We tell stories that connect people to the wild, motivating them to become part of the regeneration of our planet.

about us

Storytelling for Nature Protection

Sea Change Project is a nonprofit environmental storytelling organisation, founded by Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck in 2012.  We are a team of media and science professionals who are dedicated to the wild and specifically the Great African Seaforest. Our work includes films, books, exhibitions, education, and marine biology research.

Inspired by nature, informed by science and guided by indigenous wisdom. We aim to build a deeper connection between humans and the natural world by telling stories, through the use of world-class media, that generate a deep desire in people across the world to engage with, conserve and protect nature.

Our Oscar and Bafta winning film My Octopus Teacher has championed a global movement of emotional ecology.

Our work is based on our connection to the Great African Seaforest. We set out to make the kelp forests of Southern Africa a global icon by giving them a collective identity: the Great African Seaforest. We carefully embedded this brand in all our media work and in 2021 it was named a New World Wonder. This newfound iconic status will help ensure its long-term protection.

 The Great African Seaforest is a deep source of inspiration for our minds, hearts and souls. By sharing these experiences with the world, we hope to inspire a global movement of nature connection and more stories about the intrinsic relationship between humans and the living planet.

 

OUR MESSAGE

Our entire wellbeing is dependent on the natural world. For humans to be healthy, the air, oceans, forests, and all the varied and wonderful beings that we share this planet with need to be healthy.

We aim to reawaken a universal heart connection between humans and the living planet.

Through our search for a deeper connection with the wild, we hope our stories can remind us that we are part of the natural world and motivate action to heal ourselves and the living planet.

The Sea Change Project

Our Team

Craig Foster

Co-Founder / Naturalist

Carina Rubin-Frankal

Executive Director

Swati Thiyagarajan

Environmental Journalist

Pippa Ehrlich

Filmmaker / Nature Journalist

Jannes Landschoff

Marine Biologist

Dani Ehrlich

Communications Strategist

Levanah Grafton

Office Manager

Our Partners

We work closely with local government, major academic institutions, strategic partners and individuals who share our vision to protect one of Earth’s last wild places, the Great African Seaforest. Here are some of them:

PROF CHARLES GRIFFITHS

Prof ChristopHer Henshilwood

DR SYLVIA EARLE

DR KERRY SINK

JON YOUNG

LOYISO DUNGA

DR JENNIFER MATHER

DR JANE GOODALL

ROGER HORROCKS