It’s huge and it needs to be removed! Sea Monkey Project shares their ocean plastic solutions

By Catherine | 09/16/2019 |

It’s huge and it needs to be removed from our oceans.
Sea life is not under water but under the threat of death.
Sea Monkey Project is about cleaning up plastic pollution and providing ocean plastic solutions.
Australia’s fourteen year old Sydney Steenland is seeing the world through her family’s Sea Monkey Project. The family lives on a boat. Her passion is to do what she can to prevent more death and destruction. At only 14 she is finding ocean plastic solutions.
Carlos, Sydney’s dad says, “Our ocean life and other wildlife do not have a choice. They are just stuck with it.” He is an inventor and builder.
Sarah, Sydney’s mom, is a cartoon artist. She creates visual education materials. Indi is 11 years old and sorts plastics for shredding He knows all seven categories of plastic.
Listen to Sydney, Carlos, Sarah, and Indi share their ocean plastic pollution solutions.

Oceanographer wins BIG money in rainfall forecasting contest.

By Catherine | 09/09/2019 |

Ray Schmitt’s rainfall prediction model was accurate in forecasting the drought that led to southern California wildfires last year. He and his two sons entered a forecasting contest hosted by the US Bureau of Reclamation and the Team Salient won! Ray would like to see his model serve the world in predicting droughts and floods before they happen.
Ray also says that knowing the future availability of water is vital for famers and food security. His research demonstrates the central role of the ocean in the climate system and how essential it is to continue with research and share with government so policies may be legislated.

Weather Flight Delays. Opportunity or Annoyance?

By Catherine | 09/02/2019 |

Weather flight delays. Opportunity or annoyance? Fog rolls in and closes the Kodiak, Alaska runway. Stranded commercial airline pilots Doug and Dave share their perspectives. You can’t build your life on past successes. Tomorrow hasn’t yet come. Documentary filmmaker Sarah Lanier joins the conversation sharing a foggy experience.

Tundra Tours – Step outside!! Explore Norway.

By Catherine | 08/26/2019 |

“You don’t need to be a full-time adventurer to have a nice experience in the woods. Step outside and see what opportunities are around you.” -Espen Lysø
Experience Norway’s outdoors during this podcast. It features Espen and Kine of Norway along with their tour guide, Bernie of Tundra Tours.
Bernie, once on a mission to enjoy the outdoors on holiday instead found himself as an appointed guide. A guide for free to English speaking travelers into Norway’s outdoors.
The ‘guiding’ experience which was fulfilling left Bernie with only one option. Become one. So he did. Bernie IS Norway’s Tundra Tours.
Join them on their journey into Norway’s outdoors as they canoe down a river, sleep in tree tents and hang out with mosquitoes. Just listen and have fun!!

Shoes for the Masses – Darryl Carnley, My 360 Project

By Catherine | 08/19/2019 |

There are 300 million children in the world who do not have shoes.. The My 360 Project is changing that through innovation. As far as the shoes go, this non-profit organization does not want to buy the shoes. They want to teach locals around the world how to become sustainable with their own cobbler business. Experts teach people how to build the shoe and then they build them for the My 360 Project. Volunteers deliver the shoes to poor communities around the world. Through community, a seed of hope is planted into the lives of others. This non-profit is about sustainability, community, and economy. With Darryl Carnly, CEO, My 360 Project.

NASA – OMG!! Ice Mission with Josh Willis AKA Climate Elvis

By Catherine | 08/12/2019 |

NASA is in Greenland!!  Josh Willis, Principal Investigator with NASA explores ice melt and warming oceans by day.  His NASA mission is to study where the oceans meet the ice.  OMG!!  Oceans Melting Greenland is his day expedition.  At night he journeys into the nightlife of theater to share the research using comedy and song.  What kinds of songs you ask?  Elvis songs.  Josh Willis IS Climate Elvis by night.  He rocks and rolls to Climate Rock!

Camper Van Life with Minimalist Richard East, AKA, Van Cat Meow

By Catherine | 08/06/2019 |

“I didn’t know where I fit in the world.” Richard East, also known as Van Cat Meow, is a nomad, a minimalist from Tasmania, traveling around Australia in a camper van with his cat, Willow. Exploration and adventure — the kinds of things we lose sight of as we’re thrown into adulthood.

Storytelling. An art of imagination!!

By Catherine | 08/05/2019 |

Through the use of words and movement, Elaine Muray immerses the audience in a unique and intense performance of narrative communications. Elaine recalls the times in her life that she encountered different characters coming into her father’s barber shop. She listened to their stories and then began developing her own characters based on those experiences. She has inspired people of all generations with a storytelling experience.

Human Rights? What is our global obligation?

By Catherine | 07/29/2019 |

Human Rights. What is our global obligation?
My experiences have left me with questions. Whom do we honor and whom do we fight for as a global society?
I did not wake any Saturday or Sunday except to FUNERAL BELLS.
WHERE DO WE BEGIN?
I grew up fairly sheltered and sort of privileged and hadn’t actually confronted death. How do I grapple with my reality when I am witness to some very harsh realities?
Somehow I have to honor the histories that I have become WITNESS to.

Fix YOUR Sentimental Treasures. Visit a Repair Cafe

By Catherine | 07/22/2019 |

We all have sentimental treasures around our home. Some are broken sitting in a drawer. Ah heck, some items are just practical but when they break, our throw-away society is to trash and replace them. Don’t toss it, repair it!! Patrons of North Balwyn’s Repair Cafe in Australia share their thoughts on why they are utilizing Repair Cafe. You will be pleasantly amused with some of the items being repaired and mended.