#31 Dennis Fritsch: Re+Valuing Blue Natural Capital Initiative

Dennis Fritsch from Oceano Azul Foundation talks with host Jan Maisenbacher about the recently launched longterm initiative ‘Re+Valuing Blue Natural Capital’ of the London School of Economics and Oceano Azul Foundation. Because the real systemic challenge is how our world counts value. Our current economic system rewards “extraction” - taking things out of nature until it breaks. A dead fish at a market has a price, but a living fish keeping the sea healthy is worth zero in our books. This makes protecting the ocean look like a “cost” instead of the most important investment we could ever make.To fix this, the new ‘Re+Valuing Blue Natural Capital’ initiative is a bold team-up between the London School of Economics and the Oceano Azul Foundation. Listen in to learn more how they are collaborating together to:* Create a roadmap to make the ocean’s health visible in the laws and financial rules that run our world.* Launch a two-year “intellectual compass” that will start “speedboat” projects to show how these new ideas work in the real world.Dennis also shared his honest take on the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco he will be visiting again soon for the second edition. While he was glad to see world leaders attending, he is worried about the “elephant in the room”. Listen to the episode and learn more about their “elephant and speedboat” reflections. Thanks for reading and listening! Subscribe for free on Substack to receive new ocean collaboration podcasts episode via emailThis episode is for impatient ocean change-makers who want learn to move past simple awareness and start finding examples of real, actionable solutions for ocean regeneration. This talk is an invitation to join a diverse community of ‘experts’. ‘Experts of all shades’ who aren’t afraid of big questions and visionary longterm transformation dreams. To maybe crack the toughest nut of ocean collaboration for the next generation: our economic paradigm. Dennis Fritsch on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-dennis-fritsch-52909511bOceano Azul Foundation:* Web: https://oceanoazulfoundation.org/* Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oceano-azul-foundation* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oceanoazulfoundation/* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oceanoazulfoundation* Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCojAEyOe5duzVXrprx8_vWw This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit janmaisenbacher.substack.com