Environmental Defense Fund Executive Director and Author, Amanda Leland Ep 168

Y'all, I'm feeling like a million bucks sharing this conversation with you that I got to have with Amanda Leland, Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Fund... I'm still pinching myself! Amanda became a member of the EDF when she was 13, so she's been training to be Executive Director for a few years!

Amanda just published Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions, with James Workman - it published September 30! It tells the story of how fishermen, scientists, and environmentalists set aside their distrust and their differences to forge an unlikely alliance to help solve the overfishing crisis in our oceans. It was exciting to hear her talk about it!

Amanda has Maine ties, growing up in Massachusetts and visiting every summer. She has a Masters Degree in Marine Biology from UMaine, and has a very different Maine experience than I've had, so you know I loved hearing about it... She also worked as a marine mammal zookeeper!

I asked Amanda to talk about what EDF does, too: they are a global nonprofit organization tackling climate change — the greatest challenge of our time. Their bold, game-changing solutions are people centered. Their goals are stabilizing the climate, strengthening people and nature's ability to thrive, and supporting peoples' health - very important work!

Learn more about EDF here: https://www.edf.org/

You can learn more about Sea Change here: https://prbythebook.com/experts/james-workman-and-amanda-leland/

EDF on Instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/environmental_defense_fund

Amanda's own Instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/avleland/

On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/EnvDefenseFund

TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@envdefensefund