By Nuri Max Steinmann. I met Catherine more than two years ago. We were both doing our masters at the University of Algarve, Portugal. We used to live in the same neighborhood in Praia de Faro and randomly met again on the island of Faial, Azores, were we had some great joint adventures. Catherine is…
Month: April 2019
Interview with Andrea Lema – Fighting against plastic pollution and for zero waste models in Ecuador
By Nuri Max Steinmann. Andrea Lema is an young Ecuadorian activist fighting for the rights of nature in her home country. She studied economics and has a master’s degree on environmental and sustainable development. She is the founder of the NGO ‘PlastiCo. Project’, which aims to reduce single-use plastic and promotes the implementation of zero waste models…
Interview with Lauren Fritz – Founder of The Greenest Blue, marine naturalist and writer
By Jennifer Worth. Lauren Fritz is a writer, wildlife photographer and marine naturalist who has spent the last few years country hopping all over the world as a wildlife guide for various marine based eco-excursions. Her passion for the ocean and its inhabitants has taken her from Hawai’i and the San Juan islands in the…
Interview with Benjamin Jones – Ocean Advocate and Founding Director of Project Seagrass
By Nuri Max Steinmann. Benjamin Jones is marine biologist from the UK with a special interest dedicated to seagrass ecosystems around the globe. Early in his academic career he became fascinated by these unique ecosystems, and their ecological role, but also what dangers they are facing. In 2013 he decided to create the NGO Project…
Lisa Roepke: Observations and Actions – Many marine biologists have different facets
By Lisa Roepke. Hi my dear ocean colleagues, lovers and guardians out there! It is a pleasure to introduce myself. But how? I could call myself so many things because I had the freedom to become whatever I wanted and was interested in. If I had to nail it, it would probably be “creative independent…