our story: the founding of take 3

Plastic pollution is devastating the ocean, killing wildlife, contributing to climate change and threatening our health and the health of our planet

Plastic is a material designed to last forever that we often use only once. Plastic never truly disappears – it remains in the environment and breaks up into smaller and smaller pieces, often ending up in the ocean where it can harm marine animals, causing injury, suffocation, starvation and death. Plastic products create greenhouse gas emissions throughout their whole lifecycle. The more plastic we make, the more CO2 is released and the more we intensify the climate crisis.  

Two inspired ocean lovers – marine ecologist, Roberta Dixon-Valk and youth educator, Amanda Marechal – came up with Take 3 for the Sea, an idea where a simple action could produce profound consequences. Joining forces with environmentalist Tim Silverwood, the trio publicly launched Take 3 for the Sea, now an award-winning global movement of people protecting the ocean from plastic pollution. 

Working as a catalyst for change, Take 3 for the Sea helps people to see and understand the problem of plastic pollution, inspiring them to simple human-sized actions by unleashing the power of 3:

  • Take 3 pieces of rubbish with you when you leave the beach, waterway… or anywhere
  • Take 3 actions to reduce your single-use plastic
  • Take 3 people on the journey with you.

Our Inspiration

The Turtle

Turtles are truly ancient beings. The oldest known fossil is 120 million years old, meaning they were around long before humans. But the plastic we create is devastating marine turtles, leaving them starving, choking or tangled in plastic waste. Too many turtles are innocent victims of our careless consumption and mismanagement of plastic. We owe it to the turtles to make plastic pollution a thing of the past.

Founders

 

Roberta

Roberta Dixon-Valk

Tim

Tim Silverwood

Amanda

Amanda Marechal

Our Team

jenny

Jenny-Lee Scharnboeck

CEO

Georgia

Georgia Chandler

Digital Communications Manager

Christine

Christine Tapara

Operations & Office Manager

Emilee

Emilee Deal

Grants Manager

Jemma

Jemma Senico

Partnerships Relationship Manager

Janet

Janet Aitchison

Content Writer

juliette

Juliette Myers

Project Manager – Ground Swell

rebecca

Rebecca Dawes

Tourism Manager – Ground Swell

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Ricamara

Social Media Assistant

Our Board

 

Sandrina Postorino

Gill McLaren

Chair

Paul Davies

Treasurer

Heather Little

Amanda Visser

Jack Whelan

Our Ambassadors

Lauren Barnes

Laura Wells

Belinda Baggs

Kyal and Kara

Hunter Jones

Lilly Pollard

Luke Shadbolt

Russ Molony

Harley Ingleby

Grant Molony

Adrian ‘Ace’ Buchan

Russell Ord

Ben Player

Jess Leitmanis

Jake Feher

Kate Nelson

Lizzie Welborn

Reed Plummer

Warren Keelan

Nick Pumphrey

Tim Silverwood

Silver Partners

 

Bronze Partners

Official Supporters

Business Donors

In-Kind Supporters

Education Collaborators

Industry Collaborators

 
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