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The Sea Change Trust[edit]
The Sea Change Trust is a South African non profit organisation (section 18A South African Public Benefit Organisation) based in Cape Town that has media advocacy to protect the South African marine environment at its core. Founded in May 2012 by Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck, the organisation was the first to develop the concept of The Great African Sea Forest, and their goal is to have it declared an UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.
Foster and Frylinck have undertaken hundreds of hours of underwater exploration and have documented a variety of marine animals and unique animal behaviour in the Kelp Forests of False Bay near Cape Town, important to their mission of conserving the kelp forests.
Craig Foster is an award-winning filmmaker and naturalist.
Ross Frylink is a surfer and free-diver and creator of the Wavescape Surf Ocean Festival.
Carina Rubin-Frankal is chairperson and executive producer for the Sea Change Trust.
Swati Thiyagarajan, leads the trust’s outreach campaigns.
Partners and Supporters
- Off The Fence (non-fiction film producers and distributors)
- batwin+robin productions (multimedia design)
- City of Cape Town Recreation and Parks Department & Coastal Management SANBI (South African National Biodiversity Institute)
- WildTrust / WildOceans
- WWF-SASSI
- Mission Blue: Sylvia Earle Alliance
- SST (Sustainable Seas Trust)
- Wavescape Surf and Ocean Festival
- The Beach co-op (Beach clean ups & Research)
- University of Hawaii
- The Mapula Trust (Philanthropic partner)
The Sea Change Project[edit]
The Sea Change Project is an initiative of the Sea Change Trust. It involves a community of scientists, storytellers, journalists and filmmakers who are focused on the ocean and marine life. Their work is aimed at motivating scientists, policy makers and individuals to engage with nature and protect the oceans.
Media[edit]
Book A coffee table book Sea Change: Primal Joy and the Art of Underwater Tracking, launched in October 2018.
Film My Octopus Teacher a feature documentary, by Craig Foster, Philippa Ehrlich and James Reed. Executive Producers and Distributors: Off The Fence Production and distribution, based in The Netherlands.
The project has also contributed to the BBC’s Blue Planet II TV series (episode 5: Green Seas) and an outdoor photography exhibition.
Scientific Advisors[edit]
Professor Charles Griffiths - Director of the Marine Biology Research Centre at the University of Cape Town.
Dr. Christopher Henshilwood - Professor at the Institute for Human Evolution, Witwatersrand University.
Dr. Jennifer Mather - University of Leithbridge, Canada.
Dr. Kerry Sink - SANBI - South African National Biodiversity Institute Marine Programme Manager.