Theatre in the Round - Trailblazing Women - March 2024
Sylvia Earle (1935-Present) was born in Gibbstown, New Jersey, and grew up in Florida and was an avid swimmer as a child. She is the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAH). When she left NOAH, she founded Deep Ocean Exploration, which designs, builds and operates equipment for deep ocean environments. She also has an excellent documentary, Mission Blue, where you can hear her speak directly on her activism for the ocean. It's on Netflix, go watch it. It's good. When people ask me who Sylvia Earle is, I always say, ’She is the Jane Goodall of the ocean.’ She has a really excellent documentary called Mission Blue. I don’t mean to imply that Jane Goodall is more important than Sylvia Earle, it’s just that more people have probably heard of Jane Goodall, but each of their contributions to the environment are commendable. I also think it’s interesting that Jane Goodall was born in in 1934 and Sylvia Earle was born in 1935. Both of these women are into their 80s and don’t slow down because they are so driven to help the environment as much as they can. I don't believe in regurgitating info you can find on Wikipedia, but Sylvia has a huge list of accomplishments that I recommend reading up on.
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