The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, located off the coast of California. Image by NOAA/Mark Norder
Douglas McCauley directs the Benioff Ocean Initiative, the philanthropic organisation created by billionaire Salesforce founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne. McCauley, a marine biologist, says that philanthropists can do much more to save the oceans than simply write a cheque
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Douglas McCauley. Image by Jonathan Little.
We all have an opportunity and responsibility to do something for ocean health, whatever walk of life we are from. The ocean has paid us some service ? and this service can be reciprocated.
I grew up in Los Angeles and if you?ve passed through the Greater Los Angeles area you get a sense that there is a whole lot of concrete and man-made change on land. And then you hit the coast and you have this big, beautiful uninterrupted space. So, for me the first debt of gratitude that I have to the oceans is that they were my escape to a world where I could find wilderness and immerse myself in the beauty of the ocean. And there was the practical side: the ocean provided me with my dinner ? it gave me employment and income. Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
For most people, the debt that they owe the ocean is different. For some people, such as Marc and Lynne Benioff, their identity has been shaped by ocean places such as San Francisco and Hawaii where they?ve lived and raised kids. The ocean has given them a lot...