Saving Ocean Reaches New Heights
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
"The ocean is the most powerful
economic engine on earth," says Vipe Desai, founder of the RisingTide Summit being held on March 27 and 28 in SoCal at the Port of Los
Angeles.
"Without a healthy ocean, there
are no healthy people, planet or profits," Desai points out, explaining
why this year's summit is so important. "Our goal is clear and simple. To
chart a new course in ocean conservation."
And, there's no time to waste. With
the ocean under siege from plastic pollution, coral bleaching, over-fishing,
loss of habitat, and debris from inland water runoff we need to come up with
solutions to reverse the damage that is occurring.
The summit is sponsored by the
XPrize Foundation, that holds competitions to encourage technological
development benefiting humanity, Marisla Foundation, that supports health
services and the environment, HDX Hydration Mix company founded by Desai, AltaSea
innovation campus, and others concerned about the ocean.
A gallery of people used to getting
things done is on board. With two days of face-to-face conversations and podcasts, the summit has an impressive agenda and knows that the fate of the ocean is in the balance.
Topics include: How a Business
Alliance Can Defeat Offshore Drilling; Synthetics, Sustainability and Plastics;
Environmentalism and Voting; Environmentalism and Entrepreneurship; Updates
from the 5 Gyres Institute; Ways to Align Purpose and Profit.
Among the speakers are: Desai, Matt
Mulrennan, Derek Sabori, Melissa Alguayo, Todd Gasparik, Rachel Lincoln
Sarnoff, adventurer Alison Teal, and surfing World Champion Shaun Tomson.
Nancy Estabrook Downes, a Campaign Organizer
at Oceana, who’s leading the Business Alliance panel, said the alliance is, “a great example of how
a coalition of non-profits and businesses across three states are able to work
in collaboration.”
SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and
Patti Kishel are excited that leaders in science, industry, government, and environmental
activism are working together to come up with actionable solutions we all can
employ to save the ocean.
So, in the words of Desai,
"Let's get to it: We've got an ocean to protect and we can't do this
without you."
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