Cyrill Gutsch

A quiet revolution is underway in Maldives, a low-lying archipelago of more than 1200 coral islands surrounded by some of the bluest water in the Indian Ocean. The nation’s small but determined population of just over a half-million refuses to allow plastic trash to continue poisoning the ocean and strangling marine life.

| | 08 June 2022, 3:56pm i-D and Parley for the Oceans collaborate on 'the endless conversation', a dialogue between its founder Cyrill Gutsch and the activists, conservationists, academics and designers who are changing the world. | 08 June 2022, 3:56pm This story originally appeared in i-D’s The Earthrise Issue, no. 368, Summer 2022. Order your copy here.

“Great party,” exclaimed legendary marine biologist Sylvia Earle, emerging onto the rooftop of Dumbo House. At Soho House’s latest outpost in Brooklyn, the first Incredible Oceans Gala celebrating the collaboration between PORTER and environmental game changers Parley for the Oceans was in full swing, with New York’s fashion elite mingling with conservationist superstars and rapper of the moment Smokepurpp.