Sejal Mehta is currently the editor at Marine Life of Mumbai, the flagship project of Coastal Conservation Foundation. Her past work includes Lonely Planet Magazine India, National Geographic Traveller India amongst others. She is a published author of children's books and fiction.

In this podcast, Sejal talks to us about the creatures that inhabit Mumbai’s beaches, how empowering citizenry with knowledge can increase their awareness about climate change and how important it is to think of Mumbai’s shorelines as a living, breathing thing. 

Notes –

01:07 – Marine Life of Mumbai 

10:48 – Coastal Road project 

17:38 – Social media and MLoM’s Instagram account 

22:06 – Coastwise- an intertidal zone festival/celebration 

26:06 – Outreach to the younger generation

28:31 – All about mangroves 

31:29 – Cleaning up of beaches 

33:58 – Media and spreading awareness