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Ep Desc:
Nature has the powerful ability to draw you into self-reflection and put you back on the right track. This is what Captain Liz Clark experienced when she sailed into the vastness of the ocean for an intimate voyage of awakening. In this episode, she joins Corinna Bellizzi to share how her work as a sailor, surfer, and ocean advocate allowed her to fully understand her inner self and shift to a much healthier lifestyle. Capt. Liz discussed the necessary work to be done to address plastic and ocean pollution, as well as the many benefits of adopting a plant-based diet. She also talks about her non-profit efforts to mitigate the overpopulation of stray animals and the protection of marine areas.
About Guest:
Captain Liz Clark is a surfer and environmentalist who has been sailing the seas on her 40-foot sailboat, Swell, since early 2006. She is the author of Swell: A Sailing Surfer’s Voyage of Awakening (Patagonia, 2018). Liz fell in love with surfing while earning her BA in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Barbara. After college, she turned her dream of sailing the world into reality, sailing south from Southern California through Central America and the Pacific Islands.
For more than a decade, she has kept her nomadic ocean lifestyle going through writing, blogging, photography, representing conscious brands, and earning recognition as a surf adventurer, environmental activist, and captain. She hopes to inspire people to live their passions and reconnect with nature and our inherent oneness. She was featured in the film Dear and Yonder (2009), and was nominated for National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2015.
Guest Website: https://swellvoyage.com/
Guest Social:
https://www.instagram.com/captainlizclark
https://www.facebook.com/captainlizclark/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CaptLizzy/videos
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Show Notes:
Looking Back - 03:03
But I wanted to kick off this journey today with your why did you just decide to undertake this incredible and difficult Journey?
Reflections On The Ocean - 12:02
While you had people join you for segments of your travels. The only real constant, of course was you and so much of what you did was on your own what stands out for you specifically from the time that you spent by yourself on the ocean.
Addressing Plastic Pollution - 26:50
In your Journeys because you are so connected with this ocean world you made this comment or early on in the book about having been you know on these travels to Mexico and seeing people, you know, trash litter or stuff like this just living in conditions were, you know, you aren't necessarily respecting the natural world as much as you might expect people to in that situation.
Anti-Nature Practices - 29:53
I haven't been to Tahiti myself. But I do go to Hawaii with relative frequency and I'm a scuba diver.
Plant-Based Diet - 37:51
In swell, you tell the story of encountering a boar that was kept in a cage and presumably for food. Could you share that story and how it changed your outlook?
Supporting Ocean Recovery - 55:28
I know that of course, you're an ocean Advocate and you bring awareness to problems like overfishing and wearing the right sunscreen and having Mercy for these animals, too.
Not-For-Profit Work - 58:44
Now you have an offer profit and Tahiti. Do you want to talk about that for a moment?
Changing Tides Foundation - 01:09:40
I also wanted to just point people to another project you're involved in and I know we're over time here.
Closing Words - 01:12:57
To find out more about Captain Liz Clarke and her book as well a sailing surfer's Voyage of Awakening which is available wherever books are sold.
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