Blue Frontier

On today’s show we speak with Rep. Jared Huffman (D – CA) whose congressional district runs up California’s coast from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. A long time ocean champion he talks about laws he’s helped pass to protect salmon and kelp forests, the removal of dams on the Klamath river and […]

On today’s show David speaks with Rob Moir, sailor, scientist and founder of the Cambridge Massachusetts based Ocean River Institute.  Rob talks about his experiences as a sailor, his first encounter with a right whale and how it changed his life, and the work and meaning of Ocean River.  We discuss ocean planning, the fate […]

Today we’re talking with Chad Nelsen, CEO of the Surfrider Foundation.  Raised by the beach in southern California, Chad was a lifeguard and student of coastal science before connecting with Surfrider, the grassroots organization committed to protecting the world’s ocean, waves and beaches.  With more than 50,000 members including surfers and other ocean lovers and […]

Today we’re talking with Natasha Benjamin: Filmmaker, marine scientist, diver, surfer, Communications Director for Marine Applied Research & Exploration, and, oh yes, Associate Director at Blue Frontier.  Natasha is now working on a documentary film project – Sequoias of the Sea –  covering the collapse of 95% of northern California’s Kelp Forest and its impact […]

Join us as we talk with Greenpeace Ocean Campaign Director JohnHocevar. John, who has piloted small submarines in the Arctic andAntarctic, talks about the new and historic High Seas Treaty thatsome 190 nations agreed to in March.It represents a 20-year battle to protect two thirds of the ocean orbasically half the planet by allowing for […]