"We as activists need to help fishing communities to deeply understand the marine ecosystem while also remembering that this very ecosystem is their daily bread."-Jake Lasi
In this week's episode, I chat with Jake Lasi from Timor Leste! He is a divemaster, swim and snorkelling teacher, and an activist for the oceans with a huge passion for environmental protection both in theory and practice. The ocean is Jake’s church, school and love and his main goal is to promote marine tourism as an alternative revenue for the country. As a Peace Boat Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador, Jake had the opportunity of participating in a storytelling training developed by Peace Boat Us and Pendulum called Actions for the Oceans whereby youth from across the world developed ocean campaigns for World Ocean Day. In this episode, Jake and I have an in-depth conversation about his campaign which is focused on educating the fishing community in his country and changing cultural behaviours to save the turtles and marine life in Timor Leste! To keep up to date with Jake's work be sure to follow him on Instagram and check out more information on the campaign on Pendulum's Website!