Morgan Bauer

“I’ve always felt like I’ve gotten along with the fish better than I did with people. I think people are my biggest fear.” Morgan Bauer, 11, is incredibly passionate about ocean conservation and taking steps to change his, as well as our futures.

“So I’m working on a film right now to promote ocean conservation and the idea there is still hope to save the ocean. Our generation is driving that [hope]. So I’m going down to Costa Rica over the summer and I’ll be meeting up with Fins Attached which is a shark conservation group based in Denver. I’m gonna meet up with Filipe DeAndrade from National Geographic. We’re going to film a series with eight kids on the Fins Attached research vessel which is one hundred and forty three feet. It used to be owned by Japanese fisheries, so it’s been repurposed for conservation. We’re going to do marine research out there for a week.”

Bauer remains passionate about ocean conservation after a life changing experience.

“I was diving in the Lembeh Strait in Indonesia and I’d heard that it’s some of the best diving in the world. You can see all sorts of little creatures […] I was diving there and I ended up not looking for them much at all. My family and I ended up picking up four, five bags of trash that we found at each dive site. So one of the most pristine places in the world is still filled with trash.”

Bauer’s inspired to fight for ocean conservation because he recognizes its more important now than ever.
“I’d say fight for what you’re passionate for because some things we only have one of and I think that the more people that realize that, the more we’re able to progress the human race and the world.”