Driven by their love for the ocean and eagerness for bettering the world, in 2011, Fred Tardieu and his wife purchased Pangatalan Island in Palawan, Philippians, and founded Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation, where they work alongside conservation partners and local community members to restore the island’s unique ecosystems that have been damaged from unsustainable practices. Alongside their partners, in 2017, they established a 45-hectare marine protected area (MPA) surrounding the island– with larger MPAs on the horizon.