Dave Ford
Founder
Ocean Plastics Leadership Network
New Coalition Hailing Blockchain as Linchpin of Successful Climate Action
The Blockchain x Climate Leadership Network is an activist-to-industry coalition of international stakeholders collaborating to define and create principles for meaningful blockchain initiatives to address the climate crisis. ... View More
New UN Global Treaty Seeks to Break the ‘Plastic Wave’
We can cut annual flow of plastic into the ocean by 80% in the next 20 years. The technology and will is there, but one important piece of the puzzle is missing — and the UN is hopeful they can pull it together. ... View More
Day 2-B2B3: Cultivating and Training Breakthrough Regenerative Leadership
This discussion will explore a range of ways to acquire and sharpen the skills it takes to be a truly regenerative leader. Panelists bring several decades of combined experience as well as several books and cutting-edge original frameworks to the tab... View More
OPLN: Experiential Learning for the Win (or, How to Really Turn the Tide on Global Plastic Pollution)
2019’s Ocean Plastics Leadership Summit transformed not only its host organization and its 165 participants — it catalyzed action around plastic waste at an unprecedented scale. We caught up with Ocean Plastic Leadership Network founder Dave Ford... View More
SoulBuffalo Gets Execs Out from Behind Desks to See Their Impacts on the World
As we at Sustainable Brands — and anyone working to rectify the damage people have done to the planet — are well aware, it's all too easy to ignore pressing social and environmental issues if their effects can’t be seen or felt in our daily liv... View More
Networking and Collaboration: What We Can Learn from Zimbabwe’s Anti-Poaching Movement
It’s never been more important to bring the poaching and wildlife conservation story to life, while also bringing together local and international stakeholders to build sustainable solutions to what has become a global issue. Recent developments, s... View More
