The world’s oceans are suffering from pollution by everything from plastics to dangerous chemicals and oil spills, and to industrial overfishing. Fish populations are being depleted almost to extinction. Plastics and their progeny, microplastics, are in the ocean water and in seafood, but also in us humans, in our blood, our lungs, even our brains.
It’s not a pretty picture, but there are people working for change. One of those people is my guest in this edition of Mothering Earth. She is Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Director of the Turtle Island Restoration Network.
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Joanie Steinhaus is the Ocean Program Director for Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN).
Joanie has worked at informal education/environmental sites including the Houston Zoo, the Lower Colorado River Authority and Turtle Island. She has extensive experience in the education of youth and adults about stewardship and conservation of our natural resources.
Joanie has worked with a variety of organizations, both locally and state-wide, to advance conservation and sustainability issues. Her diverse knowledge and passion about the environment in the Texas area has shown in her outreach work to local politicians, community groups, homeowner associations and the general public to help them understand the value of protecting the local flora and fauna.
Joanie currently serves as a Sanctuary Advisory Member for the Flower Gardens Bank National Marine Sanctuary in a Conservation Seat
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