#02 Patreon Support for Oceans Project

Andy Lange — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:43:34 +0000

#02 Patreon Support for Oceans Project

Moving forward Patreon Support for Oceans Project is going to be one of the most important revenue streams to support the channel and to keep it going.

But why become a Patreon member?

You’ll get exclusive access to a members only section of our website. Watch new episodes before they become available to the public. Also, you get to vote on which projects you’d like to support. You can also suggest projects that you’d like to see supported as well.

On top of all that, we’ll draw members to come and sail with us for free on certain passages or for some of the destinations. All you need to do is get to where we are and we’ll take care of you.

In the end those are only small tokens of appreciation from us for your help. All good things in life take an effort to achieve and money to support it. We have invested our own money into the platform, website and buying the boat, as well as all the filming and diving equipment. There are obviously also all the overheads of running a sailing vessel, maintaining gear, insurances and stocking the boat. We are also dedicating our time to make all of the projects possible. Oceans Project needs the continuing support of you and all the others that have joined us. Without the funds through PayPal donations and Patreon membership we won’t be able to sustain the platform. YouTube add revenue will cover some of the cost, however this will not be enough, at least not in the beginning. We appeal to you as someone who cares about our precious world and our Oceans. You can also help us to grow the platform by using the social share links on the bottom of every page. Please spread the word and help us to recruit more help.

Because of generous and caring people like you we can keep the project running and together we can protect our oceans. Thank you for considering to support us as a Patron, this really means everything!

Please click on the Patreon link to help and support.

Andy Lange

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#01 A New Beginning

Andy Lange — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 17:09:07 +0000

#1 - A New Beginning

Happy New Year!

I am Andy Lange, the founder of the Oceans Project platform and 2020 is a new beginning for me. Everyone is always complaining (including me) that our environment is getting destroyed, yet most of us don’t really do anything. I just can’t stand by anymore and decided to do something. I have established the Oceans Project platform to support marine conservation projects.

My goal is to do a sailing circumnavigation of the globe, visiting exciting places that have marine conservation projects or want to start one. I am committed in any way possible. Together with the crew of our sailing boat I’ll film the progress of those marine conservation projects and want to give the people behind the projects exposure on our YouTube channel and our website, so they can attract more support and funding.

Everyone can participate. You can become part of our crew on board our sailing vessel, watch us and subscribe to our YouTube channel, donate or become a Patron of our channel. It’s entirely up to you how much you want to be involved. In any way we’d appreciate your support to help and bring change to the world. Enough talking, now it’s time to act.

The timeline for 2020 is as follows:

In April I’ll travel to Greece to buy a sailing boat
Throughout the summer I’ll install all the necessary upgrades to convert the vessel into a capable blue water cruiser, including a dive compressor to enable scuba diving from the boat.
After the conversion and the sea trials are done there will be the chance for anyone (including you!) to apply for becoming a crew member of the Oceans Project sailing yacht. There will be crew trials until Autumn.
After the crew is decided we’ll head out to the Cape Verde Island via the Canary Island and from there onward to the Caribbean.
Once arriving in the Caribbean we’ll start to visit, film and report from our first projects.

There will be loads of blogs here on this website and I’ll post videos on YouTube once I bought the boat.

I really hope you will follow the adventures of Oceans Project and would obviously appreciate any assistance from you.

That’s it for today.

Andy Lange

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