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<v ->Welcome everyone to our National Marine Sanctuaries</v>

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Webinar Series.

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I'm so pleased you're here to join us today.

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Some of you might actually be joining us for the second time

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for today's presentation about Teach the Hope:

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Environmental Education Inspiring Action.

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We did have a little snafu

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the last time we tried to host this webinar,

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but we're pretty confident that we've worked through

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all of those issues.

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So with that, let's go ahead.

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All attendees will be in listen-only mode.

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If you have any questions to ask

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or if you're having technical issues,

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you'll type that into the question box

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in the GoToWebinar control panel.

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We will be giving a presentation.

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There'll be time or Q&amp;A.

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Any questions that we don't get to,

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we hope to respond to within a few days

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following the live presentation.

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And with that, let's go ahead and start with introductions.

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My name is Claire Fackler,

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and I'm with the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

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And I'm your host today and one of the presenters.

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This series we've been doing for 10 years, 2016, we started.

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It's a great way we find to connect with formal

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and informal educators with students

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as well as members of the interested public.

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So we hope that you get great educational

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or scientific information from these sessions

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and ways that we can support ocean literacy

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and climate literacy in America's underwater treasures

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and ocean conservation and all that good stuff.

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So a little bit about the Sanctuary System.

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You're looking at a map of North America here.

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All of those white dots represent

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one of America's ocean or Great Lakes treasures.

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We call them national marine sanctuaries,

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but think about it as like a national park,

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but they're found underwater.

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And so we're protecting these places now and for the future.

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And

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it's over 629,000 square miles of ocean

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and Great Lakes treasures.

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And these areas are set aside for a wide variety of reasons.

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In some cases, it's due to the immense biodiversity.

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In other cases, it's because of the cultural

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or the maritime heritage like shipwrecks

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or cultural artifacts.

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But all in all, these places are set aside

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and they provide shelter for threatened

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and endangered species like this Hawaiian green sea turtle.

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We actually have very strong legislation from Congress

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called the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.

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And we are mandated to conduct education

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and outreach,

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research,

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and monitoring.

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And we do all of this to protect the resources.

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Now, these special ocean and Great Lakes places,

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we're hoping that people start

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to take more advantage of them.

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Since they're like a national park, but underwater,

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we want people to enjoy them.

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They'll learn to respect them and even want to protect them.

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And we call that getting into your sanctuary.

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You can do this in a variety of ways.

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You can do it through activities like kayaking,

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fishing,

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snorkeling,

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scuba diving,

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surfing,

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standup paddle boarding,

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getting on a boat, viewing marine life,

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and maybe even being inspired to become a volunteer.

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So with that introduction,

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I wanna waste no time and introduce our special guests.

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Today we have Patricia Newman,

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who loves nonfiction and nature.

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She combines both passions in her true environmental books

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about scientists who study things like marine plastic,

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changes in our ocean sharks, manta rays, sea otters,

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elephants, rhinos, et cetera.

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Her books explore how we are part of nature

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and how our habits affect plants

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and wildlife on land and in the ocean.

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She has received multiple starred reviews,

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a Sibert Honor from the American Library Association,

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two Green Earth Book Awards from Nature Generation.

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And most of her books have been included

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on the Bank Street College's best books of the year lists.

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So I'll make sure her website is included

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in the follow-up email.

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In the meantime, I will pass it on to Patricia

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to get set up, and I am going to launch a poll.

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<v ->Yeah, we have a lot of things happening here right now.</v>

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Claire is doing a lot of of fiddling around.

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I am going to share my screen.

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Hopefully you will be seeing a poll pop-up shortly.

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So let me know what happens, Claire.

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I see a poll.
<v ->All right, our poll is up.</v>

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So Patricia wants to know,

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are your students or children worried about the environment?

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Go ahead and select one of those responses for us.

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We are close to 75% of our attendees having responded.

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Just so you know, we have just about six...

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Oh no, I think it was about 690 registrants

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for today's webinar.

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So we're so pleased that you're joining us.

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But with that, I'm gonna go ahead,

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close the poll, and share the results.

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Are you able to see the results, Patricia?

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<v ->Yes.</v>

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Yes, so about 75% of you are saying absolutely.

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And about 24, 20, maybe 22.

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This is very small on my screen.

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22% of you are saying not sure.

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That's actually a little lower than most.

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A lot of times when I go to educator conferences,

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we're up in the 80 or 90% range,

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and I think that because we're seeing such high percentages,

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70 to 90%, that's why it's important not to focus

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on the gloom and doom headlines that blanket the media.

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According to a 2023 study,

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negative words in the news increased consumption rates,

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people read them more,

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and positive words actually made people swipe by them

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and not read them at all.

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The media also tends to focus on a more global perspective,

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and this overarching gloomy perspective is overwhelming,

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particularly for kids.

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On top of that, psychological research has shown

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that panic and fear can cause people to disconnect

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from what scares them,

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which would be disastrous for our planet.

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If we constantly focus on the mess, we can't see the hope.

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I first got this idea for Teach the Hope

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at a science teachers conference here in California.

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I'm talking to you from Sacramento today.

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I went to a session where a presenter did a demonstration

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about river pollution.

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She had a bin of clear water

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and she added all sorts of symbolic things

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that represented plastic pollution and fertilizer

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and all kinds of things.

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And we sort of ended up with this murky looking water

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with lots of stuff floating in it.

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And it was depressing to look at.

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One teacher looking at the mess said,

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"But how do we help students figure out

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how to assimilate this or we figure out what to do?"

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And the presenter sort of just shrugged her shoulders.

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She didn't have any idea.

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And me, at the back of the room, I thought about it,

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I raised my hand and I said, "We teach the hope."

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But at that time, I didn't even know what that meant.

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So you know, I'm quickly, while they're asking me questions,

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I'm quickly thinking of things

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that what does teach the hope mean?

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And by the end of the session, people mobbed me.

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So I realized,

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"I needed to think about this a little more seriously."

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That led to an article in School Library Journal

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with blogger, Betsy Bird,

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my fellow co-author was Martha Meyer,

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who is the founder of the Blueberry Awards,

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which is a new award sponsored

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by the Evanston Public Library in Illinois

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for hopeful environmental books.

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I'm looking at environmental ed

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that emphasizes gratitude for nature,

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recognizes hope, and rewards it,

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and empowers rather than paralyzes.

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So what are we gonna talk about today?

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Well, first of all, I'm going to define for you

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what Teach the Hope is.

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I have thought about it.

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Rest assured.

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Also, I'm going to share with you

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a couple of Teach the Hope case studies,

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and then Claire and I are going to share with you

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some lessons that you can bring to your classroom

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or activities that you can do at home with your children

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that will help you lead with hope.

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And then we're going to do some wrap up Q&amp;A

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as Claire suggested.

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In the last two decades or so,

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the number of instructional hours spent

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on environmental education has increased significantly.

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And that's great news.

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All but four states have at least drafted

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environmental literacy plans

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that integrate environmental education into the curriculum

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with both classroom and community-based lessons.

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These plans, quote, "seek to transform children

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into environmentally literate members of society

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who co-exist, a key word,

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who coexist with nature in a sustainable, fair, and just way

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that allows us to meet our present and future needs."

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But while all this is happening,

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we're all experiencing climate related wildfires, floods,

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droughts, melting ice, pestilence,

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ocean acidification, and politics.

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They have put a spotlight on our climate crisis

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like never before.

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The overwhelming nature of these problems

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can leave children and adults feeling hopeless.

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In 2022, a national survey of educators

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conducted by Edge Research

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for the North American Association

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of Environmental Educators

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says that teachers agree changes in our climate

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should absolutely be addressed in school.

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Nearly half of the elementary school teachers

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surveyed report that kids raise the issue of climate

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in the classroom all by themselves, no prompting.

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And the percentages go up as the children get older.

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One thing it might be worth sharing

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with the children in your life is that there is a difference

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between climate and weather.

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Climate and weather both describe phenomena

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in the earth's atmosphere,

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but the basic difference between them is time.

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Weather describes atmospheric conditions

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at a specific point in time.

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It can be measured on a short-term scale,

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hourly, daily, weekly.

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Climate is the average or typical weather

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over a long period of time,

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a few years or more.

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Understanding climate can help us see patterns

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in our weather,

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such as what time of year certain storms pop up,

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or what seasonal changes occur.

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Unlike weather, climate changes slowly over years,

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century, or millennia.

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In my mind, Teach the Hope begins with gratitude.

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And there's a link to an essay I wrote about this.

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A growing body of research tells us

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that we feel better when we're outdoors.

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Connections to nature improve our physical

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and psychological health,

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and define our cultural identities.

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One study out of UC Berkeley defines gratitude

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as recognizing that one has obtained a positive outcome

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and recognizing that there's an external source

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for this positive outcome.

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Sort of combines gratitude and connection all in one.

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With that definition in mind,

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understanding our connection

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to oxygen-making phytoplankton, for instance,

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inspires gratitude for the very air that we breathe.

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Here's an idea for home or for the classroom.

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Encourage kids to be more observant

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about nature in their everyday world.

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Walking down the street, walking around the block,

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on the playground, at a park, on vacation,

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create a gratitude jar

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and have them write what they're grateful for

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on little slips of paper.

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Teachers, this reading some of the slips of paper

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might prompt how you approach

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certain environmental education lessons in your classroom.

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Gratitude is great, but it isn't enough.

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I've spent the last 12 or so years

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visiting classrooms across the US,

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sharing my books and my passion for nature.

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During those visits,

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students have shared their projects with me

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that included endangered species, ocean art,

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school gardens, school-wide composting programs,

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and lunchroom audits for single use plastic.

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These projects warm my heart, and I am so proud of them.

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They're doing such a great job.

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But I often wonder if they know why their efforts matter,

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because oftentimes our environmental lessons

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give short shrift to connection.

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Of course, they get that they're helping nature.

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Kids get that,

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but do they understand why nature is so important

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to them personally?

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That's where connection comes in.

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John Muir once wrote,

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"When we try to pick out anything by itself,

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we find a hitch to everything else in the universe."

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We must show kids that we are inextricably linked to nature.

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Tracing the source of the seafood on our dinner plates

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encourages us to feel grateful and connected

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to the many ocean habitats

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involved in feeding the world.

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A sip of cold water from a mountain stream

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connects us to the life-giving gifts

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that the water cycle showers upon us.

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We can cultivate respect for nature

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by following nature's lead.

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And it's simple.

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It's only this, nothing in nature lives for itself.

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It's so simple, it's elegant.

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The survival of one species

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depends on the survival of all species within the ecosystem.

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Gratitude and conjunction with connection

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is the antidote to hopelessness and the key to empowerment.

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So gratitude and connection

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are definitely two important pieces of Teach the Hope.

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But there's a third equally important piece,

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and that's people.

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To foster hope, when I'm writing books,

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I look for stories about people working

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on behalf of our environment,

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because we humans thrive on story, right?

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For instance, a new approach to conservation

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that gives local Peruvian communities a voice,

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or one woman's mission to protect sharks

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by removing the fishing hooks from their fins, tails, gills,

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and even their mouths.

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A famous cellist who shares the song of the nightingale

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with the world to increase awareness of nature.

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How two dams destroyed the salmon fishery

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on a Pacific Northwest river,

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and how a consortium of people change that.

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Teach the Hope focuses on the good things

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that are happening, that the headlines don't share.

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The people in these stories are the hope,

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and they inspire us to be like them.

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Yes, we teach an appreciation for nature

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and we teach those environmental science concepts

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that all the standards say we have to teach, right?

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How sea otters sit at the top of a trophic cascade

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that protects seagrass and therefore protects us.

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One of the first groups of scientists

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to study the plastic problem in our ocean.

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A deep dive into three ocean regions

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to see how they're connected

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even though they're so different.

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And a group of scientists

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who saved critically endangered forest elephants

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simply by listening.

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With these books, we tell the stories of these people,

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but we also can capture those science concepts,

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ocean acidification, marine debris,

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disruption to food webs, over fishing,

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how sound travels through the forest,

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how scientists are studying endangered species.

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Not only to help students understand how nature works,

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but also to emphasize students' connection

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to each of these concepts.

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And that's not all.

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These books also introduce kids to civic role models

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who are effectively fostering necessary change.

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And according to the research on hope,

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that word effective is key.

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That a whole idea of of being effective is key

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to feeling hopeful.

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With gratitude, connection, and civic role models,

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we can suddenly see the hope beyond the headlines.

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So that brings us to our first case study.

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My favorite definition of hope

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comes from conservationist, David Orr.

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He says, "Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up."

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Boy, can I relate to that.

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And "Giant Rays of Hope" is a perfect example

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of that definition.

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"Giant Rays of Hope" is the story of Kerstin Forsberg,

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who founded an organization called Planeta Oceano

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that takes a new approach to conservation.

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Kerstin's story started in the northernmost corner

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of Peru's coastline.

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With the help of teachers, students, and fishers,

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Kerstin launched projects to educate the community

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about an amazing resource right in their backyards.

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The way she did this is so inspiring

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because she sought the opinions of local fishers

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and educated them about the dangers of overfishing

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by catch and poaching.

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But she did it with their input.

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She involved local schools and teachers,

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and helped them design an ocean education curriculum,

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the first one ever in Peruvian schools.

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When the teachers taught the children,

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the children taught their parents.

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She even involved community businesses.

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They all fell in line behind Kerstin

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to protect their most precious resource, the sea.

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Now, I hope what you're seeing now is a video of manta.

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It might look a little bit of choppy

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because there are a lot of us on this webinar.

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But let's test your knowledge.

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Maybe type something in the chat for me.

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What do you know about giant manta rays?

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Have you ever swam with them?

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Give you a second to compose your thoughts,

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and then I'll start listing

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some of the things that I've got.

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First of all, these are the oceanic manta rays.

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The biggest of the big.

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They measure about 30 feet from wingtip to wingtip.

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And there is a fabulous activity to do with kids.

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Whenever I'm with kids, I drag out my tape measure,

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and we measure 30 feet in whatever room we're in.

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Most of the time, we have to go outside in the hallway.

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I even do this with educators at conferences

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because it's tough to visualize 30 feet

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and tough to visualize an animal that large.

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They weigh about 4,400 pounds.

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They are the smartest fish in the sea

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with the largest brain.

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They reproduce very slowly though,

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which is part of their problem and why they're endangered.

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They only have one to two pups every two to five years.

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Their ventral markings are like our fingerprints.

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They make them unique so you can identify mantis.

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Often their markings form a T on their back,

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the white and the black markings.

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One wing beat can send them 20 miles an hour.

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Their eyes are on the sides of their head

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and their diamond shapes make them ideal for swimming.

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And generally, the females are larger than the males.

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Kerstin wanted to connect the people

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of coastal communities to the sea.

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And now you might not think

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that people who live just a few steps from the ocean

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need to be connected to the sea,

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but Kerstin saw otherwise.

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Plastic trash, polluted water, overfishing,

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whales, turtles, mantas, small sharks

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caught in fishing nets as bycatch.

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But Kerstin didn't teach concepts

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like overfishing in isolation.

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She sent kids into the community,

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these kids with the red circle around them,

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to survey what was happening in the fish market,

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what kinds of fish were being sold, how big were they,

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did they fit within the limits

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that the ministry of the environment had set for fishermen,

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and so on and so forth.

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They gathered all of this data and they tabulated it.

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And then something amazing happened

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while Kerstin was bringing the seed to the community.

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A researcher by the name of Andrea Marshall,

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who I know is the queen of mantas, contacted her.

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Andrea had tagged some manta rays in Ecuador,

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and a tag was pinging in Peru,

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but she couldn't find the manta that it was attached to

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because the tag was pinging on land.

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So Andrea reached out, contacted Kerstin through...

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This is all spelled out in the book,

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but through some convoluted set of machinations,

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they figured out who had the tag,

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why he had it, what happened to the manta.

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It was probably dead.

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But it was the first solid evidence

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that mantas made it to Peruvian waters.

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And Andrea needed that tag.

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Kerstin saw an opportunity here.

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Mantas are swimming off the coast of Peru.

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There's no better way to get people involved in the sea

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than to use mantas as a flagship species.

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She challenged the community to think of mantas,

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not as just the catch of the day,

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but critical to the future of their fishing community.

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They drew manta murals on every available wall.

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They had manta parades.

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They swam with mantas.

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And then Planeta Oceano,

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Kerstin wrote a protection policy for manta rays

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that they sent to the Ministry of Education...

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A Ministry of the Environment, excuse me.

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And it was soundly ignored.

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And then Edgardo came into the picture.

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Edgardo had been fishing since he was 17 years old.

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He and his son and another crew member were out on the water

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at 4:00 AM trying to catch a little shuteye.

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They had a net trolling behind them,

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and all of a sudden, something big swam into that net.

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They had no idea what it was.

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They thought it was a whale.

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The crew member was on the phone

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trying to figure out how much they could get

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for this animal, whatever it was.

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And meanwhile, Edgardo and his son

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were trying to cut the net off the boat,

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but they only had such a small knife

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that they couldn't do it.

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They were afraid that the creature was gonna swamp them.

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As the sun came up, they realized they had a manta ray,

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and it was a giant manta ray.

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It was the biggest they had ever seen.

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They towed it all the way to shore,

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and some guy with a a winch helped them

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hoist it outta the ocean and it hung there.

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And this photo went viral.

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The news went nuts.

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They wanted to vilify Edgardo.

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He started going out of his house only in disguise

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because he was hounded.

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People on the news said they were monsters

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and they were dangerous and they were evil.

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And Kerstin again saw an opportunity.

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She went on the news

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and she said something that everybody took notice of.

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Manta rays are worth more alive than they are dead.

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So she helped work with fishers.

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They developed an app to determine

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where manta rays congregate so the fishers could avoid them

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and save their nets.

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They also developed an ecotourism program

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so they could share their new love of the ocean

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and their newfound knowledge with people who visited Peru.

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And Edgardo said in a quote in the book,

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"Don't wait till you're old like me.

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I was ignorant for 50 years,

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but I was able to learn about and appreciate marine life.

514
00:25:46.260 --> 00:25:48.480
Now I am one of the protectors.

515
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It is the most important thing in my life."

516
00:25:54.210 --> 00:25:58.170
Our second case study is Cristina Zenato,

517
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a Women's Hall of Fame Diver and shark conservationist,

518
00:26:02.190 --> 00:26:04.827
whom I wrote about in "Sharks Unhooked".

519
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The book opens with the following,

520
00:26:08.287 --> 00:26:10.680
"Beyond the rocky beach, the bubbly ripples,

521
00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:14.160
the crashing surf, click, pop, fizz, crackle.

522
00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:17.730
Below the cold clear water swam a young Italian girl

523
00:26:17.730 --> 00:26:19.590
named Christina.

524
00:26:19.590 --> 00:26:20.670
As kids read along,

525
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they find out that Christina had a passion for sharks

526
00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:25.680
that began when she was a kid.

527
00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:27.450
But she never once saw a living shark

528
00:26:27.450 --> 00:26:29.490
until she visited the Bahamas.

529
00:26:29.490 --> 00:26:32.400
There she stayed and became an expert diver,

530
00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:35.700
but she noticed a big problem.

531
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Even sleek, strong, powerful sharks need help.

532
00:26:39.150 --> 00:26:41.910
A hundred million killed by people each year.

533
00:26:41.910 --> 00:26:45.090
Overfished, cotton nets, hooked.

534
00:26:45.090 --> 00:26:46.863
What could Christina do?

535
00:26:47.910 --> 00:26:51.540
So she started removing the fishing hooks from their bodies.

536
00:26:51.540 --> 00:26:54.450
After that, more sharks found Christina

537
00:26:54.450 --> 00:26:58.230
with hooks in their gills, tails, nostrils, fins.

538
00:26:58.230 --> 00:26:59.970
Did they share the news?

539
00:26:59.970 --> 00:27:01.320
No one knows.

540
00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:04.350
But with every hook, Christina forged a bond

541
00:27:04.350 --> 00:27:06.027
and felt more confident."

542
00:27:07.590 --> 00:27:10.380
This is the video that gave me the idea

543
00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:12.720
for "Sharks Unhooked".

544
00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:15.540
This particular shark is a female.

545
00:27:15.540 --> 00:27:18.840
She has a hook caught in her throat,

546
00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:22.560
and yes, Christina does reach into her mouth

547
00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:25.110
and remove that hook.

548
00:27:25.110 --> 00:27:29.460
So kids are awestruck when they see this.

549
00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:31.140
But the whole point of this story

550
00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:35.250
is that we wanna pass on Christina's view of sharks.

551
00:27:35.250 --> 00:27:39.600
They have personality and they have a purpose in our ocean.

552
00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:43.500
And that purpose is balancing the ocean's food webs.

553
00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:45.750
And it's extremely important.

554
00:27:45.750 --> 00:27:48.180
I visited a school here in Sacramento last week,

555
00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:52.683
and one student who saw this video said afterwards,

556
00:27:53.557 --> 00:27:55.650
"After reading that book,

557
00:27:55.650 --> 00:27:59.220
I'm not as scared of sharks as I used to be."

558
00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:01.620
And isn't that the whole point?

559
00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:03.300
Here's Christina's box of hooks.

560
00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:04.800
At first she started to throw them away,

561
00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:08.280
but she realized they had the power to hook people,

562
00:28:08.280 --> 00:28:09.960
so she started to save them.

563
00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:12.990
And she's accumulated more than 300.

564
00:28:12.990 --> 00:28:14.820
So I'm gonna turn you over to Claire now,

565
00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:17.853
and she'll share some of her resources with you.

566
00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.370
<v ->Oh, thanks, Patricia.</v>

567
00:28:23.370 --> 00:28:24.720
That's powerful.

568
00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:26.340
And Patricia and I are gonna kind of bounce back

569
00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:27.960
and forth here.

570
00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:30.510
As a little segue, I wanted to talk about

571
00:28:30.510 --> 00:28:34.530
what some of our youth around the country are doing

572
00:28:34.530 --> 00:28:38.637
to pass along hope by leading efforts at their school

573
00:28:38.637 --> 00:28:40.020
and their local community

574
00:28:40.020 --> 00:28:43.350
through our NOAA Ocean Guardian programs.

575
00:28:43.350 --> 00:28:46.290
So one of the programs I wanted to share

576
00:28:46.290 --> 00:28:49.200
is our NOAA Ocean Guardian School.

577
00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:52.560
And so these are schools around the country

578
00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:56.100
that are committed to doing a school-based

579
00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:59.070
or community-based conservation

580
00:28:59.070 --> 00:29:01.923
or stewardship project with the students.

581
00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:05.520
There's lots of different ways to get involved.

582
00:29:05.520 --> 00:29:06.990
And actually the application

583
00:29:06.990 --> 00:29:09.780
for Ocean Guardian schools are open right now,

584
00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:14.190
and they will close, I believe on May.

585
00:29:14.190 --> 00:29:15.243
No, July 1st.

586
00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:18.900
I will put the link in here momentarily.

587
00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:20.130
But to give you a sense,

588
00:29:20.130 --> 00:29:25.130
for the last 15 years, we've worked with 256 schools,

589
00:29:26.070 --> 00:29:29.460
over 132,000 students.

590
00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:33.240
You can see the number of teachers and community partners.

591
00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:36.840
I will note that the grant money

592
00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:39.270
for Ocean Guardian schools is not available

593
00:29:39.270 --> 00:29:42.420
to every community in the United States.

594
00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:45.360
You can see that they tend to be associated

595
00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:47.460
along the coast primarily

596
00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:51.840
where our National Marine Sanctuary communities are.

597
00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:54.240
But again, let me see, I have this queued up.

598
00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.890
I can put in the link

599
00:29:55.890 --> 00:29:58.890
so that you can look at our Ocean Guardian programs.

600
00:29:58.890 --> 00:30:01.410
It'll be in a follow-up email as well.

601
00:30:01.410 --> 00:30:04.830
But we've invested over $2 million of small grants

602
00:30:04.830 --> 00:30:09.830
to these Ocean Guardian schools to conduct their projects.

603
00:30:09.930 --> 00:30:14.010
And projects have a wide variety of scope,

604
00:30:14.010 --> 00:30:16.770
but we are also collecting the impact.

605
00:30:16.770 --> 00:30:20.220
So you can see like 89,000 square meters

606
00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:22.560
of native plants planted,

607
00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:26.730
and almost two and a half million single use plastic bottles

608
00:30:26.730 --> 00:30:27.810
haven't been used

609
00:30:27.810 --> 00:30:30.060
because of these like water refill stations

610
00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:33.423
where students bring in their reusable bottles.

611
00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:37.500
The trash collected, the reusable bags

612
00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:39.603
or bottles distributed, et cetera.

613
00:30:40.770 --> 00:30:45.180
Other projects students do through Ocean Guardian schools

614
00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:49.353
or other programs, they do things like beach cleanups.

615
00:30:50.250 --> 00:30:53.373
They encourage civic engagement.

616
00:30:54.780 --> 00:30:58.260
And I thought since we're talking case studies,

617
00:30:58.260 --> 00:31:01.620
this is kind of a great one from Gault Elementary School

618
00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:03.210
in Santa Cruz.

619
00:31:03.210 --> 00:31:07.110
This school is really close within walking distance

620
00:31:07.110 --> 00:31:10.110
to Seabright State Beach.

621
00:31:10.110 --> 00:31:13.470
And they became an Ocean Guardian school many years ago.

622
00:31:13.470 --> 00:31:15.450
And the big project for them

623
00:31:15.450 --> 00:31:17.730
was to get students out into nature

624
00:31:17.730 --> 00:31:20.130
and connected to the natural world.

625
00:31:20.130 --> 00:31:23.610
And they were removing the invasive ice plant.

626
00:31:23.610 --> 00:31:25.620
And then once that was removed,

627
00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:28.560
they worked with some local community partners

628
00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:32.730
to plant native dune plants.

629
00:31:32.730 --> 00:31:36.120
And over the course of, I think it was a couple of years

630
00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:39.060
of getting several batches of students out to this beach

631
00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:42.060
as part of their walking field trip,

632
00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:46.980
lo and behold, this beach now has habitat

633
00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:50.460
for the snowy plover, as seen in the picture,

634
00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:53.190
and burrowing owls came back.

635
00:31:53.190 --> 00:31:55.620
So these students not only had an opportunity

636
00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:59.760
to connect directly with nature and feel hopeful

637
00:31:59.760 --> 00:32:01.680
and gratitude and gave back

638
00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:04.440
through their labor of removing invasive plants

639
00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:06.120
and planting native plants,

640
00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:10.290
but then they got to watch these species rebound.

641
00:32:10.290 --> 00:32:14.073
So pretty powerful case study there.

642
00:32:15.030 --> 00:32:18.390
Another one of the Ocean Guardian programs I wanna share

643
00:32:18.390 --> 00:32:21.240
are called our Youth Ambassadors.

644
00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:25.110
So these are teenagers ages 13 to 18

645
00:32:25.110 --> 00:32:29.070
around the United States and our US territories.

646
00:32:29.070 --> 00:32:33.420
They learn to become, they get the skills and the knowledge

647
00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:36.570
and the content and the confidence to become leaders

648
00:32:36.570 --> 00:32:39.690
at their school or in their local community

649
00:32:39.690 --> 00:32:44.190
to promote ocean conservation and stewardship.

650
00:32:44.190 --> 00:32:45.480
I thought I would showcase

651
00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:48.150
a couple of standout youth ambassadors

652
00:32:48.150 --> 00:32:50.310
over the last couple of years.

653
00:32:50.310 --> 00:32:53.430
We have Natalie and Ally in St. Louis, Missouri

654
00:32:53.430 --> 00:32:56.910
that created an event called Night at the Aquarium,

655
00:32:56.910 --> 00:32:58.860
which helped broaden awareness

656
00:32:58.860 --> 00:33:01.830
of the importance of the ocean for all life.

657
00:33:01.830 --> 00:33:04.740
And after they did a series of presentations

658
00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:07.710
and ocean awareness opportunities,

659
00:33:07.710 --> 00:33:10.140
they then had those students

660
00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:13.470
get to stay at the aquarium overnight

661
00:33:13.470 --> 00:33:16.620
and have that pretty cool experience.

662
00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:20.400
Then we have Leonardo Lin from Irvine, California,

663
00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.690
pretty ambitious kid.

664
00:33:21.690 --> 00:33:26.610
He has written and illustrated at least two books.

665
00:33:26.610 --> 00:33:28.800
The book that he did during this cohort

666
00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:30.330
was called "Reef Rescue",

667
00:33:30.330 --> 00:33:32.940
about coral reefs and the issues facing corals

668
00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:36.210
and how we can come up with solutions

669
00:33:36.210 --> 00:33:38.730
to save coral reef ecosystems.

670
00:33:38.730 --> 00:33:40.650
So he writes and illustrates it.

671
00:33:40.650 --> 00:33:42.600
He then sold the book,

672
00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:46.170
and with his proceeds of $246,

673
00:33:46.170 --> 00:33:51.170
he donated that to our National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.

674
00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:56.970
Hayden in New York hosted a global youth art exhibit

675
00:33:56.970 --> 00:33:59.310
at the Wild Geese Gallery.

676
00:33:59.310 --> 00:34:03.150
Maya in Honolulu was inspired to organize

677
00:34:03.150 --> 00:34:06.300
and facilitate a sustainability fair at her school.

678
00:34:06.300 --> 00:34:07.560
So K-12 school.

679
00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:10.980
So she, as a high school student,

680
00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:13.770
brought a community of people together

681
00:34:13.770 --> 00:34:15.660
to host a sustainability fair,

682
00:34:15.660 --> 00:34:18.120
including like inviting the Hawaiian Navigator,

683
00:34:18.120 --> 00:34:21.963
Nainoa Thompson to speak to the campus.

684
00:34:22.890 --> 00:34:25.200
A couple more examples here.

685
00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:28.200
Gabriela from Pacifica is the founder

686
00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:31.260
and president of women in STEM Club at her school.

687
00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:36.260
So a way to teach ocean conservation to students

688
00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:41.010
starting in preschool up through high school.

689
00:34:41.010 --> 00:34:44.580
And lastly, we've got Madeline from Illinois

690
00:34:44.580 --> 00:34:48.450
who has an Invasive Insights podcast.

691
00:34:48.450 --> 00:34:50.910
So she focuses on the major issues

692
00:34:50.910 --> 00:34:54.810
facing our underwater ecosystem's invasive species.

693
00:34:54.810 --> 00:34:59.810
And she has done her own water quality research project

694
00:35:00.870 --> 00:35:03.720
and has this great podcast.

695
00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:08.460
So these students are kind of the future, right?

696
00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:12.510
And they are inspiring a momentum for a healthy ocean

697
00:35:12.510 --> 00:35:15.093
for this next generation of future leaders.

698
00:35:16.950 --> 00:35:20.640
And let me just grab this from the screen.

699
00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:24.300
One word that describes how these teenagers felt at the end

700
00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:27.210
of the NOAA Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassador program.

701
00:35:27.210 --> 00:35:31.920
You can see they felt happy, inspired, empowered,

702
00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:35.820
hopeful, proud, amazed, fulfilled.

703
00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:37.770
So we are teaching the hope

704
00:35:37.770 --> 00:35:40.230
that they can be part of the solution.

705
00:35:40.230 --> 00:35:43.380
So with that, I'm gonna ping it back to Patricia.

706
00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:45.720
She's gonna go through some hands-on activities,

707
00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:50.700
and then it'll come back to me after Q&amp;A with some wrap up.

708
00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:52.803
So Patricia, there you go.

709
00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:55.013
<v ->Okay.</v>

710
00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:59.760
All right, hopefully you can see Christina's hooks.

711
00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.593
Yes?

712
00:36:01.830 --> 00:36:02.663
Okay.

713
00:36:02.663 --> 00:36:03.540
<v ->Yes.</v>
<v ->Good.</v>

714
00:36:03.540 --> 00:36:06.190
So we are going to now talk about

715
00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:10.950
some activities that can be used with the book.

716
00:36:10.950 --> 00:36:12.660
So a lot of people,

717
00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:15.280
or sometimes concern that

718
00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.360
when you read a book

719
00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:20.610
then you know you're not really doing science,

720
00:36:20.610 --> 00:36:23.010
you're doing English, right?

721
00:36:23.010 --> 00:36:27.510
But these hands-on lessons are to be done

722
00:36:27.510 --> 00:36:29.070
in conjunction with the book,

723
00:36:29.070 --> 00:36:34.070
because remember it's important to have those role models

724
00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:35.790
to inspire you along the way.

725
00:36:35.790 --> 00:36:37.680
Not everybody is fortunate enough

726
00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:39.330
to live along a beach, right,

727
00:36:39.330 --> 00:36:41.640
where you can speak with scientists

728
00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:43.590
and role models like these ambassadors

729
00:36:43.590 --> 00:36:45.390
and the Ocean Guardian schools

730
00:36:45.390 --> 00:36:47.370
that Claire was just talking about.

731
00:36:47.370 --> 00:36:49.260
So these are some of the activities

732
00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:50.580
we're going to deal with today.

733
00:36:50.580 --> 00:36:53.910
That QR code there will take you to these activities

734
00:36:53.910 --> 00:36:56.640
so you can then download them

735
00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:59.700
and use them with your children.

736
00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:01.260
Before we get to the activities though,

737
00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:02.430
I'd just like to show you

738
00:37:02.430 --> 00:37:05.670
just a brief little bit of what you're covering

739
00:37:05.670 --> 00:37:07.380
if you are a classroom educator

740
00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:09.540
or even an informal educator,

741
00:37:09.540 --> 00:37:14.370
you are covering four different ocean literacy concepts

742
00:37:14.370 --> 00:37:17.400
with the books I shared with you today.

743
00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.610
You are covering at least four different

744
00:37:20.610 --> 00:37:24.270
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas.

745
00:37:24.270 --> 00:37:26.910
If you're an NGSS fan, you know what that means.

746
00:37:26.910 --> 00:37:30.033
If you're not, we need a whole nother webinar for that.

747
00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:34.500
But the first activity we're gonna talk about

748
00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:36.450
is feed like a manta.

749
00:37:36.450 --> 00:37:39.630
Now you guys know that these mantas are filter feeders.

750
00:37:39.630 --> 00:37:42.030
They open their mouth and they swim,

751
00:37:42.030 --> 00:37:45.933
and whatever's in their way they swallow, right?

752
00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:51.510
Well, filter feeders like that pick up zooplankton,

753
00:37:51.510 --> 00:37:53.940
they pick up plastic, they pick up plants,

754
00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:56.490
they pick up whatever's floating in the water.

755
00:37:56.490 --> 00:37:58.800
I did this activity with a group of educators

756
00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:01.050
at the National Marine Educators Association

757
00:38:01.050 --> 00:38:02.490
a little while ago.

758
00:38:02.490 --> 00:38:05.700
And basically we just had a little bucket of rice,

759
00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:07.890
which represented the plankton.

760
00:38:07.890 --> 00:38:12.890
And inside my rice, I put little green lentils.

761
00:38:13.050 --> 00:38:17.190
And the green lentils represented microplastics.

762
00:38:17.190 --> 00:38:20.973
So before you do this activity with children, you discuss,

763
00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.703
you ask 'em some questions.

764
00:38:24.930 --> 00:38:27.300
Well, first of all, I should say I'm getting confused.

765
00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:29.130
You actually give them a paper cup

766
00:38:29.130 --> 00:38:32.790
and ask them to skim through the rice, okay?

767
00:38:32.790 --> 00:38:35.250
And a lot of kids will come and just skim.

768
00:38:35.250 --> 00:38:39.510
And some will be trying to very carefully avoid the plastic.

769
00:38:39.510 --> 00:38:40.740
So after they do all this

770
00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:43.650
and gather their plastic and plankton,

771
00:38:43.650 --> 00:38:46.890
ask them how did it feel to try avoiding plastic?

772
00:38:46.890 --> 00:38:49.800
Do you think filter feeders actually do that?

773
00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:51.960
And how do you think marine animals

774
00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:53.490
confuse plastic for food?

775
00:38:53.490 --> 00:38:55.170
Why do you think that happens?

776
00:38:55.170 --> 00:38:56.940
And then you can also introduce the concept

777
00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:59.703
of bioaccumulation if you're working with older kids.

778
00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:02.940
Hopefully the kids will count,

779
00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:05.310
count the number of plankton that they fished out

780
00:39:05.310 --> 00:39:09.090
and count the number of plastic pieces that they fished out.

781
00:39:09.090 --> 00:39:12.033
If your kids are older, you can calculate percentages.

782
00:39:13.950 --> 00:39:15.990
Discuss the scenarios where the percentage

783
00:39:15.990 --> 00:39:17.566
of plastic is significant

784
00:39:17.566 --> 00:39:20.970
and what those implications are for marine life.

785
00:39:20.970 --> 00:39:23.070
If the game is repeated,

786
00:39:23.070 --> 00:39:26.010
students can choose to be something other than a manta ray

787
00:39:26.010 --> 00:39:28.320
that also filter feeds.

788
00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:30.780
To get writing in, again, if you're in the classroom

789
00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:32.970
or if you're a homeschool educator,

790
00:39:32.970 --> 00:39:35.790
have students write a short reflection

791
00:39:35.790 --> 00:39:37.800
on what they learned about microplastics

792
00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:40.950
and how they can help reduce plastic pollution.

793
00:39:40.950 --> 00:39:42.780
Encourage them to think about the actions

794
00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:44.850
they can take in their daily lives

795
00:39:44.850 --> 00:39:48.037
or to read other books about people doing just that.

796
00:39:48.037 --> 00:39:50.370
"Planet Ocean" and "Plastic, Ahoy!"

797
00:39:50.370 --> 00:39:52.980
could be good resources for you.

798
00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:55.890
Our next activity is about bycatch.

799
00:39:55.890 --> 00:39:59.730
That's exactly what happened in Peru with this giant manta

800
00:39:59.730 --> 00:40:02.043
that's suspended from these wires.

801
00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:07.110
This is a little video I made for KidLit TV.

802
00:40:07.110 --> 00:40:09.540
It's a very simple, you have a bowl of pasta.

803
00:40:09.540 --> 00:40:11.610
Your pasta are your fish,

804
00:40:11.610 --> 00:40:14.430
the bow tie pasta are your giant manta rays.

805
00:40:14.430 --> 00:40:17.700
All the other kinds of pasta are other kinds of fish.

806
00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:21.870
Then you grab three fishing tools from your kitchen drawer.

807
00:40:21.870 --> 00:40:26.220
And what you're going to do is allow students

808
00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:28.350
to do some data collection.

809
00:40:28.350 --> 00:40:30.810
They'll take up their first fishing tool,

810
00:40:30.810 --> 00:40:33.300
fish with it three times, count the data,

811
00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:35.340
how many fish, how many manta rays.

812
00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:37.890
They'll take up the second collection tool,

813
00:40:37.890 --> 00:40:39.690
fish with it for three times,

814
00:40:39.690 --> 00:40:42.960
count the fish, count the manta rays, record the data,

815
00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:46.530
and then they'll do it again with a third fishing tool.

816
00:40:46.530 --> 00:40:49.260
As a group, you can discuss how these tools

817
00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:52.620
are similar or different from fishing nets.

818
00:40:52.620 --> 00:40:54.900
You can discuss how the pasta is similar

819
00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:56.670
or different from sea life,

820
00:40:56.670 --> 00:41:00.120
and what are the shortcomings of a simulation like this?

821
00:41:00.120 --> 00:41:05.120
Using engineering design apps that are built for kids,

822
00:41:05.250 --> 00:41:08.970
yolk or paper or you know, whatever else,

823
00:41:08.970 --> 00:41:11.040
tinker toys or something else,

824
00:41:11.040 --> 00:41:14.190
you can design a net for catching fish

825
00:41:14.190 --> 00:41:18.180
with the goal of preventing manta ray bycatch.

826
00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:23.180
And maybe then students can share their designs

827
00:41:24.150 --> 00:41:27.660
and share their learning and test out each other's designs

828
00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:29.490
and talk about the need

829
00:41:29.490 --> 00:41:33.753
for designing more sustainable fishing tools.

830
00:41:35.040 --> 00:41:39.990
Our next activity is plotting manta locations.

831
00:41:39.990 --> 00:41:41.670
This is an activity I love

832
00:41:41.670 --> 00:41:44.400
because it was created by a teacher...

833
00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:47.070
Excuse me, a librarian whose school I visited

834
00:41:47.070 --> 00:41:48.720
a couple of years ago.

835
00:41:48.720 --> 00:41:51.330
Basically all you need are these two handouts.

836
00:41:51.330 --> 00:41:54.570
You give the kids the manta handout

837
00:41:54.570 --> 00:41:56.940
and you have them ink their thumb

838
00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:58.860
and put some fingerprints on it

839
00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:01.140
so they make unique ventral markings

840
00:42:01.140 --> 00:42:03.510
and they can identify their own manta.

841
00:42:03.510 --> 00:42:07.410
And then the teacher assigns each child's manta

842
00:42:07.410 --> 00:42:10.500
a set of coordinates that are meaningless

843
00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:12.330
to the child right now.

844
00:42:12.330 --> 00:42:14.310
Then maybe when the child is at,

845
00:42:14.310 --> 00:42:17.040
you know, doing something else or at PE or at music

846
00:42:17.040 --> 00:42:20.790
or whatever, the teacher posts all the manta ray pictures

847
00:42:20.790 --> 00:42:23.700
around the school within the confines

848
00:42:23.700 --> 00:42:26.100
of the coordinate plane, right?

849
00:42:26.100 --> 00:42:29.970
Then the kids become fishers, and they fish around school,

850
00:42:29.970 --> 00:42:31.920
and they find these mantas

851
00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:34.260
and they plot the locations of the mantas

852
00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:37.320
that they find on their graph.

853
00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:40.110
And then they aggregate their data,

854
00:42:40.110 --> 00:42:42.570
and then they start having discussions.

855
00:42:42.570 --> 00:42:44.610
Where did you find your mantas?

856
00:42:44.610 --> 00:42:47.220
Did you notice any patterns or trends?

857
00:42:47.220 --> 00:42:50.730
What could be drawing mantas to these locations?

858
00:42:50.730 --> 00:42:55.320
How might a manta rays location be used to help the fishers?

859
00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:57.060
You can then talk about the app

860
00:42:57.060 --> 00:43:00.030
that Kerstin developed for the fishers in Peru.

861
00:43:00.030 --> 00:43:02.190
How might the manta rays presence or absence

862
00:43:02.190 --> 00:43:05.400
in these locations impact the ecosystem?

863
00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:06.990
And what conclusions, if any,

864
00:43:06.990 --> 00:43:09.030
can you draw from your data

865
00:43:09.030 --> 00:43:13.113
in terms of establishing a marine protected area?

866
00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:17.880
So we turn to "Sharks Unhooked" right now,

867
00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:21.030
and we have this fishing for the future lesson

868
00:43:21.030 --> 00:43:24.090
that I do with kids all the time in school visits.

869
00:43:24.090 --> 00:43:26.700
I can do this in 10 minutes in a school visit.

870
00:43:26.700 --> 00:43:27.720
It's really easy.

871
00:43:27.720 --> 00:43:29.520
In fact, the data that you are looking at

872
00:43:29.520 --> 00:43:32.340
is data from my last school visit.

873
00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:34.710
So you choose three kids,

874
00:43:34.710 --> 00:43:36.720
each kid is a fisher in the ocean.

875
00:43:36.720 --> 00:43:40.440
Your ocean has 30, 40, 50 fish in it, whatever you want.

876
00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:41.760
Your fish are...

877
00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:46.760
I use buttons, but you can use goldfish, crackers, or M&amp;Ms.

878
00:43:47.190 --> 00:43:49.889
But be aware that you might have predators

879
00:43:49.889 --> 00:43:52.170
in your students.

880
00:43:52.170 --> 00:43:55.380
Each fisher fishes for 30 seconds,

881
00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:57.393
and then when the clock times out,

882
00:43:58.342 --> 00:44:00.060
the fisher throws back two of the fish

883
00:44:00.060 --> 00:44:02.940
because we never keep our entire catch, right?

884
00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:05.550
You count your fish, you count what's left in the ocean,

885
00:44:05.550 --> 00:44:07.500
and then you repeat with the two other fishers.

886
00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:09.660
And you can do this as many times as you want.

887
00:44:09.660 --> 00:44:13.590
I do it with three, and I do two teams of three.

888
00:44:13.590 --> 00:44:14.820
After completing the rounds,

889
00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:17.400
you gather students to discuss the findings.

890
00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:20.700
How did the fish population change after each round?

891
00:44:20.700 --> 00:44:23.070
What strategies did you use to catch the fish?

892
00:44:23.070 --> 00:44:28.070
Did each team have the same kind of fishing pole,

893
00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:29.850
or were they different?

894
00:44:29.850 --> 00:44:33.810
What happened when too fish were taken out of the bowl?

895
00:44:33.810 --> 00:44:37.860
And here's where you discuss sustainable fishing practices.

896
00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:39.600
Ask the students to brainstorm ways

897
00:44:39.600 --> 00:44:43.260
to manage fish populations responsibly

898
00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:47.613
and introduce real world examples of sustainable fishing.

899
00:44:49.110 --> 00:44:52.320
Our last activity is the ocean food web web.

900
00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:54.400
And no, that's not a typo.

901
00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:55.770
Two web words there.

902
00:44:55.770 --> 00:44:56.603
That's good.

903
00:44:57.480 --> 00:45:01.230
Basically what you need are these character cards.

904
00:45:01.230 --> 00:45:05.370
Each child is an ocean creature,

905
00:45:05.370 --> 00:45:08.640
and they do a little bit of research on their character.

906
00:45:08.640 --> 00:45:12.090
What do they eat, where do they live, what eats them?

907
00:45:12.090 --> 00:45:15.450
And then when all of that is done, they all stand up.

908
00:45:15.450 --> 00:45:17.460
You give them a piece of yarn each,

909
00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:21.000
and they find who they eat and what eats them,

910
00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:22.170
and they link together.

911
00:45:22.170 --> 00:45:25.560
And you've got this big mass of yarn

912
00:45:25.560 --> 00:45:27.660
and kids all huddled together.

913
00:45:27.660 --> 00:45:29.820
It's super fun.

914
00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:32.100
So you're simulating over fishing,

915
00:45:32.100 --> 00:45:34.140
and then you remove one species card.

916
00:45:34.140 --> 00:45:37.380
Suppose you remove a shark from the web,

917
00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:40.320
and then observe the changes, what threads drop.

918
00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:43.200
It is so visual and so fun.

919
00:45:43.200 --> 00:45:45.450
Kids get it immediately.

920
00:45:45.450 --> 00:45:49.110
And you can see the ripple effects of the food web

921
00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:51.783
on just eliminating one apex predator.

922
00:45:52.650 --> 00:45:56.160
You can also do this for older kids with "Sea Otter Heroes".

923
00:45:56.160 --> 00:45:58.440
This whole book is about a trophic cascade

924
00:45:58.440 --> 00:46:00.090
that we never knew existed.

925
00:46:00.090 --> 00:46:01.860
A scientist out of the Elkhorn Slough

926
00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:03.633
of Monterey Bay discovered it.

927
00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:07.140
Sea otters as the apex predator

928
00:46:07.140 --> 00:46:08.940
influence the health of seagrass,

929
00:46:08.940 --> 00:46:11.240
which is at the very bottom of the food chain.

930
00:46:12.930 --> 00:46:17.250
So we can teach specifics like overfishing and bycatch,

931
00:46:17.250 --> 00:46:21.600
and we can teach filter feeding and plastic marine debris

932
00:46:21.600 --> 00:46:25.140
and collapsing food webs, all this stuff.

933
00:46:25.140 --> 00:46:29.460
And these concepts by themselves can be depressing,

934
00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:30.780
they really can.

935
00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:32.730
But if we're teaching them in context,

936
00:46:32.730 --> 00:46:34.680
we have that book right with us

937
00:46:34.680 --> 00:46:37.200
about how these civic role models

938
00:46:37.200 --> 00:46:39.270
are handling these challenges

939
00:46:39.270 --> 00:46:42.390
and dealing with them in their communities.

940
00:46:42.390 --> 00:46:45.870
It provides an inspiration

941
00:46:45.870 --> 00:46:49.920
and empowering model for our students.

942
00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:54.920
Understanding the science and having the ideas

943
00:46:55.230 --> 00:46:58.650
for how to handle it makes a huge difference.

944
00:46:58.650 --> 00:47:03.150
So with gratitude and connection in civic role models,

945
00:47:03.150 --> 00:47:05.610
the components of Teach the Hope,

946
00:47:05.610 --> 00:47:09.300
we can suddenly see that hope beyond the headlines.

947
00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:11.043
And that's what it's all about.

948
00:47:12.450 --> 00:47:14.730
Every time I speak with children,

949
00:47:14.730 --> 00:47:17.970
I expose the invisible threads that connect us

950
00:47:17.970 --> 00:47:19.860
to nature's complexity,

951
00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:24.480
to help the children understand why nature,

952
00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:27.480
and our ocean matter to us.

953
00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:30.150
Understanding gives rise to gratitude

954
00:47:30.150 --> 00:47:32.370
and it's more than a feelgood moment.

955
00:47:32.370 --> 00:47:36.570
Our gratitude voice hope and empowers action,

956
00:47:36.570 --> 00:47:39.660
especially as we share the true stories

957
00:47:39.660 --> 00:47:43.170
of real people making a difference in our world.

958
00:47:43.170 --> 00:47:44.003
So thanks.

959
00:47:44.003 --> 00:47:47.400
We are gonna talk about some questions now, right, Claire?

960
00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:51.300
<v ->Yeah, actually now I think I'm gonna do a few more slides.</v>

961
00:47:51.300 --> 00:47:53.190
And then we're gonna go to Q&amp;A.

962
00:47:53.190 --> 00:47:55.031
Since we're, you know,

963
00:47:55.031 --> 00:47:57.960
we're just going for this inspiring hope.

964
00:47:57.960 --> 00:47:58.793
<v ->Okay.</v>

965
00:47:58.793 --> 00:47:59.626
<v ->So...</v>

966
00:47:59.626 --> 00:48:02.220
Oh, you're not seeing my slides, so hold on a second.

967
00:48:02.220 --> 00:48:03.633
Let me try that again.

968
00:48:07.350 --> 00:48:08.580
Give me a minute here

969
00:48:08.580 --> 00:48:11.100
because I'm gonna pass it to you and then take it back.

970
00:48:11.100 --> 00:48:11.933
Sorry.

971
00:48:11.933 --> 00:48:13.140
Since you weren't...

972
00:48:13.140 --> 00:48:15.243
It didn't quite work that time around.

973
00:48:19.950 --> 00:48:21.700
<v ->Technology is great when it work.</v>

974
00:48:22.590 --> 00:48:23.490
<v ->Yeah, totally.</v>

975
00:48:23.490 --> 00:48:24.423
Okay, here we go.

976
00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:27.363
It's a common.

977
00:48:29.040 --> 00:48:30.450
Okay.

978
00:48:30.450 --> 00:48:34.950
So just to kind of wrap up the thoughts of inspiring hope,

979
00:48:34.950 --> 00:48:36.960
I like to share with the students

980
00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:38.220
and the people that I work

981
00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:42.030
that action is the anecdote to grief and despair.

982
00:48:42.030 --> 00:48:46.890
And Patricia touched on that early in her presentation.

983
00:48:46.890 --> 00:48:50.160
And you know, for many of us, including myself,

984
00:48:50.160 --> 00:48:52.350
like individual actions are really important.

985
00:48:52.350 --> 00:48:57.350
I drive an electric vehicle, I have solar on my house.

986
00:48:57.360 --> 00:49:02.190
I try to eat local and eat plant-based diet when I can.

987
00:49:02.190 --> 00:49:04.680
I turn off the lights, et cetera, right?

988
00:49:04.680 --> 00:49:05.527
And a lot of people say,

989
00:49:05.527 --> 00:49:07.500
"Well gosh, you know, individual actions

990
00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:10.020
don't really serve that much of a purpose

991
00:49:10.020 --> 00:49:13.410
because you know, these issues are much bigger."

992
00:49:13.410 --> 00:49:17.700
But I feel that if it aligns with your values

993
00:49:17.700 --> 00:49:20.790
to take those individual actions, that's powerful,

994
00:49:20.790 --> 00:49:23.340
because that's great for you,

995
00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:27.213
but you also might be inspiring others to take action.

996
00:49:28.110 --> 00:49:30.780
So not only should we be doing individual actions

997
00:49:30.780 --> 00:49:32.190
that align with your values,

998
00:49:32.190 --> 00:49:34.320
but we get involved in community

999
00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:37.380
and civic action where we can.

1000
00:49:37.380 --> 00:49:39.810
So collective action doesn't only happen

1001
00:49:39.810 --> 00:49:42.660
through big policies or major upgrades.

1002
00:49:42.660 --> 00:49:45.420
It happens when thousands of small actions

1003
00:49:45.420 --> 00:49:48.243
move in the same direction.

1004
00:49:49.500 --> 00:49:50.333
So

1005
00:49:51.930 --> 00:49:55.050
you as webinar attendees, if you're a teacher,

1006
00:49:55.050 --> 00:49:58.320
there's ways for you to get involved.

1007
00:49:58.320 --> 00:50:00.540
You can get some of Patricia's books

1008
00:50:00.540 --> 00:50:02.490
to bring those into your classroom,

1009
00:50:02.490 --> 00:50:06.360
access her lesson plans and our lesson plans from NOAA

1010
00:50:06.360 --> 00:50:08.640
and NASA and other groups.

1011
00:50:08.640 --> 00:50:11.040
We have virtual reality resources.

1012
00:50:11.040 --> 00:50:13.170
We've got the Ocean Guardian programs

1013
00:50:13.170 --> 00:50:17.250
that your school can get involved with or your students.

1014
00:50:17.250 --> 00:50:19.320
If you're a student and you're here,

1015
00:50:19.320 --> 00:50:22.560
you can get involved at your school

1016
00:50:22.560 --> 00:50:23.880
or in your local community.

1017
00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:27.450
You can become a youth ambassador if you're a teenager.

1018
00:50:27.450 --> 00:50:30.690
You can start creating change by working with other youth.

1019
00:50:30.690 --> 00:50:33.510
And just keep in mind that your voice

1020
00:50:33.510 --> 00:50:36.300
as a youth is very powerful.

1021
00:50:36.300 --> 00:50:39.450
It's actually, if you go to a city council meeting

1022
00:50:39.450 --> 00:50:42.630
or you use your voice in some capacity

1023
00:50:42.630 --> 00:50:44.280
to help protect the natural world

1024
00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:46.530
or whatever resonates with you,

1025
00:50:46.530 --> 00:50:48.390
that's like having 10 adults

1026
00:50:48.390 --> 00:50:50.580
say the same thing in that room.

1027
00:50:50.580 --> 00:50:52.443
So it's extremely powerful.

1028
00:50:53.310 --> 00:50:54.510
And for everybody,

1029
00:50:54.510 --> 00:50:57.150
we want you again to get into your sanctuary,

1030
00:50:57.150 --> 00:51:00.600
enjoy these underwater parks, use your voice,

1031
00:51:00.600 --> 00:51:02.010
consider being a volunteer.

1032
00:51:02.010 --> 00:51:05.040
Participant in Citizen Science Projects,

1033
00:51:05.040 --> 00:51:08.160
you can join advisory councils and much more.

1034
00:51:08.160 --> 00:51:10.140
So before we do our wrap up slides,

1035
00:51:10.140 --> 00:51:13.143
we will now do Q&amp;A,

1036
00:51:14.070 --> 00:51:16.680
and then we will just save a few minutes

1037
00:51:16.680 --> 00:51:19.170
at the end for the closing slides.

1038
00:51:19.170 --> 00:51:21.060
So with that,

1039
00:51:21.060 --> 00:51:23.493
let's see what kind of questions are coming in.

1040
00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:28.260
With regard to individual effort,

1041
00:51:28.260 --> 00:51:32.707
I've always referred to a quote I heard many years ago.

1042
00:51:32.707 --> 00:51:35.520
"As individuals, we are a drop in the ocean.

1043
00:51:35.520 --> 00:51:38.730
Together, we are the ocean."

1044
00:51:38.730 --> 00:51:40.080
Oh gosh, thank you so much

1045
00:51:40.080 --> 00:51:41.700
for putting that into the chat.

1046
00:51:41.700 --> 00:51:42.840
Appreciate it.

1047
00:51:42.840 --> 00:51:43.673
<v ->I love that.</v>

1048
00:51:43.673 --> 00:51:45.240
I'm giving a Earth Day message

1049
00:51:45.240 --> 00:51:48.300
to 4,800 students in Texas tomorrow,

1050
00:51:48.300 --> 00:51:51.660
and my main goal is to share with them.

1051
00:51:51.660 --> 00:51:53.610
They are not alone.

1052
00:51:53.610 --> 00:51:56.250
There are so many people and organizations

1053
00:51:56.250 --> 00:51:58.110
and businesses working with them,

1054
00:51:58.110 --> 00:52:01.260
and even the animals are working with them.

1055
00:52:01.260 --> 00:52:03.270
Elephants are creating forests

1056
00:52:03.270 --> 00:52:07.020
and sea otters are protecting seagrass and kelp beds.

1057
00:52:07.020 --> 00:52:10.230
The animals are by fulfilling their functions

1058
00:52:10.230 --> 00:52:14.073
are working with us to help protect our world.

1059
00:52:16.170 --> 00:52:17.003
<v ->Love it.</v>

1060
00:52:17.003 --> 00:52:18.030
Yeah, thank you for sharing that.

1061
00:52:18.030 --> 00:52:19.290
Great quote.

1062
00:52:19.290 --> 00:52:23.220
Feel free to type in any questions you may have.

1063
00:52:23.220 --> 00:52:24.510
One that came in

1064
00:52:24.510 --> 00:52:29.510
is that whether or not students from Puerto Rico can apply

1065
00:52:30.750 --> 00:52:32.610
for the youth ambassador program.

1066
00:52:32.610 --> 00:52:36.093
And yes, from any US territory or United States,

1067
00:52:37.350 --> 00:52:40.260
teenagers ages 13 to 18 can apply

1068
00:52:40.260 --> 00:52:43.740
for our NOAA Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassador program.

1069
00:52:43.740 --> 00:52:46.950
And the application period opens mid-November

1070
00:52:46.950 --> 00:52:49.503
and closes early January every year.

1071
00:52:52.200 --> 00:52:53.400
Patricia, let's see.

1072
00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:57.420
What recommendations do you have for engaging adults

1073
00:52:57.420 --> 00:52:59.520
or mixed age audiences?

1074
00:52:59.520 --> 00:53:02.940
For example, like if you're running an ocean kayak tour,

1075
00:53:02.940 --> 00:53:04.590
what recommendations do you have?

1076
00:53:05.730 --> 00:53:09.663
<v ->If I'm running an ocean kayak tour, how to engage adults?</v>

1077
00:53:10.650 --> 00:53:15.180
You know, I speak in front of educators all the time,

1078
00:53:15.180 --> 00:53:19.380
classroom teachers, librarians, and formal educators.

1079
00:53:19.380 --> 00:53:21.120
And they have just as much fun

1080
00:53:21.120 --> 00:53:23.640
doing these activities as kids do.

1081
00:53:23.640 --> 00:53:27.270
Especially that ocean food web web that I told you about.

1082
00:53:27.270 --> 00:53:29.850
I did that with teachers, and we were all laughing,

1083
00:53:29.850 --> 00:53:32.850
and it was just so amazingly visual.

1084
00:53:32.850 --> 00:53:35.880
So don't be afraid to...

1085
00:53:35.880 --> 00:53:38.250
Have them let their hair down a little bit

1086
00:53:38.250 --> 00:53:40.710
and do something fun.

1087
00:53:40.710 --> 00:53:42.660
We're always, as adults,

1088
00:53:42.660 --> 00:53:44.850
you know, kind of forced to sit and listen,

1089
00:53:44.850 --> 00:53:47.040
like we're doing to you today.

1090
00:53:47.040 --> 00:53:49.020
I mean, if you had been with me in the same room,

1091
00:53:49.020 --> 00:53:51.840
we would all be up out of our chairs doing activities.

1092
00:53:51.840 --> 00:53:52.673
But

1093
00:53:55.653 --> 00:53:57.090
we all need to participate,

1094
00:53:57.090 --> 00:54:00.960
we need to feel involved, we want to feel needed.

1095
00:54:00.960 --> 00:54:04.500
So if you're doing an an ocean kayak trip,

1096
00:54:04.500 --> 00:54:07.200
get them out of their kayaks on the beach,

1097
00:54:07.200 --> 00:54:10.833
and you know, bring up a sea star, have them handle it.

1098
00:54:13.170 --> 00:54:16.080
You know, look at the beach and look what's on it.

1099
00:54:16.080 --> 00:54:21.080
Have them participate in some aspect of ocean education.

1100
00:54:21.240 --> 00:54:23.880
Have them read what the water's doing,

1101
00:54:23.880 --> 00:54:26.493
have them do something active.

1102
00:54:29.160 --> 00:54:31.020
<v ->Yeah, thank you for that.</v>

1103
00:54:31.020 --> 00:54:33.510
A couple we'll get maybe one or two more questions

1104
00:54:33.510 --> 00:54:35.373
before we do our wrap up here.

1105
00:54:37.350 --> 00:54:41.340
Someone's asking about getting copy of the webinar

1106
00:54:41.340 --> 00:54:43.800
'cause they teach in the center of Florida

1107
00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:46.740
and would love to implement some of this information

1108
00:54:46.740 --> 00:54:48.660
and start out locally in the lakes

1109
00:54:48.660 --> 00:54:50.790
and potentially branch out to the coast

1110
00:54:50.790 --> 00:54:52.830
to the Gulf of Mexico.

1111
00:54:52.830 --> 00:54:56.070
Yeah, I mean, right, the number one Ocean Literacy Principle

1112
00:54:56.070 --> 00:54:59.460
is that there's one large interconnected global ocean.

1113
00:54:59.460 --> 00:55:02.160
And no matter where you live, you're connected to it.

1114
00:55:02.160 --> 00:55:04.470
So even if you're in Central Florida

1115
00:55:04.470 --> 00:55:07.260
or if you're at the base of Mount Everest,

1116
00:55:07.260 --> 00:55:10.470
you are still connected to that global ocean.

1117
00:55:10.470 --> 00:55:14.730
So a recording of today's presentation will be available

1118
00:55:14.730 --> 00:55:17.070
on our webinar archive page.

1119
00:55:17.070 --> 00:55:19.020
We get it captioned in English,

1120
00:55:19.020 --> 00:55:22.350
and then it'll be posted, so in about a week or so.

1121
00:55:22.350 --> 00:55:25.050
And everyone attending and anyone that registered

1122
00:55:25.050 --> 00:55:28.650
will get an email with a direct link to that recording.

1123
00:55:28.650 --> 00:55:31.890
So we welcome you to share it,

1124
00:55:31.890 --> 00:55:33.090
use elements of it,

1125
00:55:33.090 --> 00:55:35.013
download the lessons, et cetera.

1126
00:55:36.540 --> 00:55:37.373
Oh gosh.

1127
00:55:37.373 --> 00:55:39.963
Okay, now we've got some more things coming in.

1128
00:55:44.940 --> 00:55:46.080
This is a good question for you.

1129
00:55:46.080 --> 00:55:47.730
When you write books, Patricia,

1130
00:55:47.730 --> 00:55:49.290
that are focused on conservation,

1131
00:55:49.290 --> 00:55:52.320
how do you prevent yourself from getting discouraged

1132
00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:54.573
by some of the content?

1133
00:55:56.520 --> 00:55:57.353
<v ->Well, I don't.</v>

1134
00:55:57.353 --> 00:55:58.800
I mean, I do get discouraged, right?

1135
00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:00.003
It's depressing.

1136
00:56:01.350 --> 00:56:04.830
And in fact, when I went to my school visit last week,

1137
00:56:04.830 --> 00:56:08.433
we did a persuasive writing assignment with the children,

1138
00:56:09.900 --> 00:56:12.930
but it was all geared toward plastic marine debris.

1139
00:56:12.930 --> 00:56:15.630
And one of the children in her presentation

1140
00:56:15.630 --> 00:56:18.240
back to the class said, "The planet is dying."

1141
00:56:18.240 --> 00:56:21.393
And I'm like, "No, the planet is not dying.

1142
00:56:22.513 --> 00:56:26.940
It is healthy and vibrant and changing, yes,

1143
00:56:26.940 --> 00:56:29.040
and changing because of human habits,

1144
00:56:29.040 --> 00:56:32.640
but it is far from dead."

1145
00:56:32.640 --> 00:56:35.790
So this is why I think we need to have that hope.

1146
00:56:35.790 --> 00:56:40.790
And because I write stories about people who are the hope,

1147
00:56:43.500 --> 00:56:45.960
just talking to them

1148
00:56:45.960 --> 00:56:50.940
and learning how they're carefully studying and researching

1149
00:56:50.940 --> 00:56:55.940
and involving their communities has been such...

1150
00:56:56.910 --> 00:57:00.120
I'm so grateful to know these people,

1151
00:57:00.120 --> 00:57:02.497
and I keep in touch with all of them.

1152
00:57:02.497 --> 00:57:07.497
"Giant Rays of Hope" was just listed for the shortlist

1153
00:57:07.980 --> 00:57:09.930
for the Green Earth Book award,

1154
00:57:09.930 --> 00:57:11.760
and it'll be announced tomorrow.

1155
00:57:11.760 --> 00:57:13.650
So everybody keep your fingers crossed.

1156
00:57:13.650 --> 00:57:17.400
But I'm telling you, if I win that award,

1157
00:57:17.400 --> 00:57:20.760
there's usually a cash prize that goes with it.

1158
00:57:20.760 --> 00:57:23.520
It's going right to Kerstin and her organization

1159
00:57:23.520 --> 00:57:26.280
because they are so amazing.

1160
00:57:26.280 --> 00:57:31.260
And so I don't write about climate change,

1161
00:57:31.260 --> 00:57:34.770
I don't write about what it is necessarily.

1162
00:57:34.770 --> 00:57:37.560
I have to do a little bit about what it is,

1163
00:57:37.560 --> 00:57:40.710
and how it affects us.

1164
00:57:40.710 --> 00:57:45.000
But then I talk about this person in the coral triangle

1165
00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:46.710
who's combating sea rise,

1166
00:57:46.710 --> 00:57:49.380
or this other person in the coral triangle

1167
00:57:49.380 --> 00:57:54.380
who's replanting coral to survive in a warming ocean.

1168
00:57:54.660 --> 00:57:58.710
So all of these people are what gives me hope.

1169
00:57:58.710 --> 00:58:02.730
And it's when you talk to them and you feel their passion

1170
00:58:02.730 --> 00:58:04.740
and you feel their excitement,

1171
00:58:04.740 --> 00:58:06.450
you can't help but be positive.

1172
00:58:06.450 --> 00:58:10.033
Stop reading the news. (laughs)

1173
00:58:12.120 --> 00:58:13.623
<v ->Yes, absolutely.</v>

1174
00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:16.350
Lots of reasons for hope.

1175
00:58:16.350 --> 00:58:18.240
So thank you so much, Patricia.

1176
00:58:18.240 --> 00:58:21.000
I'm just gonna wrap up with a few slides here.

1177
00:58:21.000 --> 00:58:23.850
I wanted to let educators and others know

1178
00:58:23.850 --> 00:58:26.970
that we have these great topical resource collections.

1179
00:58:26.970 --> 00:58:30.570
So they're focused on changing ocean conditions

1180
00:58:30.570 --> 00:58:35.570
or coral reef ecosystems, kelp forest, dolphins, et cetera.

1181
00:58:35.820 --> 00:58:39.600
We've got, I wanna say there's 12 of them.

1182
00:58:39.600 --> 00:58:41.310
So here's a snapshot.

1183
00:58:41.310 --> 00:58:44.220
Each of them have background material,

1184
00:58:44.220 --> 00:58:48.060
lesson plans and activities, webinar archives,

1185
00:58:48.060 --> 00:58:52.110
regular videos, web stories, et cetera.

1186
00:58:52.110 --> 00:58:55.020
So links to everything we've discussed today

1187
00:58:55.020 --> 00:58:56.793
will be in the follow up email.

1188
00:58:57.900 --> 00:58:58.980
I already mentioned this,

1189
00:58:58.980 --> 00:59:01.260
but the archive, when it's available online,

1190
00:59:01.260 --> 00:59:03.360
will be also sent in a follow up email.

1191
00:59:03.360 --> 00:59:08.360
So no need to haphazardly try to write that long URL down.

1192
00:59:09.660 --> 00:59:12.660
Everyone that participated in today's live presentation

1193
00:59:12.660 --> 00:59:15.420
will also receive a certificate of attendance

1194
00:59:15.420 --> 00:59:18.240
for one hour of professional development.

1195
00:59:18.240 --> 00:59:19.980
And those that are watching the recording,

1196
00:59:19.980 --> 00:59:21.030
if you've gotten here,

1197
00:59:21.030 --> 00:59:22.800
you're gonna send an email to me

1198
00:59:22.800 --> 00:59:26.430
at sanctuary.education@noaa.gov

1199
00:59:26.430 --> 00:59:28.620
as seen on the previous slide.

1200
00:59:28.620 --> 00:59:32.520
And lastly, a short evaluation pops up

1201
00:59:32.520 --> 00:59:34.560
following today's webinar presentation.

1202
00:59:34.560 --> 00:59:37.560
So please let NOAA know how we're doing

1203
00:59:37.560 --> 00:59:39.690
and what you recommend for additional topics

1204
00:59:39.690 --> 00:59:41.640
in our webinar series.

1205
00:59:41.640 --> 00:59:46.470
So Patricia and I hope you all had a great time

1206
00:59:46.470 --> 00:59:48.000
today's meeting.

1207
00:59:48.000 --> 00:59:51.420
Last bit of hope comes from Elin Kelsey

1208
00:59:51.420 --> 00:59:53.767
and her book "Hope Matters".

1209
00:59:53.767 --> 00:59:57.360
"Hope leads to Action, which leads to meaningful change.

1210
00:59:57.360 --> 00:59:58.950
And it's starting a movement.

1211
00:59:58.950 --> 01:00:01.770
So hope is showing up everywhere you turn

1212
01:00:01.770 --> 01:00:04.380
You just basically need to look for it."

1213
01:00:04.380 --> 01:00:05.213
So be part of the hope.

1214
01:00:05.213 --> 01:00:08.130
<v ->That's why we need to tell these stories.</v>

1215
01:00:08.130 --> 01:00:08.963
<v ->Absolutely.</v>

1216
01:00:08.963 --> 01:00:10.410
So thank you so much, Patricia,

1217
01:00:10.410 --> 01:00:12.510
for being one of our special guests,

1218
01:00:12.510 --> 01:00:16.743
and for all of you in attending today's presentation.

1219
01:00:17.790 --> 01:00:18.810
Take care.

1220
01:00:18.810 --> 01:00:21.390
This concludes our presentation.

1221
01:00:21.390 --> 01:00:24.843
We're the National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series.

1222
01:00:25.860 --> 01:00:26.693
See you later.