Sustainability and The Sea

"Your most powerful tool for change is your personal story." Carissa and Alex debrief after her trip to Washington D.C. with World Wildlife Fund to lobby for federal plastic legislation. She shares t…

"People know climate change is the largest threat to our reef, but less than 5% know what climate action they can take to do something about it." Learn from social scientists Dr. Yolanda Waters and E…

Have you every wanted to go to a climate conference? This week Futureswell is headed back to Aspen Ideas: Climate again this year, so weʻre resharing the experience from last year.

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"This episode is for people who are curious how other parts of the world are implementing ocean conservation at the community based level." After some hot takes about how rapid development and the po…

"If you are passionate about it, your skill is needed." In our first two on one interview, we sit down with Lydia and Sarah, co-hosts of the new Ocean Stories podcast. Ocean Stories focuses on reachi…

"We can make a powerful change - ship smart, ship less." Our current shipping industry accounts for 2% of global emissions - even though zero emission alternatives exist. We sit down with Alejandra T…

“Whatever you love and believe in, put those values to work in your career.” To kick off season 4, we sit down to hear the personal story of Pat Schnettler, cofounder of 12tides, a growing kelp chip …

"That was THIS YEAR?!" Alex and Carissa reflect over the milestones Futureswell took in 2023, from our campaigns to our media channels to whatʻs in store for 2024. We couldnʻt be here without you all…

“You have to go in with a plan, and we need to work together.” COP28 begins November 2023, with outcomes and climate commitments shared by mid-December. Consider this your COP crash course. This week…

"If Lauren didn't save me, I would have drowned." In part 2, Carissa and Alex share two more near-death experiences in the ocean. Alex gets a tsunami scared while living off-grid in a remote island a…

"Did you really think you were going to die?" Carissa and Alex recount two near-death, quite sketchy ocean stories they both had, and explain exactly what happened. Alex ran out of air in Alaska at 6…

“Its about doing more good for our ocean, not less bad.” Founded in 2019, Seatrees and Sustainable Surfʻs is build solutions that our ocean desperately needs, and how you can support them. We sit dow…

“Youre not going to make as much money as a big oil executive. But there is so much opportunity in this field and its only growing.” Today we sit down to answer the most burning question we get - how…

"This work is ours to do." Today, Carissa sits down 1:1 to discuss the importance of climate protests, why this yearʻs climate week is important, and breaks down how ocean conservation and climate ac…

"My goal has always been to make sustainability cool." Today we sit down with Alex Schulze of 4Ocean and discuss how he turned a new business into a movement for clean oceans. We go back to how it al…

"If you have an idea and a skillset, you should try." Today Alex sits down with a group of inspiring high school students who came together on their own to develop solutions to illegal and unregulate…

"National Geographic would have paid to be here." Carissa and Alex sit down to reflect on their bucket list trip to the San Juan Islands to see orcas, and all the conservation lessons we can use as t…

"PFJ is so deeply rooted in privilege and access, sustainability was rooted out of survival and low income folks have been practicing this for so much longer." Plastic Free July is attractive to sust…

"We need to make sure these stories end up on the same platform." If you've ever asked "how can I live for a better ocean?" this episode is for you. Today we sit down with someone I've looked up to f…