Speakers Promote Sustainable Seafood

(Left to right) Helene York, Ed Cassano, Dr. Christian Reilly, science teacher,
and Dr. John Murphy, Head of Upper School.

Helene York, the director of the Bon Appetit Management Company Foundation, joined Ed Cassano, Monterey Bay Aquarium's Senior Director of Conservation Outreach, to speak to Santa Catalina Upper School students about sustainable seafood on January 12, 2010. Watch the video here!

The talk emphasized how our daily food choices affect the global environment. It also promoted food literacy, including knowing:

- Where your food comes from.
- What's healthy and what's not.
- What environmental and social impacts occur to get food to your plate.

Ms. York is a national expert on the food system's contribution to climate change and the architect of Bon Appetit's Low Carbon Diet program, which seeks to reduce emissions associated with food service operations by 25% over five years.

Mr. Cassano has 23 years of marine resource management, marine education, research, exploration, and at sea expedition experience, including alongside Jean-Michel Cousteau at the Ocean Futures Society. He currently leads the aquarium's sustainable seafood initiative, including the Seafood Watch program.