In this episode, we have our first guest from the Middle East, Beisan AlSharif.

Beisan is a marine enthusiast with a passion for diving and the environment. She spent most of her time in South Jordan. During the pandemic, she found a traumatizing amount of waste underwater caused by the skyrocketing plastic usage. This then led her to co-found Project Sea, to extend her passion for scuba diving.

Project Sea aims to change the culture of littering and waste disposal by organizing monthly diving clean-up events in Jordan. They also educate the public by arranging interactive lectures, campaigns, and collaboration with local brands.

During the talk, we discussed how we often turn our eyes on Europe and sometimes forget that ocean plastic is a global and wider problem. We gained a new perspective from Beisan about what the situation is like in Jordan. She also tells us how demanding it can be to free the ocean from our plastic waste - especially when it gets caught in coral reefs.

You can find out more about Project Sea at https://www.linkedin.com/company/thisisprojectsea/ or reach out to Beisan via LinkedIn