Oceans of Hope

Happy Monday, Oceans of Hope! Today’s episode is another Our Planet watch-along. What is the topic? The high Seas! I really enjoyed this episode learning all about the high seas and the creatures that call it home!

Links to Sources

Our Planet: High Seas

https://home.cern/cloud-experiment-uncovers-a-major-new-source-of-marine-aerosol-particles/

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Happy Monday, Oceans of Hope! Today’s episode is all about corals and coral bleaching. I talk a bit about what corals are, why they bleach, and what scientists are studying related to bleaching!

References

Great Barrier Reef Foundation

Coral recovery time cut short by warming oceans

NOAA Coral Reef Watch

Recovery without resilience? Contrasting benthic recovery trajectories six years after a mass coral bleaching event

Unprecedented 2020 coral bleaching reveals unexpected taxa-specific responses in the central Red Sea

Decadal tracking reveals species-specific limits to coral thermal acclimatization

Caribbean massive corals not recovering from repeated thermal stress events during 2005-2013

Future of coral bleaching research

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Happy Monday, Oceans of Hope! Fall is on the horizon and Oceans of Hope is back for our fifth season! Today's episode is a description of the Trash Samurai in Japan and how they can be an inspiration for us all.

Links to Collective Action Organizations

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zaD6NFTkpd4

https://theworld.org/stories/2023/05/19/litterers-beware-tokyo-s-samurai-trash-collectors-are-watching-you

https://soranews24.com/2023/02/05/garbage-collecting-samurai-keep-japanese-streets-clean-but-whats-their-real-story/

     The documentary is linked at the bottom of this link.

https://japandeluxetours.com/blog/samurai-of-shibuya

https://www.upworthy.com/samurai-litter-pickers-japan/

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Happy Monday, Oceans of Hope! Welcome to the last episode of season 4! I am going to take the rest of the summer to prep new episodes and have a bit of a break before starting the school year and season five! Be sure to follow along on Instagram to see when we are coming back and what I get up to this summer!

Episodes referred to in this episode:

Mental Health and Sustainability

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Happy Monday, Oceans of Hope! Here is another Our Planet Episode all about Deserts and Grasslands! It is a super fun one, I think so I hope you all enjoy and give the episode a watch as well.

Link to Our Planet

https://www.ourplanet.com/en/

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Happy Monday, Oceans of Hope! I am very excited about today's episode. I have been seeing Solarpunk all over my social media lately. Here, I outline what Solarpunk is and how we can start creating a Solarpunk world. I hope you enjoy and find hope in the ideas of Solarpunk like I have!

Links to Solarpunk Information

https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/solarpunk-imagines-future-renewable-tech-socio-ecological-enlightenment/##

https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Solarpunk

https://re-des.org/a-solarpunk-manifesto/

https://republicofthebees.blogspot.com/2008/04/from-steampunk-to-solarpunk.htmlhttps://solarpunkfestival.com/history/

https://solarpunkfestival.com/history/

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/solarpunk-sci-fi-books-literary-genres-climate-change-optimism-technology/

https://hieroglyph.asu.edu/2014/09/solarpunk-notes-toward-a-manifesto/

https://earth.org/solarpunk/

https://solarpunkmagazine.com/

https://thejaymo.net/solarpunk/

https://solarpunkanarchists.com/

https://anarchosolarpunk.substack.com/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349027086_Multispecies_Cities_Solarpunk_Urban_Futures

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Happy Belated Earth Day! I got to spend Earth Day this year walking into Washington D.C. with the Great Mother March, celebrating the end of a march towards what we want to see in the world! It was a beautiful day of community and intersectionality that is embodied in this episode. 

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Happy almost Earth Day! This is a collection of messages for the ocean from our community here at Oceans of Hope. They are messages of love, admiration, and respect. If you are inspired, feel free to reflect on and send your own message to the instagram! Enjoy!

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Happy Monday, Oceans of Hope! In today’s episode, Jordan dives into the history of environmentalism, sharing many insights and fun facts about the environmental movement, perfect to bring to your next dinner party or lively debate.

Sources Referenced:

• Greenpeace
• University of Michigan
• PBS Timeline

For More Information On:

• Orion Myth
• Taoism
• Vedic Sages

If you want to participate in the Messages to the Ocean Special Earth Day episode make sure to send in your message (either written or recorded) to @oceansofhopepod on Instagram or [email protected] by April 10!

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Happy Monday, Oceans of Hope! In today’s episode, Jordan sits down with her roommate, Maisie Grogan, a fellow PhD student, to chat about all things grad school, phytoplankton, and hopeful moments.

Links:

• Maisie Grogan at Virginia Institute for Marine Science 

Follow Oceans of Hope on Instagram! Don’t forget to rate and review the podcast if you like it. Remember to take a deep breath in, and be grateful for the oxygen phytoplankton and algae in the oceans provide us with! If interested in writing or recording a message to the ocean, dm it to @oceansofhopepod on Instagram or [email protected]. Lastly, be sure to share this episode with your friends and family (and anyone else you would like to) if you enjoyed it!