The Healthy Seas Podcast

The biggest shopping day of the year is fast approaching and the rampant overconsumption that has been known to accompany Black Friday has devastating effects on the planet. Rather than a complete boycott of the day, Healthy Seas has a better concept- Blue Friday! This is the idea of shopping sustainably and ethically.

 Today's guests are Laura in Waterland, an oceans and sustainability advocate, and Curra Rotondo, the co-founder and CEO of the brand, Lefrik. We talk about why having a Blue Friday is the way to go and how we all can support Healthy Seas this weekend through a campaign that Lefrik has organized.

 
Highlights

• How is overconsumption bad for the planet?
• How can we shop more sustainably?
• What does an ethical company look like?

 
Ten Tips to Have a Blue Friday  (to go deeper with these, be sure to check out Laura's blog post here on Healthy Seas):

1. Bring your own shopping bags
2. Ask yourself the right questions and make a list
3. Buy from ethical brands
4. Be cruelty-free
5. Gift an experience
6. Support small and local businesses
7. Choose story over bargain
8. Purchase eco items
9. Make a donation
10. Try secondhand

Bonus Tip! Buy yourself or a loved one a bag from Lefrik during the Blue Friday weekend and 15% of the proceeds from your purchase will be donated to Healthy Seas!

 
Resources

• Lefrik
• https://slowfactory.earth/open-edu
• Book: Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism by Aja Barber 
• Book: Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes by
  Dana Thomas
• Book: Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth

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Healthy Seas is a marine conservation organization whose mission is to tackle the ghost fishing phenomenon and turn this waste into an opportunity for a more circular economy. They do this through clean-ups, prevention, education, and working with partners who recycle and repurpose this material. The podcast is hosted by Crystal DiMiceli.

In the winter of 2021, an unusually powerful cyclone called Storm Arwen wreaked havoc on the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France. In Scotland alone, on land, it was estimated that over 8 million trees were damaged or affected by the storm. The damage was no less under the water. Andrew Jack, a fisherman that works in the Moray Firth of the North Sea, lost almost 600 lobster traps in the angry sea. After contacting Duncan Simpson of UK Ghost Diving, the two collaborated (with their teams) on the retrieval of this lost gear that, at first, seemed like it couldn't be done.

Highlights

• Why was Storm Arwen different and so detrimental?
• Why was the retrieval of all of the lobster traps seemingly unlikely?
• What made it possible?

Resources

• If you are in the UK area and need ghost gear retrieval help, contact Ghost Diving UK.
• Article by Healthy Seas about the lobster trap retrieval.

How YOU Can Help

• Donate to Healthy Seas so they can conduct even more clean-up missions.

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Healthy Seas is a marine conservation organization whose mission is to tackle the ghost fishing phenomenon and turn this waste into an opportunity for a more circular economy. They do this through clean-ups, prevention, education, and working with partners who recycle and repurpose this material. The podcast is hosted by Crystal DiMiceli.

Healthy Seas ambassador, Gelareh Darabi, attended the UN Ocean Conference this past June and fills us in on the topics discussed and the progress made in protecting the world's oceans. We talk about new technology and inventions, economically prosperous opportunities in ocean conservation, and the advancement of marine pollution on the global agenda. But, perhaps the most important questions she addresses regarding this gathering of over 6000 participants are, "Who was missing" and "Was it worth it?"

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Healthy Seas is a marine conservation organization whose mission is to tackle the ghost fishing phenomenon and turn this waste into an opportunity for a more circular economy. They do this through clean-ups, prevention, education, and working with partners who recycle and repurpose this material. The podcast is hosted by Crystal DiMiceli.

In this episode, we hear from both Norbert Lee of Ghostdiving USA and Eric Nelson of Aquafil about their new U.S. partnership with Healthy Seas that recently kicked off in Los Angeles. They removed entangled fishing nets from the ship, the USS Moody, that was sunk for the Hollywood movie, Hell Below. Norbert talks about the near-impossible conditions they overcame that day and Eric tells us all about what Aquafil does with the nets after they are retrieved. This new partnership expands Healthy Seas' presence and impact to 13 countries!

Highlights

• How do you retrieve ghost nets when you can hardly see your hand in front of your face?
• What sea creatures were rescued from the nets?
• What is the environmental footprint of ECONYL®?

 Resources

• Ghostdiving USA Instagram
• Aquafil's website
• ECONYL®'s website
• Accessories made from old nets- Bracenet

How YOU Can Help

• Limit your use of single-use plastics and recycle what you do.
• Donate to Healthy Seas.
• Volunteer for a beach cleanup or as surface support for the next net extraction.

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Healthy Seas is a marine conservation organization whose mission is to tackle the ghost fishing phenomenon and turn this waste into an opportunity for a more circular economy. They do this through clean-ups, prevention, education, and working with partners who recycle and repurpose this material. The podcast is hosted by Crystal DiMiceli.

Veronika Mikos is the Director of Healthy Seas, a marine conservation organization established to tackle marine pollution caused by lost or abandoned fishing gear, otherwise known as ghost gear. As these materials drift aimlessly through the water, they get entangled on reefs and wrecks while continuing with their original purpose- to trap anything that comes within their path. Healthy Seas not only tackles this issue through clean-up, prevention, and awareness-raising, they contribute to the circular economy by working with partners who then recycle and repurpose this material.

Highlights

• What is ghost gear and why is it a problem?
• How have fishers gone from being skeptics to being ambassadors of the Healthy Seas mission?
• What is the most daring clean-up Healthy Seas has done?
• How does Healthy Seas contribute to the circular economy?

Resources

• Underwater Live Stream with Pierre Yves Cousteau  
• Healthy Seas Website
• Facebook
• Twitter 
• Youtube
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

How YOU Can Help

• Donate to Healthy Seas
• Volunteer with them above or below the waves (and even from a distance).
• Become a Partner.
• Be conscious of the choices you make.

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Healthy Seas is a marine conservation organization whose mission is to tackle the ghost fishing phenomenon and turn this waste into an opportunity for a more circular economy. They do this through clean-ups, prevention, education, and working with partners who recycle and repurpose this material. The podcast is hosted by Crystal DiMiceli.