Jo Ruxton is the Founder and former Director of Ocean Generation and a strong ocean advocate. In 2009, she co-founded the Plastic Oceans Foundation, as a means to fund her documentary feature – ‘A Plastic Ocean’. As producer of this impactful film, she hoped to raise awareness, educate, and engage audiences on the perils of plastic pollution. Jo is now available to speak on ocean conservation, sustainability, the environmental crisis, and environmental conservation when booked for a wide range of events.
Jo has filmed several underwater projects over the years, through which she had the opportunity to travel all over the world including Antarctica, the Caribbean and traverse the Pacific Ocean. As an advocate for ocean and marine conservation, Jo sees the merit in providing educational programmes in schools to raise awareness on these issues. She has thus began raising the issue of increasing conversations about ocean conservation in the national school curriculum.
Jo spent seven years working with the World Wildlife Foundation in Hong Kong, where she was a key player in establishing their marine conservation programme that was started in 1990. She then joined the BBC Natural History Unit where she worked closely with The Blue Planet production team. Jo believes that humans are visual creatures who can learn much more through impeccable visuals than by reading on a topic. Thus, she began working on her celebrated documentary, ‘A Plastic Ocean’. This documentary won numerous accolades and was featured in 70 countries in 15 languages.
Awarded an MBE in 2022 for her extraordinary work, Jo has also addressed a large audience at the House of Commons alongside Sir David Attenborough, assuming responsibility for the plastic movement. A seasoned speaker, Jo is now available to speak at a wide range of events where she speaks more about her vision for a future free of plastic pollution. Hire Jo Ruxton for your next sustainability and environment related event, today!
