The Ocean Impact Podcast

Emily Jateff is the Curator of Ocean Science and Technology at the Australian National Maritime Museum (Sea Museum) and a distinguished maritime archaeologist. Emily is a passionate science communicator on a mission to ensure the ocean is understood and appreciated for its vital role in shaping a better future.

In this podcast episode we learn all about Emily’s unique career that has seen her travel to far corners of the globe and to the depths of the ocean - exploring historical artefacts that provide a glimpse into where we have come from, where we are going and how to navigate challenges that may come our way. Notably, Emily was part of the team with James Cameron to explore the wreck of the Titanic in a deep MIR submersible - it’s not everyday you talk with someone who has explored the Titanic!

Emily is performing a valuable role in Australia’s ongoing efforts to be a leader in ocean science and technology and helping the Australian National Maritime Museum to continue in it’s long tradition of documenting, researching, collecting and exhibiting Australia’s maritime history. The next big exhibition Emily is working on will be the ‘One Ocean Our Future’ exhibition that is not to be missed.

In this episode we also reference Emily’s 2020 TEDx talk ‘The Tortoise Approach to Solving Climate Change’ that reinforces the critical importance of following the scientific approach to solving problems - even if it takes longer.

We hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast with Emily Jateff - thanks for all that you do Emily!

Please visit the following links for more information:

Sea Museum website: https://www.sea.museum/

Emily’s 2020 TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFSWwLJ48iM

The UN Decade for Ocean Science and Technology: https://oceandecade.org/

Ocean Decade Australia: https://oceandecadeaustralia.org/

Watch and Listen to Emily talking about what sunk the Titanic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYUSD1eoys

In this special episode of the Ocean Impact Podcast recorded live on Instagram, the Co-founders of OIO, Tim Silverwood and Nick Chiarelli, take a deep dive into the organisation and share all that has been happening in the past 12 months as they pursue their bold mission. The last time the pair sat down to record a podcast together was all the way back at Episode One.

Tim and Nick also answer all of your burning questions about Pitchfest and this year’s new program, the HP Generation Impact Incubator. Specifically, the founders outline the eligibility criteria and features/ benefits for each category of the campaign this year and reiterate why anyone working in a startup or business that can help to improve ocean health should apply.

Applications for both The Ocean Impact Pitchfest 2021 and the HP Generation Impact Incubator close on 21 September 2021 with applicants encouraged to complete their Step One written application asap in order to allow ample time to complete the Step Two pitch video. Both the written form and pitch video are required by the closing date.

Please visit the following links for more information and to apply:

Pitchfest 2021 landing page and application form: https://www.ocean-impact.org/pitchfest2021

HP Generation Impact Incubator landing page and application form: https://www.ocean-impact.org/generation-impact

OIO blog post showcasing the Pitchfest 2020 Finalists: https://www.ocean-impact.org/blog/pitchfest-2020-finalists

OIO blog celebrating the Pitchfest 2020 Winner and Runners Up: https://www.ocean-impact.org/blog/pitchfest-2020-winner-announcement

Belinda Baggs is a professional surfer, mother, ocean lover and Co-founder of Surfers for Climate, a ‘sea-roots movement dedicated to climate action’. Belinda is also a ‘Global Surf Activist’ with Patagonia.

The question our host wanted to explore in this Instagram Live recording of the podcast with Belinda was: “what does it take to detour from the comfort of exotic surf holidays and a life of adventure and fun to put yourself on the frontline of climate action? Why would anyone do that?”

Of course Belinda Baggs is not ‘anyone’. Throughout her career as a professional surfer she contributed to impactful causes and led from the front as a crew of impassioned ‘eco’ surfers chose to showcase both their surfing prowess and their vision for a better world in films, magazine features and their social media channels.

Joining forces with another globally recognised ‘goofy foot’ surfer, Johnny Abegg, the pair spawned ‘Surfers for Climate’ and commenced the wild ride in mobilising the surfing community to save ocean playgrounds.

Whether you’re a surfer or not, Surfers for Climate want your support to showcase a united front in critical issues that affect the ocean and coastlines that bring joy to so many humans and are home to countless creatures and fragile ecosystems.

We encourage you to visit the SFC website to explore the campaigns and initiartives they are actively supporting, including: Stop PEP11; No Gas Across the Bass; No Way In Otway; Don’t Pass Gas and Wipeout Your Emissions.

We want to send a huge shaka and some abundant ocean karma to Belinda for all her amazing work.

To learn more about Surfers for Climate visit: https://surfersforclimate.org.au/

To watch Belinda’s surfing prowess visit here: https://youtu.be/xgwJAta4gy0

To learn more about the Stop PEP11 campaign visit: https://www.surfrider.org.au/stop-pep-11/

To learn more about the No Gas Across the Bass campaign visit: https://www.facebook.com/nogasacrossthebass/

To find Belinda on Instagram visit: https://www.instagram.com/belindabaggs/

Titouan Bernicot is the founder and CEO of Coral Gardeners, a reef restoration project based in Mo’orea, French Polynesia with a mission to revolutionise ocean conservation and generate collaboration to save the reef.

Titouan has an incredible backstory that frames his passion and dedication for saving coral reefs. Growing up on isolated atolls with his pearl harvesting family, the ocean was entrenched in every aspect of his life where a healthy coral reef was essential to the survival of his family and the industry that sustained them.

Fast forward to Titouan as a young surfer who began witnessing the coral reefs he loved so dearly in a state of decline and death and you can understand his motivation in doing all in his power to protect and restore the underwater biomes surrounding his island home and beyond.

Coral Gardeners illustrate an impeccable example of how to build global awareness to pursue local outcomes that in turn will create planetary results. Through their creative communications and exceptional ability to take ‘viewers’ from all around the world into their underwater world they not only inspire and educate the masses but motivate people to support their mission by adopting corals, donating and purchasing merchandise.

If you haven’t taken a dive into the world Coral Gardeners we strongly encourage you to do so via the following links:

Coral Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coralgardeners/

Coral Gardeners website: https://www.coralgardeners.org/

Coral Gardeners on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyDUsGn3UfKT0dnCbwwXkA

Titouan Bernicot on Instagram (@toutiess): https://www.instagram.com/toutiess/

At 16 years of age, Solli Raphael is the youngest guest to appear on the Ocean Impact Podcast to date. An accomplished poet, author, conservationist and public speaker, Solli was just 12 years old when he was the youngest person ever to win the Australian National Slam Poetry Competition (against an all adult field). Solli has since performed his mission-driven poetry at distinguished forums around Australia including the Commonwealth Games, TEDx Sydney and on The Project.

In the podcast Solli performs some of his poetry taken from the two books he has authored: Spotlight (2020) and Limelight (2018).

As our podcast host, Tim Silverwood wanted to make a conscious effort to include the voice of youth in our conversation about the future of Planet Ocean - it is the planet they will inherit after all. It’s clear we need to spend more time listening to the feelings and expectations of youth in order to help shape a prosperous future for them and generations to come.

This podcast, recorded on the eve of Plastic Free July 2021, includes plenty of hints and tips for behaviours that Solli has introduced to make his life more sustainable and we hope you can too.

Keep up the great work Solli, we’ll be watching, reading and listening with great interest.

Learn more about Solli and his poetry and books here: https://solliraphael.com.au/

Watch Solli perform ‘We Can Be More’ at TEDx Sydney in 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm0r3yFh0zU

Learn more about Solli’s non-profit organisation Earth Enablers here: https://www.earthenablers.org/

Julie Mathers is the founder and CEO of Flora and Fauna, Australia’s largest online eco retailer and the world’s largest vegan online marketplace.

A genuine impact entrepreneur, Julie is an inspiring example of how a business leader can build a ‘better business’ with deeply held values to care for people, places, animals and the planet. Julie’s accolades for building and leading Flora and Fauna are considerable, including being awarded No.1 in eCommerce in 2019 and 2021 and Top Sustainable Retailer in 2020 and 2021.

In this conversation Julie shares a wealth of insights into her background and career working with ecommerce for large corporations that led to the journey of building her own business (with her husband Tom) that embodied their values and goals of creating a positive impact.

Julie speaks at length about the power of better business and the rise of B Corps and impact driven entrepreneurs to challenge the status quo and to help ensure people, animals and the planet are not adversely affected where possible.

There are plenty of tips and highly valuable pieces of advice within this podcast so if you are a fan of ‘good business’ or a budding impact entrepreneur then this conversation is for you!

We wish to send Julie a big thanks for her time and all that she is doing to help Planet Ocean and its inhabitants.

For more information on Flora and Fauna and Julie’s origin story visit: https://www.floraandfauna.com.au/

To follow Julie on LinkedIn visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-mathers-92149b1/

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. This is a mantra that had been drilled into Paul De Gelder since the earliest days of his military training in the Australian Army. It’s a mantra that Paul has embodied throughout his unique life but in particular, since a Bull Shark tore through his flesh, resulting in the loss of his right forearm and right leg during a routine Navy drill in Sydney Harbour in 2009.

Since that fateful incident that almost took the Navy clearance diver’s life, Paul has been on a wild ride that has seen him become a highly accomplished public speaker, TV host, actor, author and leading voice for the conservation of the species that so nearly ended his stint on Planet Ocean: sharks.

In this podcast, recorded whilst Paul was in Australia filming for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, we take a journey that reveals the extent to which the very existence of sharks is threatened and the critical role they perform in the ocean. It’s a captivating journey that will have you on the edge of your seat and marvelling at the grit and determination of this one man who has overcome so much to give back to the very species that nearly took his life.

We want to take this moment to thank Paul for everything he has done to protect Planet Ocean’s sharks and to extend that gratitude to all the wonderful people the world over who are driven to ensure that healthy populations of sharks exist for many more years to come.

For more information on Paul De Gelder visit: https://www.pauldegelder.com/about/

To follow Paul on Instagram visit: https://www.instagram.com/pauldegelder/

Dr. Cliff Kapono is a professional surfer, chemist and journalist from Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. Amongst a broad and distinguished career, Bruddah Cliff (as he’s become known) has become a proud and profound voice for stronger focus and representation of indigenous voices in decision making for the planet.

In this episode, our host Tim plays the role of the active listener as Cliff shares deep insights into the reasons why Cliff, as a young Native Hawaiian from a disadvantaged community in the remote Pacific, chose academia and a Doctorate to help him have a voice at the table in decision-making and policies for the ocean in his backyard and across the world.

We discover how surfing and a life spent on, in and near the ocean has shaped Cliff and enabled him to travel to far-reaching corners of the globe to study and share his knowledge of how the blue blanket that covers 71% of the planet’s surface connects us all.

A clear lesson for everyone in this podcast is that it’s well overdue that a greater focus on indigenous knowledge and perspectives are embedded in processes and decision making for our shared future.

We wish to extend deep gratitude and respect to Bruddah Cliff for sharing his intimate perspectives and for all the work he does in inspiring and activating the next generation of ocean guardians in Hawaii and the world over.

For more information on Cliff visit: http://www.cliffkapono.com/

To follow Cliff on Instagram visit: https://www.instagram.com/cliff_kapono/

To watch some of Cliff’s films visit his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-yySLZqrowTq4rL_zK2H3w

We are excited to bring you the first ever Ocean Impact Podcast episode recorded at sea! For this episode, our guest Jess Leitmanis was tuning in live from the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s RV Falkor as it criss-crossed the Tasman Sea to the north of Australia mapping the ocean floor in January 2021 during the ‘Pinging in the New Year’ expedition.

Jess was onboard RV Falkor as part of the ‘artist-at-sea’ program developed by Schmidt Ocean Institute to ensure that art, creativity and science work hand in hand in inspiring the masses to understand and protect Planet Ocean.

Jess Leitmanis is an Australian sculpture artist and conservationist with a deep connection to Planet Ocean. Through her work Jess explores ideas that encompass the environment, design, consumer culture, sustainability, sociology and philosophy. Jess is interested in our connection to the space around us – how we sculpt our environment, and how it sculpts us.

In this episode Jess shares the story of her artistic journey and her passion for sculpture using found objects, namely marine debris rope (ghost gear) that has been washed ashore on remote coastlines. If you tune in to the YouTube recording of the podcast you can even see a work in progress of the artwork she completed at sea during the voyage. The finished piece can also be viewed on Jess’s website and social media.

We would like to send a huge thank you to Jess and the team at Schmidt Ocean Institute for arranging this conversation and recording.

For more information about Jess visit: https://www.jessicaleitmanis.com/

To learn more about Schmidt Ocean Insitute, the artist-at-sea program and the voyage Jess participated in please visit:

https://schmidtocean.org/

https://schmidtocean.org/apply/artist-residency-program/

https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/pinging-the-new-year/

To follow Jess on Instagram visit: https://www.instagram.com/jessleitmanis/

Pete Ceglinski is the Co-founder and CEO of Seabin Project, a brilliant innovation that is “part rubbish bin, part pool skimmer” and helping to create cleaner waterways and oceans in 93 countries around the world. The viral video that helped crowdfund the first Seabin units was seen by 1.7 billion people and raised US$276k in 2016, catapulting the organisation to global recognition.

This is the second time we’ve had Pete on the Ocean Impact Podcast, you can tune in to Episode 2 for a deeper dive into the origins and features of the innovation and the story behind the founders. In this episode we wanted to focus on recent updates from the organisation with a particular focus on the partnerships Pete has secured to scale this ocean clean up solution, notably, the recent announcement regarding a partnership with Coca Cola.

Since the announcement of the partnership between Seabin Project and Coca Cola in late May 2021 there has been plenty of conversation online from both sides of the fence. Pete declares that 99.9% of feedback has been positive but a vocal segment has certainly made it clear that the partnership is not to their liking and worthy of a ‘please explain’ from the CEO.

So, here you have an update on all things Seabin and that ‘please explain’ conversation with Pete Ceglinski.

Please let us know what you think about the Seabin Project, the partnership with Coca Cola and the future plans for the organisation in the comments or on our social media channels.

Thanks for tuning in.

For more information Seabin Project visit: https://seabinproject.com/

To read the media release on the Coca Cola partnership visit: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/au/media-centre/media-releases/coca-cola-australia-teams-up-with-seabin-project

To follow Seabin Project on Instagram visit: https://www.instagram.com/seabin_project/

To follow Seabin Project on Facebook visit: https://www.facebook.com/seabinproject/

To follow Seabin Project on LinkedIn visit:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/seabin-project/