Episode 20 - Foster the Earth

04/18/20 • 21 min

Foster the Earth

Erin McBride

Today we bring you Foster The Earth’s founder, Erin McBride. Foster The Earth is dedicated to helping vulnerable children and young adults in the foster care system through exposure to the great outdoors. Their participants experience the challenges and healing power of extended time in the wild and come away with a deeper respect for themselves, their capacity, and their place in the natural world.

Foster The Earth removes their participants from their everyday stressors by exposing them to nature and giving them resilience and self-confidence to help with their everyday lives at home. Each month participants go on one hike over the duration of a seven month program which teaches them new backpacking skills while also increasing in altitude and mileage. At the end of the program, the participants embark on a life-changing seven day backpacking trip to the tallest peak in the lower 48 states, Mount Whitney. Erin, has spent 1,645 hours with at-risk youth transforming their relationship with nature and themselves.

In order to help Foster The Earth continue enlightening and healing our youth through outdoor therapy, donate on their website, become a sponsor and even start your own chapter! Foster The Earth is an uplifting reminder to motivate others to spend more time in nature and disconnect with the technological world so you can reconnect with yourself.

How can you help?

Donate
Start a chapter
Volunteer
Engage

Please don’t forget to share this episode! Sharing this episode will help Foster The Earth to achieve its mission and increase its impact and help us at the GIVE Podcast keep spreading the word about important charities and nonprofits.

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Where to find Foster The Earth

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Full episode transcription can be found here.

To be a guest on the show or hear more episodes visit https://prodigimark.com/givepodcast

Foster the Earth

Erin McBride

How can you help?

Donate
Start a chapter
Volunteer
Engage

Be inspired. GIVE.

Where to find Foster The Earth

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Full episode transcription can be found here.

To be a guest on the show or hear more episodes visit https://prodigimark.com/givepodcast

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Episode 19 - Sea Shepherd

Sea Shepherd

Captain Paul Watson

Today we are beyond excited to welcome Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservancy. You may already be familiar with him from the hit TV show “Whale Wars”. Sea Shepherd uses direct action to defend marine wildlife and protect their habitat in the world’s oceans.

Sea Shepherd has transformed into an international movement and exists in 40 different countries, all concentrating on different environmental initiatives. Captain Paul Watson believes in an interventionist approach, where they directly shut down the terrible things that are happening in our oceans. Sea Shepherd has successfully driven the Japanese whaling fleet out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, shut down the toothfish poachers in the waters around Antarctica, stopped Chevron and BP from drilling in the Australian bite, and so much more. With poachers, illegal fishing, overfishing, and the diminishment of biodiversity within our ecosystem, they are ultimately fighting against the death of our ocean.

Sea Shepherd wants to remind you that one person can make a real difference. We all have the ability to change the world - all it takes is passion, imagination and courage. The oceans are our lifeline, yet they are dying more and more everyday and desperately need our help. Please contribute in the best way you can to help defend and protect marine wildlife and the world’s oceans.

How can you help?

Donate
Join a campaign
Volunteer in your hometown
Keep our shores clean

Please don’t forget to share this episode! Sharing this episode will help Sea Shepherd to achieve its mission and increase its impact and help us at the GIVE Podcast keep spreading the word about important charities and nonprofits.

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Where to find Sea Shepherd

Full episode transcription can be found here.

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Episode 21 - The Surfrider Foundation

The Surfrider Foundation

Jamie Hamilton

Today we are so excited to introduce Jamie Hamilton, chair of The Surfrider Foundation. This foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.

The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots, non-profit environmental organization with 81 chapters in 10 regions around the nation, all with the same mission - to keep our beaches healthy and communities informed. Their network of passionate activists mobilize their local chapters to plan campaigns, organize clean ups, and work with local elected officials to find solutions. With a crisis level of microplastics bombarding our rivers and oceans, it is more important than ever to find plastic alternatives.

“Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act” was recently passed in Florida and includes many initiatives that help combat this crisis. Help support this act in your community by contacting your representatives in 2 easy steps. Whether you are a surfer or not, Surfrider invites you to help foster positive environmental change and get involved!

How can you help?

Act now
Volunteer
Donate
Use plastic alternatives

Please don’t forget to share this episode! Sharing this episode will help The Surfrider Foundation to achieve its mission and increase its impact and help us at the GIVE Podcast keep spreading the word about important charities and nonprofits.

Be inspired. GIVE.

Where to find The Surfrider Foundation

Full episode transcription can be found here.

To be a guest on the show or hear more episodes visit https://prodigimark.com/givepodcast