This episode features our guest, Angela Riley, the founder of Scotian Shores, which is a shoreline cleanup group in Nova Scotia. We learn about the personal motivations Angela felt to take action against plastic pollution, along with the tremendous efforts by her community to curb trash at sea, and the problem of grappling with 'legacy pollution'. Through their mission, Scotian Shores has gathered a ton of community support and collaborates with various other local organizations for their shared vision of a healthy, clean ocean. We also learn about some of the difficulties in sustaining such a bold mission, and also ways for listeners to discover their own ways to contribute to ocean conservation. Angela brings hope for finding solutions and reminds us we aren’t alone.

Show Notes

Scotian Shores website https://www.scotianshores.com/ 

Scotian Shores on Facebook ​​https://www.facebook.com/ScotianShores/ 

DFO Ghost Gear Fund (funding) https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/management-gestion/ghostgear-equipementfantome/program-programme/projects-projets-eng.html 

Plastic Oceans Canada Blue Communities (funding) https://plasticoceans.org/scotian-shores-joins-bluecommunities-global-movement/ 

Divert Nova Scotia (waste diversion partner) https://divertns.ca/ 

Fishing Gear Coalition of Atlantic Canada (waste diversion partner) https://fgcac.org/ 

Coastal Action (cleanup partner) https://www.coastalaction.org/ 

Coastal Restoration Society (cleanup partner) https://www.coastrestore.com/

Other shoreline cleanup groups in NS to support!

Friends of Scots Bay Salt Marsh https://www.facebook.com/groups/3071417469612128/ 

Nova Scotia Beach Garbage Awareness https://www.facebook.com/kleanitup18/  

Cape Breton Environmental Association https://www.cbenviro.org/ 

Trashformers https://www.acapcb.ns.ca/trashformers