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J has always been emotionally attached to water. He can go way back to his
childhood where he remembers always being the first one in the water. He
says life on land was fine, but it was complicated and being in the water
made him feel at home. He grew up wanting to be a problem solver, someone
who wanted to roll up his sleeves and get the work done. In college J went
about assembling a problem solver toolkit. And what he learned is that the
emotional piece, the human dimension,s so important. He gives examples and
says we need to do a much better job working with young people, the people
who we’re relying on to solve the problems the tools to stay emotionally,
mentally, socially, spiritually strong, to help them succeed. J has found
that nature has helped him be connected, to feel awe and wonder and joy and
peace and freedom. J believes we need to provide opportunity for young
leaders to get in the water, to give them space to restore themselves and
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Artist Oriana Poindexter free dives off the California to collect seaweed
and uses a mix of traditional and alternative photographic processes
(photography and photograms) and printmaking to reflect their beauty. She
finds inspiration in nature and believes that every person can find beauty
by interacting with the natural world. -
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Musical artist Seth Glier is the latest guest on the Wo(men) Mind the Water
Artivist Series podcast. Seth gets inspiration from the natural world and
says the ocean brings him comfort and often provides a narrative for his
music. His music reminds us that we have the ability to positively
influence the world. Seth has worked as a producer, music director, and
studio musician. He has collaborated with such renown musical artists as
Tom Rush, Nick Carter, and Cyndi Lauper. Seth has been nominated for a
Grammy and is a five-time Independent Music Award winner. He characterizes
music as an empathy machine and feels incredibly lucky to be part of it. -
Manuela Zoninsein began as a journalist in China. While there, she
witnessed a shift from reusable to single-use water bottles. The
Brazilian-American’s love for beaches in Rio de Janeiro and her studies at
MIT-Sloan Executive MBA program, led her to start Kadeya, a company that
aims to replace single-use plastic bottles with an innovative vending
machine that reduces plastic consumption. -
Sophie Guarasci worked in the world of fashion and finance before becoming
a licensed veterinary tech. She works at the Marine Mammal Center, the
nation’s foremost marine mammal hospital located just north of San
Francisco. Sophie oversees the clinical and surgical treatment and
husbandry of seals, sea lions, and sea otters. It’s her dream job, even
though there are times she has to make difficult decisions about the
treatment of severely ill animals. Sophie believes that people wherever
they live should care about these marine animals as they tell us much about
what is going on out there in their home the ocean, which is tied to human
health. And for her, every time the Center is able to release an animal
back into the ocean, Sophie feels hope that she is making a difference. -
Angela grew up in Wyoming and originally went college to be study
journalism but pivoted to law when she heard about Napster and the
potential it had for dispossessing musical artists from their artistic
property. Angela believes that when a system is broken and you have an idea
of how to fix it or change it or make it better, it’s worth it to step in
and make it happen. After she was introduced to sailing and she saw the
massive super yachts with their huge sails, her creative mind took hold.
She learned that some of the material is extraordinary and yet it had a
limited life span. She wanted to make a positive difference with the
decommissioned sails that otherwise ended up as landfill. Angela has
invested her own human capital and worked with architects and others to
find ways to use the sails for humanitarian purposes. One of the first
projects for Sail to Shelter is installing sails in Maui to answer a number
of different issues. Maui suffered a devastating fire in August 2023, -
Suzette Bousema is an emerging Netherlands-based visual artist. Suzette
collaborates with environmental scientists to explore present day
ecological crises and engages audiences by using a variety of techniques
including photography and glass blowing to help understand abstract
concepts. On the podcast we discuss her efforts to photograph ancient polar
ice cores , to create her own climate archive with glass bubbles, and how
to personally cope with big ecological issues. -
Merle Liivand is an aquapreneur, plastic pollution reduction advocate,
Guinness World Record holder and mermaid. The Estonian-born swimmer holds
several Guinness World Records her latest was achieved on April 15, 2023,
in a little over 14 hours. Merle swam 50 kilometers using a monofin, a
record setting swim for the longest distance swum using a monofin. It's a
feat because she swam the distance without using her arms by undulating her
lower body up and down mermaid-style. -
Katie Horning is a water steward based in Michigan. She serves as Chair of
the River Days Festival in Midland and is a leader of the online platform
Rivers are Life. She works to build awareness of and connection with rivers
and inspire action to protect, preserve, and explore them by promoting the
stories of River Heroes. Katie believes highlighting their projects is an
impactful way to showcase the value of rivers. -
Sarah received the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for her nine-part
series 36.5/A Durational Performance with the Sea. This work has been
performed on six continents in places as far flung as New Zealand, Kenya,
and New York City. Sarah’s intention is to connect humans with water and
the impact of climate change. During each site specific performance she
stands in the water for a full tidal (12.5+ hours). The rise and fall of
the tide on her body is reflective of what has occurred in nature in the
ancient past and will continue to do so unrelentingly into the future. -
Bonnie Montelone is a researcher, environmental science-educator, film
maker, artist, and co-founder of the Plastic Ocean Project, a non-profit
seeking science-based solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis.
Bonnie has collected marine plastic on a global scale. She is affiliated
with the Environmental Studies Department at the University of North
Carolina Wilmington where she works as an Adjunct Instructor of Plastic
Marine Debris Field Studies. She also serves as an advisor for students
conducting research on marine plastic. Additionally, Bonnie is an artist
who uses the plastic she’s collects to create visual stories about her
research. -
Tracy Metz is a journalist, author and podcast maker. She also is the
director of the John Adams Institute, an independent foundation in the
Netherlands, that brings the best and the brightest of American thinking to
the Netherlands. Tracy is passionate about the interplay between urban
issues, architecture, and the natural environment, particularly water. Her
book Sweet&Salt: Water and the Dutch, investigates the change in the
country’s approach to water management in times of climate change. Her
podcast Water Talks addresses global issues with water – too much, too
little, too dirty and too unequal. Water Talks grew out of the United
Nations conference on water held in NYC in March 2023. -
Holly Rankin is the latest guest on the Women Mind the Water Artivist
podcast series on WomenMind theWater.com. Holly is an Australian
singer/songwriter/festival promoter, and an activist in the areas of
environmental and social justice. Also known as Jack River, her music often
deals with difficult topics, like personal tragedy, climate change, and
social justice. Holly believes transforming such messages into music has
the power to inspire action. -
Kara Dodge is a research scientist at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean
Research, the research arm of the New England Aquarium in Boston. Her
specialty is the ecology of marine animals, more specifically sea turtles.
Kara uses cutting-edge technology like satellite tagging and drones to
enrich our knowledge of sea turtles and the impacts of humans on them. -
Hannah St. Luce-Martinez, well-versed in Belize’s natural and cultural
resources, is the latest guest on Women Mind the Water Artivist Series. She
describes Belize, its natural resources, conservation and biodiversity, and
the importance of promoting inclusivity and empowering youth and women. -
Hoku Cody, a Native Hawaiian, seabird biologist, and life-long ocean lover,
protector, and advocate advocates for community stewardship in actions,
that revitalize traditional rights within Hawaiʻi’s natural and cultural
resource management industries. Hoku works with the National Ocean
Protection Coalition to create and support marine protected areas and have
the Pacific Remote Islands designated a National Marine Sanctuary. -
Vicki Nichols Goldstein is the latest guest on the Women Mind the Water
Artivist Series podcast. Vicki is founder of the Inland Ocean Coalition.
Her impressive credentials include a master’s degree in marine policy from
Yale University and working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to co-write documents for the designation of the Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Vicki served as the Executive Director of
the California-based Save Our Shores. When she moved to Colorado, she
founded the Colorado Ocean Coalition and in 2017 Vicki rebranded it as the
Inland Ocean Coalition. Inland Ocean Coalition empowers citizens wherever
they live to be leaders and make positive contributions to ocean
protection. -
Rebecca Rutstein, an accomplished artist who has received many awards and
been involved in numerous public exhibitions, is the latest guest on Women
Mind the Water Artivist Series Podcast
(womenmindthewater.com/featured-guests). Rebecca’s career has taken her to
remarkable places including the high seas and the ocean floor. In all, her
artwork strives to build connections with nature, inspire wonder, and
foster environmental stewardship. -
Lisa Scali considers herself a foodie and a lover of the ocean. She is more
than a co-owner of Ocean’s Balance and a chef, she is a proponent of eating
more sustainably by consuming seaweed. Lisa who has lived in Paris and New
York, two of the world’s best-known cities for foodies, now lives in
Portland, Maine where she leads a culinary trend to encourage Americans to
eat more seaweed, a plant that is farmed and harvested from the ocean. -
Tosha Grantham is the latest guest on Women Mind the Water Artivist series
on WomenMindtheWater.com. Tosha holds an advanced degree from Howard
University in art history, with a focus on contemporary art and
specializations in American and African diaspora arts. She lives in
Florida, where she learned about the work of Diving with a Purpose, an
international nonprofit that for trains Black scuba divers to assist in the
documentation of underwater culturally and environmentally important sites.
The podcast highlights her experiences with Diving with a Purpose and the
important work they are doing. DWP focuses on both archaeological work on
shipwrecks and ecological study of the health of coral beds. The
archaeological "work creates a richer and more voluminous understanding of
African and African American people in very many layers. We are working on
reconciling deep and painful experiences through locating and doing the
actual research to know what the experiences of those people lost at sea
were and to include that in stories we have of survival and being.”Tosha
with coral for DWP is another way for her to contribute. She knows that the
ocean is important in many ways and that it is important to keep it healthy
for now and future generations. The work also helps her as an artist to see
more of the world and expand her perspective. She says we must find ways
not to use so much energy and find alternatives that make us better
stewards. Tosha sees this connection as making the task of maintaining and
restoring the ocean a little less daunting. - Vis mere
