I worked in the UK as a strategic project and program manager for many years, heavily in the corporate industry - until I decided to sell all my belongings and leave to travel the world.

 

In my travels I saw the first hand destruction of the rainforests and natural habitats caused by industry and disregard. In 2011, I summated Kilamanjaro. I remember when I got to top, just looking out, something shifted in me. I realized how beautiful the planet is and with that appreciation I wanted to see more of it. I then traveled through Europe and India.

 

In 2015 whilst diving with giant manta rays in Ecuador - I noticed plastic on their fins and at that point I started to question how we were treating the earth.

 

During my first time in the Amazon my whole world suddenly shifted. I had my first experiences with the medicinal teachers of the jungle and becoming aware of how intrinsically connected we are to nature, I realised how important it was to protect it.

 

On the way out of the Amazon, I had a flight from Rio to go to Australia, I was traveling down a long road. On one side I saw dense jungle and the other side was all torn down. It was a desert. Literally one side of this long road was alive, and the other side was dead.

 

I knew, at that moment, I needed to do something.