What the Ocean Can Teach Designers
Season 2: Episode 14 – Carissa Cabrera
How important are oceans to our climate? How vital are they to our general health? Did a video of an injured turtle really change the world? Marine Biologist and educator Carissa Cabrera joins Eric and explains it all through her work in media, science, and activism. You’ll learn from this episode that indeed there is an ocean of opportunity for designers for climate action; dive in.
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Listen to this episode on: Spotify, Apple, Google and other places you get your podcastsAbout our guest
Carissa Cabrera is a marine conservationist and sustainability educator based out of Hawai'i working on ocean climate solutions through media. She co-founded The Conservationist Collective to make ocean climate action accessible to everyone and encourage people to find their place in the movement.
On the web
The Conservationist Collective
Sustainability & The Sea Podcast
Music in this episode
Theme music by Casual Motive
Climate Design Assignments
At the end of each episode, we ask our guests what their ideal climate design project would be. They have four weeks with a class full of design students. We translated their response into a project brief that you can use for your class.
