What does it mean to turn a ship into a communications platform for the planet?

In this episode, Nathaniel Walters speaks with Emilie McGlone, Director of Peace Boat US, about using an international vessel as a floating hub for climate action, ocean advocacy, and peacebuilding.

Hear how Peace Boat mobilised youth leaders, artists, universities, government ministers and media to amplify the UN High Seas (BBNJ) Treaty and the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. 

Emilie talks about:

• Strategy, building local networks, working in local languages, aligning with UN frameworks, and creating collaborative spaces
• Balancing press outreach with grassroots participation
• Moving climate stories beyond “doom and gloom” toward visible, collective action.

From the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition onboard to youth-led ocean advocacy, this episode explores how testimony, partnership and place-based storytelling can turn global treaties into a story of action that people get inspired from.

Recommended Series: Our Oceans https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81139969 

Follow Emilie McGlone at https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilie-mcglone/ 

Additional notes: 

Peaceboat / Ecoship: https://peaceboat.org/english/ / https://ecoship-pb.com/ 

Dr Sylvia Earle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle 

Zandile Ndhlovu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu 

Our Oceans / Netflix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Oceans 

Democracy Now: https://www.democracynow.org/ 

UNFCCC: https://unfccc.int/ 

COP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference  

Released: 11/3/26

Run time: 40 minutes

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