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AMA #11 — Kristina & Milan
AMA #11 — Kristina & Milan If you’ve been following our project, you’ll know that over summer we launched the world’s first kickstarter for environmental projects, SEAstarter. And you will also have noticed that, through SEAstarter, we funded the first ever crypto-supported PhD — Kristina Loosen’s project tracking shark populations off the coast of South Africa. This month, Kristina — who is now […]
AMA #10 — SEA Ecosystem
AMA #10 — SEA Ecosystem This week on our livestream series, the SEA team will be talking about our product ecosystem — the SEA network. This encompasses our apps, our token, our partner organisations, and the forthcoming implementation of our main mission — environmental data on blockchain. Can data save us? It’s a hot topic right now. Science is increasingly relying […]
AMA #9–5 Gyres
Our livestream series continues this week, and for our ninth edition we’re joined by Sara Mais from 5 Gyres — another of our pioneering partner organisations. The main focus of 5 Gyres is plastic pollution, so that’s what we’re going to be talking about this week — what do we mean by plastic pollution, how does it get into […]
AMA #8 — FishAct
AMA #8 — FishAct This week on our video AMA, we’re extremely excited to welcome scientific diver, marine biologist and Director of the charity FishAct, Valeska Diemel. Valeska previously worked for Greenpeace, and Seashepherd Germany, before joining FishAct in 2015, and becoming the organisation’s Director in 2016. FishAct are one of SEA’s eight partner organisations, along with […]
AMA #6 — Miriam Staiger
AMA #6 — Miriam Staiger For the sixth edition of our weekly livestream, we’re continuing our efforts to reach out to the marine science community, and bring the work of exceptional organisations and individuals to your attention! This week we’ll be chatting to diver, marine biologist, painter and activist Miriam Staiger. Originally from Germany, Miriam earned her MSc in […]
AMA #5 — Gili Eco Trust
AMA #5 — Gili Eco Trust For this week’s livestream, we’re thrilled to welcome dive instructor, eco-advisor, coral restorer/reef gardener, educator, dive resort manager, Biorock workshop organiser, and Managing Director of Gili Eco Trust, Delphine Robbe. Gili Eco Trust is one of our eight core supported organisations, and we’re extremely excited to dive into the details of their […]
AMA #2 — Kristina Loosen
AMA #2 — Kristina Loosen On the 11th of August, the second edition of our weekly livestream goes out live on Twitch! Alongside the usual contests, prizes and opportunities to get involved with SEA projects, it will feature marine biologist Kristina Loosen, the mind behind our first supported SEAstarter project. In case you haven’t come across SEAstarter, it’s […]
Weekly AMA Series
Starting on August 4th, SEA will host a weekly video AMA. Read on for details! Here at SEA, we’re very aware that the best way to get people behind a cause like ocean protection is to talk openly about it — many people are not yet aware of what’s going on with our oceans, or may have some […]
Introducing SEA dApps
So much of the present discussion about blockchain is rooted in finance, and as such focuses on the features of blockchain which suit that sphere— smart contracts, trustless transactions. But when we’re thinking about the future of environmental data, and the ways in which blockchain can enable it, different features of the ledger glow into […]
SEAstarter: the world’s first environmental kickstarter!
Hey ocean protectors! We have some huge news for you on this important day — it’s World Ocean Day 2021, and we just launched the world’s first cryptocurrency-supported kickstarter for environmental projects, SEAstarter. This is a big deal for a bunch of reasons. First of all, getting funding for environmental startups is not easy — ask anyone who has ever […]