Welcome to our August Newsletter.
We hope you’ve had a safe and enjoyable summer.
Last month’s newsletter emphasized plastics: this month we’re shifting to climate, in recognition of the pioneering and sobering Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) released by the IPCC this month that adds to the wake-up calls of the last several years. If you don’t have time to read the 3949 page version (link below), here’s a useful summary of the key findings and takeaways. We’ve also included two books in the newsletter that we think amplify this message effectively and eloquently.
Busy autumn for the oceans on the way
The IUCN Conference kicks things off in early September, in Marseille, see our calendar listings below for that and other upcoming events. And remember, if you subscribe to the calendar you can add it to your other calendars, which we find helpful to keep track of all the wonderful ocean events pertaining to blue economy investing. If we’re missing any you’d like to see included, please let us know!
Innovation community gearing up
While they’re always active, this fall incubators, accelerators, clusters and contests seem to be taking their programs to a whole new level. We’re delighted to be engaged with many of them, including the following where we’re serving as advisor, mentor, judge or participant - Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)/Atlantic Oceans Stream, Ocean Exchange’s 10th Annual Event, Ocean Impact Organization’s Pitchfest 2021, Seaworthy Collective, and 1000 Ocean Startups. If you’re not already involved with this community, we encourage you to dive in; these organizations are doing inspirational work for the oceans.
Introducing Meet the Experts
Because we’re all pressed for time, we’ve started to ask a variety of ocean experts to tell us what they’re working on in one minute(!) videos called “Meet the Experts”. This video series will introduce you to leading practitioners from business, science, NGOs, the arts (and more), who are leading the way to a more sustainable ocean economy. Our 10th episode featuring MANG will be released this Monday on our various social channels, and you can see an example video below. We will be adding many more over the coming months so be sure to tune in every other Monday! If you’d like to participate please let us know, all you need is an iPhone and a few minutes from your busy schedule.
Enjoy your end of summer, and thank you, as always, for your engagement.
Ted, Brian, Vanessa and Glenn
