Podcasts about tangaroa blue

This week we head to the remote beaches of the Great Barrier Reef—where plastic pollution is piling up faster than we can clean it. But is picking up rubbish really the solution? Or just the beginning?Join us as we play trash detective with marine debris expert Heidi Tait, founder of Tangaroa Blue and the Australian Marine Debris Initiative. From her early days as a dive instructor to shaping global plastic policies, Heidi shares her extraordinary story—and the innovative ways she's turning data into action.Discover where this plastic really comes from, why even the most isolated coastlines aren't safe, and how you can be part of the movement to stop pollution before it hits the beach.Plus, hosts Tanya Murphy and Brett Goodban break down what the latest Federal Election means for the future of the Great Barrier Reef.Support the show Got questions? Text us on 0437 835 937 or email info@wordonthereef.org Sign the Petition, asking the Australian Government for stronger policies to protect the Great Barrier Reef. Support Word on the Reef on Patreon Follow @WordOnTheReefPodcast on Instagram If you'd like to ask a question, be a guest on the podcast or suggest a topic, contact: info@wordonthereef.org

Heidi Tait is the founder and Managing Director of Tangaroa Blue, a not for profit organisation focused on removing and preventing marine debris. In this podcast, Heidi talks about the problem of litter in our oceans and the importance of going beyond beach clean ups to tackle debris at its source.  

Our Coastal Paleontologist Ben Francischelli talks sperm whales – from the ancient to the modern; We catch up with Heidi Tait from Tangaroa Blue, who has exciting news to share about their brand new Rig Recycle program; Spike the dog surfing champion has just returned from the Noosa Festival of Surfing, Spike and Rob Lorenzon are back to tell us all about the event, and their upcoming sequel to ‘Spike Surfs' - ‘Spike Dives'. With presenters Bron Burton and Fam Charko.Program Page:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/radio-marinaraFacebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064257776864

Heidi Tait has always been an avid lover of nature and the outdoors, so when she was working as a scuba instructor and started finding rubbish everywhere, her only option was to act. In 2004 Heidi founded Tangaroa Blue Foundation (TBF) as a way of addressing the ever-increasing threat of marine debris in our oceans. Through the TBF Heidi introduced the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI), which is a growing network of communities, schools, industries, government agencies and individuals focused on reducing the amount of marine debris washing into our oceans. Heidi was named one of the “18 Most Influential Women in Ocean Conservation” in the July 2018 edition of Ocean Geographic and has been featured in multiple interviews as one of Australia's foremost Ocean Innovators. In this compelling conversation, Rich and Heidi cover many important topics, starting with the big picture of why there is so much marine debris and where it is all coming from. They then focus on solutions – specifically how Heidi and her partners are utilizing their network and data system to not only remove garbage from the ocean, but also to stop it at the source. Additionally they cover many other subjects from recycling to cigarette butts to her connection to Jack Johnson. Heidi is a true ocean hero out there every day working to protect the ocean we all love so much! Tangaroa Blue Website: tangaroablue.org Heidi Tait LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/heidi-tait Tangaroa Blue on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TangaroaBlue Tangaroa Blue on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tangaroablue/ #tangaroablue: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tangaroablue/ Tangaroa Blue Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXY1VwEKxlV5wpltnydnjQ/videos Tangaroa Blue on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tangaroa.blue Tribute to Heidi: https://www.tangaroablue.org/a-tribute-to-heidi-and-all-of-you/ Ocean Innovators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln9iosw_mVs Operation CleanSweep : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-TUG6L_VQ Big Beach Cleanup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-TUG6L_VQ Ocean Decade Conference: https://www.oceandecade-conference.com/en/heidi-tait.html AMDI App: https://www.tangaroablue.org/resources/clean-up-data-collection/amdi-app/ Life a Beach: https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/lifes-beach-finding-trends-marine-debris-across-australia Charity Register: https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/63ddb3da-38af-e811-a962-000d3ad24a0d/profile Donate to Tangaroa Blue: https://www.tangaroablue.org/about-us/donate/   “If all we do is clean up, that's all we'll ever do.”  - Heidi Tait.   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: guest@ourepicocean.com or email the Executive Producer here: Steve@project-o.org

Jess is a teacher with a passion for the environment, she has been involved in coral watch surveys, studied marine science, worked as a dive instructor and now has a plan to travel Australia and teach people about the environment along the way. Dialling in from sunny Mackay, Queensland, where her little crew (husband and two dogs) live and explore the area whenever they can. We chat about studying and living the life of a volunteer in a marine science world, then over in Spain where she researched seahorses and if they were being affected by the tourism industry. Her love for the underwater world (in particular the reef off Byron Bay) led to becoming a dive instructor. Have you ever wanted to learn how to survey coral and help researchers combat bleaching events? Jess gives me the rundown on how that's possible! Coral Watch and Tangaroa Blue are two examples of organisations where you can become a citizen scientist and collect data for them, then input it into a system. This is such an important thing, because we need research to put measures into place to save the environment. Jess has always had a love for conservation, but admits that being physically involved in it all has helped keep the drive alive and she is so keen to get others involved. Stay tuned for what Jess and Colby get up to, they might be in a town near you! Her take home message “Anyone can make a difference. Educate yourself, talk to others and learn from them. Everyone can make a change! Get out there, see the world and leave it in a better place than you found it” Find them here for their travel adventures: https://www.instagram.com/markingoffthemap/ Follow the Bush to Beach Education project here: https://www.instagram.com/bushtobeacheducation/ Join the Chasin Crew Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/490591758865920 Send me a DM on Instagram of what you thought of the show: https://www.instagram.com/leishpetrie/

Jess is a teacher with a passion for the environment, she has been involved in coral watch surveys, studied marine science, worked as a dive instructor and now has a plan to travel Australia and teach people about the environment along the way. Dialling in from sunny Mackay, Queensland, where her little crew (husband and two dogs) live and explore the area whenever they can. We chat about studying and living the life of a volunteer in a marine science world, then over in Spain where she researched seahorses and if they were being affected by the tourism industry. Her love for the underwater world (in particular the reef off Byron Bay) led to becoming a dive instructor. Have you ever wanted to learn how to survey coral and help researchers combat bleaching events? Jess gives me the rundown on how that's possible! Coral Watch and Tangaroa Blue are two examples of organisations where you can become a citizen scientist and collect data for them, then input it into a system. This is such an important thing, because we need research to put measures into place to save the environment. Jess has always had a love for conservation, but admits that being physically involved in it all has helped keep the drive alive and she is so keen to get others involved. Stay tuned for what Jess and Colby get up to, they might be in a town near you! Her take home message “Anyone can make a difference. Educate yourself, talk to others and learn from them. Everyone can make a change! Get out there, see the world and leave it in a better place than you found it” Find them here for their travel adventures: https://www.instagram.com/markingoffthemap/ Follow the Bush to Beach Education project here: https://www.instagram.com/bushtobeacheducation/ Join the Chasin Crew Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/490591758865920 Send me a DM on Instagram of what you thought of the show: https://www.instagram.com/leishpetrie/

National environmental organisation, Tangaroa Blue Foundation, is calling on citizen scientists, schools, community groups, corporate groups, families and all ocean lovers to register for the 2021 WA Beach Clean-Up event during 15-18th October, Tod Johnston catches up with Tangarao Blue Foundation's WA Coordinator Casey Woodward.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 74 of The C-Word, we chat with Daisy Kermode and Lukas Grone from Coastal Clean-Up Crew.  What started off as a group of friends wanting to clean beaches has now grown to a well-known (and still growing!) group of volunteers along the Perth Coast spreading the awareness and desire for a better future. Doing their best for fortnightly clean ups in random locations around Perth, CCC cleans the beaches, collects data for organisations like Tangaroa Blue and also provide education on waste during the clean ups, helping the local population understand what is ending up in their environment. Young ordinary people making small change to conscious waste management. It was founded by Daisy Kermode, a graduate in Marine Science and Conservation and joining her on the podcast is Lukas Grone, an undergraduate in Psych with a passion for the human consciousness, he has been a part of the CCC family for over two years. This episode is sponsored by Filament Coffee and Happiness Co.

First cast on The Big Fish is with freshwater fisheries scientist Stuart Rowland who has written the book "The Codfather", a definitive account of the rise, fall and rise again of the mighty Murray Cod in NSW. In this chapter we meet some great fishing characters from the book, including a tough old commercial fisherman from Narrandera on the Murrumbidgee who hated NSW fisheries!

First cast on The Big Fish is with freshwater fisheries scientist Stuart Rowland who has written the book "The Codfather", a definitive account of the rise, fall and rise again of the mighty Murray Cod in NSW. In this chapter we meet some great fishing characters from the book, including a tough old commercial fisherman from Narrandera on the Murrumbidgee who hated NSW fisheries!

First cast on The Big Fish is with freshwater fisheries scientist Stuart Rowland who has written the book "The Codfather", a definitive account of the rise, fall and rise again of the mighty Murray Cod in NSW. In this chapter we meet some great fishing characters from the book, including a tough old commercial fisherman from Narrandera on the Murrumbidgee who hated NSW fisheries!

In this episode of Plastics Revolution, host Tammy Ven Dange chats with Heidi Taylor of Tangaroa Blue, a charity that focusses on cleaning up ocean waste and capturing the related data. Since 2004, Tangaroa Blue have captured nearly 16 million data points. And with that information, they have been able to provide the evidence that’s often required to drive changes for legislation, as well as business practices - all to reduce the waste that they are finding on beaches around Australia.  I hope you enjoy this episode of Plastics Revolution with Heidi Taylor of Tangaroa Blue. You can read the full transcript of this episode on Tammy’s blog. Companies, Organisations and Products Mentioned in this Podcast: Tangaroa Blue Credits Hosted by Tammy Ven Dange Produced by Jonny Puskas Theme Music by Joseph McDade All Rights Reserved 2020

Climactic guest and friend of the show Damien Cole has been injured in a surfing accident in Bali. Find his GoFundMe page here if you're able to help out. He's recovering well and in hospital, but did not have insurance on this trip. Damien has been an inspiration to us and many others, and it's a pleasure to be able to help him now. We also re-release our episode with Heidi Taylor, founder of Tangaroa Blue, the marine debris organisation that's not only cleaning beaches, but changing how products are made, and eliminating waste at the source. We've got big things coming in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. And thanks for joining us. Special Guests: Damien Cole and Heidi Taylor. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Climactic guest and friend of the show Damien Cole has been injured in a surfing accident in Bali. Hear an interview with him from just before he went on holiday. And, we re-release our interview with Heidi Taylor of Tangaroa Blue.

Climactic guest and friend of the show Damien Cole has been injured in a surfing accident in Bali. Find his GoFundMe page here if you're able to help out. He's recovering well and in hospital, but did not have insurance on this trip. Damien has been an inspiration to us and many others, and it's a pleasure to be able to help him now. We also re-release our episode with Heidi Taylor, founder of Tangaroa Blue, the marine debris organisation that's not only cleaning beaches, but changing how products are made, and eliminating waste at the source. We've got big things coming in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. And thanks for joining us. Special Guests: Damien Cole and Heidi Taylor. Support Climactic Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Climactic guest and friend of the show Damien Cole has been injured in a surfing accident in Bali. Find his GoFundMe page here if you're able to help out. He's recovering well and in hospital, but did not have insurance on this trip. Damien has been an inspiration to us and many others, and it's a pleasure to be able to help him now. We also re-release our episode with Heidi Taylor, founder of Tangaroa Blue, the marine debris organisation that's not only cleaning beaches, but changing how products are made, and eliminating waste at the source. We've got big things coming in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. And thanks for joining us. Special Guests: Damien Cole and Heidi Taylor.Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tangaroa Blue is a not for profit organisation involved in the cleanup and cataloguing of plastic debris from our coastlines, as well as educational campaigns regarding plastic waste management and minimisation. In this episode Tangaroa Blue Managing Director Heidi Taylor describes the scale of the problem, the impacts on our environment and the activities undertaken by her organisation to address the issues. Central to the strategy is Heidi's philosophy of recording the waste collected and where possible identifying the sources so that we can better target our management strategies to the sources.

On today's show, we were lucky enough to be joined by Heidi Taylor, Founder and CEO of Tangaroa Blue Foundation.  Heidi has been on the show several time chatting to us about marine debris and the Australian Marine Debris Initiative.  If you haven't had the chance to listened to Heidi before, she gave us a bit of background into Tangaroa Blue Foundation and the work they have been doing over the last 12 years.  Exciting news!  Heidi had an incredible announcement to make, live on air.  If you want to know more, you'll have to listen to the show...

This weekend people all over regional WA are taking to their shore lines to clean up and collect data for the Tangaroa Blue Marine Debris project. 

This is quite possibly one of the most relatable and urgent episodes of Climactic yet. Heidi Taylor is, to people who know of her, inspirational, almost to the point of folk hero status. But when Heidi sits down with Mark, she shows she's much more than an inspiring figure, she's a living, breathing, inspiring human. Heidi founded Tangaroa Blue because of personal concern for the seas, where she practised her career as a dive instructor. But she's a powerful example of how to take a personal passion and create a structure for change, through clear thinking, pragmatism, and most importantly, data. Credits:Caleb Fidecaro — ProducerRich Bowden — Co-FounderMark Spencer — Co-FounderAbigail Hawkins — DesignerGreg Grassi — Composer Special Guest: Heidi Taylor. Support Climactic Links: Operation Clean Sweep Australia - YouTube — Operation Clean Sweep is a program developed by the plastics industry to prevent plastic resin pellet loss into the environment. What does marine debris mean for our oceans? - YouTube — Tangaroa Blue Foundation highlights the marine debris and ocean pollution issue in our oceans - can you be part of the solution? Tangaroa Blue - Facebook Tangaroa Blue (@tangaroablue) - Instagram Tangaroa Blue Foundation Database - Tangaroa Blue Foundation — The Australian Marine Debris Database was created to enable volunteers and organisations who were running beach clean up events to also collect data on what they were finding with a consistent methodology so it could be collated into a standardised national database on marine debris. See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is quite possibly one of the most relatable and urgent episodes of Climactic yet. Heidi Taylor is, to people who know of her, inspirational, almost to the point of folk hero status. But when Heidi sits down with Mark, she shows she's much more than an inspiring figure, she's a living, breathing, inspiring human. Heidi founded Tangaroa Blue because of personal concern for the seas, where she practised her career as a dive instructor. But she's a powerful example of how to take a personal passion and create a structure for change, through clear thinking, pragmatism, and most importantly, data. Credits: Caleb Fidecaro — Producer Rich Bowden — Co-Founder Mark Spencer — Co-Founder Abigail Hawkins — Designer Greg Grassi — Composer Special Guest: Heidi Taylor. Support Climactic Links: Operation Clean Sweep Australia - YouTube — Operation Clean Sweep is a program developed by the plastics industry to prevent plastic resin pellet loss into the environment. What does marine debris mean for our oceans? - YouTube — Tangaroa Blue Foundation highlights the marine debris and ocean pollution issue in our oceans - can you be part of the solution? Tangaroa Blue - Facebook Tangaroa Blue (@tangaroablue) - Instagram Tangaroa Blue Foundation Database - Tangaroa Blue Foundation — The Australian Marine Debris Database was created to enable volunteers and organisations who were running beach clean up events to also collect data on what they were finding with a consistent methodology so it could be collated into a standardised national database on marine debris. Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Heidi Taylor, founder and director of Tangaroa Blue, one of Australia's leading marine debris and ocean plastic clean-up and source reduction campaign groups, sits down for interview with Mark. Hear the story of the founding of the group, how to get industry to implement sustainable changes, and why marine debris is so important to Heidi.

This is quite possibly one of the most relatable and urgent episodes of Climactic yet. Heidi Taylor is, to people who know of her, inspirational, almost to the point of folk hero status. But when Heidi sits down with Mark, she shows she's much more than an inspiring figure, she's a living, breathing, inspiring human. Heidi founded Tangaroa Blue because of personal concern for the seas, where she practised her career as a dive instructor. But she's a powerful example of how to take a personal passion and create a structure for change, through clear thinking, pragmatism, and most importantly, data. Credits:Caleb Fidecaro — ProducerRich Bowden — Co-FounderMark Spencer — Co-FounderAbigail Hawkins — DesignerGreg Grassi — ComposerSpecial Guest: Heidi Taylor.Support ClimacticLinks: Operation Clean Sweep Australia - YouTube — Operation Clean Sweep is a program developed by the plastics industry to prevent plastic resin pellet loss into the environment. What does marine debris mean for our oceans? - YouTube — Tangaroa Blue Foundation highlights the marine debris and ocean pollution issue in our oceans - can you be part of the solution? Tangaroa Blue - Facebook Tangaroa Blue (@tangaroablue) - Instagram Tangaroa Blue Foundation Database - Tangaroa Blue Foundation — The Australian Marine Debris Database was created to enable volunteers and organisations who were running beach clean up events to also collect data on what they were finding with a consistent methodology so it could be collated into a standardised national database on marine debris. See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tangaroa Blue are coming to Melbourne! Over the next week they'll be running a series of workshops on litter reduction initiatives. Director Heidi Taylor joins Bron and Dr Beach to talk about what Tangaroa Blue is all about, the Australian Marine Debris Initiative, this week's workshops and how you can get amongst it, and Tangaroa Blue's brand spanking new data collection app. Then Deakin Uni Law/Science students Ram and Louis bring the latest on some dredging legislation to be put to State Parliament. Plus the latest in wet 'n salty science, and news - thing are ramping up at the International Whaling Commission, Adani's getting prosecuted - it's all happening folks! 4

We hate plastic pollution! But this week, we did something about it.Out of the Blue catches up wtih Heidi Taylor from Tangaroa Blue Foundation, about their Litter Source Reduction Plan workshops held in Victoria. Litter SRP workshops help local communities identify and tackle local problem litter items at the source.

Plastic pollution in the Ocean is a worldwide epidemic affecting water quality and the health of Ocean species more than we already know. Over 100,000 marine mammals (whales, dolphins), sea turtles, seabirds and fish are killed each year by marine debris including plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is an Ocean issue that is not debated as other issues are (climate change) as it has been documented by many organizations and advocates who travel out to the Ocean Gyres (5 of them) to witness, take photographs and video the evidence of plastic pollution and the ocean; however, plastic pollution is a HUGE issue in the Oceans. Plastics and other marine debris can be found on beaches and coastlines all over the world. They wash up from the ocean after floating around for years and they wash down the watershed from land-based sources eventually landing in the Ocean. In fact, nearly 45% of land-based trash comes from 5 countries in Asia; although, this doesn’t mean that other countries such as the Canada and the US aren’t adding to the plastic pollution problem. If this is such a big problem, then why do more people not know about it? There are many organizations out there such as Plastic Pollution Coalition, 5 Gyres, Environmental Defence Fund, Tangaroa Blue and the Ocean Conservancy that are raising awareness through research and awareness campaigns; however, it still seems that many people do not know of the problem with plastic pollution. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine here in Burlington, Ontario (Canada) tagged me in a Facebook post with a video about the plastic pollution and debris that travels through the storm sewers and into Lake Ontario. It was one storm sewer, but probably a common occurrence with many other sewer outfalls as well. He asked me who people could call and I mentioned that this wasn’t completely a government clean up problem (in Burlington, we have a sophisticated waste management system: compost, recycling and garbage with deleterious substances being thrown out at specific facilities). It’s not a perfect system, but it’s quite good in comparison to other cities around the world. I told my friend that the problem lies mostly with people and the way that we use and dispose of single use products. Plastic bags, plastic utensils, plastic containers, plastic water bottles are all part of the problem. These items are either dropped on the ground (people) or they are end up in the water from landfills (government). It’s a problem that needs to be discussed within every community in every city. Government campaigns to make more people aware of the items that end up in their lake (or water body) and how they can reduce the use of those items coupled with regularly scheduled beach clean ups will help reduce the amount of plastic pollution in the lake and bring the community closer together. I did an interview with Heidi Taylor of Tangaroa Blue, an organization that not only cleans up beaches, but works with industry to find alternative sustainable solutions to common items found in their beach clean ups along the east coast of Australia. Heidi and her organization recruits a team of citizen scientists to work with her team to clean up and enumerate the items found on a beach and use the database to make informed decisions and change policies. There are some great organizations out there raising awareness, cleaning up beaches and working with government and industry partners to help reduce plastic pollution and other marine debris; however, more awareness is necessary. It’s a good thing the Speak Up For Blue team is all about raising awareness and has a growing podcast out to help spread the world. We found the perfect person to interview to help us in our mission. Ocean Conservancy’s Nick Mallos, Director of their Trash Free Seas Alliance program, sat down with me at the International Marine Conservation Congress to answer a few questions about marine debris and how we can reduce/eliminate it. Take a listen to the podcast and let us know what you think in the show notes. Join the Arbonne Blue Team http://www.speakupforblue.com/teamblue Instagram: @speakupforblue SUFB Podcast: http://www.speakupforblue.com/podcast SUFB Website: http://www.speakupforblue.com 10 Ocean Tips to Conserve the Ocean: http://www.speakupforblue.com/wordpress/sufb_optinpdf