In this powerful episode of Balance with the World on Near FM, Liz Montalvo speaks with Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, and legendary defender of marine life, shares his life’s mission to protect the living seas that sustain us all.

In a conversation as profound as it is urgent, Captain Watson shares his life’s mission: to protect the living oceans that sustain every form of life on Earth. With unwavering conviction, he reminds us that the ocean is not something separate from humanity, it is humanity. It is the breath we take, the rhythm of our planet, and the cradle of all life.

His message is direct and uncompromising: “If the oceans die, we die.” This, he explains, is not metaphor but biological truth. The ocean produces most of the oxygen we breathe, regulates the climate, and forms the foundation of the planet’s ecosystems. When the seas are destroyed, life itself is threatened.

Captain Watson speaks passionately about the importance of direct action, taking responsibility when governments and corporations fail to act. He describes courage not as the absence of fear, but as the willingness to stand firm in the face of destruction, to defend the innocent, and to be a voice for those who cannot speak. Protecting the ocean, he reminds us, is not an act of charity, it is an act of survival and moral duty.

The conversation traces his extraordinary journey, from co-founding Greenpeace, to creating Sea Shepherd in 1977, to confronting illegal whaling, overfishing, and oceanic exploitation across the globe. Today, through the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, he continues that mission — upholding a vision of ocean defence built on integrity, compassion, and unwavering purpose.

Watson’s words blend scientific truth with moral clarity. He calls on each of us to take responsibility through our everyday choices: to consume mindfully, to reject plastic pollution, to question systems that exploit nature, and to support the efforts that protect marine life.

Yet, despite decades of struggle, his tone is not one of despair, but of hope and resolve. He reminds us that the ocean has an incredible power to heal, if only we give it the chance. Every act of awareness, every decision rooted in compassion, creates ripples that can grow into waves of change.

Ultimately, this interview is more than a conversation — it’s a call to consciousness.
Captain Watson’s words challenge us to rediscover our connection with nature, to live with integrity and purpose, and to defend the blue heart of our planet with empathy, courage, and love. Because saving the ocean isn’t charity — it’s survival