So, An Impact Investor, A Social Entrepreneur And A Sea Turtle Walk Into A Bar... - #681

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin.Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2MGBEZb.No, an impact investor, a social entrepreneur and a sea turtle didn’t literally walk into a bar, but the way their lives intersected is no joke.Three years ago this week, a Texas A&M marine biologist, Christine Figgener, uploaded a video of her team removing a four-inch plastic straw from the nostril of a sea turtle. The evocative video immediately went viral and now has 32.6 million views on YouTube.The video not only inspired the current activism around plastic straws that has me carrying around paper straws and a law banning plastic straws in Seattle, but it has people thinking about all single-use plastic more critically. That movement has provided a catalyst for impact investors and social entrepreneurs who have solutions to ocean plastic.Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2MGBEZb.Check out my free webinar where I share the secrets of successful nonprofit crowdfunding at http://crowdfundingforsocialgood.org. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at www.superpowers4good.com/subscribe