Podcasts about wildcoast

We wrap up a week of craft beer and conservation with Pure Project and Wildcoast with a special beer that will not see public release. Part of Pure Project's Cellar Cyndicate, Vanua Lava is a big barrel aged stout with a heavy dose of coconut and vanilla. With a big flavor and smooth sip this beer is almost liquid desert.

Today we taste The beer that will kick off San Diego Beer Week for Pure Project! Liquid Allusion is a murky IPA brewed in collaboration with Karl Strauss, light bodied, hazy and very drinkable!

Our adventure into the partnership of Pure Project and Wildcoast takes a passionate turn! Where is takes a lot of passion to work and maintain a non-profit, it also takes a lot of passion fruit to make today's beverage...POG Fizz. Not a beer but one of the first Hard Seltzer from Pure Project with a bunch of passion fruit, orange and guava.

Fresh off a medal tour of the Great American Beer Festival, Mount Eden is a Barrel Aged Saison that flaunts the flavors of Kiwi, Quiunce and White pepper with a healthy finishing of Nelson Sauvin Cryo at bottling. The results is a complex balance of kiwi and lemon with subtle oak flavors with a small hint of acidity to finish.

Drinking beer for a cause this week as we prepare for San Diego Beer Week and the recent partnership announcement between Pure Project and Wildcoast! Mat and Anne drop in all week to talk about how their new couwdfunding campaign to build a trash boom in Tijuana's Matadero Canyon. Prepare to learn a lot about what goes on to help keep our water clear and a little as well about the beer it makes with Rain.

Annelise Tappe (RPTA '17), Development & Events Coordinator at WILDCOAST talks with Dr. Brian Greenwood (Cal Poly Experience Industry Management) about her life and career to date.

Jen welcomes Imperial Beach Mayor, Paloma Aguirre. Mayor Aguirre earned a Master of Advanced Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD and spent 10 years working for Wildcoast. She talks about her advocacy in the fight against sewage pollution and towards building a better present and future for Imperial Beach residents. Mayor Aguirre talks about the current environmental issues facing the city and the efforts to upgrade wastewater treatment plants. She also highlights the city's priorities around housing, homelessness, and supporting local businesses.   Timestamps: [2:08] Mayor Aguirre joins the show and shares her career journey to becoming the Mayor of Imperial Beach. [2:19] Mayor Aguirre is the first Latina Mayor of Imperial Beach and the first Latina on the council. [3:04] The sewage crisis in Imperial Beach. [4:06] Why it's important for the replacement of the failing Punta Bandera treatment plant for not only Northern Baja but also for Imperial Beach, Chula Vista, Coronado, and surrounding areas. [7:47] Finding the plant is in a severe state of disrepair and needing to invest even more than the original $300 million into the infrastructure. [8:53] The collaborative and collective effort to upgrade the treatment plants. [11:46] Mayor Aguirre's background in Mexico helps her understand the cultural nuances that exist when working with our counterparts in Mexico. [13:48] What will happen when treatment plants are upgraded and Imperial Beach enjoys tourism opportunities, but also the pressure of gentrification? [16:16] Working to help the unsheltered population. [17:00] The double-edged sword of speaking about Imperial Beach's sewage crisis. [17:55] The need to uplift local businesses. [20:58] Mayor Aguirre looks forward to showing the beauty and diversity of Imperial Beach during the World Design Capital. [22:58] If you haven't been to Imperial Beach in a while, check out the new breweries and beautiful bike paths!   About C-3   Even before the California Coastal Commission or Environmental Protection Agency existed, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C-3) was the environmental conscience of San Diego. Since that time, in part due to C-3's leadership in education, advocacy, and empowerment, a plethora of organizations have developed throughout San Diego County. These organizations specifically focus on promoting progressive values in architecture, urban design, land-use governance, natural resource management, sustainable economic development, climate change resilience, and social justice. As the field of allies has grown, C-3's role has evolved to provide a platform that promotes creating civic community.   Opportunities for Advocacy and Engagement: C3sandiego.org Paloma Aguirre   Quotes: “We're going to do everything in our power to make sure that not just the community of Imperial Beach, but the entire South San Diego community has what everybody else has in this state and nation and takes for granted. That is clean air, clean water, and a clean environment.” — Mayor Aguirre [10:46] “Having been raised during my formative years in Mexico, I understand the cultural nuances when working with our counterparts in Mexico.” — Mayor Aguirre [11:04] “I think it's incredibly important to make sure that we attract new businesses, new developers, new investments, but also that we keep people housed here in Imperial Beach.” — Mayor Aguirre [14:23] “We need to make sure that we uplift our local mom-and-pop shops and small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy.” — Mayor Aguirre [17:55] “We are such a unique city. We are culturally diverse and sorry to the rest of the cities, but one of the most beautiful regions rich in natural resources.” — Mayor Aguirre [20:58] “IB is awesome.” — Mayor Aguirre [22:37]

This episode features Serge Dedina, the executive director and co-founder of WILDCOAST, an international conservation team. Not only did Serge serve as the mayor of Imperial Beach from 2014 to 2022, but he also chaired the SANDAG borders committee for six years, demonstrating his commitment to cross-border collaboration. With a focus on transboundary planning and conservation, Serge has been a key player in addressing the cross-border sewage pollution crisis in the San Diego-Tijuana region. In the conversation, Serge shares insights into the crucial role of cross-border collaboration in addressing sea-level change and the importance of getting involved and making a difference at the local level.   Timestamps: [2:01] WILDCOAST is an international conservation team that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses natural climate change through natural solutions. [2:10] Serge's journey of co-founding WILDCOAST and his history of serving as the Mayor of Imperial Beach from 2014 to 2022. [2:47] What does Serge hope to achieve in the role as Chair for C-3's Knowledge Action Network, and what hopes does he have for future civic awareness of our border region? [6:20] The border region can serve as a laboratory to get things done because there are no rules and we can take action and make up the rules to serve our community best as we go. [6:20] Serge discusses shifting the conversation away from thought partners to action partners and the punk rock DIY philosophy that helped him transform the city of Imperial Beach. [9:19] Serge talks about serving on the board of SANDAG and how cross-border collaboration has evolved on a government level. [11:22] By working with the media to communicate issues, problems, challenges, and needs, Serge has caught the attention of CNN and many other national and international media organizations. [13:43] How can we do better in solving the Tijuana sewage crisis and improving our water quality? [14:15] What would solving this issue mean for our South Bay communities and our neighbors in Tijuana? [19:31] The impact of our sea levels rising and holding the fossil fuel companies accountable. [29:05] The importance of taking positive actions at the micro level. [29:39] Instead of just tweeting and talking about things on social media, get off your device and get involved. Get active.   About C-3   Even before the California Coastal Commission or Environmental Protection Agency existed, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C-3) was the environmental conscience of San Diego. Since that time, in part due to C-3's leadership in education, advocacy, and empowerment, a plethora of organizations have developed throughout San Diego County. These organizations specifically focus on promoting progressive values in architecture, urban design, land-use governance, natural resource management, sustainable economic development, climate change resilience, and social justice. As the field of allies has grown, C-3's role has evolved to provide a platform that promotes creating civic community.   Opportunities for Advocacy and Engagement: C3sandiego.org WILDCOAST Serge Dedina    

Serge Dedina, Ph.D.., former Mayor of Imperial Beach and the Executive Director of WILDCOAST, a local non-profit (Del Mar) that works to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change through natural solutions. WILDCOAST produced 2 shorts in partnership with SeaTrees (another local non-profit based in Encinitas) that will be shown on Friday at La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas. Leah Hays is the Project Manager at SeaTrees. Leah will also be on the IMPACT PANEL - Friday, June 9th, 4:00pm (Guggenheim Theater) ABOUT THE PANEL: On March 5, 2023, the United Nations reached a historic agreement to protect marine biodiversity on the high seas, which encompass nearly half of the Earth's surface area.

In this episode of the Knowledge to Action series, host Jen Whitelaw welcomes Angela Kemsley and Mary Liesegang of WILDCOAST. Along with their international team, Angela and Mary are working to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. They speak with Jen about WILDCOAST's mission to establish and manage marine protected areas, restore blue carbon ecosystems, and engage communities in the stewardship of healthy, thriving oceans, coastlines, and wildlife. They explain what blue carbon is and why it's important, what WILDCOAST is doing to address marine debris, including a few interesting partnerships, and the many ways the community can get involved with their restoration and advocacy initiatives.   Timestamps: [1:53] WILDCOAST is an international team that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change through natural solutions. They work to establish and manage marine protected areas and restore blue carbon ecosystems. [2:39] What exactly is the role of a social ecologist? Angela talks about the mission to involve local communities and get them to help take ownership of their projects, which brings a feeling of deep engagement. [3:13] What is blue carbon? [5:07] What WILDCOAST is doing to actively restore 42 acres of wetlands in San Diego County. [6:01] WILDCOAST focuses on engaging the community as stakeholders, and provides them education on the importance of blue carbon, along with focusing their efforts primarily on riparian habitat, which is the transition zone in between the wetland and the chaparral. [7:54] Blue carbon is a new field, but one that is growing quickly. The lack of standardization makes it challenging for people who aren't necessarily in the field to be able to access the information they want. [10:20] Blue carbon ecosystems meet multiple goals of the Climate Action Plan. They reduce emissions through their natural sequestration, they engage communities through restoration efforts, and they conserve open spaces for residents to be able to enjoy. [11:45] The blue carbon program is truly binational, and the work in San Diego is inspired by work already done in Mexico. [12:28] What is a mangrove, and why are they important? [13:36] Angela talks about a partnership to upcycle old fishing gear from ports in California, and another one with the Tijuana River Estuary. [23:13] WILDCOAST is doing a few things to thwart poachers, and Angela talks about CALTIP, a service to call if you see poaching. [27:55] How can someone get involved at WILDCOAST, and what does volunteering look like?   About C-3 In its 60 years of existence, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C-3) has brought together local thought leaders from planning, design, policy, academia, community development, and more to address our region's distinctive and pressing land use challenges. In founding C-3 almost 60 years ago, architect Lloyd Ruocco's vision was to bring together our region's most creative minds from the arts, sciences, academia, and government to share ideas, learn new perspectives, and build fellowship around the idea of creating livable communities.   Opportunities for Advocacy and Engagement: C3sandiego.org Wildcoast Scripps Institution of Oceanography Coastal Quest MPA Watch CALTIP

In this episode of the Knowledge to Action series, host Jen Whitelaw welcomes Zach Plopper, Senior Environmental Director at the Surfrider Foundation. Zach is a coastal marine conservationist by trade, surfer, and ocean lover at heart. Zach walks us through his career journey in advocacy-driven coastal and marine conservation, including his previous work at WILDCOAST where he helped California significantly strengthen its network of marine protected areas. At C-3, Zach is the Chair of the Coastline & Wetlands Knowledge Action Network, where he combines his experience of working on coastline conservation and interest in urban planning. Zach talks about some of the main sources that contaminate our beaches and what we can do about it, along with how to give our community more access to the beach.   Timestamps: [4:05] What are the most pressing challenges and opportunities that face our region's coastlines now? [6:23] How do we balance the needs of the people of San Diego with the needs and desires of the natural spaces? [11:01] Zach talks about ways to reduce sewage issues and water quality concerns in San Diego beaches, and how the Tijuana River affects our ability to do that. [18:43] Paying attention to our coastal wetlands is the best climate change hack. [22:52] It's really important that we conserve and restore what surrounds our coastal wetlands as well. [23:37] The San Diego Audubon Society has strong advocacy work for the rewilding of Mission Bay. [25:59] Plastic and trash are also big issues that affect our coastlines. [30:04] We're not going to be able to wait when it comes to climate change and sea level rise. Coastal areas around the world are scrambling to try to figure it out really quickly. [36:12] If Zach could go back in time, he would have had our coastal communities built back even a couple of hundred feet from bluff lines and our beaches. [38:15] Go out and enjoy your coastline. Appreciate it for what it is, remember not to take it for granted, and commit to learning about the past and the amazing ecosystem that surrounds it.   About C-3 In its 60 years of existence, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C-3) has brought together local thought leaders from planning, design, policy, academia, community development, and more to address our region's distinctive and pressing land use challenges. In founding C-3 almost 60 years ago, architect Lloyd Ruocco's vision was to bring together our region's most creative minds from the arts, sciences, academia, and government to share ideas, learn new perspectives, and build fellowship around the idea of creating livable communities.   Opportunities for Advocacy and Engagement: C3sandiego.org Surfrider Zach Plopper San Diego Audubon Society

In 2004, Jon Bautista made his mom cry. She spontaneously wept when he told the family he'd enrolled in culinary school. To be fair, in the same breath he also broke the news that he'd dropped out of the undergrad program at SDSU to do so. Parents have news thresholds, and hers was breached. “This was before Top Chef,” he says. “She just said, ‘You're never going to make any money.'” Now, 17 years later, Bautista is chef of one of the city's most raved-about restaurants, Kingfisher, a partnership with the local family who owns the beloved local restaurant, Crab Hut. It's modern Vietnamese. It's also a bit Franco-Californian, because Bautista spent five years as chef de cuisine of George's at the Cove under Trey Foshee. It's a bit Filipino, he says, because he is Filipino. Cooking has never been more borderless. The Golden Hill restaurant is booked months out, with a long waiting list (they do have a few walk-in tables). Their duck—dry-aged in house, lightly smoked, brushed with palm sugar—is the treasure for early-birds. They only sell eight of them a night, and zip they're gone. For this podcast—the first recorded in-person at the San Diego Magazine offices since 2020—Jon brought a beef tartare with toasted quinoa, pickled ramps, crispy shallots, chiles, cured egg yolk, sesame-rice crackers, watercress, lettuces, herbs. The not-secret ingredient—Red Boat No. 5 fish sauce—makes it a killer riff on a classic. And the joy of abundant ingredients is very Vietnamese (think of the pile of greenery you're presented with your pho). “This is everything,” Bautista says of Kingfisher. “I was struggling during the pandemic. For the first time in my adult life I was unemployed. I was drinking too much, I gained weight, I was depressed. And then this happened.” We talk about the long road to here. In “Hot Plates,” we yap about The Friendly's expansion to Pacific Beach, and what that says about America's love affair with little places that could. Herb & Sea is throwing a party for Wildcoast, the San Diego-based group that does great work conserving marine ecosystems, with a five-course “Treasure Fish Feast” featuring lesser known local fish (eating only salmon and halibut and sea bass is not only boring but also creates a pretty unsustainable future). Over in North Park, Bivouac Ciderworks is throwing a four-course dinner to celebrate Women's History Month that pairs Mexican-inspired dishes with special small-batch ciders (Mexican Hot Chocolate Cider, a beer-cider hybrid, etc.). Also, the owners of Tahini are opening up a Middle Eastern-inspired specialty coffee shop called Finjan, and this June the owners of Don Pietro are partnering with Gustavo Rios and Sal Busalacchi (of the Busalacchi Italian restaurant lore) for a two-story, jungle-themed concept in Old Town. For “Two People, Fifty Bucks,” Jon shows the breadth of his food arts by nodding to both Callie and the almighty Filet-O-Fish, David raves about Cafe Madeleine, and I get wistful about my glory days as a struggling writer in Golden Hill and fondly recommend Krakatoa. Thanks for listening, everyone.

On this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham talk to Zach Plopper, new Surfrider Foundation Environmental Director. Zach joins the Surfrider Foundation with more than 13 years of experience in advocacy-driven coastal and marine conservation. Through his previous work at WILDCOAST, he led the creation of the largest private protectorate of coastline in northwest Mexico, helped California to significantly strengthen its network of marine protected areas and advanced blue carbon ecosystem conservation as a nature-based solution to climate change in California and Mexico. Before his career in conservation, Zach was also a sponsored surfer and competed at the professional ranks in the World Surf League's world qualifying series throughout high school and college.

Helloooooooooooo! In this week's episode Jessica and Dana reveal too much about their own appearance, hygiene, and pandemic habits. They aren't proud, just resigned. Corners this week have us in awe of a middle school student who saved two lives in one day, but wondering if it's ethically appropriate to train a murder of crows to clean up after humans. It has also become very clear that Jessica and Dana don't know how to stop talking and end the podcast. Side note, Jessica is obsessed with the movie 'Mrs. Doubtfire'.  'It holds up.' - Jessica Young   Raves: Mothers to Mothers: mothers2mothers (m2m) employs women living with HIV as Community Health Workers called Mentor Mothers. m2m Mentor Mothers work both at health facilities and door-to-door to improve the health of communities across ten African nations. They deliver life-changing services to women, children, adolescents, and entire families. This Model improves health of communities, while delivering meaningful employment for women living with HIV. https://m2m.org/   Wild Coast: Our coastal ecosystems are incredibly efficient at removing harmful amounts of carbon from the atmosphere and can store it for thousands of years, making these areas key in the fight against climate change. “If we are to address climate change, it is imperative that we not only reduce emissions globally. We also have to conserve and restore the natural ecosystems that help us sequester carbon and adapt to climate change. In the case of mangroves, these ecosystems protect shorelines against rising seas levels and dangerous chubasco storm surges as well as sequester carbon,” says Frausto. With the support of SeaTrees, WILDCOAST is working with women in Laguna San Ignacio to plant 40,000 mangroves over 25 acres of tidal zones, creating a habitat suitable for fish, shellfish, wildlife, and adapting to and mitigating climate change. Through legal protection and management, WILDCOAST has helped to conserve 38,336 acres of mangrove forests that store 3.5 million tons of carbon, equivalent to the emissions of 2.8 million cars driven in one year. As Frausto points out, it's a natural solution to tackling climate change — a piece of the puzzle we can all put together now before it's too late. https://wildcoast.org/    

Guest: Justin Bonello | Cook, filmmaker, urban farmer, entrepreneur and Founder and CEO at Neighbourhood Farm Justin Bonello joins John Maytham to discuss the adventure that he invites the Cape Talk audience to embark upon with him up the Wildcoast in January.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our second conversation with Zach Plopper, Associate Director of WILDCOAST.org, we learn about the exciting new trash collection project on the Tijuana River. With funding by the Benioff Ocean Initiative, WILDCOAST has installed a 100-foot-long trash-skimming boom, which has stopped more than 10,000 pounds of plastic and waste destined for the Pacific Ocean. Plopper relates the project's challenges and opportunities, including a plan to repurpose some waste into playground structures and park furniture. His enthusiasm for conservation is infectious and comes through loud and clear. He delivers updates on several WILDCOAST projects, including; the Million Mangrove Mission, a study of coral in Mexico's Pacific Ocean Marine Parks, sea turtle nesting sites in Oaxaca, and protecting 38-miles of the Valle de Los Cirros (Seven-Sisters) region of the Central Baja Coast. Visit WILDCOAST.org here Follow WILDCOAST on Instagram Follow WILDCOAST on Facebook

This week we had the delight to talk to Serge Dedina co-founder and executive director of WildCoast and Matt Costa from SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography.  Serge's many achievements include: Helping stop efforts to build large-scale tourist resorts and marinas in national parks and protected areasLaunching the wildly successful “don't eat sea turtle” campaign Helping develop millions of acres of coastline protected areas in California and MexicoDeveloping a  campaign with reck superstars Linking Park around natural climate solutions...And this is just some. Matt  is a postdoctoral scholar in the SCRIPPS Integrative Oceanography Division where he has been researching :Blue CarbonCoastal EcologyClimate Change Adaptation ConservationMangrove Forests Sediment Biogeochemistry  All this as well as working alongside Serge and Wild Coast on many of their projects. WILDCOAST is an international team working to conserve more than 31.6 million acres of pristine coastlines, mangrove forests, grey whale lagoons, turquoise islands, stunning coral reefs, coastal wetlands and open ocean ecosystems.Their work stretches from the wild coasts of California down to Mexico and more.Link and Info:WILDCOAST COSTA SALVAJESerge Dedina Serge Dedeina's Book Saving The Gray WhaleMatt Costa How to be good Socialwww.howtobegood.com.auInstagramFacebookLinkedInIf you like what we do and want to help us continue, please help us out by donating via Patreon; with two of the membership levels, we will also plant 3 or 5 trees monthly in your name.Email or contact us on:gareth@howtobegood.com.auGareth - LinkedIn - Instagramanca@howtobegood.com.auAnca - LinkedIn - InstagramPLEASE FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE AND GIVE US A REVIEW - ALSO TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE SHOW; THE MORE WE SPREAD THE WORD, THE BETTER FOR US ALL.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/howtobegood)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/howtobegood)

Travel to the Wild Coast, where it really is wild. Find waterfalls dropping directly into the Indian Ocean, ride horses across untouched coastline, discover Coffee Bay, Port St Johns, and the tradition of labola. The Wild Coast in South Africa is one of host Stephen Bailey's favourite destinations. He's been back many times and loves to share his passion and excitement about this unknown corner of Africa.

Blue Carbon habitats can sequester more carbon than the Amazon Forests. Mangroves, Seagrass Meadows, Salt Marshes, and Kelp Forests are all considered Blue Carbon habitats and play a large role in reducing the effects of Climate Change.  Unfortunately, Blue Carbon habitats have been destroyed due to development priorities along the coastline. Restoring the habitats can be expensive, but is considered necessary if we want to significantly reduce Climate Change. WILDCOAST has been working for over 10 years on a Blue Carbon Program that includes a Mangrove restoration initiative, where the staff work in collaboration with local communities along the Pacific Coast in Mexico and Southern California to protect existing Blue Carbon habitats and restore those that were gone.  Join The Virtual Happy Hour to find out how you could get involved in projects such as these on Tuesday, May 25th at 5-6pm PST: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/natural-climate-solutions-virtual-happy-hour-tickets-152932048875?sm_guid=NDAzNDcxfDExMjYzNDcwfC0xfGRvbmF0ZUB3aWxkY29hc3QubmV0fDM1NDA1NDR8fDB8MHw4NDkyNDg4NXw4NjJ8MHwwfHwzODcwMDk1 Find out more about the Project: Blue Carbon Program: https://wildcoast.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WILDCOAST-Blue-Carbon-Program.pdf WILDCOAST: https://wildcoast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20-Years-of-WILDCOAST.pdf WILDCOAST's website: https://wildcoast.org/ Want To Talk Oceans? Join the Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Speak Up For Blue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakupforblue/ Speak Up For Blue Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakUpforBlue

This week, Kate introduces a conversation between C3 Board Director and Government Relations Professional Denise Price and Serge Dedina. Serge is the current mayor of Imperial Beach, California and Executive Director of Wildcoast, a non-profit environmentalist group. The two speak about the sensitive environmental systems that span the U.S.-Mexico Border and connect our two binational neighbors. Serge discusses the significance of binational coordination and cooperation on environmental policy, the biggest challenges we are currently facing, and some possible solutions for a cleaner and healthier environment.   Timestamps: [1:52] Serge Dedina, the Mayor of the City of Imperial Beach, grew up there and spent his childhood helping to preserve the Tijuana Estuary as a National Wildlife Refuge. Serge has worked on water quality issues in the San Diego-Tijuana region since 1980. [2:30] While there are many benefits of shared wildlife, the Tijuana River and Estuary heavily struggles with transborder pollution and waste management. [3:13] Serge is impressed by the leadership both in San Diego and Mexico to double down on cross-border cultural, economic, and climate issues and take them seriously. It is very apparent that something must be done about the raw sewage being dumped into the water. [5:29] It takes a special kind of skill set to work in politics in these binational cities, as every day something has changed and it's a brand new challenge. Leaders must have patience and be able to deal with informality and a lot of gray areas. [8:25] Serge speaks about the daily pollution and waste problem we face at the Tijuana River Valley. It's a big problem, and there is nothing else like it in North America. It's gone on for way too long, and there needs to be a solution. Raw sewage and toxic chemicals can end up polluting the coastline, along with a tsunami of trash. [14:43] One long-term solution may be monetizing the proper removal of sewage and making sure our focus is water reuse. [15:40] When we talk about environmental justice issues, we tend to frame things as problems rather than solutions. Serge speaks about focusing on the solution that brings a liveable, breathable functional place for all citizens at the border, not just the 1%. [17:10] A shared ecosystem would work best for everyone to have clean air and clean water. That should be what every elected official should focus on. Serge points to the urban river parkways that have been doing well in other cities such as Austin, and the possibility that they may work here as well.   About C-3 In its 60 years of existence, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C-3) has brought together local thought leaders from planning, design, policy, academia, community development, and more to address our region's distinctive and pressing land use challenges. In founding C-3 almost 60 years ago, architect Lloyd Ruocco's vision was to bring together our region's most creative minds from the arts, sciences, academia, and government to share ideas, learn new perspectives, and build fellowship around the idea of creating livable communities.   Opportunities for Advocacy and Engagement: C3sandiego.org Mayor Serge Dedina WILDCOAST Tijuana Estuary ODIS

Zócalo and the University of Toronto present The World We Want, an event series exploring our current societal, political, and economic challenges and how we might emerge from the current moment. The series includes “How Do Our Cities Prepare for the Post-Apocalypse?” It’s too late to prevent the apocalypse. Because it’s already here. A virus spreads globally, creating a pandemic, as yet uncontrolled. Climate change accelerates, and hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, and floods grow deadlier. Nuclear weapons and disruptive technologies proliferate, and economic dislocation and record mass migrations destabilize cities. Is it reasonable to expect urban centers, which are particularly threatened by many of these global phenomena, to do much more than mitigate the damage? And if world-altering disasters—from climate change to mass social breakdown—are inevitable, what can we do now to give our densest and most vulnerable communities a better chance of recovering from these apocalypses, and perhaps even thriving again in the centuries to follow? University of Toronto professor and urbanist Richard Florida, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Forensic Architecture Senior Researcher Samaneh Moafi, and Serge Dedina, Mayor of Imperial Beach, CA and Executive Director of WILDCOAST, visit Zócalo to discuss how cities around the world might prepare for the post-apocalypse. This Zócalo/University of Toronto online event was moderated by Somini Sengupta, international climate reporter at the New York Times. Zócalo and the University of Toronto thank the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles for supporting The World We Want. Read more about our panelists here: https://zps.la/3cjL6OA For a full report on the live discussion, check out the Takeaway: https://zps.la/2PJAeUD Visit https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/ to read our articles and learn about upcoming events. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepublicsquare Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepublicsquare/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zocalopublicsquare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/z-calo-public-square

Miguel Ángel de la Cueva is a profoundly thoughtful photographer who focuses on Mexico's natural beauty, wildlife, and remote ranch-dwelling people. National Geographic, Geo magazine, Mexico Desconocido, and environmental organizations like The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Wildcoast, and Niparajá-WWF have published his images. He has photographed two books: Oasis de Piedra, which won a Silver Medal Award at BookExpo America NY 2006 in the Nature Category, and La Giganta y Guadalupe, which advanced the creation of a Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur, México. He is an Associate Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers. “It is in the desert that we can find meaning in the simplest things of life. It is in the desert that we can rediscover our sense of awe. And, it is in the deserts of Baja California Sur that geography and hope become one.” -Miguel Ángel de la Cueva Enjoy the conversation with photographer Miguel Ángel de la Cueva Visit Miguel Ángel de la Cueva's Instagram Visit Miguel Ángel de la Cueva's Facebook Buy his book Oasis in Stone from Sunbelt Publications

30x30 is the environmental initiative that the WSL has been asking you to sign. Former pro surfer and associate director at Wildcoast, Zach Plopper, joins us to demystify the initiative, explain why surfers are angry about it, and simplify how to educate yourself with actually facts (spoiler: don't rely social media). Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zachary Plopper is the Associate Director of WILDCOAST, a 501c3 non-profit organization that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and wildlife in the United States, Cuba and Mexico. An avid surfer since his childhood in Solana Beach, California, Plopper started competing at age twelve and was sponsored by the time he was 13. He competed professionally during high school and won the National Scholastic Surfing Association's collegiate state champion while attending UCSD. A few years later, while in grad school at UCLA, he was surfing Trestles and met Serge Dedina -the Executive Director of WILDCOAST. As they talked and surfed, Dedina suggested that Plopper write his graduate thesis on a new WILDCOAST conservation opportunity in the Valle de los Cirios (Seven-Sisters) region of Baja California. Plopper's 76-page thesis became the guiding document on the project, outlining the region's threats and opportunities, and in 2008 -a full-time job for Plopper. Working with local landowners, Mexico's National Commission for Protected Areas, and international funders, his efforts led to creating the Valle de Los Cirios Pacific Coast protected area, one of the largest private protectorates of coastal land in North America. In this conservation, we cover Plopper's eleven years of conservation work at WILDCOAST and some of the lessons learned from his years of travel in Baja's remotest regions. Visit the WILDCOAST website here. Follow WILDCOAST on Instagram Follow WILDCOAST on Facebook

A blast from the past from Davy Jones Locker (actually David's radio archives) includes a report on coral bleaching in Fiji 20 years ago.  Then don't miss our talk with Serge Dedina, the famed Surfing Mayor of Imperial Beach and Executive Director of WILDCOAST. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org

COMMUNITY ACTION TO PROTECT GRAY WHALE HABITAT ‘Tis the season to talk about…whales! Gray whales migrate between their feeding grounds in the North Pacific and their mating and calving grounds in Baja Mexico. Southbound gray whales pass the coast of California every December and January and Northbound gray whales and their newborn calves pass by in March and April. With us in the studio to provide this afternoon’s traffic report to the southbound gray whales and discuss these charismatic mega-fauna, as environmentalists call big animals like whales, is Mark Palmer, Director of the Wildlife Alive Subproject and Assistant Director of the International Marine Mammal Project at Earth Island Institute and Stan Minasian, Communications Director of the Oceanic Society. Joining us on the phone is Serge Dedina, Executive Director of Wildcoast. The post Terra Verde – December 23, 2005 appeared first on KPFA.