Climate Change & Activism
- The Uninhabitable Eart – David Wallace Wells
- On Fire: The burning Case for a green new deal – Naomi Klein
- This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate – Naomi Klein
- SOS: What you can do to reduce climate change – Seth Wynes
- EARTHFORCE!: An Earth Warrior’s Guide to Strategy – Paul Watson
Adventure books
- The Beach – Alex Garland
- I am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
- Sailing Alone Around the World – Joshua Slocum
- Occupation Circumnavigator: Sailing Around the World – Lars Hässler
- Flirting with mermaids – John Kretschmer
- Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft – Thor Heyerdahl
Conscious & Healthy Living
- The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies: Based on the Timeless Wisdom of India’s 5,000-Year-Old Medical System
- Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind: 100 Simple Sattvic Recipes
- Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine
- Moon time: The art of harmony with nature & lunar cycles
- Food For Free – Richard Mabey
- Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine
- Cookin’ Up a Storm: Sea Stories and Vegan Recipes from Sea Shepherd’s Anti-Whaling Campaigns
- Ocean Greens: Explore the world of edible seaweeds and sea vegetables
Ocean & sailing Books
- Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do – Wallace J. Nichols
- How to read WATER: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea – Tristan Gooley
- Sea Legs: One Family’s Year on the Ocean – Guy Grieve
- The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
- Sailing the Farm: A Survival Guide to Homesteading on the Ocean – Ken Neumeyer
- The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One – Sylvia Earle
- Deep – James Nestor
- Ocean Nomad: the Complete Atlantic Sailing Crew Guide – Catch A Ride & Contribute to a Healthier Ocean ;)
Freediving
- Manual of Freediving
- Deep A book about freediving, renegade Science and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves.
- Blue Mind – By Wallace. J. Nichols.
Here are a few of my favourite ocean-related documentaries that will surely educate and activate
- Plastic Paradise
- Mission Blue
- Planet Ocean
- A Blue Planet
- The 11th hour
- Sharkwater
- Racing Extinction
- Cowspiracy: the sustainability secret, Before the flood
- Forks over Knives
- A Plastic Ocean
- Sushi: the Global Catch
- Food Inc
- Food Chains
Climate Change
Adventure books
- The Beach – Alex Garland
- I am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
- Sailing Alone Around the World – Joshua Slocum
- Occupation Circumnavigator: Sailing Around the World – Lars Hässler
- Flirting with mermaids – John Kretschmer
- Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft – Thor Heyerdahl
Conscious & Healthy Living
- The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies: Based on the Timeless Wisdom of India’s 5,000-Year-Old Medical System
- Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind: 100 Simple Sattvic Recipes
- Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine
- Moon time: The art of harmony with nature & lunar cycles
Ocean podcasts
Sustainability podcasts
Personal development podcasts
- TedX– Lessons worth sharing: These are actually little 4-5 videos but you can also just listen to the audio
- Tim Ferris – The guy from the ‘4 Hour Work Week’
- The School of Greatness – Lewis Howes
- Tony Robbins – A superhuman who will get you motivated and into action
- Exponential Wisdom – About increasing abundance & exponential technologies
- The Creative Life podcast – Get creative and listen to interviews with leading creatives and innovators
- The Random Show – Chit-chat with top entrepreneurs and experimenters Kevin Rose, Tim Ferriss and Glenn McElhose
- The Happiness Lab
Ocean Education
One Planet, One Ocean (Free) | A holistic view of how the ocean functions, how human interactions with the ocean can be understood, and what solutions are available to support both sustainable use and stewardship of our blue planet.
Natural Medicine
Ayurveda Basics – Super instructor. Affordable. Bite-size videos and a wonderful introduction to Ayurveda.
Herbalism – Identify & Harvest Medicinal Plants Certificate. I’m half way in this one and love it.
Natuurvoedingsadviseur – (in Dutch) Holistische cursus die je op eigen tempo kan doen en je opleidt to natuur voedings adviseur. Ik ben aan het sparen er voor :) Vrij betaalbaar.
Sailing
NauticEd has many affordable sailing-related online courses
Personal Development
Gear & Zero Waste Nomad Tools and Things
What I use to explore, minimize negative and maximize positive impact.
Photo & Video
Water Filtration
Also tested & Suzie approved:
Safety Gear
Cosmetics
Oceanica SkinCare (20% discount with: OCEANPRENEUR20)
Online Tools & Apps
How I make my life, oceanpreneurial thingies and travels easier
Writing
Grammarly – Edits and improves spelling and writing.
ActiveCampaign for Email Newsletters
Mailerlite for a budget email service tool
Design
99Designs. Crowdsource design for you cover, interior, website logo, name it.
Canva For everything from social media posts, blogheader, bookcover to video animations.
CreativeMarket To find creative fonts, templates, website themes, presentations.
Citizen Science
- CleanSwell – Contribute to the largest research on marine debris. Record each item of trash you collect in the harbour, at sea, and on the beach.
- Marine Debris Tracker – Report where you find what marine debris anywhere in the world.
Community & Communication
MightyNetworks for the Ocean Nomads Platform
Selz for selling e-products like my book
Simyo Data sim card (Dutch)
Slack for Team work
Jitsu for video meetings
Weather & Watersport Apps
Navionics (For Navigation)
Anchor Pro (For anchor safety)
Windy (For the Weather)
Navily (Anchorage Reviews)
Magic Seaweed (For surfing)
Surf Forecast (For surfing)
Insurance
TopSail – Crew Insurance
Pantaenius – Skipper Liability Insurance
SafetyWing – Budget medical insurance (also covers offshore sailing)
Health
Apnea trainer – Train your lungs; useful for getting superpowers and levelling up the freedive skills
Clue – Period tracker
Foraging
PlantSnap Online plant encyclopedia and identifier
Picturethis Online plant encyclopedia and identifier
Camper vanlife
Park4Night to find out about camper spots
Campercontact to find out about camper spots
I overlander Non profit volunteer run overland app
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