On March 22, Causa Natura Media highlighted 10 people for their work in the oceans by holding the event “Faces of the Environment - Oceans 2023” and the launch of the magazine with the stories of the distinguished.
“It is essential not to be indifferent to the imbalance, injustices and destruction of ecosystems. These ten people motivate us to reflect, their visions, anecdotes and achievements motivate us to inform ourselves, reflect and act,” said Nelly Toche, during the gala evening that took place at the Mexican Center for Philanthropy (Cemefi).
Among the 10 people highlighted in 2023 are: Pablo Montaño, director of the organization Climate Change; Sofía Trejo, founder of the Maz-Conscience collective; the diver Juan Barnard; Araceli Domínguez Rodríguez, president of the Mayab Ecologist Group; Carmina Salinas, marine biologist of the fishing cooperative Emancipation; the researcher in Genomics, Adrián Munguia; the science writer Dulce Díaz; Pablo Ahuja, founder of the Mar Libre organization; Celia Cansta, founder of the Binapas cooperative; and Andrew Rhodes, former official of the Cillería .
The activist Sofía Trejo, present at the event, said that she works under the conviction that through the actions they promote in Sinaloa they provide “a break to nature”.
“It makes me extremely proud of my classmates at Maz-Conscience... from these people who are always there, to the student who gets up on a Sunday at seven in the morning to pick up garbage. Thanks to Causa Natura for recognizing the work we are doing in Mazatlán,” said Trejo Lemus.
The director of Causa Natura, Eduardo Rolón, highlighted to the attendees that the Faces were selected after an extensive nomination process, in which a call was opened to the public to receive applications from profiles outstanding for their work in the environment and the oceans in 2023.
It also highlighted the participation of women among the list of outstanding 2023; a fight for gender equity in their respective fields that recognized women endorsed.
“Thank you for telling part of my life, it hasn't been an easy job, it has complexities to be in the fishing sector because I'm a woman, it's said that the North Pacific is an example at the national level where you can join a cooperative as a woman, because it's practically a lifelong job for men, the cooperative where I'm in is 82 years old since its founding,” said Carmina Salinas.
Juan Barnard, another of the well-known people present, recalled that it was his mother who taught him how to fish. “There have always been women with great potential,” she said.
The diver urged those recognized not to waste the influence that their work has, especially on children. “Imagine what all of us who are here, those of us who are rewarded, what we can influence the next generations that come after us. If they invite you to a talk, go, because there aren't many like us.”
Those mentioned were interviewed and photographed in the places where they work for the magazine Ocean Faces 2023. A special publication to highlight the extraordinary work in a country that has 11,000 kilometers of coastline and an interdependence between these ecosystems and the ways of life of the communities.
Juan Luis García, coordinator of the Investigative and Data Journalism Unit, said that part of the spirit of the medium is to aim for solutions and not just problems. In that sense, people are a fundamental part of the alternatives. Thus, he hopes that, through the recognition and publication of the magazine, these life stories will be known to more people.
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