Episode 04: Rafael Bergstrom

Rafael Bergstrom, Executive Director of Sustainable Coastlines HI, breaks down the recently-passed Bill 40, a monumental measure banning single-use plastic in Hawaii, and details the efforts it took to push it through and how it will impact the state going forward. Show Notes:  You can learn more about Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii here http://sustainablecoastlineshawaii.org/ and Bill 40 here. https://www.kitv.com/story/41454281/bill-40-signed-into-law-banning-most-disposable-plastics-on-oahu-by-2022  Also check out our other partners working to protect Hawaii.  https://www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/ https://oahu.surfrider.org/ https://www.zerowasteoahu.org/ This week's Flotsam + Jetsam! Thanks to Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johsnon (https://www.instagram.com/ayanaeliza) (https://twitter.com/ayanaeliza) for her work to promote a "Blue New Deal." Check out her op-ed summarizing it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/10/green-new-deal-has-big-blue-gap-we-need-protect-our-oceans/ Our friends at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/ have some exciting research re: coral and how it helps us understand our past, and our future available here:  https://graphics.reuters.com/CLIMATE-CHANGE-CORALS/0100B33V2CC/index.html Take a deep dive into Neal Agarwal's "The Deep Sea" https://neal.fun/deep-sea. Finally, if interested in the UNFCCC's Sports For Climate Action Framework, you can learn more here: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/sectoral-engagement/sports-for-climate-action  Thanks for listening!  Hit us up on email at [email protected] or find us on all the social sites @wslpure!  See you in 2020!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices