Emily is an ocean advocate, skipper, international public speaker and advisor on issues relating to our ocean, her goals are around shifting mindsets and making changes for our future society.
Emily is on a mission to inspire and facilitate a community of change makers through her organisation eXXpedition. This will be done by training athletes and celebrities to be impactful advocates on ocean issues.
Emily believes in developing upstream solutions to the ocean plastic issue by working with corporate partners, scientists and government bodies.
During this podcast we talk more about eXXpedition, its formation, plans and goals.
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Emily has previously been on the Tough Girl Podcast (July 12th 2016), where she shared more about her early life and career. You can listen to that episode here.
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Show notes
Working on projects to combat plastic pollution
Brief overview of her career
The idea behind eXXpedition and how it came about
Micro plastics in her blood
The power of bringing women together
Getting blood tests done
The changes in plastics over the past 12 years
XX - why and how it has evolved
Scaling the project up and funding
The run up to launch day….
300 women joining the journey
Kicking off with a 4 day event in London
Solving problems with diversity of solutions
Deciding on the women
The power of transformative journeys
Feelings of overwhelm when dealing with the plastic pollution
Why you have to break the problem down.
Keeping things in perspective
Why every action counts
Why there is not one solution
Superpowers - what makes us brilliant
What’s been going on….. 2016 and 2017
Working with Sky
Sailing….
Going on the first leg of the voyage
How the sailing works on the boat
Getting the thinking time to think about the problem
What is the dream, what is the ambition
The 3 overall aims
Why the following up is so important
Mission Leaders, scientists, & sailors
The concept of SHIFT
Quick Fire Questions
How you can make a change in your life
Website - www.emilypenn.co.uk
Instagram - @missemilypenn
Twitter: @emilypenn
eXXpedition - All women's voyages to make the unseen seen, from the #toxics in our bodies to the #plastics in our seas.
eXXpedition is a Community Interest Company and not-for-profit organisation that runs pioneering all-female sailing research expeditions to investigate the causes of and solutions to ocean plastic pollution.
Founded in 2014, they have run expeditions all over the world. Previous scientific research has highlighted the endemic nature of micro plastics within our ocean environments globally.
Their focus now is to advance a better understanding of the plastics issue as a whole and to work with industry to pinpoint solutions and policy at a global level by addressing knowledge-gaps and delivering evidence to inform effective solutions.
Website - https://exxpedition.com
Twitter - @eXXpedition
Instagram - @exxpedition_
Facebook - @eXXpeditionCIC
Youtube Channel - eXXpedition
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