The Klosters Forum Podcast

Hannah MacInnes joins Cyrill Gutsch, Founder of Parley for the Oceans, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear his personal insights on this complex topic.Cyrill Gutsch is an award-winning designer and brand and product developer. In 1998 he created a method called Cross Intelligence, which brings a culture of collaboration to major organizations. In 2012 he decided to focus on a new client vital to us all: the oceans. He founded Parley as a collaboration network for creators, thinkers, and leaders to create awareness for the beauty and fragility of the oceans and to develop and implement strategies that can end their destruction. Cyrill was named 2017 Environmentalist of the Year by the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association for his tireless work for the oceans. In 2018, Parley was named Environmental Organisation of the Year at EARTHx and Cyrill was honored with a Special Recognition Award for Innovation by the British Fashion Council.

Hannah MacInnes joins Nancy Wallace, the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear her personal insights on this complex topic.The Marine Debris Program is the federal lead for researching, preventing and reducing the impacts of marine debris in the United States. Nancy was the Chair of the United Nation’s Global Partnership on Marine Litter and serves as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Marine Debris Working Group Chair.  She has worked on ocean policy related issues for the past 15 years. Her work includes resource conservation with the National Park Service, developing sustainable catch limits for U.S. fisheries and efforts to improve water quality in the Gulf of Mexico.