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Longtime community leader Kristin Gaspar serves as the first elected mayor of Encinitas, California. Outside of her work as mayor, Kristin Gaspar dedicates her time and resources to several organizations, including PlanSea, a nonprofit that creates multimedia content to educate the public about the importance of marine conservation.
With the assistance of a long list of partners, which includes Google Earth and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, PlanSea produces My Beach Report, the organization’s signature television and Internet series that teaches youth about environmental stewardship. Each 30-minute television episode and accompanying three- to six-minute webisode is hosted by teens and directed toward teen viewers.
In addition to the teen hosts, the episodes feature educational content presented by prominent marine scientists, such as Dr. Sylvia Earle and Dr. Anthony Andrady. Since 2009, PlanSea has been creating My Beach Report episodes for Google Earth, and the series has covered a number of topics over the years.
On PlanSea’s website, you can find My Beach Report segments on spinner dolphins, marine debris, and Hawaiian turtles. The site also features a number of other PlanSea videos, including episodes from its My Ocean Adventures series. To view the videos or learn more about PlanSea, visit www.plansea.org.
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