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Meet Craig Leeson: An award-winning filmmaker, journalist, presenter and entrepreneur, on a mission to end single-use plastic within a generation.

Get to know our 2022 Sustainability GameChanger, Craig Leeson, as he shares his insight and international career journey as an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, presenter and entrepreneur. He is the executive producer, director, writer and narrator of landmark global documentary A Plastic Ocean (2016), which documents the devastating global impact of plastic pollution on people and the planet. This year, he released his much anticipated follow-on film, The Last Glaciers; the most comprehensive film ever produced about the relationship between climate change, mountain environments and glaciers. His films are powerful vehicles for opening the eyes of audiences around the world to the impacts of human behaviour on the planet, and the urgent need for global climate action. In this interview, hear Craig tell the story about his unusual (poo-nami) encounter with a baby blue whale, which provided new and crucial data to better understand the species and their role in the ecosystem. Read more.