Making Waves
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The Making Waves podcast interviews industry leaders who are making waves of change in the field of marine conservation. This podcast is hosted by students at the University of California, Berkeley who are passionate about saving our planet, especially life underwater. As they venture into the last year of undergraduate studies, they created this podcast in hopes of helping other aspiring..
Making Waves
1y ago
Dan Abbott is the Central Coast Regional Manager of Reef Check California. He has been involved with the organization as a volunteer and part-time instructor since 2005, and started working for Reef Check full-time in September 2014. Dan received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics and Policy from UC Berkeley. While at Berkeley Dan became an AAUS scientific diver. Most recently, Dan worked as a biologist for Tenera Environmental where he oversaw a large number of monitoring projects in San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and along the California Coast. Additionally ..read more
Making Waves
1y ago
This is a must listen for anyone about to graduate from college! As a recent graduate of UC Berkeley, Sylvia reflects on her time in college and gives helpful career advice for jumping into the job market ..read more
Making Waves
1y ago
David is the Founder and Director of the shark and marine conservation nonprofit “Shark Stewards”. A marine biologist, David is a National Geographic Explorer and a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences where he conducts shark studies and media production in the San Francisco Bay and in SE Asia. He is also an avid filmmaker and sits on the board of the International Ocean Film Festival. Shark Stewards introduced the first North American shark fin trade ban in California and led several states and international movements limiting the overfishing of sharks and the shark fin tr ..read more
Making Waves
1y ago
Meet the team behind the Making Waves podcast as they discuss their backgrounds, as well as their motivations for creating this podcast ..read more
Making Waves
3y ago
Dan Abbott is the Central Coast Regional Manager of Reef Check California. He has been involved with the organization as a volunteer and part-time instructor since 2005, and started working for Reef Check full-time in September 2014. Dan received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics and Policy from UC Berkeley. While at Berkeley Dan became an AAUS scientific diver. Most recently, Dan worked as a biologist for Tenera Environmental where he oversaw a large number of monitoring projects in San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and along the California Coast. Additionally ..read more
Making Waves
3y ago
This is a must listen for anyone about to graduate from college! As a recent graduate of UC Berkeley, Sylvia reflects on her time in college and gives helpful career advice for jumping into the job market ..read more
Making Waves
3y ago
David is the Founder and Director of the shark and marine conservation nonprofit “Shark Stewards”. A marine biologist, David is a National Geographic Explorer and a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences where he conducts shark studies and media production in the San Francisco Bay and in SE Asia. He is also an avid filmmaker and sits on the board of the International Ocean Film Festival. Shark Stewards introduced the first North American shark fin trade ban in California and led several states and international movements limiting the overfishing of sharks and the shark fin tr ..read more
Making Waves
3y ago
Meet the team behind the Making Waves podcast as they discuss their backgrounds, as well as their motivations for creating this podcast ..read more