• Home
  • About us
    • Mission / Vision
    • Green Culture Network
    • The Team
  • GC World Foundation
  • Past events
    • GC 2020
    • GC 8 & Train Camp
    • Green Culture 7/2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
  • Gallery
  • Blog
  • Contact us

Matt Lane

Director of Events and Community Outreach for Love the Sea and Founder of Cultivate Media (US),
www.lovethesea.org
 

Bio

Environmentalist and Community Organizer Matt Lane is the current Director of Events and Community Outreach for Love the Sea a non profit based out of Maui County, Hawaii. 

For almost two decades Matt has been working on Environmental Initiatives and Community Issues in the US and abroad. 

Love the Sea is currently working on the recovery of ocean plastic for the advancement of a Circular Economy by efficiently extracting it from inconvenient coastal areas and intercepting Ghost Nets that plague our shorelines. This plastic is currently stored at our Parley AIR Station and will be used in the near future to create merchandise that will help bring awareness to this global issue. Their vision is to Monitor and clean every OceanFront mile from the Hawaiian Islands, inspiring action towards the mitigation and recovery of Ocean Plastic from coastal areas around the entire world.

Internationally Matt contributed as a Voyage Coordinator for Eat Less Plastic. Working with  local communities, NPO’s, and schools in a voyage that took place over 6 months, seven thousand miles, and seven countries. 

As a promoter and event organizer he specializes in Zero Waste Modeling. Touring around the US with Jack Johnson Matt promoted environmentalism and community activism through the All at Once Village.  Matt was also the Environmental Coordinator at the Ocean Aid Festival in Honolulu in collaboration with Hawaii Wildlife Fund, Surfrider, Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, Sea Cleaners NZ, honoring leading professors, scientists, humanitarians and ambassadors highlighting the issue of plastic garbage and marine debris that accumulates on our coastlines and open ocean gyres. 

Cultivate was also honored as one of the leading projects in over 45 states by the CDC as a grassroots initiative to help fight child obesity by building gardens in local schools. Matt’s work helped manage and organize the Communities Putting Prevention to Work Grant through the Center for Disease Control building over 15 organic permaculture gardens across the island including our Homeless shelter, University, Secondary Schools, and elementary's. 

Founder of Cultivate Media
Founder of the Lahaina Town Clean Up covering over 7 miles of coastlines, two boat harbors, and one the busiest port towns in the Hawaiian islands. This event celebrates working with thousands of youth in our local community in it’s 16th year  in 2020.

Green CultureGreen Culture is a platform for exchanging innovative, educational experiences and a network of collaborators from the cultural sectors of the Western Balkans. We bring together regional leaders and industry experts from all fields who embrace the global sustainability agenda into their philosophy and convey their knowledge to the wider public to inspire action.

Recent Blog Posts

  • LUISA RIVERA FOR YALE ENVIRONMENT 3600
    Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health
    July 31, 2020
  • 0
    The Coronavirus – Induced Great Lull is a Dress Rehearsal for Addressing Climate Change
    July 31, 2020
  • Polly Higgins - greatness as a legacy - video0
    Honouring the life and the work of the Ecocide lawyer Polly Higgins on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
    April 27, 2020
© 2013-2021 Green Culture. All Rights Reserved