Stories

13th June 2022

Motherhood and leadership on the high seas

When Ky Delaney set sail for a month around the Virgin Islands, her aim was to show her four-year-old son Tobin the joy of the ocean. But as a skipper for the first time, she also needed to find a leadership style - as a mother, woman and friend - free of the hierarchical trappings her male teachers had imparted.

25th June 2021

A Walk In The Skye – By Air, Land & Sea

A Seabird’s View: Extreme athlete, Alexander Schulz, completes acrobatic slackline stunt
between the cliffs of West Skye and the famous MacLeods Maidens.

10th July 2020

Telling the story of sailor and ocean rower Lia Ditton

Danielle Sellwood is a journalist and filmmaker and the co-founder of FindItFilm, a production and film company telling stories of female athletes and adventurers to encourage more women in sport.

27th March 2020

How Documentary Films Inspire Activism

Laura Mahler, in conversation with fellow filmmaker Eleanor Church, discusses the potential of documentary film to inspire social action in viewers. Has the past year seen a paradigm shift in how we receive environmental films?

Authors

Laura Mahler

Laura Mahler is an environmental researcher and documentary filmmaker. Her first film, Film The Change: PLASTIC has been screened worldwide, and she has picked up academic and film awards internationally, including the Youth Jury Award at the Krakow International Film Festival.

Rosie Riley

Co-Founder/Director of Adventure Uncovered, writer and dedicated North Sea surfer who settles for cycling, running and outdoor swimming when in London. Advocate and promoter of sustainability and clean technology in the UK corporate sector and developing countries.

Adventure Uncovered

Adventure Uncovered influences social and environmental change through responsible adventure.

Sailing