E55 Suddenly Sargassum: a multilingual education book for St. Martin w/ Mark Yokoyama

Mark Yokoyama is a naturalist, author and wildlife educator living in St. Martin who has published many books about the nature and culture of St. Martin. He is also the co-founder and treasurer of the non profit association Les Fruits de Mer. Their core mission is to collect and share knowledge about local nature and heritage. They run a museum called Amuseum Naturalis which is a free museum on nature, heritage and culture in St. Martin. They distribute free books about local subjects to students and schools on the island.  

0:00 Introduction 

2:18 Guest introduction 

3:10 What is Sargassum to Mark? 

4:30 Impact of Sargassum on St. Martin 

5:56 Management of Sargassum on St. Martin an island with two governments- lots of groups involved and lots of coordination needed 

9:00 How he got all the great pictures and content for his new book Suddenly Sargassum  

11:40 The books will go to schools and stakeholders and a display was made in the Les Fruits de Mer museum. It will get kids interested in science and provide locally relevant educational material in both English and French 

15:55 Offical school language in St. Martin is French but most kids are primarly English speakers 

18:55 What does a naturalist, author and wildlife educators do? 

23:10 Debrief  

Learn more about Mark Yokoyama and his work:   

- Les fruits de mer website

- Book Suddenly Sargasssum:
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French version Le mystère des sargasses
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Free download

Link to other books

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