Day in the Life of... An Environmental Educator!

By Kimberly Ng, Project & Communications Coordinator, Sea Smart

Up next in our Day in the Life blog series is our Environmental Educator. This is just one of the vital roles at Sea Smart and we hope you gain some more insight into all of the roles that help shape our organization. Volunteers, board members, educators, parents, teachers, administrative coordinators, marketing advisors and so many more are crucial to Sea Smart’s continued growth. Consider this an inside scoop on the inner workings of Sea Smart!

Name: Christina 

What do you do at Sea Smart: I deliver our Species at Risk workshops for classrooms all around Vancouver. I also develop our summer camp programs, and do a variety of things to help secure funding and keep Sea Smart organized!

Teaching a class about species at risk like the basking shark

What’s your favourite part about working at Sea Smart: I love that there is so much opportunity to grow and develop! I believe in everything we’re doing and feel like I am contributing to the future I want to see while working here.  It's also easy to get work done when you know it’s for such a great cause!

What does a typical work week look like for you:

Most days I’m in schools delivering our Species at Risk workshops. I'm either delivering an engaging presentation or helping kids develop their group projects. I love being able to coach kids on a project that they can use to spread the word on these aquatic issues. On other days, I’m in the office helping to develop our programs, like our new summer camps.

Favourite books/podcasts right now: 

Everyone should read Lost Connections by Johann Hari. It’s an incredible perspective on social and personal disconnection. It also shows how unaware we may be of our unfulfilled needs, and of how we got to this point. I also recommend The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche, and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard!

Favourite ocean-friendly tip: Avoid flying! It’s so cheap these days and it’s not obvious how much it adds to your carbon footprint. Global warming is among the biggest threats to ocean health.

Thanks for reading! Check out our other Day in the Life blog posts and come back for some other fun behind the scenes at Sea Smart.