In today's episode, I'm chatting with Ele Powell, Zookeeper at West Midlands Safari Park. After growing up in the same landlocked town, Ele and I met for the first time during our studies at Newcastle University. From the origins of our friendship that began through a shared love for the ocean, I quickly came to know Ele as the determined shore explorer, most in her element while rooting around in the rockpools.

Something Old: Walls of shells decorating houses by the beach in Jersey, Channel Islands

Something New: AI mapping of fishing areas, coral bleaching and 3D printing to create artificial reefs for coral restoration

Something Borrowed: The oxygen we borrow from the ocean to breathe

Something Blue: As a child, the stream at the end of the garden and the crayfish that lived there. As an adult, exploring a new place by the sea every year

Ele on Instagram - @elemaep

Something Blue on Instagram - @somethingbluepodcast

Lily on Instagram - @usourearth

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The hope with this podcast is to bring a tiny dose of blue wherever in the world you're listening...to remind ourselves as a global community of ocean lovers that there is hope for the future of our waterways.

Sending you all the ocean love,

Lily xx

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