I am Tim, Divemaster, passionate traveller and business student from Munich. At the latest during my time as a dive guide in Komodo/Indonesia I fell completely in love with the beautiful underwater world in South East Asia. To see manta rays almost every day while “working” has moved something in me that cannot be repressed, because it is an incredible feeling to dive surrounded by these peaceful animals. But unfortunately we swim together through a lot of plastic waste. The dramatic: the mantas glide through the water with their mouths wide open to filter out plankton – it is almost impossible to take in any plastic. That was the moment when I realized that I wanted to become active. I never wanted to be one of those people who see a problem but then do nothing but feel affected. Back in my home town of Munich, I had the feeling that I was much too far away from the ocean and therefore couldn’t do anything good against the pollution of the seas. So I created the social fashion start-up “MANTAHARI Oceancare” to draw attention to these important issues even from a distance and generate money to be donated to our partner, the Marine Megafauna Foundation. This is the least I can do from here for my favourite place, the ocean. I am convinced that the influence of every single person is extremely important and is exactly the point at which change begins. As Sylvia Earle says, “It’s the choices we make that make all the difference.” Let us start small together and work together to make your influence valuable!