BENTON SCHROEDER
Our ocean floor stores heavy amounts of CO2 to regulate our climate and keeps our ocean alive. Bottom trawling, a mindlessly inefficient fishing pratice which scrapes metal doors and iron weighted nets along the ocean floor wipes out 10 times more life than the fish we eat, releases dangerous amounts of carbon into the Atmosphere and turns coral reefs and marine habitats into desert wastelands that can take thousands of years to recover.
Benton‘s cycle will advocate for regenerative seaweed farming one of the most effective ways to combat the depletion of our oceans. Seaweed farms absorb carbon must faster than land forests, clean the ocean around it and build habitats for marine life. Benton‘s cycle will pave the way for more seaweed farms to recover our ocean while we can. His Voice for the ocean will empower other young people to make change for ecosystems which cannot speak for themselves.
WHO IS BENTON?
Benton is a powerful voice for our ocean floor. A competitive cycling in Spain and Portugal, Benton will champion over 300km along the Portuguese Coast this May to advocate for the protection and restoration of the seabed. Benton is a Hero Kid for One Ocean Planet and will turn every kilometre he rides into action for the ocean. His mission will raise awareness of the ocean‘s most vital ecosystem, the damage caused by bottom trawling and the regenerative powers of seaweed farming.
Benton’s cause will help restore and protect the ocean floor the essential but unseen foundation of all marine life.
HOW DOES SEAWEED RESTORE THE OCEAN?
Seaweed absorbs carbon more efficiently than any of our forests on land, up to 30 times faster.
Seaweed a zero input crop and grows nearly 60 cm a day, making it one of the cleanest and fastest methods of restoring our ocean.
Seaweed produces oxygen for our planet, the ocean provides half the oxygen we breathe.
Seaweed cleans and filters the water by absorbing nitrogen and chemicals from pollution.
More Seaweed means more life because seaweed creates habitat and food for young marine life to develop.









