Dive in with Seaside!: Recent Episodes
Seaside Sustainability
Welcome to Dive in with Seaside!, a podcast that rethinks environmentalism one conversation at a time. Over the course of our episodes, we rethink environmentalism one conversation at a time – covering topics such as environmental education, PFAS chemicals, and more.
This podcast is executed by the interns at Seaside Sustainability, a non-profit organization dedicated to ocean sustainability and education through action. To learn more about Seaside Sustainability, please visit our website: www.seasidesustainability.org.
In this episode, we interview Jenna Munson, an Outreach Specialist, Lecturer, and Oceanographer. Jenna touches on topics such as women in the science realm, life as a professor, creating an outreach program, and how travel helps her teach her courses and better help her students understand environmentalism vs. sustainability.
To learn more about Jenna Munson and her work, Click:
- Jennamun@umich.edu
In this episode, we interview Jecy Klinkam, the Restoration Specialist at Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. Jecy delves into her work in the Estuary, her community, and her hobbies which she incorporates sustainability in her own life. Hear advice from an experienced professional on the many ways to enter the field of Environmentalism and Marine life.
To learn more about Jecy Klinkam and her work, Click
a. www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-klinkam-900b00186
b. Ceramics Instagram page: @dirt.girl.clay
In this episode, we interview Camilo Ferro, an entrepreneur in sustainability. Discover how a decision to advertise on bags led to an unexpected invitation to meet the President of the United States and ultimately to a commitment to composting and sustainability. Camilo also offers valuable lessons as it relates to both business and life in general.
To learn more about Camilo's latest project, click here.
To connect with Camilo on LinkedIn, click here.
Connect with Seaside Sustainability at the links below:
Website
Instagram
Facebook
LinkedIn
To donate, click here.
To volunteer, click here.
If you are a high school student, undergraduate student or a college graduate looking for a remote internship opportunity in marketing, sustainability, public relations, human resources, tech and much more, you can apply for an internship at Seaside here.
In this episode, we interview Gautier Peers, the Sales and Partnerships Manager at Searial Cleaners. Gautier discusses the importance of utilizing both technology and prevention in the fight against plastic pollution. The plastic crisis takes everyone working together in order to achieve real change.
To learn more about Searial Cleaners click here.
Connect with Seaside Sustainability at the links below:
Website
To donate, click here.
To volunteer, click here.
If you are a high school student, undergraduate student or a college graduate looking for a remote internship opportunity in marketing, sustainability, public relations, human resources, tech and much more, you can apply for an internship at Seaside here.
For the season finale of Dive in with Seaside, Laine and Nikita are joined by Catherine Mudd and Maria Camarota, who are on the Marine Science and Education Team at Seaside Sustainability. Celebrate our season finale with us by learning about the current projects this team is working on!
To learn more about the Marine Science and Education Team, visit https://www.seasidesustainability.org/intern-details/Marine-Science-and-Education
In the fourth episode of Dive in with Seaside, Sean Steinberg, a Seaside Sustainability alumnus, and Jenny Tao, a current intern on the Legislation Team, join Nikita and Laine to discuss the concept of circular economy. Dive in with us to to learn more about this fascinating topic and what America’s future economy may look like.
To read Jenny’s blog series about circular economy, click the links below:
https://www.seasidesustainability.org/post/the-circular-economy-pt-1-what-is-it
https://www.seasidesustainability.org/post/the-circular-economy-pt-2-diving-deeper
https://www.seasidesustainability.org/post/a-crucial-new-recycling-bill-in-massachusetts-is-in-need-of-your-support
To explore and learn more about Clean Ocean Access, visit https://www.cleanoceanaccess.org/
In this special episode of Dive in with Seaside, Dr. Britt Crow-Miller, a Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Environmental Conservation and Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, joins Nikita and Laine to discuss environmental education at the collegiate level.
To learn more about Dr. Crow-Miller’s nonprofit, visit http://www.citywildpdx.org/
To explore the School of Earth and Sustainability at the University of Massachusetts, visit https://www.umass.edu/ses/
Interested in downloading iNaturalist? Click here to learn more: https://www.inaturalist.org/
For access to the text transcript, click here.
In the second episode of Dive in with Seaside, Nikita and Laine discuss environmental education at the middle school and high school levels with members of Seaside Sustainability’s Green Scholars Team, Juan Sandoval, Catherine Mudd, Audrey Jennings, and Julia O’Donnell. Dive in with us to learn about how Seaside Sustainability promotes environmental education and how this team of interns works to spread our organization's educational programs.
For access to the transcript of this episode, click here.
To learn more about the Green Scholars Team and the different educational programs Seaside Sustainability offers, visit https://www.seasidesustainability.org/green-scholars
Welcome to Dive in with Seaside!: a podcast that rethinks environmentalism one conversation at a time. In this episode, our hosts, Nikita and Laine, meet with members of Seaside Sustainability’s PFAS team, Naomi Michelson, Lily Hibbard, and Megan Meyer to discuss what PFAS chemicals are and how these toxins intertwine with motherhood and environmental justice.
To read a transcript of this podcast, click here!
Want to learn more about PFAS chemicals? Visit https://pfastoxdatabase.org/ for a breakdown of what PFAS is, the different chemicals that are categorized as PFAS, and the different possible health effects these chemicals may cause.
To learn about what skin care products and brands use PFAS chemical, visit https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
For in-depth definitions of words we discussed, click these links:
Ecofeminism: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ecofeminism
Ecowomanism: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26552243?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Thank you to Laura Spark and Shaina Kasper for meeting with Seaside Sustainability’s PFAS team and talking to them about the work you’ve done to reduce and stop the usage of PFAS chemicals. To learn more about Clean Water Action, visit https://www.cleanwateraction.org/