Ocean Collaborations

#40 Helle Herk-Hansen (Vattenfall): Pathways to a blue regenerative economy

Helle Herk-Hansen works where the energy transition meets the sea. Her conviction is that if we fix only one of the two, we fail at both. Helle is Vice President Environ

#39: ‘Forget Me Not’: Germany’s Solution to Sea-Dumped Munitions

The day before we sat down in Kiel, a Second World War bomb was found next to our train in Hamburg. The next morning, every phone in the room started screaming. That was

#38 Angie Brathwaite: How Blue Alliance Manages Marine Protected Areas

Marine conservation faces a tough reality: philanthropic grants are shrinking just as ocean crises accelerate. Drawing boundary lines only creates “paper parks” - marine

#37 Jan Maisenbacher: Who Regenerates the People Doing the Marine Protected Area Work?

We talk constantly about regenerating the ocean - but who is regenerating the people doing the work?In my very first solo episode, I step behind the mic to get honest abo

#36 Ihirau Piton: Pacific wisdom and community action for ocean protection

What if marine conservation began not with another boundary on a map, but with a question: who has lived with this ocean, and what do they already know? In this new epis

#35 Clare Brook: Blue Marine Foundation

If you’ve spent any time in the corporate or NGO world, you know the “incremental” trap. We celebrate 2% gains while the system we’re trying to save is heading South at 1

#34 Arthur Dahl: Faith as a Catalyst for Ocean Regeneration

I grew up in a small german village, deeply rooted in the rituals of the Roman Catholic Church. For around ten years in my childhood the church wasn’t just a building; it

#33 Meaghan Cuddy: 11th Our Ocean Conference

Are you tired of attending yet another high-level environmental summit only to walk away feeling like you just witnessed another round of “blue blue blah blah”? For those

#32 Arthur Tuda: Blue collaborative leadership in Western Indian Ocean Governance

Arthur is Executive Director of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) and brings more than two decades of experience in marine conservation and mar

#31 Dennis Fritsch: Re+Valuing Blue Natural Capital Initiative

Dennis Fritsch from Oceano Azul Foundation talks with host Jan Maisenbacher about the recently launched longterm initiative ‘Re+Valuing Blue Natural Capital’ of the Londo

#30 王松林 Songlin Wang: 🇨🇳 Ocean Collaborations

The Missing Link: Can We Save the Ocean Without China? We all feel the urgency, but let’s be honest: are we just talking to ourselves? As ocean collaboration change agen

#29 Birgit Liodden: The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL)

Join Birgit Liodden and Jan Maisenbacher on an inspiring ocean collaboration ride. 🔥 Why you shouldn’t miss this episode: * A rare insider view (and new moratorium ini

#28 Peter Neill: #1 Ocean Collaborations Reflections

We’re thrilled to launch the very first Ocean Collaborations Reflections Episode - our new quarterly deep dive into ocean truths amid 2026’s chaos! Your hosts: Jan from S

#27 Alice Guittard: Advancing a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Black Sea

🌊🎙️ What does collaboration look like when the ocean itself becomes a frontline? In Episode 27 we are joined by research scientist Alice Guittard. Set against the backdr

#26 Wietse Van Der Werf: Sea Ranger Service

How can we protect our ocean while also helping our coastal communities? In our latest episode of Ocean Collaborations, Jan Maisenbacher talks with Wietse van der Werf. H

#25 Andrew Lewin: Host of 'How to protect the ocean' podcast

In this special “premiere collaboration” episode of Ocean Collaborations, Jan Maisenbacher speaks with veteran ocean podcaster and marine conservationist Andrew Lewin (ho

#24 Jorge Ramírez: Participatory Ocean Science on Galapagos

Our 2nd episode from South America is out! AND: it is a milestone jewel in ocean collaboration… This episode became possible thanks to the media partnership of Podcast O

#23 Nathan Bennett: Ocean scientist @ WWF & IUCN

In this episode Nathan Bennett and Jan Maisenbacher discuss the future of the blue economy, marine protected areas, social equity, and the importance of civic engagement

#22 One Year Ocean Collaborations: 11 top ocean podcasts

🌊 Happy 1st Birthday to the Ocean Collaborations Podcast! 🎂 We are so happy to celebrate one year of inspiring ocean collaboration episodes. As a global media & communi

#21 Janne Van Erten: The Ocean Cleanup

In this episode of Ocean Collaborations, Jan Maisenbacher speaks with Janne van Erten from Ocean Cleanup about the organization’s efforts to combat plastic pollution in t