Ecofem Tales

  Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson fell in love with the ocean when she was just five years old. On a family trip to Key West, she peered through the glass bottom of a boat and saw a coral reef for the first time. Later, she held a sea urchin in her hands  and that small moment of wonder grew into a lifelong passion for the sea. That passion carried her through years of study. She earned a degree in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard, then went on to complete a Ph.D. in Marine Biology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Today, she shares her knowledge and vision as the Roux Distinguished Scholar at Bowdoin College. But Dr. Johnson is more than a scientist. She is also a builder of solutions. She co-founded Urban Ocean Lab , a think tank creating fair climate policies for coastal cities. She helped lead the Blue Halo Initiative in Barbuda, which became the first island-wide ocean zoning project in the Caribbean, setting a model for marine conservation. She...