Sunday Speaker Series
May 8: How Sea Shepherd Protects Marine Wildlife Worldwide
Nearly three-quarters of the planet’s surface is water. Without clean water and healthy aquatic biodiversity, the human species would have a short, dry, and worrisome future.
Since 1977, Sea Shepherd has used innovative direct-action tactics to defend, conserve, and protect the delicately balanced biodiversity of our seas and to enforce international conservation laws.
Tamara, a media and communications specialist, transitioned into environmental conservation after a lengthy career in healthcare and academia. She has been involved at the frontlines in several Sea Shepherd campaigns. She also is featured in the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy.
In Mexico, Tamara stood shoulder-to-shoulder with courageous and passionate activists to protect the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise. She also supported the scientific efforts of conservation researchers in the Revillagigedo Archipelago and the Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve.
- Amplifying the voices of Canada's First Nations in their fight to protect wild salmon and coastal ecosystems from the devastating ecological impacts of salmon farming
- Documenting and supporting Sea Shepherd’s response to climate crises in the Caribbean, bringing aid and supplies to hurricane survivors
- Monitoring critical nesting beaches for endangered sea turtles in Costa Rica, ensuring the safety of the mother turtles, hatchlings, and eggs
- Witnessing the bloody massacre of migrating pods of dolphins in Japan's notorious Taiji cove, an annual hunt fueled both by profit and the social and environmental consequences of overfishing.
Tamara’s presentation is another in a series of family-friendly nature and environmental stewardship talks sponsored by the Woods & Wetlands Group. The programs are held at 7 p.m. on the second Sunday of every month. Programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required to get the login instructions.