in the show 700 00:21:59,375 --> 00:22:00,791 notes to get access to that, 701 00:22:00,791 --> 00:22:02,291 but citizen science of the reef. 702 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:04,125 It's basically being able to gather data 703 00:22:04,125 --> 00:22:05,458 for the Great Barrier Reef. 704 00:22:05,458 --> 00:22:07,166 But you can also take in a free ocean 705 00:22:07,166 --> 00:22:08,958 course or a webinar. 706 00:22:09,083 --> 00:22:11,125 The MOOCs, these are, I 707 00:22:11,125 --> 00:22:12,333 forget what it stands for, 708 00:22:12,375 --> 00:22:13,375 but there's a shark one, 709 00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:14,916 Shark MOOC, that's available. 710 00:22:15,166 --> 00:22:17,125 These are massive online courses, I 711 00:22:17,125 --> 00:22:18,083 think, ocean courses. 712 00:22:18,375 --> 00:22:19,541 And it's all about sharks. 713 00:22:19,541 --> 00:22:20,583 You get to learn all about sharks 714 00:22:20,583 --> 00:22:21,458 and help identify 715 00:22:21,458 --> 00:22:22,375 them and stuff like that. 716 00:22:22,375 --> 00:22:22,958 It's really cool. 717 00:22:23,291 --> 00:22:24,791 You can read ocean conservation books. 718 00:22:24,791 --> 00:22:25,750 We have lots of books. 719 00:22:25,750 --> 00:22:26,791 There's some books behind me. 720 00:22:27,208 --> 00:22:28,000 I've talked about books. 721 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:28,916 I've had authors on. 722 00:22:28,916 --> 00:22:30,166 You can read lots of ocean 723 00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:31,625 books and conservation books 724 00:22:31,625 --> 00:22:32,375 and learn about the 725 00:22:32,375 --> 00:22:33,541 oceans and the heroes, 726 00:22:33,875 --> 00:22:35,750 like Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dr. 727 00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:37,208 Ariana Elizabeth Johnson, 728 00:22:37,458 --> 00:22:39,250 Octavia Bell, Jasmine 729 00:22:39,250 --> 00:22:41,791 Graham, Dr. David Schiffman. 730 00:22:42,166 --> 00:22:43,833 There's so many people, Dr. David Ebert, 731 00:22:43,833 --> 00:22:45,250 who's my co-host on Beyond Jaws, 732 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:47,208 that you can get to know by their books 733 00:22:47,416 --> 00:22:48,458 and their ocean stories and 734 00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:49,416 share those ocean stories. 735 00:22:49,875 --> 00:22:50,500 You can watch ocean 736 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:52,166 documentaries with family and friends 737 00:22:52,375 --> 00:22:53,291 and talk about those 738 00:22:53,291 --> 00:22:54,541 movies with other people. 739 00:22:55,083 --> 00:22:56,916 Just had Oceans, Sir David Attenborough, 740 00:22:56,916 --> 00:22:57,708 which is always great. 741 00:22:58,083 --> 00:22:59,000 There's so many out there. 742 00:22:59,208 --> 00:23:00,666 Just be careful which ones you go for, 743 00:23:00,666 --> 00:23:01,125 because some of the 744 00:23:01,125 --> 00:23:02,416 messages aren't always the best, 745 00:23:02,625 --> 00:23:03,875 but most of them are pretty good. 746 00:23:04,125 --> 00:23:05,541 And you can follow local marine projects 747 00:23:05,666 --> 00:23:07,291 or any kind of environmental projects. 748 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:08,375 It doesn't matter if you're on the coast 749 00:23:08,375 --> 00:23:09,375 or outside the coast, 750 00:23:09,666 --> 00:23:10,250 you can follow them on. 751 00:23:10,250 --> 00:23:11,250 You can stay informed and 752 00:23:11,250 --> 00:23:12,875 engaged with what's happening 753 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:13,916 near your coast. 754 00:23:13,958 --> 00:23:14,541 That's the list, but of course, 755 00:23:15,125 --> 00:23:15,958 there's so many other 756 00:23:15,958 --> 00:23:16,875 things that you can do. 757 00:23:17,083 --> 00:23:18,416 That was a list of 25 of 758 00:23:18,416 --> 00:23:19,208 them that we went through 759 00:23:19,208 --> 00:23:20,625 in about almost 25 minutes. 760 00:23:21,208 --> 00:23:23,000 And so these are things that you can do 761 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,333 just on today's Ocean Day. 762 00:23:24,333 --> 00:23:26,250 The next year, you can start to focus. 763 00:23:26,250 --> 00:23:27,125 You don't have to do all of them. 764 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:28,333 You can pick one, you 765 00:23:28,333 --> 00:23:29,500 can pick half of one, 766 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:30,500 you can do whatever you'd like. 767 00:23:30,791 --> 00:23:32,208 But the more you act, the 768 00:23:32,208 --> 00:23:34,291 better you feel about the ocean, 769 00:23:34,291 --> 00:23:35,458 the better you feel your contribution, 770 00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:36,750 the more you lower your 771 00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:38,250 anxiety, which is always great. 772 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,541 Now, I'm not a therapist by any means, 773 00:23:40,916 --> 00:23:42,791 but I am somebody who worries about the 774 00:23:42,791 --> 00:23:44,000 ocean on a daily basis. 775 00:23:44,791 --> 00:23:45,750 Sometimes I get really 776 00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:47,666 worried based on what people say 777 00:23:47,708 --> 00:23:48,333 and some of the 778 00:23:48,333 --> 00:23:49,416 policies that are put in place 779 00:23:49,416 --> 00:23:50,416 and laws are put in place 780 00:23:50,416 --> 00:23:52,041 or even worse taken away. 781 00:23:52,541 --> 00:23:53,541 But the ocean always wins 782 00:23:53,541 --> 00:23:54,958 out, whether we're here or not, 783 00:23:54,958 --> 00:23:56,041 the ocean will always win out. 784 00:23:56,416 --> 00:23:56,916 And it's better that 785 00:23:56,916 --> 00:23:58,125 we're here and we protect it 786 00:23:58,458 --> 00:23:59,625 and we reduce our 787 00:23:59,625 --> 00:24:00,833 negative influence on it 788 00:24:01,208 --> 00:24:03,458 and start to benefit the ocean. 789 00:24:03,458 --> 00:24:05,166 So that's my message for you today 790 00:24:05,166 --> 00:24:06,333 with all the crap that's 791 00:24:06,333 --> 00:24:07,541 going on with the ocean, 792 00:24:07,625 --> 00:24:08,375 with the environment, 793 00:24:08,375 --> 00:24:09,916 with the world today, 794 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,166 there are ways to find hope and that 795 00:24:12,166 --> 00:24:13,500 could include education, 796 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:14,166 that can include 797 00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:16,125 action, whatever you might do. 798 00:24:16,125 --> 00:24:18,875 And to get both of those all in one shot, 799 00:24:18,875 --> 00:24:19,875 you can go and join 800 00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:20,916 the undertow community 801 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:21,625 by going to 802 00:24:21,625 --> 00:24:24,625 speakupforblue.com forward slash the undertow. 803 00:24:24,625 --> 00:24:26,208 We're going to be launching soon. 804 00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:28,666 And I'd love to see you part of it. 805 00:24:28,666 --> 00:24:30,250 I'd love to see you in there and I'd love 806 00:24:30,250 --> 00:24:31,125 to interact with you. 807 00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:32,458 That's the best part of 808 00:24:32,458 --> 00:24:33,291 the undertow communities 809 00:24:33,291 --> 00:24:35,000 that we actually get to interact with 810 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,958 people virtually on video, 811 00:24:37,166 --> 00:24:39,000 on audio, whatever that might be. 812 00:24:39,416 --> 00:24:39,875 And also written. 813 00:24:40,125 --> 00:24:41,166 So it's a great online community. 814 00:24:41,375 --> 00:24:42,291 Highly recommend that you join us 815 00:24:42,291 --> 00:24:43,541 speakupforblue.com 816 00:24:43,541 --> 00:24:45,708 forward slash the undertow. 817 00:24:46,125 --> 00:24:48,291 And I also want to say thank you so much 818 00:24:48,291 --> 00:24:49,666 for what you do already. 819 00:24:49,958 --> 00:24:51,333 Just by getting education, if you're 820 00:24:51,333 --> 00:24:52,208 acting for the ocean, 821 00:24:52,666 --> 00:24:54,750 I'd love to hear more about it. 822 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:55,791 You can hit me up on 823 00:24:55,791 --> 00:24:57,625 Instagram at how to protect the ocean 824 00:24:57,625 --> 00:24:59,291 or you can go to speakupforblue.com 825 00:24:59,291 --> 00:25:00,333 forward slash contact. 826 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:02,625 Fill out the form goes right to my email, 827 00:25:02,916 --> 00:25:03,750 but you can also see me 828 00:25:03,750 --> 00:25:04,958 in the undertow community. 829 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,291 So speakupforblue.com 830 00:25:06,291 --> 00:25:07,291 forward slash the undertow. 831 00:25:07,291 --> 00:25:08,875 I want to thank you so much for joining 832 00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:10,291 me on today's episode of the how to 833 00:25:10,291 --> 00:25:11,333 protect the ocean podcast. 834 00:25:11,333 --> 00:25:13,208 I'm your host, Andrew Lewin from the true 835 00:25:13,208 --> 00:25:14,208 north strong and free. 836 00:25:14,208 --> 00:25:14,875 Have a great day. 837 00:25:14,875 --> 00:25:15,458 We'll talk to you next 838 00:25:15,458 --> 00:25:16,666 time and happy conservation.