#11 Hayden Smith

Welcome to the Fix & Fly Podcast hosted by Larissa Logan from Fixity. Our next guest is Hayden Smith, founder of Sea Cleaners. Larissa and Hayden dive into the story behind Sea Cleaners and leading the fight against ocean plastics. Hayden shares the challenges of sustaining support, managing large-scale cleanups, and securing funding. They unpack what makes the work so rewarding, from seeing real change on our coastlines to inspiring communities and young people to take action. Hayden shares why community involvement matters, how we can better protect our waters and lessons learned from leading a movement spanning 20 years. Let us know what you thought of the conversation in the comments! Huge thanks to Hayden for featuring in this episode! Connect with him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-smith-37921049/?originalSubdomain=nz Sea Cleaners website: https://www.seacleaners.com/ Fix & Fly is proudly brought to you by Fixity: https://fixity.co.nz Follow our socials to keep up with new episodes: https://linktr.ee/fixity.nz This podcast was proudly produced by the team at Fanaticals: https://www.fanaticals.co.nz #FixandFlyPodcast #HaydenSmith #LarissaLogan #Fixity #Fanaticals #SeaCleaners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.