Samantha Deane

Environmentalist, Global soul, Social entrepreneur, World traveler

Samantha is MD and co-founder of the Kelp Forest Foundation (KFF). KFF is *looking to fill the gap in the science around the ecological benefits of kelp forests (CO2 sinks, biodiversity boost, nitrogen filters, etc) - so we co-fund research; *striving to include cultivated kelp forests within Blue Carbon calculations so as to attract green/blue financing to the sector and help future kelp farmers - so we are co-funding a co2 sequestration methodology; * increase public and policy awareness of the eco&socio-economic benefits of kelp forests - so we are planning a documentary; * create of a giant kelp seed bank for safekeeping and future farming and conservation efforts - so we are collecting spores from global wild kelp beds.

Oceans, kelp forests, the environment, my family, riding, Argentina, Namibia, biodiversity, seaweed cultivation.

Cultivated kelp forest are a sustainable and scalable nature-based solution to mitigating climate change available now.

I attended the first TED Countdown, the best organized and inspiring conference I have attended even though the oceans, my focus, was barely mentioned.

Scuba diving - I have a Wreck Diver diploma but my favourite place to be is on a horse riding free in the pampas of my homeland Argentina.