After falling in love with a reef in Thailand and witnessing it die; we learned about the rapid decline of our reefs and launched Global Coralition - a non profit uniting art, science and communities to accelerate marine ecosystem regeneration. 
Mazu
Koh tao, Thailand (2018)
She was gifted to the conservation program at Eco Koh Tao, who built 36 pyramids around her, transplanting 5000 corals and using it as a dive, education and restoration site. 
Atabey is the Mother of Water from the Arawak/Taino indigenous culture of the Caribbean.
Since the launch of this project, the region has been marine protected by local NGO Magua foundation, we built a land-based coral farm at ISLA academy, and our team has planted 700,000 mangroves in the upstream lagoona - preventing wildfires and employing local community in conservation.
Local efforts in coral farming and mangrove restoration continue to be sustained by ecotourism revenue. 