Entrepreneur Community Supported Fishery Champion Alan grew up on the small island of Martha’s Vineyard. Surrounded by water he quickly learned to swim, dive, sail and fish for fun and for work. Stories of the wild and expansive Pacific brought Alan to Santa Cruz in 2000 to pursue an undergraduate degree at UCSC. After graduating, [...]

Living sea sculptor Senior TED fellow Colleen is a visual, performing, and environmental artist, exhibiting internationally. She’s a TED Senior Fellow with a BA in Design from UCLA , and a post-baccalaureate degree in Metals from the Oregon College of Art and Craft. With 20 years of arts background, she moves from jewelry to steel [...]

Professor Author Lifelong sailor Dan teaches literature and environmental studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. His book, Shakespeare’s Ocean: An Ecocritical Exploration, is due out this spring from the University of Virginia Press. He has published articles in English Literary History, Forum for Modern Language Studies, Shakespeare Quarterly, Scribners’ British Writers series, and WoodenBoat Magazine and recently co-edited a book collection called Ecocritical Shakespeare. Brayton is also Literature, Art, and Music section editor of the academic journal, Coriolis: [...]

Marine lawyer Sustainable fisheries advocate Mike is Vice President of the Monterey Bay Aquarium where he directs the Center for the Future of the Oceans. He received a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Utah State University in 1978 and pursued graduate studies in marine biology at the University of Sydney, Australia. In 1992, he received [...]