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Suzanne Simard was a guest of the Forum in the fall of 2021 for a fascinating and uplifting evening at ArtSpring.
We note that she has just been included in Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of 2024.
You might also be interested in this recent article about her in the Guardian.
At the end of February we brought Lauren Shea to talk to GISS students about her recent team row across the Atlantic ocean- also known as “The World’s Toughest Row.” By completing the 3000 mile row in only 38 days, Lauren and her 4 woman team (Salty Science) were able to raise more than $250,000 for marine conservation education.
We are excited to see that Chile and Palau have become the first countries to ratify the “High Seas Treaty”. This treaty was put forward by our October 2023 guest Rashid Sumaila with the aim of keeping international waters fishing free zones which would help to stabilize fish stocks around the world, as well as promoting a sustainable fishery and boosting the health of the oceans.
Rashid Sumaila was the joint recipient of the 2023 Tyler prize for his work on this. He was informative, passionate and even optimistic when he was a guest of the Forum at ArtSpring. Our congratulations to him. We hope other countries now follow suit
