We interview Imperial Beach City Council Member Paloma Aguirre about the cross border water pollution crisis. She offers great insight into how your actions make a difference and how a small group of individuals were able to secure $300 million from the U.S. Federal Government to address the problem. 

In this episode we interview Dr. Elin Kelsey.  She is a leader of hopeful, solutions-focused environmental movements.  She is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, in Canada at the School of Environmental Studies. She is also a consultant helping clients such as Monterey Bay Aquarium, share science-based stories of hope. Today we are going to talk with her about the emotional implications of the narrative of environmental doom and gloom on children and adults and how she co-founded the ocean optimism movement. 

This is the inaugural episode of The Ocean Optimism podcast. The Ocean Optimism podcast shares stories, not often heard, about ocean conservation successes. In this episode, I interview Dr. Nancy Knowlton, coral reef biologist, and one of the founders of the #OceanOptimism movement. Listen in as we discuss why its important to share ocean conservation success stories and solutions. 

Check out more ocean optimism on Twitter using #Ocean Optimism on Tik Tok via EllensOceanOptimism, the website oceanoptimism.org and green.org. 

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