Ocean Protect Podcast

Dr Jennifer Lavers is a marine eco-toxicologist and seabird expert, Lecturer in marine science at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Tasmania, and researcher at Adrift Lab. Jennifer is also an AMAZING science communicator, and has featured in documentary films such as A Plastic Ocean , BLUE , and Drowning in Plastic . We talk about the scope and severity of the marine plastic pollut...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Kathy Willis. Part one was released last week. Links: Kathy Willis: https://research.csiro.au/marinedebris/our-team/kathy-willis/ CSIRO's marine debris research program: https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/OandA/Areas/Marine-resources-and-industries/Marine-debris 2017 journal article " Differentiating littering, urban runoff and marine tra...

Kathy Willis is a PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania and CSIRO's Marine Debris team. Her research focuses on preventing litter from the land entering the marine system. In this chat, we discuss Australian local government waste abatement policies, outreach programs and infrastructure and their effectiveness at reducing waste in the marine environment. This is a two-part conversation, with...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Laura Wells. Part one was released last week. Links: Laura Wells: https://www.laurawells.com.au/ First Ocean Protect Podcast chat with Laura (in 2019 season): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laura-wells-on-climate-change-plastic-pollution-environmental/id1457637313?i=1000447765716 Eunomia report "Plastics in the marine environment...

Laura Wells is an Environmentalist, presenter and one of Australia’s top plus size models, and was on the eXXpedition when the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. eXXpedition is an all-female sailing research expedition, investigating the causes of and solutions to ocean plastic pollution - but Laura joins us from Day 8 of hotel quarantine in Sydney. It's a fun chat about the eXXpediti...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Ben Pearson, Head of Campaigns at World Animal Protection Australia. Part one was released last week. Links: World Animal Protection Australia:  https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.au/ Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-pearson-69309630/ For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.c...

Ben Pearson is the Head of Campaigns at World Animal Protection Australia, and has spent most of his life campaigning for more just and sustainable approaches to manage the planet and the animals that call it home. World Animal Protection is a global animal welfare organisation that have been campaigning for over 50 years to end the cruelty and suffering - and is a rigorously evidence-based organi...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Grahame Lloyd, Gold Coast Marine Debris Coordinator for Sea Shepherd Australia. Part one was released last week. Links: Sea Shepherd Australia’s Marine Debris Campaign:  www.seashepherd.org.au/marinedebris/ Clean up campaign events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SSAUBeachCleanUps/ Untrashing Djulpan: https://www.seashepherd....

Grahame Lloyd is the Gold Coast Marine Debris Coordinator for Sea Shepherd Australia. Every month, Grahame generously gives up his spare time to coordinate Sea Shepherd Australia beach and park clean-ups on the Gold Coast - and also helps out with clean-ups in other areas such as Moreton Island and Djulpan Beach in Arnhem Land. We talk about the type and quantity of pollution removed by the awesom...

We recently caught up with the trailblazing organisers of the Ocean Lovers Festival - Anita Kolni and Carolyn Grant. This week, the festival was due to happen - with a jam-packed six days of all things ocean loving at Bondi Beach - with art, music, actions, and showcasing of some of the latest innovations, science, state-of-the-art technology and cool ideas for helping the oceans. Shortly aft...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Dr Adrian Gutteridge, Fisheries Assessment Manager with the Marine Stewardship Council. Part one was released last week. Links: Marine Stewardship Council: http://www.msc.org/ Sustainable Seafood Week: https://www.msc.org/en-au/what-you-can-do/campaign-for-change/sustainable-seafood-week Adrian Gutteridge on Tuna, FADs and bycatch: http...

Dr Adrian Gutteridge is a Fisheries Assessment Manager with the Marine Stewardship Council. With MSC's "Sustainable Seafood Week" happening in a couple weeks, we thought it'd be a super time to talk with Adrian about whether eating wild-caught fish is 'sustainable', and what MSC does to improve the sustainability of the seafood industry. As we discuss, however, one group's idea of 'sustainable' ma...

Our last podcast episode for 2019, and Jeremy and Brad catch-up for a chat at Sandy Bay on Nusa Lembongan in Bali - right after the Bali Hope Swim Run event. They talk about the swim-run event, the year that was, and what's in store for 2020. The podcast will start again in late February 2020. Links: Bali Hope: https://www.bali-hope.com/ Darcy (our amazing podcast producer extraordinaire): https:/...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Chad Buxton, Program Coordinator at Plastic Free Noosa. Part one was released last week. Links: Plastic Free Noosa:  https://www.plasticfreenoosa.org/ About Chad: https://www.plasticfreenoosa.org/about-us Chad on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-buxton-b41883128/ Plastic Free Places: https://www.plasticfreeplaces.org/ Boo...

Chad Buxton is the program coordinator at Plastic Free Noosa - one of Australia's first and most-successful community-level efforts to reduce single-use plastics. In this chat, Chad talks about how he works directly with food retailers, events, markets, and other organisations to assist them to switch from single-use plastics to better alternatives - and the MASSIVE positive impact Plast...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Rachael Nasplezes, Senior Scientist at Healthy Land and Water. Part one was released last week. Links: About Rachael: https://hlw.org.au/?post_type=hlw-team&p=589 Healthy Land and Water: https://hlw.org.au/ Regional NRM groups in Australia: http://www.nrm.gov.au/regional/regional-nrm-organisations Replas recycling: https://www.repla...

Rachael Nasplezes is a Senior Scientist at Healthy Land and Water and the Behaviour Change Specialist and International Relations Manager at go2zone. With over 20 years’ experience in natural resource management and sustainable business development, Rachael is an expert in project delivery and has a proven track record of managing projects and programs that improve the quality of waterways in Sout...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Dr Paul Maxwell, Strategic Science Manager at Healthy Land and Water. Part one was released last week. Links: About Paul: https://hlw.org.au/?post_type=hlw-team&p=586 Healthy Land and Water: https://hlw.org.au/ The Healthy Land and Water Report Card: https://hlw.org.au/report-card/ For further information about Ocean Protect, check...

Dr Paul Maxwell is the Strategic Science Manager at Healthy Land and Water, which is an independent organisation dedicated to improving and protecting South East Queensland’s environment. Paul coordinates the research and monitoring program that delivers the Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program, which is a comprehensive and scientifically robust waterway monitoring program that provides a regional...

Jeremy and Brad catch-up to discuss the latest happenings in protecting our oceans and waterways from plastic pollution, including a review of Boyan Slat's "Ocean Cleanup" project and "Interceptor" technology (released just this week) - and whether Boyan really is "turning off the tap" of ocean plastic pollution. We also have a quick chat about the recent media attention around PFAS contamination...

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Larissa, with the first part released last week. In this part, Daragh Murphy (Executive Manager of Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club) also makes a late cameo appearance to talk about initiatives that the club are implementing to help protect the ocean from plastic pollution. Links: Glowing Green: www.glowinggreen.com.au Biofuels exp...

Larissa Rose is a sustainability and renewable energy consultant, adjunct university lecturer and Director of Glowing Green. In this lively chat, we talk about energy systems, climate change, solutions focused-activism and take a deep dive on biofuels. This is the first part of a two-part chat with Larissa, with the second (and final) part to be released next week. Links: Glowing Green: www.glowin...

Harry Saddler is the author of " The Eastern Curlew " (2018). This incredible bird flies from the south coast of Australia to Siberia (and back) every year, back and forth - 10,0000 kilometres each way. In this episode, Harry gives Jeremy and Brad an insight into the eastern curlew, its mind-boggling journey, the key pressures threatening its survival, and recommended solutions to protec...

Jacqui Cooper is indisputably the greatest aerial skiier of all time. Her achievements are as massive as her crazy aerial skiing acrobatics ... 5 world titles, 39 World Cup medals, 3 major World Championship medals, and representing Australia in five Winter Olympic teams, the first Australian Woman in history (Summer or Winter Games) to have enjoyed this honour. But, it's hardly been easy. Jeremy...

Tom Hickman is the founder of Bali Hope , which brings together extraordinary people for unique endurance events that make change happen. One of these events is the Bali Hope Swim-Run, which will see around twenty teams of two race across land and sea to protect the future of the islands of Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan. The vision of Bali Hope is to help transform these islands into an example...