INNOVATORS FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD ONE THE VERY FIRST EVER
OR SHOP PRIZE AWARD ON SUNDAY
PRINCE WILLIAM FOUNDED
THE AWARD IT SHOWCASES GAME
CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND FORWARD
THINKING ENVIRONMENTAL
SOLUTIONS ALL TO REPAIR OUR
PLANET. THE STAR-STUDDED
CEREMONY WAS HELD AT LONDON'S
ALEXANDRA PALACE AND EACH
WINNER ATTENDED VIRTUALLY AND
THEY RECEIVED A MILLION POUNDS
TO HELP SUPPORT
THEIR INITIATIVES. JOINING US
NOW IS ONE OF THOSE WINNERS
GATOR HALPERN ONE OF THE 5
WINNERS AND CO-FOUNDER OF
CORAL VITA THEY ARE GREAT TO
HAVE YOU HERE CONGRATULATIONS
ON WINNING THE INAUGURAL AWARD
ON YES, I MEAN WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO WIN THIS FIRST-EVER A
WAR.
>> WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME IT'S REALLY STILL
SINKING IN HERE IN THE BAHAMAS.
IN INCREDIBLE HONOR
TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR ALL THE
HARD WORK. THE CORAL BE THE
TEAM HAS PUT IN TO GET TO THIS
MOMENT AND REALLY RECOGNITION
NOT ONLY FOR
US, BUT OR THE REPRESSED RAGE.
THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AND
HERE IN THE BAHAMAS. WHAT IS
POSSIBLE WHEN THE COMMUNITY
COMES TOGETHER TO REALLY CREATE
SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THE
BENEFIT, THE
ECOSYSTEMS THAT.
>> IN TURN SUPPORT US ALL SO
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS
A CORE OF
ARE DOING HERE GATOR BECAUSE
CLEARLY TO WIN THIS AWARD TO
GET THE ATTENTION OF SOMEBODY
LIKE PRINCE WILLIAM
WHO WANTS TO HELP COMBAT
CLIMATE CHANGE YOU'VE GOT TO BE
DOING SOMETHING REALLY
IMPRESSIVE HERE SO WHAT DO YOU
GUYS A CORE OF YOU TO DO HERE.
>> SO WE CREATE HIGH-TECH
LAND BASED CORAL ARMS THAT CAN
GROW CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENT
CORALS TO RESTORE
OUR WORLD, DYING CORAL REEFS
CORAL REEFS ARE REALLY AT THE
FOREFRONT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE. ALREADY HALF OF
THE WORLD'S REACH 7 DIED AROUND
THE WORLD. AND SCIENTISTS
PROJECT THAT BY
2050 OVER 95% OF OUR REEFS WILL
BE DEAD. AND THIS ISN'T
JUST A ECOLOGICAL TRAGEDY.
IT'S ALSO A SERIOUS
SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUE
THAT HAS REEFS SUPPORT THE
LIVELIHOODS OF UP TO A BILLION
PEOPLE ALL AROUND
THE WORLD. SEC ORAL B TO WE ARE
CREATING A COMMERCIAL
COMPANY BACK SCALE ORAL ARMING
REEF RESTORATION PLANTING
POTENTIALLY MILLIONS IF NOT
BILLIONS OF CORALS EACH YEAR
TO SUSTAIN THESE VITAL
ECOSYSTEM FOR DECADES AND
GENERATIONS
TO COME.
>> GATOR YOU MENTIONED WE'VE
LOST HALF OF THE CORAL REEFS ON
THIS PLANET WHICH IS JUST AS
SAD
DEVASTATING STATISTIC. WHAT IS
CAUSING THAT THE RACE TO
TO DIE. I HEAR AND THEN ON TOP
OF THAT YOU MENTIONED CORA FAR
OUR CORAL FARMING EXPLAIN TO
OUR VIEWERS WHAT THAT IS.
>> CORAL REEFS ALL AROUND THE
WORLD ARE COLLAPSING THAT
REALLY THE FIRST MAJOR
ECOSYSTEM WE'RE SEEING LAPS
AROUND THE WORLD PRIMARILY DUE
TO
CLIMATE CHANGE HISTORICALLY
ISSUES LIKE OVERFISHING
POLLUTION AND COASTAL
DEVELOPMENT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACT
CORAL REEFS LOOKING FOWARD
WE'RE SEEING HUGE AMOUNTS
OF RE. DI AS WATERS GET WARMER
AND MORE ACIDIC AND BASICALLY
THOSE CORALS THAT LIVE IN THOSE
SHALLOW WARM WATERS AND GETTING
A FEVER AND CAN'T
MAKE IT. SO WE DO AT CORAL.
THE THE IS A NEW VERSION OF
CORAL FARMING WHERE WE HAVE
LAND BASED TANKS, WE ACTUALLY
PUMP SEA WATER THROUGH
OUR TANKS AND WE CAN GROW
CORALS IN OUR TANKS UP TO
50 TIMES FASTER THEN THEY GROW
IN NATURE SO THAT TRANSLATES
INTO A DINNER PLATE SIZE CORAL
IN ABOUT A YEAR RATHER THAN
50 AND WE ALSO CAN ADAPT THOSE
CORALS TO MAKE
THEM MORE A BRAZILIAN TO THE
WARMING AND ACIDIFYING OCEANS
THAT THREATEN THEIRS
VIABLE SO THAT WE CAN PLANT
CORALS BACK IN THE REEFS AND
WATCH THEM COME BACK
TO LIFE AND THE COMMUNITIES
THAT BENEFIT FROM THOSE REEFS
CAN CONTINUE TO THRIVE.
>> THAT'S SUCH GOOD NEWS GATOR
AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU GUYS ARE
DOING THIS I AS I MENTIONED THE
PRIZE MONEY YOU GUYS GOT ABOUT
A MILLION DOLLARS MAYBE A
LITTLE BIT MORE OR YOU KNOW IN
US CURRENCY. WHAT ARE YOU
PLANNING TO USE THAT MONEY FOR
HERE.
>> SO THIS INCREDIBLE SUPPORT
FROM PRINCE WILLIAM AND THE
ROYAL SHOP
ICE COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO
ALLOW US TO REALLY.
CREATE MORE IMPACTS HERE IN THE
BAHAMAS AND CREATE A MORE
SCALABLE MODEL BUT THEN ALSO
LOOK TOWARDS WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO BOOT.
BUILD ARMS 2, 3, 4, 5, AND
CREATE A PARTNER SHIPS
NECESSARY TO CREATE A
GLOBAL NETWORK OF
THESE CORAL ARMS THAT CAN
REALLY KEEP THESE ECOSYSTEMS
ALIVE AT A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL.
>> AND GATOR FOR A LOT OF OUR
VIEWERS WHO WATCH THE SHOW YOU
KNOW THAT CARE REALLY DEEPLY
ABOUT
THE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT ARE SOME
THINGS THAT WE CAN DO NOT JUST
A SORT OF
HELP YOU KNOW CLIMATE CHANGE
BUT ALSO YOU KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE REINS BUT
ALSO GET INVOLVED WITH OCEAN
CONSERVATION HERE AS WELL.
>> DEFINITELY WELL FIRST AND
FOREMOST I HAVE TO STAY THAT
WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ACTIVELY
RESTORE THESE REGIONS NOT A
SILVER BULLET. THE BEST THING
THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR RECENT
FOR OUR OCEANS.
IS TO STOP KILLING THEM AND
THAT MEANS THAT
WE ARE ALL NEED TO STAND UP AND
HOLD OUR LEADERS AND OUR
POLITICIANS RESPONSIBLE FOR
TAKING MEANINGFUL ACTION
AGAINST THE CLIMATE CRISIS
CLIMATE DESTABILIZATION ALL
AROUND THE WORLD WILL TOUCH
EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY AND
EVERY SINGLE WARNER AND
IF YOUR POLITICIANS AND YOUR
REPRESENTATIVES DON'T HAVE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE
ACTION AS THEIR TOP PRIORITY.
THEN THEY DO NOT HAVE YOUR
PRIORITIES I