Seth has worked as a producer, music director, and studio musician. He has collaborated with such renown musical artists as Tom Rush, Nick Carter, and Cyndi Lauper. Seth has been nominated for a Grammy and is a five-time Independent Music Award winner. He characterizes music as an empathy machine and feels incredibly lucky to be part of it. Seth gets inspiration from the natural world and says the ocean brings him comfort and often provides a narrative for his music. His music reminds us that we have the ability to positively influence the world.

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Manuela Zoninsein, plastic pollution crusader/founder Kadeya

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Manuela Zoninsein began her career as a journalist in China. While there,

she witnessed a shift from reusable to single-use water bottles. The

Brazilian-American’s love for the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and her

experience and academic studies at the MIT-Sloan Executive MBA program, led

her to found Kadeya, a company with a mission to replace single-use plastic

bottles by developing an innovative vending machine that will ultimately

reduce the plastic pollution crisis.

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Sophie Guarasci , marine mammal vet tech

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Sophie Guarasci worked in the world of fashion and finance before becoming a licensed veterinary tech. She works at the Marine Mammal Center, the nation’s foremost marine mammal hospital located just north of San Francisco. Sophie oversees the clinical and surgical treatment and husbandry of seals, sea lions, and sea otters. It’s her dream job, even though there are times she has to make difficult decisions about the treatment of severely ill animals.

Angela Abshier is a commercial lawyer and founder Sail to Shelter, a

not-for-profit that repurposes elite and super yacht sails into shade and

shelter for humanitarian purposes. Angela came up with the idea for Sail to

Shelter after being introduced to offshore racing. She envisioned that the

strong but light weight fabrics might be useful in settings where permanent

construction is too costly and building supplies might not be readily

available or suitable. A sail is large enough to cover a soccer field.

Because the sailing community has yet to step up and take responsibility

for their sails 97% end up in landfills. Angela estimates each sail is

equivalent to 10,000 water bottles.

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Angela Absheir, founder Sail to Shelter

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Suzette Bousema has breathed in air from 20,000 years ago. She is an

emerging Netherlands-based visual artist. Suzette collaborates with

environmental scientists to explore present day ecological crises. She

engages audiences by using a variety of techniques including photography,

glass blowing, and weaving to create experiences for our senses and assist

us in wrapping our minds around big, abstract concepts. Suzette has

garnered attention through international exhibitions and media coverage in

such places as the Netherlands, New York, Kuwait, and France. On the

podcast we discuss her project to photograph ancient polar ice cores,

create her own climate archive with glass bubbles, and an engaging

photograph she took of two men in business attire standing in the ocean.

This photograph is Suzette’s way to engage her audience in a conversation

about sea level rise and more.

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Suzette Bousema, visual artist

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Merle Liivand is an aquapreneur, plastic pollution reduction advocate,

Guinness World Record holder and mermaid. The Estonian-born swimmer holds

several Guinness World Records her latest was achieved on April 15, 2023,

in a little over 14 hours. Merle swam 50 kilometers using a monofin, a

record setting swim for the longest distance swum using a monofin. It's a

feat because she swam the distance without using her arms by undulating her

lower body up and down mermaid-style.