the Best of the Friday Harbor Film Festival

Mission Blue is about legendary oceanographer, Sylvia Earle.  She is on a personal mission to save our oceans. Mission Blue is part oceanic road trip, part biography, part action adventure story, and part expose of an eco-disaster. The film deftly weaves her unique personal history with the passion that consumes her today: creating a global parks system for the ocean that she calls “Hope Spots.” Mission Blue, shot during a three-year period in numerous locations around the world, tackles the daunting challenge of how to protect the global ocean that is now under attack as never before. Ambitious in its visual language, goals, and passions for change, the film is a wake-up call for everyone who has ever cared about or experienced the ocean, as well as for those far inland who are dependent on rainwater, clean air, and weather cycles regulated by the ocean.    As Sylvia says, “No blue, no green. No ocean, no us.”
Megan Cook; As the Community STEM Program Coordinator for Ocean Exploration Trust Megan travels the nation supporting STEM educators and major partners to broaden collaborations that introduce exploration to new audiences.  She proudly brings together innovative partners in the ocean realm, mentor emerging talent in STEM fields, and inspires our next generation of young explorers.
Her international career has bridged scientific research, ocean education, conservation campaigns, expedition planning, and digital media. My communication talent is grown from a broad technical operations expertise. A science extrovert, I love helping people fall into fascination with our planet and using technology to share ocean stories.
Beyond my education career growth, I have a professional biological field research background and have worked as a submarine copilot, SCUBA professional, freediver, invasive species wrangler, writer and international public speaker. I'm a proud alumna of Oregon State University with a degree in biology and chemistry with an emphasis in marine biology. It is my honor to be a Mission Blue Young Explorer and the North American Rolex Scholar in 2012.