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When we launched our ongoing Season 4 featuring and revisiting purpose-driven founders we made a commitment. We committed to getting more voices heard that deserve to get heard. In this Bonus Episode, you hear from 4 individuals who are making an impact with their work in Ocean Conservation.
Dr Austin Gallagher
The first story features Dr Austin Gallagher, Founder and CEO of Beneath the Waves, a Non-Profit organisation based in the United States. Beneath the Waves is dedicated to advancing the conservation of sharks and the habitats they occupy through cutting edge scientific research.
They are devoted to increasing our understanding of sharks and creating evidence to inform their conservation. Working with some of the world’s leading marine biologists, Beneath the Waves executes timely and applied scientific research on sharks and the marine communities they occupy – from coral reefs to open ocean zones – using innovative tools and technologies.
Listen in to hear Austin’s #impactSTORY and follow the Beneath the Waves journey at beneaththewaves.org
Hillian Siu
The second feature highlights the work of Hillian Siu, a passionate Kitesurfer and documentary producer, who is raising awareness for the plastic pollution in our oceans with her adventurous Kitesurfing HK to Macao Fundraiser. Since she started kiting in Asia she became aware of the garbage problem around the beach and the coastal shoreline.
It is so
Hillian shares her #impactstorys evere and so ubiquitous that the garbages piling up in one corner of the beach almost feels like a blind spot sometimes.
After she learned more about The Ocean Cleanup, she felt inspired by all the young people making an impact and decided to take action too. With a bunch of kitesurfers, she will kitesurf from Hong Kong to Macau to raise funds
Listen in to hear Hillian’s #impactSTORY and follow her journey here
Esther Röling
The third voice in this
She tirelessly continues her efforts to make a positive impact as the founder of Adventure Clean up Challenge Hong Kong. The Adventure Clean up is
They raise awareness in relation to waste and coastal contamination and the personal actions we can take to reduce and minimise this in the future, doing so in a compelling, fun and adventurous way.
Listen in when Esther shares her #impactSTORY. Follow her journey at adventurecleanup.org
Benita Chick
We love Benita Chick’s passion for driving change with social entrepreneurship. To celebrate the World Oceans Day, her social enterprise Encompass HK organized an excursion to the Hoi Ha marine park in Hong Kong. The threats to marine parks are very real, as the participants of the excursion experienced first hand.
Ocean and Marine Life Conservation is a huge passion of the trained marine biologist and scuba diving instructor, but this is just one of the many areas in which Benita is dedicated to
Listen in to hear Benita’s #impactSTORY. Follow her journey at encompasshk.com
Thank you for making an #impact
- Beneath the
Waves Watch Austin’s TEDx talk Face your fears. Amazing things await. - Kitesurfing HK to Macao Charity Fundraising
- Adventure Clean Up Hong Kong
- Encompass HK
If you enjoyed this episode you will also enjoy this Episode featuring Esther Röling and Paul Niel as they share more about their Coasteering Adventure.
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