SOA’s Chief Program Officer Brandon Levy brand ON (he/him)

Ensuring ocean and environmental solutionists have the funding they need to turn their innovative ideas into action, is a critical part of fighting the climate crisis that we find ourselves in. The Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) is helping to do just that: fund innovative ocean and climate solutions and activate and arm young people with the tools and knowledge they need to take action. In this episode, our host, Taylor Ganis, speaks with Brandon Levy, the Chief Program Officer at SOA, about the various programs they have that are available to young people and ocean solutionists and innovators. We also discuss what deep sea mining is and how everyone listening has the ability to take action, no matter where you are in the world.

Episode Resources:

• Ecoprenuer application:
• Sustainable Ocean Alliance Website
• Sustainable Ocean Alliance Instagram
• John Oliver’s youtube video discussion on deep sea-mining

Call to Action:

• Take action to stop deep sea-mining and #DefendTheDeep https://www.soalliance.org/campaign-against-deep-seabed-mining

Guest Speaker:

Brandon Levy; Chief Program Officer, Sustainable Ocean Alliance

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This episode was edited by the Hopeful Environmentalists incredible Intern, Onochie Emeka.