Upwell

In this special episode to close out Season 3 of Upwell, we sit down with two members of the Only One team, Hannah Fine and Maïssa Rababy, to reflect on our campaigns over the past year and upcoming initiatives for next year.

In this episode of Upwell, we speak with Sea Briganti, the founder and CEO of LOLIWARE, an award-winning materials technology company creating seaweed-based alternatives to single-use plastics.

In this episode of Upwell, we speak with David Grossman, the founder and CEO of PanaSea, an aquaculture company based in Panama that established the first open-ocean sea cucumber hatchery in the Americas.

In this episode of Upwell, we speak with Daniel Hettwer, the founder and CEO of Hidden Worlds Entertainment, a company that merges art, entertainment, and conservation into immersive exhibits and dining experiences.

In this special episode of Upwell hosted by Hannah Fine, Only One's Senior Director of Campaigns, we speak with Judith Enck. She's the founder and president of Beyond Plastics, an extraordinary organization at the forefront of the global movement to end plastic pollution.

In this episode of Upwell, we speak with Julia Marsh, CEO and cofounder of Sway, an award-winning startup that creates seaweed-based, home-compostable packaging as a sustainable alternative to plastics.

In this episode of Upwell, we speak with renowned conservationist Kristine Tompkins, president and cofounder of Tompkins Conservation, an organization that has created millions of acres of national parks and protected countless species throughout South America.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Pat Schnettler, cofounder of 12 Tides, a company that makes climate-positive kelp chips — a healthy seaweed snack for both people and the planet.

In this special episode of Upwell, we chat with Ambassador Carlos Fuller, Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations and Vice President of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Leah Glass, technical advisor at Blue Ventures, an organization that supports coastal communities to rebuild fisheries and restore ocean life.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Katie Hoffman, partner at Regeneration.VC, an early-stage venture fund that invests in climate technology and innovation.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Titouan Bernicot, the founder and chief executive officer of Coral Gardeners, an organization restoring reefs in French Polynesia and around the world.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Jeremiah Kittredge, the chief executive officer of Only One, about the original vision for Only One and how we have worked with partners around the world over the past two years to advance ocean conservation.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Michelle Tigchelaar, a research scientist at Stanford University’s Center for Ocean Solutions and an expert on the impact of climate change on blue foods.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Nik Mittal, the managing partner of Molecule Ventures, about the dynamics of carbon markets and how they are helping to transition the world to a net zero future.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Joel Tasche, the founder and CEO of CleanHub, which is an Only One impact partner and an innovative organization working to combat plastic waste in communities across Southeast Asia.

This week, we have a special episode featuring a segment from a new podcast series, Discarded, we produced over the past several months with the incredible team at Lemonada Media.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Lindsay Crowder of Exposure Labs who reflects on the role of media in informing and inspiring audiences and how to translate that awareness into action.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Tessa Callaghan, the Co-Founder and CEO of Keel Labs.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Nichola Clark, an officer from the Pew Charitable Trusts and an expert in protecting ocean life on the high seas.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Angelique Pouponneau, the policy advisor to the chair of the Alliance of Small Island States and the former CEO of the Seychelles’ Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Matthieu Rytz, the director and producer of Deep Rising, a new documentary that is premiering this year at Sundance that explores the fate of the deep ocean as a small set of regulators and companies open it up to exploration for rare metals.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Ami Vitale, a National Geographic photographer, filmmaker, writer, speaker, and founder of Vital Impacts.

This week, we chat with Justine Lucas, the executive director of the Clara Lionel Foundation, which was founded by Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty to advance climate justice and resilience in the United States and the Caribbean.

This week, we chat with Sam Bencheghib, co-founder of Make A Change World and Sungai Watch, and an impact partner of Only One who is helping to combat plastic waste in Indonesia.

In this episode, we talk with Ian Urbina, founder, and director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, author of The Outlaw Ocean, host of The Outlaw Ocean Podcast, and a long-time investigative reporter covering stories about human rights, environment, and labor concerns at sea. 

This week, we chat with Nick Nuttall, Co-presenter and Director at We Don’t Have Time and the former Head of Communications at the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Claire Christian, the executive director of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, who is leading the charge for marine protection in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Shawn Heinrichs, a photographer, conservationist, Emmy-winning cinematographer, and cofounder of Only One.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Zoë Croft, the director of sales at Atlantic Sea Farms, whose team is helping fishermen in Maine grow seaweed to diversify their incomes as climate change and warming waters present challenges to the state’s lobster industry.

In this episode of Upwell, we chat with Sam Teicher, the founder and Chief Reef Officer of Coral Vita and the winner of the Earthshot Prize. Sam and his team are building models to scale the restoration of coral reefs, which are critical to the health of the ocean.

In this first episode of Upwell, we chat with Daniela Fernandez, the founder and CEO of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, who is activating the next generation of champions to restore the health of the ocean.