What do vintage LEGO, a container full of Nikes and sex toys have in common? Tim knows.

As a multi-award winning environmentalist, ocean futurist and Co-founder of Take 3 for the Sea he's picked up these things and more from our beaches and in rivers and, in doing, so started a movement that's making it fun and easy for people like you and me to clean up our waterways worldwide.

He's also Co-founder of Ocean Impact Organisation, a startup accelerator bringing to market innovations that restore and protect ocean health, and an all-round good guy. 

Listen in to hear about:

🤠 Why dilution is no longer the solution to ocean pollution. It worked for us humans for a long time, but not anymore.

👏 The superpower of a simple call to action. Take 3 spread from one Central Coast beach to every continent because it's free, fun, takes 15 seconds, and makes you feel good. No course required.

💰Where the smart money is going in the blue economy. River plastic turned into building materials, robot creepy-crawlies scrubbing ship hulls to cut carbon and toxic anti-foul paint, and deep-sea pumps

🤨 Why microplastics are changing who fights this fight. It's no longer the greenies. It's the health-and-fitness crowd, and parents looking sideways at squeezy pouches.

We gave AI a listen and here's what it had to say:

11 million tonnes of plastic go into the ocean every year. That's like 2,000 garbage trucks tipping their load in, every single day. Tim Silverwood has spent 17 years trying to turn off the tap.

He's the co-founder of Take 3 for the Sea, the ridiculously simple idea that spread from one beach on the NSW Central Coast to every continent on the planet: take three pieces of rubbish with you when you leave. He's also co-founder of Ocean Impact Organisation, where he helped back 120+ blue economy startups and made 16 investments before stepping away in 2025 and returning as CEO of Take 3 to give his first baby a second crack.

💡 THE BIT THAT'LL STICK WITH YOU

”If all we ever do is clean up, all we'll ever do is clean up.” Tim is refreshingly blunt about the limits of mass harvesting. Yes, get the plastic out, but the real prize is the person who bends down, picks up a chip packet, and starts asking why it existed in the first place. That's where systemic change actually begins. And if you run a nonprofit, his breakdown of quant vs qual impact, and why most orgs tell their story badly, is worth the listen on its own.

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