Podcast: A Cry For Kelp
Data and science are key to unlocking the power of cultivated kelp as a nature-based solution to climate change. Our MD, Samantha Deane, talks to Nicholas Woodhams of A Cry For Kelp on the role the foundation is playing to quantify, with research and independent science, the ecological benefits of cultivated kelp forests. During this […]
Can Seaweed Help Curb Global Warming? Introducing our board member Tim Flannery
One of our main sources of inspiration is Tim Flannery, who we are proud to call our board member and chief scientist. Tim Flannery, explorer, environmentalist and professor, seeks to grasp the big picture of planetary evolution and how humans can affect it — for better or for worse. In this TED talk, Tim shares […]
Podcast: Can Kelp Forests Capture a Billion Tonnes of Carbon?
In the latest episode of the ClimateGenn Podcast, Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald OBE, in conversation with Nick Breeze, highlights the important modelling work to assess the carbon sequestration potential of cultivated kelp forests at a global scale. In this episode, he also discusses new research to build resilient and scaleable kelp growing platforms, asking the key […]
Kelp Forest Foundation announced MIT SOLVE 2022 WINNER together with reNature and Kelp Blue
We are proud to have been selected as a Solver of the Solve – MIT 2022 Climate: Ecosystems + Housing Global Challenge. Our collaboration with reNature and Kelp Blue provides a solution that will be regenerating soil, going beyond repairing damage, using cultivated kelp. The MIT Solve’s Global Challenges seek social entrepreneurs who are using […]
View Kelp Forest Foundation’s presentation to Mayma Azul
Our MD, Samantha Rengers-Deane, was invited to speak alongside Adolfo Alvial, head of the Club Innovation Acuicola – Chile, about their views of the seaweed market in general and the potential for Latin America. The Mayma Azul program focuses on the global blue revolution through the creation of the first blue regenerative ecosystem in Latam […]