Season 2: Episode 14 – Carissa Cabrera

How important are oceans to our climate? How vital are they to our general health? Did a video of an injured turtle really change the world? Marine Biologist and educator Carissa Cabrera joins Eric and explains it all through her work in media, science, and activism. You’ll learn from this episode that indeed there is an ocean of opportunity for designers for climate action; dive in.

Links mentioned on the show:

• Eric’s Mutant Fish prints

• Plastic straw removed from turtle’s nose (YouTube)

• Kiss the Ground film

• Pique Action

Carissa Cabrera is a marine conservationist and sustainability educator based out of Hawai'i working on ocean climate solutions through media. She co-founded The Conservationist Collective to make ocean climate action accessible to everyone and encourage people to find their place in the movement.

The Conservationist Collective

tiktok.com/@carissaandclimate

Sustainability & The Sea Podcast

Theme music by Casual Motive

At the end of each episode, we ask our guests what their ideal climate design project would be. They have four weeks with a class full of design students. We translated their response into a project brief that you can use for your class.

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