Our Epic Ocean

Cyrill is an award-winning designer and brand/product developer. He is the Founder of Parley for the Oceans designed as a collaboration network for creators, thinkers and leaders, described as a new form of an environmental organization driving towards a new idea of economy. One based on collaboration, eco innovation and creativity. Their credo; purpose is the new luxury.  In 1998 he created a method called Cross Intelligence, which brings a culture of collaboration to major organizations. In 2012 he decided to focus on a new client vital to us all: the oceans. He founded Parley for the Oceans in 2012 to raise awareness for the beauty and fragility of the oceans and to develop and implement strategies that can end their destruction. Parley and their partners won the Grand Prix for Product Design at Cannes Lions, two D&AD Pencils and an ADCN Grand Prix in 2014. Gutsch was named 2017 Environmentalist of the Year by the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association for his tireless work for the oceans. In 2018, Parley was named Environmental Organization of the Year at EARTHx and Gutsch received a Special Recognition Award for Innovation by the British Fashion Council. In 2019, Gutsch was inducted into the UBS Global Visionary community – a select group of leading entrepreneurs and individuals working towards one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT CYRILL GUTSCH AND PARLEY FOR THE OCEANS here: 

 

Follow Cyrill on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cyrillgutsch/?hl=en

Connect with Cyrill on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cyrillgutsch?lang=en

Follow Parley TV: https://www.instagram.com/parley.tv/?hl=en

Website: https://www.parley.tv/#fortheoceans

Parley News: https://www.parley.tv/updates/adidasxparley

Parley + Fashion: https://www.vogue.com/article/parley-for-the-oceans-cyrill-gutsch-british-fashion-award

Impossible is Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgY__xJpJ9U

Adidas + Creator U: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ8LpCCw_5g

Highsnobiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XEanu0zJnY

Adidas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XEanu0zJnY

 

      "it doesn’t matter if it’s plastic or if it’s climate change, if it is overfishing or any other threat towards the future of mankind. it’s not  fashionable anymore to be an exploiter.’. ”   - Cyrill Gutsch. 

 

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Louie Psihoyos is a globally recognized National Geographic photographer, Oscar-winning filmmaker and Executive Director of the Oceanic Preservation Society, a collaborative production company he co-founded with tech entrepreneur Jim Clark.  He is responsible for several important documentary films including, “The Cove” about the capture and slaughtering of dolphins in Taiji Japan, winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2010,  “Racing Extinction”, drawing attention to mankind's role in the loss of at least half of the world's species and “Game Changers”, dispelling several myths around humans need to eat meat products to remain healthy and become strong.  Aside from extensive achievements in the visual arts, his personal ethos and life on planet earth is mirrored through the stories he tells and the way he chooses to live his life, while through the production of compelling films and imagery, underlined by extremely powerful narratives, contemporary crises, and heroic film subjects, Louie Psihoyos is radically changing how people perceive documentaries and how we can all make a difference.  

LEARN MORE ABOUT LOUIE PSIHOYOS here: 

Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psihoyos/?hl=en Photography Website: https://www.psihoyos.com/indexOcean Preservation Society:  https://www.opsociety.org/,OPS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oceanicpreservationsociety/Twelve Questions: https://getboulder.com/12-questions-for-louis-psihoyos/TEDx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rZQq27Ln_YJoe Rogen / On Overfishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLBMIuhqgEsRacing Extinction: https://racingextinction.com/film/The Cove: https://www.opsociety.org/our-work/films/the-cove/The Game Changers: https://gamechangersmovie.com/

"My goal is to make a film that doesn't just create awareness, but inspires people to get motivated to change this insane path we're on. ”   - Louie Psihoyos. 

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Dr. Chad Nelsen is the CEO for the Surfrider Foundation and leads the world's largest grassroots Chapter Network, dedicated to a healthy ocean, waves and beaches, through approaches which combine coastal recreation with conservation.  No stranger to ocean culture, Chad grew up in Laguna Beach CA, his father is a marine science educator for over forty years, and his brother a dedicated surfer with a Summer Camp for kids and guides trips to Fiji.  At Surfrider, under Chad’s current leadership, the organization is widely known for their dynamic and committed team, defending the coast against damaging projects, promoting ongoing coastal stewardship programs, advancing protective ocean and coastal policies at all levels of government, while cultivating and developing community activists and leaders.  Chad has many victories while at Surfrider.  He helped to establish the field of “Surfonomics,” which applies natural resource economic approaches to value surfing, along with securing the Reserve Marina Tres Palmas in Puerto Rico, and the Save Trestles campaign in San Clemente CA. 

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT CHAD NELSEN + SURFRIDER here: 

 

Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surfrider/?hl=en 

Check out their Websites: https://www.surfrider.org/

Follow Surfrider on Twitter: @surfrider

Follow Chad on Twitter: @chadenelsen

Active Campaigns: https://www.surfrider.org/campaigns

The APP + Fundraising: https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/SURFRIDER/

 

Take Action: https://secured.surfrider.org/action/

Ocean Friendly Restaurants: https://www.surfrider.org/webapps/ofr-map/

More about Chad: https://www.surfrider.org/our-team/staff/chad-nelsen

 

as Quoted by Chad Nelsen: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”  Margaret Meade 

 

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Michael Stewart is a serial social-entrepreneur who has spent the last decade, along with his business partner Kevin Wilden, transforming the culture and business of surfing, towards a truly sustainable model,  leading the way to the low-carbon future the world desperately needs for survival. He has led the research and development for all of Sustainable Surf’s award-winning programs, including the recent launch of SeaTrees – the first regenerative ocean-health focused platform created for the global ocean community, using the  framework of the United Nations Sustainability Goals, to make holistic positive impacts for both people and planet.  The powerful partnerships, programs and initiatives of Sustainable Surf, arguably has forced the hand of the global surf industry, towards better practices. Michael’s lifelong passion for the surfing experience, his gratitude for the simple honest lessons it has to teach, and the pure joy of connecting with the oceans energy,  has been the catalyst and motivating force behind a life which is truly Ocean Positive. 

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT MICHAEL STEWART, SUSTAINABLESURF.ORG + SEA-TREES.ORG here: 

 

Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sustainsurf/, 

https://www.instagram.com/sea.trees/

Check out their Websites: http://sustainablesurf.org/, 

https://sea-trees.org/

Follow them on Twitter: @sustainsurf

Download the Ocean Positive APP: https://sea-trees.org/pages/ocean-positive-app

Watch the video ReSurface with Pacha Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xkTarIhjQ0

U.N. + Sea-Trees: https://sea-trees.org/pages/10-years-to-stop-climate-change

The Launch: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/surfers-ride-wave-ocean-action-myanmar-blue-forest

 

“The environmental, economic, and social crisis is all interconnected. We feel it’s time for the ocean-health movement to start connecting all these dots together, and so we’re focusing on enabling actions within the ocean community to solve this one problem collectively.” - Michael Stewart

 

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Carl Safina is an educator and the author of eight books. His lyrical non-fiction writing explores how humans are changing the living world, and what the changes mean for non-human beings and for us all. His profound work fuses scientific understanding, emotional connection, and a moral call to action. His extensive writing has won a MacArthur “genius” prize; Pew, Guggenheim, and National Science Foundation Fellowships; book awards from Lannan, Orion, and the National Academies; and the John Burroughs, James Beard, and George Rabb medals. His most recent book is Becoming Wild; How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace. He lives and teaches on Long Island, New York, with his wife Patricia and their dogs and feathered friends. LEARN MORE ABOUT CARL SAFINA AND THE SAFINA CENTER:  Follow Carl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csafina/?hl=enPersonal Website: https://www.carlsafina.org/ The Safina Center: https://www.safinacenter.org/The Safina Center Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx_1LRGwgbALouRIXsMdtnwTwitter Feed: https://twitter.com/carlsafinaBooks and more: https://www.carlsafina.org/booksTalks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wkdH_wluhw,   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9KeyKVuLHUStony Brook: https://www.stonybrook.edu/experts/profile/carl-safina “If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system..” ― Carl Safina 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 © 2021 OUR EPIC OCEAN

Emily Penn’s philosophy towards life has been shaped by spending over a decade out at sea, where one is constantly reacting to the changes around.  Emily is a skipper and ocean advocate dedicated to studying environmental challenges in the most remote parts of our planet. She is an international public speaker and advisor on issues relating to our ocean and future society.   She has organized large-scale community-led waste cleanups in the South Pacific, trawled for micro plastics through the Arctic Northwest Passage, rounded the planet on the record-breaking bio-fueled boat Earthrace, and worked on a cargo ship trading western supplies for coconuts.  A big shift led her from a career in architecture to one dedicated to solving the issue of ocean plastic pollution.  She founded eXXpedition, a pioneering all-female sailing research group investigating the causes and solutions to ocean plastic pollution. She developed the SHiFT Method to understand the crux of a problem and weigh up where we have the biggest opportunity to make an impact. 

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT EMILY PENN, EXXpedition + SHiFT: 

 

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missemilypenn/?hl=en

Follow SHiFT: https://www.instagram.com/jointheSHiFT_/?hl=en 

Follow eXXpedition: https://www.instagram.com/eXXpedition_/?hl=en

Check out her Website: https://www.emilypenn.com/about

Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/emilypenn

Learn More About EARTHRACE: https://www.wired.com/2007/12/around-the-worl/, https://www.emilypenn.com/blog/earthrace

Talks: https://www.emilypenn.com/talks

Join the Crew: https://exxpedition.com/

Make the SHiFT: https://www.emilypenn.com/shift

 

“There is no silver bullet solution to ocean plastic pollution. What's needed is an engaged and empowered mix of people leading solutions to the issue from all angles, bringing different skills and expertise to turn awareness into action."

~ Emily Penn

 

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Take the EPIC OCEAN CHALLENGE:  https://www.ourepicocean.com/challengevid

 

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Named one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs by Salt magazine, David Katz is the founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, an internationally recognized solution to ocean plastic. The Plastic Bank is a global network of micro recycling markets that empower the poor to transcend poverty by cleaning the environment.  As a steward of the earth and champion of the poor, David talks to Rich about Poverty, Plastic and his passion to affect positive change in developing nations, and wherever the challenges with recycling and income inequality are the most profound.  One of the key components of Plastic Bank’s work is the shift away from sustainability to a more regenerative way of life and empowerment of communities in need. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT DAVID KATZ AND PLASTIC BANK: 

Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plasticbank/Check out their Website: https://plasticbank.comTwitter Feed: https://twitter.com/PlasticBankWhat is Social Plastic: https://plasticbank.com/social-plastic/https://www.ted.com/talks/david_katz_social_plastic_is_a_new_currencyDriving solutions to Ocean Plastic Pollution: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_katz_the_surprising_solution_to_ocean_plasticBattling poverty with Blockchain:https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/03/17/david-katz-the-plastic-bank-and-battling-poverty-with-blockchain

“We all agree: Someone needs to do something about ocean plastic.  This is the something, you are the someone.” - David Katz

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Céline Cousteau is a humanitarian and environmental activist who has spent her adult life focused on a multitude of causes for a better planet. Working within a variety of mediums, Celine shares the same message of interconnectivity between humans and the natural world.  As a filmmaker, she is the founder and Executive Director of CauseCentric Productions, creating cause-focused content.  She co-founded The Outdoor Film Fellowship, empowering the next generation of filmmakers and activists to inspire change through leadership, film, and the arts.  Céline is a noted brand ambassador and former member of the World Economic Forum Council on Oceans.  She talks to Rich about exploration, her life as a Cousteau, an inherent passion for Ocean Health and her recently released documentary film, Tribes on the Edge, returning to the Brazilian Amazon to witness an indigenous communities' struggle to protect their traditional way of life.

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT CELINE COUSTEAU, HER WORK AND LIFE: 

 

Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celinescousteau/?hl=en

Check out her Website: https://www.celinecousteau.com/#celine-cousteau

Twitter: https://twitter.com/celinecousteau

Watch the film Tribes on the Edge: https://tribesontheedge.com/

Take Action: https://tribesontheedge.com/donate/

The Cause Centric Production Company: http://www.causecentric.org/

The Ocean Futures Society: http://www.oceanfutures.org/about/cousteau-family/celine-cousteau

 

“My whole life I have been in awe of my father and grandfather and I strive to make a contribution to humanity they way they have!”. - Céline Cousteau

 

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Globally renowned and award-winning producer, director and cinematographer and Visual Healer, Louie Schwartzberg’s career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials.  As the only filmmaker in the world who has been shooting time-lapse 24/7 continuously for over four decades, Schwartzberg is a powerful visual artist breaking barriers, connecting with audiences, and telling stories that celebrate life, wonder and awe and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places. Rich and Louie talk about his deep connection to the natural world through the eye of time lapse photography, the fantastic underworld of the mushroom, how they can heal us, feed us and the deep secrets, the 3.5 billion year old mycelium network, holds to our future existence on planet earth.  

LEARN MORE ABOUT LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG, MOVINGART AND FANTASTIC FUNGHI: 

Listen to the Wonder and Awe Podcast: https://movingart.com/wonder-awe/

Immerse yourself in the magic of Time Lapse:  https://movingart.com

Get inspired with his TED Talks: https://movingart.com/ted-talks/

Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LouieSchwartzberg/

Watch Fantastic Funghi: https://fantasticfungi.com/watch/

More about the Film Fantastic Funghi: https://thefrontierpost.com/fantastic-fungi-explores-earths-vast-network-of-mycelium-and-mushrooms/

More about Visual Healing: https://theexplab.com/visual-healing/

“What is the intersection between technology, art and science? Curiosity and wonder, because it drives us to explore, because we're surrounded by things we can't see.” - Louie Schwartzberg

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Discover how the Plastic Pollution Coalition is using community building, outreach and collaboration to move towards a world free of the toxic impact of plastic on humans, animals, the ocean, and the overall environment.  Dianna reveals the Plastic Pollution Coalition's push to encourage the new Biden administration to embrace a Plastic Free future, along with organizations and businesses like Amazon.  We find out more about her 30 year plus career as a visual artist, using plastic as a platform for change, and how individuals can embody zero-waste values and reduce single use in their lives. 

CONNECT MORE DEEPLY WITH DIANNA: 

    ▪    Follow PPC on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plasticpollutes/?hl=en    ▪    Check out her organizations website: https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/    ▪    Tweet with her: @implicitweet    ▪    In the News: https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/biden-should-heed-environmentalists-calls-become-first-plastic-free-president-activist20201211133348/

“If we were clever enough to invent plastics, we should be smart enough to get rid of or control them."

– Dianna Cohen

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