Our mission to protect our one ocean starts with becoming informed. In this series of enlightening and engaging conversations, WSL PURE’s Reece Pacheco speaks with activists, artists, athletes, and academics, about ocean conservation, sustainability, and how we can all take action to save our seas.
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Our mission to protect our one ocean starts with becoming informed. In this series of enlightening and engaging conversations, WSL PURE’s Reece Pacheco speaks with activists, artists, athletes, and academics, about ocean conservation, sustainability, and how we can all take action to save our seas.
Learn why COVID-19 is an environmental justice crisis with Selema Masekela, producer, surfer, Olympic commentator, and former X-Games host. He discusses how communities of color are being disproportionately affected by the pandemic, inequality in surfing and beach access, and long term underrepresentation in surfing.
This week’s articles:
Covid-19 is disproportionately affecting black and brown communities
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/massachusetts-communities-with-dirty-air-are-coronavirus-hotspots/ar-BB13ouRY
Coronavirus is not just a health crisis — it’s an environmental justice crisis
https://grist.org/justice/coronavirus-is-not-just-a-health-crisis-its-an-environmental-justice-crisis/
And for more backstory on Selema, this is a great primer on his work in the action sports industry: “The Unlikely Preacher of Action Sports”
https://www.outsideonline.com/2380521/unlikely-preacher-action-sports-sal-masekela
Thanks again to Selema for joining us! You can find Selema on Instagram @Selema. And I highly encourage you to check out Stoked.org. They’re a great organization using board sports like surfing, skating, and snowboarding to close the opportunity gap.
Thanks to everyone who wrote in a question this week!
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WSL PURE | One Ocean
Our mission to protect our one ocean starts with becoming informed. In this series of enlightening and engaging conversations, WSL PURE’s Reece Pacheco speaks with activists, artists, athletes, and academics, about ocean conservation, sustainability, and how we can all take action to save our seas.
