And we’re back! Welcome to Season 5 of The Lentil Intervention Podcast. We are thrilled to be bringing you more insightful discussions, inspiring stories and scientific snapshots this year, and we are certainly kicking things off with a bang with our first guest, Max Romey.

Max is a phenomenal artist, filmmaker, producer, educator, trail runner and environmental advocate based in Anchorage, Alaska. Max uses his unique blend of watercolours and videography to highlight the complexities of environmental problems impacting both local and global communities.

We learn about Max’s background and inspiring outlook on life, as well as discuss his latest works which focus on the once pristine wilderness of Katmai National Park and Preserve. Unfortunately, even with its remoteness, the world’s rubbish problem has come knocking on Katmai’s shores. Even though the debris on Katmai might come from a world away, when it comes to ocean plastics we are all in the same boat, so this conversation with Max only serves to underscore the need for global action – no matter where we are located, we’ve all got a role to play.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Max’s background and love of painting
• Retracing his grandmother’s travels and artwork
• Communicating climate and environmental science through art
• Important considerations for impactful filmmaking and storytelling
• Max’s relationship with many of the world’s top trail runners
• Katmai National Park and its sizeable marine debris problem
• Max’s previous film No Lost Shoes and his upcoming release Footprints on Katmai
• The ocean’s oxygen factories (phytoplankton) and concerns with microplastics
• Inspiring behaviour change while living in an imperfect world
• Making a change by starting at home

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