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Heidi Tait has always been an avid lover of nature and the outdoors, so when she was working as a scuba instructor and started finding rubbish everywhere, her only option was to act. In 2004 Heidi founded Tangaroa Blue Foundation (TBF) as a way of addressing the ever-increasing threat of marine debris in our oceans. Through the TBF Heidi introduced the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI), which is a growing network of communities, schools, industries, government agencies and individuals focused on reducing the amount of marine debris washing into our oceans. Heidi was named one of the “18 Most Influential Women in Ocean Conservation” in the July 2018 edition of Ocean Geographic and has been featured in multiple interviews as one of Australia’s foremost Ocean Innovators. In this compelling conversation, Rich and Heidi cover many important topics, starting with the big picture of why there is so much marine debris and where it is all coming from. They then focus on solutions – specifically how Heidi and her partners are utilizing their network and data system to not only remove garbage from the ocean, but also to stop it at the source. Additionally they cover many other subjects from recycling to cigarette butts to her connection to Jack Johnson. Heidi is a true ocean hero out there every day working to protect the ocean we all love so much! Tangaroa Blue Website: tangaroablue.org Heidi Tait LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/heidi-tait Tangaroa Blue on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TangaroaBlue Tangaroa Blue on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tangaroablue/ #tangaroablue: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tangaroablue/ Tangaroa Blue Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXY1VwEKxlV5wpltnydnjQ/videos Tangaroa Blue on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tangaroa.blue Tribute to Heidi: https://www.tangaroablue.org/a-tribute-to-heidi-and-all-of-you/ Ocean Innovators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln9iosw_mVs Operation CleanSweep : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-TUG6L_VQ Big Beach Cleanup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-TUG6L_VQ Ocean Decade Conference: https://www.oceandecade-conference.com/en/heidi-tait.html AMDI App: https://www.tangaroablue.org/resources/clean-up-data-collection/amdi-app/ Life a Beach: https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/lifes-beach-finding-trends-marine-debris-across-australia Charity Register: https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/63ddb3da-38af-e811-a962-000d3ad24a0d/profile Donate to Tangaroa Blue: https://www.tangaroablue.org/about-us/donate/   “If all we do is clean up, that’s all we’ll ever do.”  - Heidi Tait.   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

Dr. Sylvia Earle is the founding President and Chairman of Mission Blue. She is a National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence and was dubbed Her Deepness by the New Yorker and New York Times. The Library of Congress made her a Living Legend and Time Magazine declared her the first Hero for the Planet. She was also the first female Chief Scientist of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (the NOAA).  She is an Ocean Elder, an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer.  In short Dr. Earle is a living legend.  Over the years Dr. Earle has brought her infinite wisdom and deep knowledge of how our planets works to both the professional world and the masses in books, films, numerous talks, lectures and interviews but one in particular stands out, from ten years ago, with the NRDC (the national resources defense council), where she said “Think of the Ocean as the blue Heart of the planet.  The part that makes the world work. Drives climate and weather. Generates most of the oxygen we breathe.  It drives our water cycle. It’s where 97% of the water is. This is our life support system and unless we really understand it and appreciate it, we are not going to take care of it. Knowing is the key”.   LEARN MORE ABOUT SYLVIA EARLE here:    Mission Blue Website: https://mission-blue.org/ Sylvia Earle Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle Mission Blue News: https://mission-blue.org/in-the-news/ Sylvia Earle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SylviaEarle Mission Blue on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mission_blue/?hl=en Mission Blue on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissionBlue Hope Spots: https://mission-blue.org/hope-spots/ Youtube Mission Blue: https://www.youtube.com/user/missionbluecoalition Hashtag Sylviaearle : https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sylviaearle/?hl=en Mission Blue Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1wp2MQCsfQ TED 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43DuLcBFxoY   Google Earth Explore the Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BpSO5kN8-4 Nat Geo: : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/impact/article/sylvia-earle-protecting-exploring-ocean The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/12/were-causing-our-own-misery-oceanographer-sylvia-earle-on-the-need-for-sea-conservation Time Inc: https://time.com/6114248/sylvia-earle-10-questions/ Achiever Awards: https://achievement.org/achiever/sylvia-earle/ UNEP: https://www.unep.org/championsofearth/laureates/2014/sylvia-earle On Being Interview: https://onbeing.org/programs/sylvia-earle-her-deepness-feb2018/ Donate to Mission Blue: https://mission-blue.networkforgood.com/projects/66908-2019-donation-drive   “Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks..”  - Dr. Sylvia Earle.   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

Selema Masekela is a beloved multifaceted TV commentator, host, journalist, musician, Emmy nominated producer, Fashion Entrepreneur, outdoor sports enthusiast and ocean warrior, best known for his work across VICE, E!, ESPN/ABC, Nat Geo Explorer, Red Bull Media House, MTV and beyond. A relentlessly curious narrator of the human experience, he thrives as a Black man who has historically been ‘the only’ in the spaces of action sports and entertainment.  As part of his diverse career, he worked at Transworld Skate Publications and became the the long-time face of the X Games. The son of South African jazz legend and activist Hugh Masekela, Selema‘s roots are as South African as they are Staten Island, New York City and North County San Diego. He is currently involved with the foundation Stoked Mentoring, a nonprofit action sports organization for at-risk youth, hosts the podcast What Shapes Us?, published the book AfroSurf along with launching the brand Mama Wata and continues to support the Surfrider Foundation as an Ambassador. Wether he is in the ocean catching waves or shredding down a mountain snowboarding Salema often finds himself channeling the spirit and love of his father as he plays a central role in the effort to create racial equality on both the water and on land.  LEARN MORE ABOUT SALEMA here:  Salema Masekela Website: https://www.salmasekela.com/#home-section Salema Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selema_Masekela Racism + Surfing - A call for Unity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NElRTSgyu10 Connect with Salema on Twitter: https://twitter.com/selema What Shapes Us Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-shapes-us/id1521200635 Check out the Stoked Website: https://www.stoked.org/ Follow Stoked on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stokedorg/ Stoked on Twitter: https://twitter.com/STOKEDorg Stoked on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/STOKEDorg/ UXE Entertainment: https://www.uxentertainment.com/ Red Bull TV: https://www.redbull.com/us-en/ Vice World of Sports: https://www.vice.com/en/topic/vice-world-of-sports?page=2 Salema in the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/31/sports/black-surfers.html   Surfrider Link: https://www.surfrider.org/our-team/ambassadors/sal-masekela Mami Wata Brand: : https://mamiwatasurf.com/ Mami Wata Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamiwatasurf/ Woza Short Film: https://vimeo.com/212603149?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=64645507 The Inertia: https://www.theinertia.com/surf/selema-masekela-is-right-action-sports-still-has-a-long-way-to-go/ Outside Online: https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/unlikely-preacher-action-sports-sal-masekela/ Cassius: https://cassiuslife.com/566985/exclusive-selema-sal-masekela-talks-black-people-surfing-white-people-stuff-rediscovery-of-self/ The Lunchbox Fund: https://www.thelunchboxfund.org/   “Racism is not a thing we will stand for in the United States of America. I hope you will continue to stand for this thing called unity and tell racism that it can go and kick rocks, because that’s not what surfing is about,”  - Salema Masekela. TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

Shawn is an Emmy Award winning cinematographer, an acclaimed photographer/ journalist and a lifelong conservationist.  A co-founder of the Blue Sphere Foundation, SeaLegacy, and now the Only One Collective with Cristina Mittermeier, Paul Nicklen and Lonely Whale, Shawn has become a major force in the global movement to protect the ocean, marine species and habitats, tackle the climate crisis, and build a more just, equitable planet. Fueled by his passion for the oceans, his groundbreaking work fuses dramatic imagery with intimate and thought-provoking stories, to connect the global community to the beauty and vulnerability of threatened marine species and their eco systems. He was one of the lead activists and co-creators of the Emmy-nominated film, "Racing Extinction” with Academy Award winning Director/ Producer, Louie Psihoyos. Shawn has also gone undercover exposing the endangered marine species trade in some of the most remote and challenging locations on Earth. Key areas of his conservation work include ending the global slaughter of sharks, protecting manta rays, the High Seas, and safeguarding earth’s most bio-diverse and threatened habitats. His groundbreaking photographic work and captivating storytelling has been featured in National Geographic, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, and numerous media outlets. Shawn serves on the International Board of WildAid, is a Director of Manta Trust, a Safina Fellow, a member of The SeaLegacy Collective, and an Associate Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.  LEARN MORE ABOUT SHAWN HEINRICHS, BLUE SPHERE, SEA LEGACY AND  ONLY.ONE here:  Shawn Heinrichs Website: http://www.shawnheinrichs.com/ Follow Shawn on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnheinrichs/ Connect with Shawn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shawnheinrichs Shawn on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawn.heinrichs.artist Check out the Only.One Website: https://only.one/?intro=bluesphere Follow Only.One on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlyone/ Only.One on Twitter:https://twitter.com/onlyone The Tide: https://only.one/tide Only One on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnlyOneOceanCollective/ Protect the High Seas: https://only.one/pages/high-seas Earth Optimism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOgtcxf5f-I Behold the Light Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PKZm7ycBlQ TEDx Boulder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PKZm7ycBlQ Earth Spirit Festival: : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFSdwMVD-nw Mens Journal: https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/the-photographer-who-risks-his-life-to-save-our-oceans-mens-journal/ “Art is my passion, conservation is my purpose, and for me the two are inseparable. I have found art is the most powerful tool I can bring to bear to help protect the ocean's most threatened species and habitats. “  -   Shawn Heinrichs   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

Paul Hawken is an exceptionally hard working advocate for a better life on planet earth and one of the leading voices in the climate solutions movement. He is a writer, public speaker, serial entrepreneur, author of eight books, activist and has now taken a profound role in our ability to reverse global warming in our lifetime through solutions, science, education and action. Paul has dedicated much of his adult life, after early success with the natural food company Erewhon, then the highly praised garden tools catalog and horticulture company Smith and Hawken to elevating the conversation on subjects ranging from inequality and social justice, the importance of a renewable energy future,  to modifying the basic relationship between business and the environment. His first book to tackle climate solutions,  Project Drawdown has been a NY Times Best Seller and set the stage for the next chapter of his life dedicated to the concept of Regeneration - using resources in a manner that improves society's well-being by enhancing Earth's living systems through continued replenishment and less abuse and waste.  The Book and the non profit, Regeneration.org, is a response to the urgency of Climate Change offering a visionary new approach - highlighting justice, equity, biodiversity and human dignity as part of a social tapestry of action, policy and transformation to end the climate crisis in one generation.    LEARN MORE ABOUT PAUL HAWKEN, PROJECT DRAWDOWN AND REGENERATION here:    Paul Hawken Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hawken Visit Paul’s website: https://paulhawken.com/ Follow Paul on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulhawken/?hl=en Connect with Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulHawken Check out the Regeneration Website: https://regeneration.org/ Follow Regeneration on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg/?hl=en Regeneration.org on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RegenerationOrg Project Drawdown Website: https://drawdown.org/ Drawdown.org on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projectdrawdown/?hl=en Drawdown.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectdrawdown?lang=en The New Great Transformation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzM3m8LZoUs Bioneers 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOX_HGoYbL8   Paul on Rich Roll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGE_TZfTaH8 Paul Hawken Books: : https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Hawken/e/B000APTSBC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Natural Capitalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OhrqO9nc68   “Girls’ education, it turns out, has a dramatic bearing on global warming. Women with more years of education have fewer, healthier children and actively manage their reproductive health.”- Paul Hawken    TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

Jeremy McKane is an Artist and innovator with the passion for the environment.  At 18, he found himself working in a startup that would one day become (for a time) the world’s largest web hosting provider. After leaving the corporate world, his focus began to shift towards impact based art, aligning his vision with ocean related issues and causes. He has shown his work as an installation artist all over the world but feels compelled to not stop there. When not making art, he is often on panels, traveling to climate negotiations and summits around the world,  discussing munitions dumping and cleaning our seas, to ways to fund ocean causes through art and technology.  Jeremy remains an active Explorers Club Member and is CEO of OCN.ai, the Ocean Currency Network, a means to financially incentivize nation-states to protect their waters with Blockchain technology which includes an autonomous network of marine robots that automate enforcement at sea.  He co-founded the ULTRAMARINE Ocean Action Summit with Kite Boarding Pro Susi Mai, held each year on Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island. The Ultramarine mission is to protect 30% of The World's Ocean by 2030 by bringing rapid collaboration to the Ocean Space in hopes that we can protect more of what matters through tangible actions.    LEARN MORE ABOUT JEREMY MCKANE AND HIS WORK here:    Jeremy McKane on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremymckane/ Check out Jeremy’s Website: https://www.jeremymckane.com/about/ Follow Jeremy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremyMcKane?s=20 Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremymckane/ Find Jeremy on Clubhouse: https://clubhousedb.com/user/jeremymckane  OCN.ai Blockchain for Saving our Seas: https://www.ocn.ai/ IDUM: https://underwatermunitions.org/ Terrance Long: https://underwatermunitions.org/terrance-p-long/ NFT Mr. Ocean: https://knownorigin.io/mrocean Explorers Club World Oceans Week: https://www.jonathagiddens.com/the-explorers-club-world-ocean-week/ Ocean Summit 2019: https://vimeo.com/328328531 Ultramarine Video: https://www.ocn.ai/videos Ridge to Reef EARTHxFILM Festival 2017: https://vimeo.com/216024694 Underwater Photography: https://vimeo.com/577264029 Trash to Treasure: http://www.takepart.com/photos/ocean-found-objects/   “There is no Superman of The Ocean, but there is a Justice League and each of us can stand up to do our part.” —Jeremy McKane      TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

At just 19 years of age, Daniela Fernandez found herself sitting in a United Nations chamber listening to a myriad of scary statistics regarding the likely fate of our ocean planet. Two things quickly became apparent to her. First, she noticed she was the ONLY young voice in the room, the only young person in the conversation. Second, while there was a great deal of fear being projected, there was very little talk in terms of hope, inspirational dialogue or innovative solutions. So as legend goes, she decided to start the Sustainable Ocean Alliance from her Georgetown University dorm room, which in only 6 short years has become the largest network of young Ocean Leaders in the world with more than 5,000 participants in over 165 countries.  She is now CEO. Daniela has been recognized for her work by former US Sec’y of State and current US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry and former US President Bill Clinton. She also received accolades with a Peter Benchley Ocean Youth Award, named one of Glamour magazine’s College Women of the Year, and was selected as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur, and has spoken on countless stages, including the Economist World Ocean Summit and Global Climate Summit.  LEARN MORE ABOUT DANIELA FERNANDEZ AND SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE here:    Follow Daniela on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dvfernandez/ Follow SOA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soalliance/ Check out the SOA Website: https://www.soalliance.org/ SOA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SustainableOceanAlliance Connect with Daniela on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvfernandez Follow Daniela on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dvfernandez1?lang=en SOA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/soalliance SOA Who We Are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwZHhuprYI4 Rising Star Award: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSxOlqrgYw8 Nat Geo Encounter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8AVsLl9rI   Youth Voices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1yxHb2-P1E SOA Blue New Deal: https://www.soalliance.org/blue-new-deal SOA Leadership: https://www.soalliance.org/leadership   “I came across the greatest victim and potential savior of our planet. The ocean. Well, I'm here to implore all of you to never give up. Let us use this time to disrupt, persevere and to believe in our ability to save our planet, and save ourselves." - Daniela V. Fernandez    TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

Ryland Engelhart is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kiss the Ground, a non profit dedicated to soil and planetary regeneration. He is one of the producers of Kiss The Ground -- the highly regarded film on Netflix featuring Woody Harrelson and other notables in the eco earth movement. He has spent the past 15 years as an entrepreneur and love-activist, working in hospitality and building a "triple bottom line" business of legendary organic plant-based restaurants called Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre in Southern CA. He is also a co-creator of the award-winning, inspirational documentary film called “May I Be Frank.” Ryland has an infectious passion for life and is a cultural catalyst creating transformation through his own organizations and in the world at large. He publicly speaks on the topics of sacred commerce, gratitude, veganism, building community, regeneration and the connection between soil health, human health, and planetary health. He is the host of Kiss the Ground's Podcast. Ryland is also a husband and father and lives on a 17-acre regenerative organic farm in Fillmore, CA where he learns to continuously practice what he preaches. LEARN MORE ABOUT RYLAND ENGELHART + KISS THE GROUND here:    Ryland Engelhart on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovebeingryland/ Linktree Links: https://linktr.ee/rylandengelhart Kiss the Ground Website: https://kisstheground.com/ KTG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kisstheground/ KTG Twitter: https://twitter.com/kissthegroundCA KTG Podcast: https://kisstheground.com/podcast/?ltclid=688aaff1-dee3-45d5-80eb-f41793100f5c KTG Movie Website: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/ KTG Movie IG: https://www.instagram.com/kissthegroundmovie/ KTG YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kisstheground KTG Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kissthegroundCA/ Jungle Project + Breadfruit: https://kisstheground.com/jungleproject/ Ryland on Rich Roll: https://www.richroll.com/podcast/ryland-engelhart-483/  Sacred Commerce: https://www.richroll.com/podcast/ryland-engelhart-483/ Finian Makepeace TEDx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81bYrqhoAyo Why Soil Matters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pesqtODu_XM The Soil Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvAoZ14cP7Q The Compost Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqDQD8cvO5Y   "Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." -Rumi   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

Actor and Activist Adrian Grenier is the true definition of a Renaissance Man. Over the last two and a half decades, Adrian Grenier has taken on many roles… Successful actor, producer, director, musician, environmentalist, social entrepreneur and spokesperson for endangered marine species, along with a global drawdown for plastic pollution. From creating the breakthrough sustainable lifestyle series Alter Eco on Discovery’s Planet Green, starring in the Television series Entourage as Vincent Chase, co-hosting the first Charity Water Ball in NYC, to the launch of SHFT , a brand which promotes sustainability through film, design, art and culture,  to co-founding the Lonely Whale Foundation, he has long been at the forefront of inspiring us to do better. The Lonely Whale Foundation, originally inspired by the true story of “52 Blue” the Loneliest Whale - has become a beacon for those who have a deep love for the ocean,  as it promotes ocean health awareness through conversation and immersive experiences.  A few years ago, because of his work with Lonely Whale, he was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme.    LEARN MORE ABOUT ADRIAN GRENIER, LONELY WHALE + DuContra here:    Adrian Grenier on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adriangrenier/ Adrian on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-grenier-4b26b9196/ DuContra on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DuContra2021 Lonely Whale on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lonelywhale/ Lonely Whale About: https://www.lonelywhale.org/about Connect with LW on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lonelywhale/ 52HZ Advisory Service: https://www.lonelywhale.org/52hz Go Deeper at LW: https://www.lonelywhale.org/contact The LW Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=571y_E9O1sY   30 Days of Genius w/ Chase Jarvis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q8_MOTdf18 UN Environmental Program: https://twitter.com/UNEP UNEP Goals: https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/sustainable-development-goals/about-sustainable-development-goals#ourwork DuContra Venture: https://www.ducontra.ventures/ SHFT: https://www.shft.com/about/   “It's enough to indulge and to be selfish, but true happiness is really when you start giving back. ” - Adrian Grenier   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or email the Executive Producer here: [email protected]

Andrew Sharpless has led Oceana since 2003 as its CEO. Oceana, founded in late 2001, has grown in that time to be the largest international conservation organization fully dedicated to protecting the oceans. Oceana was launched by five ocean-conservation philanthropies, including Pew Charitable Trusts, Marisla and the Oak Foundation of Geneva and is still primarily funded by such groups. In 2002, Oceana merged with the American Oceans Campaign, founded by actor and environmentalist Ted Danson, to more effectively address a common mission of protecting and restoring the world’s oceans. Based in Washington, D.C., Oceana and its global supporters, believes the world’s oceans “are in crisis from overfishing, acidification, and habitat destruction [and] works internationally to alleviate these and other problems through policy-oriented campaigns.” Under his leadership, Oceana and its allies have protected nearly 4 million square miles of habitat and won more than 250 significant policy victories.  Oceana campaigns have banned bottom trawling and offshore oil exploration in Belize, helping to protect the world’s second-largest barrier reef system. Other victories have preserved unique habitats in Chile, made the seafood trade more transparent, and helped combat illegal fishing around the globe. Sharpless also led Oceana through the development and launch of Global Fishing Watch, an online platform that offers the first free global view of commercial fishing, in partnership with SkyTruth and Google.  Sharpless holds degrees from Harvard Law School, the London School of Economics, and Harvard College. He previously served in leadership roles at Discovery.com, RealNetworks, and the Museum of Television & Radio in New York City sits on multiple boards and has authored several books.     LEARN MORE ABOUT ANDREW SHARPLESS and OCEANA here:    Oceana Website: https://oceana.org/ Follow Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oceana_Andy Follow Oceana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oceana Follow Oceana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oceana/ Oceana LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oceana/ Harvard Magazine: https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2013/07/fish-by-fish Books by Andy: https://www.amazon.com/Andy-Sharpless/e/B00BWSKNTW/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 TEDx-SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBoIHk7_fxg&list=PLA8C8C47246269148 TEDx-Oil Spills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHSJAg1XkGA&list=PLA8C8C47246269148&index=7 Feeding the World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PIDQNDr-yY&list=PLA8C8C47246269148&index=10 Save the Oceans Feed the World: https://oceana.org/reports/save-oceans-feed-world Ocean Plastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yomf5pBN8dY Victories: https://oceana.org/victories Celebrity Supporters: https://oceana.org/about-oceana/people-partners/celebrity-supporters Donate : https://act.oceana.org/page/73742/donate/1     “Pure-of-heart incompetence is a very dangerous thing, you are going to create problems for yourself and the world if you don’t know what you are doing.” - Andy Sharpless   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or take the EPIC OCEAN CHALLENGE follow this link: https://www.ourepicocean.com/challengevid

Blue Latitudes as a marine environmental consulting company with a non profit foundation understands the often-complex environmental issues that face the offshore energy industry and has developed relationships with both federal and state regulatory agencies that are based on a shared goal to manage offshore resources in a way that is both environmentally sustainable and fiscally responsible. Some of the Earth's greatest opportunities for conservation lie at the intersection of industry and the environment. The dynamic duo at the helm of this planet forward operation, marine scientist Amber Sparks and environmental scientist Emily Hazelwood, (both made the Forbes 30 under 30 list in the energy sector and met at Scripps Institute of Oceanography), have seen the human demand for ocean resources increase incrementally, and have laid solid plans to broaden the dialog on traditional ocean conservation practices to find ways to use our oceans without using them up!  Their credo is profound; to elevate the traditional concept of ocean stewardship by uniting government, industry and the community to work together to conserve our oceans! In doing so,  their foundation and consulting business, strives to explore innovative solutions to traditional marine conservation challenges, by uniting science, policy, and communications to develop sustainable, creative and cost-effective solutions to manage the environmental issues that surround the offshore energy industry. Today, they work with government and industry around the world to develop RtR strategies and, using remotely operated vehicles, literally diving into the deepest depths of the ocean to evaluate the marine ecosystems found on deep offshore energy structures. LEARN MORE ABOUT BLUE LATITUDES FOUNDATION here:  Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/Rig2ReefExplore Blue Latitudes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluelatitudesfoundation/?hl=en Blue Latitudes Website: https://www.bluelatitudesfoundation.org/ Blue Latitudes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-blue-latitudes-foundation Amber Sparks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-sparks-a0b0653b Emily Hazelwood LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-hazelwood/ Rigs to Reefs NY Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot-UsUwhaec Rigs to Reefs TEDX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cva3EuaUMCs Science TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCn5-UXt_9t4o3nyzH2YIg Emily talks to Fabien Cousteau: https://www.conncoll.edu/news/cc-magazine/past-issues/2020-issues/summer-2020/water/ Diving In: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Vt82JZu04 Deep Elite Team: https://www.instagram.com/scubapro/ Start Blue UCSD: https://startblue.ucsd.edu/      "The future of ocean conservation is no longer us against them, we need to find opportunities to work together to conserve our oceans.”  — Amber & Emily, Co-Presidents   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or take the EPIC OCEAN CHALLENGE follow this link: https://www.ourepicocean.com/challengevid

Madison Stewart, a.k.a. Shark Girl, also known to her close friends as “Pip or Pippy” (dad’s a pirate, mum’s a hippy), is no accidental ocean activist. In a way she was born to represent the ocean. From the early age of two, she and her family were living on a yacht sailing the waters of Australia’s Gold Coast and the Great Barrier Reef.  At the 12 Madison became a certified Open Water diver in the sharky waters of Byron Bay at Julian Rocks, and at age 14 she had picked up an underwater camera for the first time. Then at 16 she decided to dedicate her life to the preservation and protection of sharks after learning a shark fishery inside the Great Barrier Reef could legally harvest 100,000 sharks a year, and has been working tirelessly as an activist ever since.  She is probably one of a very few people who refer to sharks as "adorable, and credits Peter Benchley, his book and the Spielberg film “Jaws" for being an inspiration and reminder how important it is to make sure sharks are not seen as scary creatures or a threat to humans, but should be preserved and honored as one of the oldest and most important apex predators in the ocean eco-system.  Stewart is also an Ocean Guardian in the Australian documentary "Blue.”, was featured in Rob Stewart’s “Sharkwater Extinction”,  and at the age of 24, she was named Australian Geographic Society Young Conservationist of the Year for her anti-shark finning work.  Her non profit, The Hooper Collective, aims to inflict change and shed light on laws exploiting sharks, change the human perception of them, and fight the trades decimating shark populations around the world, while improving the quality of life for humans at threat from these animals.    LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARK GIRL MADISON STEWART here:    Madison Stewart on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharkgirlmadison/ Follow Madison on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharkgirlmadison/?hl=en Check out her Website: https://www.thehoopercollective.org/about-us Support the Hooper Collective: https://www.thehoopercollective.org/donate Follow Madi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sharkgirlmadi?lang=en Hitchen’s Razor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj6UAwfcgHQ My World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ohHAbCqLC0 Shark Finning in Indonesia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg9b8_7-sIk The Hunters Son Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg9b8_7-sIk Who is Madison Stewart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_7CvEN2emk Smithsonian Channel on shark finning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiUBRSbHuJo Australian Geographic: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/11/meet-madison-stewart-aka-shark-girl/ Whalebone Magazine: https://whalebonemag.com/interview-shark-girl-madi-stewart/   “Not everyone is meant to make a difference. But for me, the choice to lead an ordinary life is no longer an option.. ” - Peter Parker as Spiderman   TO SUGGEST A GUEST YOU CAN REACH US here: [email protected] or take the EPIC OCEAN CHALLENGE follow this link: https://www.ourepicocean.com/challengevid