End of January Update

Were you aware that the Women Mind the Water Artivist Series podcast was included in the top 15 best environmental podcasts of 2021 by earth.org? Earth.org is a not-for-profit environmental organization based in Asia. It’s a leader in news about natural ecosystems worldwide. In 2021 our guest list had reached expanded to include an international guest list with artivists from across the U.S., Canada, France, England, Mexico, and Indonesia. In February we will talk to guests in Italy, Fiji and the Netherlands. The interview with Noemi Knight highlights her soon to be published book Popoto, a story about the critically endangered Maui dolphins. These are the smallest and rarest of the world’s dolphins. Our conversation with Suzanne Turaganiwai examines the volume and range of marine debris that washes up along Fiji’s coastline. Maria Westerbos speaks specifically about ocean plastic pollution. Maria is founder of the Plastic Soup Foundation, an organization that aims to eliminate plastic from waterways in the Netherlands.

Women Mind the Water continues to expanding its coverage of current and important news on ocean related topics. The latest piece focused on Atlantic puffins, the little sea birds with bright orange feet and colorful bills that has a well-earned nickname clown of the sea. Climate change is having negative impacts that may ultimately undermine their future in the Gulf of Maine. Watch for an article soon on the elusive unicorn of the sea, the narwhal. 

Two new items can be found on the art page. One is an installation featuring a sea turtle. It’s a 3-dimensional expression of my The Last Straw image. The other is Brewmeister – Catalina sea lion. a reference to the toxic wastes dumped in the water’s off Catalina Island, California. It has been implicated in the discovery that one in four California sea lions necropsied at the Marine Mammal Center have cancer. More information can be found in the companion articles: The Mystery of What’s Killing Sea Lions in California and Dumped Decades Ago Now Linked to Historical Rate of Cancer in California Sea Lions. 

You can find us on Facebook, and Instagram.

All the best, Pam