The Film
A Global Effort to save our underwater forests
In this underwater journey, photographers, marine scientists, and activists across the world tell the story of one of our most important and undervalued ecosystems, and work to save these cold water habitats in the face of a rapidly warming ocean.
Meet the characters
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Hanli prinsloo
Cape Town, South Africa
Conservationist, nonprofit owner, former competitive freediver
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Tristin McHugh
Northern CA, USA
Kelp Project Director at The Nature Conservancy
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Chris Neufeld
British Columbia, Canada
Co-Founder of The Kelp Rescue Initiative, kelp researcher at the University of British Columbia
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Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda
Norway
CEO and Founder of Urchinomics
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Cayne Layton
Tasmania, Australia
Kelp Researcher at The University of Tasmania
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Aaron Eger
Sydney, Australia
Founder of the Kelp Forest Alliance, kelp researcher at The University of New South Wales
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Adriana Vergés
Sydney, Australia
Director of Operation Crayweed, kelp researcher at The University of New South Wales
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Stefan Andrews
Adelaide, Australia
Co-Founder of The Great Southern Reef Project, Documentary Filmmaker
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Thomas Wernberg
Perth, Australia
Co-Founder of The Great Southern Reef Project, Co-Founder of The Green Gravel Action Group, kelp researcher at The University of Western Australia
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Sam Starko
Perth, Australia
Kelp researcher at The University of Western Australia
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Adam Ravetch
Southern CA, USA
Underwater cinematographer, filmmaker
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Karen Filbee-Dexter
Perth, Australia
Co-Founder of The Green Gravel Action Group, kelp researcher at The University of Western Australia
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Sheila Semans
Northern CA, USA
Director of the NOYO Center For Marine Science
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Jan Freiwald
Monterey, CA, USA
Director of The Reefcheck Foundation
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Keith Rootsaert
Monterey, CA, USA
Director of the Giant Giant Kelp Restoration Project (G2KR)
MOre videos
Saving Giant kelp forests in tasmania
Dr. Cayne Layton and his team fight to save kelp in the face of climate change
