In this episode we discuss how high school students spending the semester at The High Mountain Institute are able to develop their own environmental ethic while spending time in the wilderness.

Resources

The High Mountain Institute: https://hminet.org/

The blog post Jess mentioned: https://hminet.org/2020/06/10/a-message-from-jess-wolinksy-dean-of-students/

In this episode we take a deep dive into the world of marine conservation and creating an ethic around the ocean.

Resources

FishWise https://fishwise.org/about-us/mission-and-vision/ is an organization that helps promote ocean ecosystem health. Their consumer tools will take you to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch List https://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-recommendations/consumer-guides. Following these guidelines is an easy way to help preserve the health of the oceans and marine life.

Here are links to photo selections on Marc's website
Sea Otters https://livingseaimages.com/shopping/zoomin.php?target=enhydra&page_size=9999&online=true&code=321P120
Urchin Barrens https://livingseaimages.com/searchresults.php?target=barren&page_size=9999
Kelp Forest https://livingseaimages.com/searchresults.php?logic=AND&Genus=*Macrocystis*&online=true&page_size=9999
Rockfish https://livingseaimages.com/searchresults.php?target=sebastes&page_size=9999
Sunflower Star https://livingseaimages.com/searchresults.php?target=Pycnopodia&page_size=9999

Marc's book about how sea life on the Central California coast has changed can be found here https://livingseaimages.com/books/ccbooklet/site.php.

Read this article https://baynature.org/article/bringing-back-kelp/ in Bay Nature Magazine about disappearing kelp forests in Northern CA.

Marc's Blog has an article https://livingseaimages.com/blog.php about the problem in Central CA.

Marc also produced this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JxaGCEYnA about the kelp forests.

Follow this link https://livingseaimages.com/voyage/ to write to the California Fish & Game Comission to take action.

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