In this episode, we talk with co-founder and pilot of Solar Impulse, André Borschberg, in which he became the first pilot to fly around the world without using any fuel. Talking us through his passions and origins, André shares his vision about the potential for making aviation clean. The technology is already here he explains, perhaps the greatest challenge now is changing our mindset and culture to bring the dream to reality.

Interview: André Borschberg

During this episode, we have a chat with Hanli Prinsloo, a former freediving champion and ocean conservationist and learn about her personal connection to the ocean and how this came to be when much of her childhood was spent in a landlocked region in South Africa. Hanli now aims to spread this connection around the globe through her foundation I Am Water, which helps ocean conservation through human experience. For more information on today’s topic, or to donate to the causes mentioned, simply visit iamwaterfoundation.org.

Interview: Hanli Prinsloo

In this episode, we listen to André Borschberg, an aeronautical engineer who describes his journey of building and flying a solar powered plane and becoming the first pilot along with his co-pilot to successfully complete a circumnavigation of the world without using a drop of fuel.

Beach Talk: André Borschberg

In this episode, we sit down with Zafer Kizilkaya whose passion for marine biology and photography brought him to the Indo-Pacific region and onto assignments for National Geographic. He has since gone onto establish marine protected areas in the Eastern Mediterranean, having won multiple prestigious awards including the “Best co-management award for small scale fisheries in the Mediterranean” by the United Nations Food &amp; Agricultural Organization.&nbsp; We discuss his reasons for following this career path and how he’s fighting to protect marine ecosystems while protecting the livelihoods of local communities through sustainable fisheries.

Interview: Zafer Kizilkaya

In this episode, we talk with anthropologist and National Geographic explorer-in-residence Wade Davis. A writer, photographer and filmmaker, whose work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, Africa to Australia, and Polynesia to the Arctic. Here, he dives into his incredible journey of discovery, explaining why he became so interested in other cultures from a young age and why we should keep a positive outlook on the future of global cultures in these progressive times.

Harvest Kaplankaya