In September 2019 our two founders, Howard and Dave, were brought together after a chance meeting during a screening of Climate Race, which included a Q&A session with the film’s Director and Producer, Paul Maple. ‘If only there was a way to capture carbon naturally, oh yeah there is, trees.’ jokes the Director. Howard was thinking about how he would pay anything to buy at least a tonne of carbon to reverse his impact on the world. Dave commented that ‘kelp grows 35 times faster than trees’. And that was the start of our Carbon Kapture journey. Fast forward to 2020 and we introduce you to Ocean Carbon Extraction (OCE), extracting CO2 from our oceans and carbon from our atmosphere through a global network of carbon extraction farms. Our farms will capture carbon dioxide through kelp photosynthesis, cleaning our oceans, creating more marine life and cooling down our oceans. They are also part of a carbon-negative circular economy. Our goal A global network of farms, extracting gigatonnes of carbon from our oceans by 2030. How our farms will capture carbon: Like other plants, as kelp grows it absorbs carbon dioxide, but what makes kelp a particularly appealing carbon sink (where CO2 is absorbed) is its growth rate: about 30 – 60 times the rate of land-based plants. This rapid turnover rate makes it ideal for mass-scale production and capturing carbon. Our business model provides one of the first carbon-negative circular economies using the nutrient-rich kelp as food, feed or fertiliser. Globally the human race is emitting 36 billion tonnes of carbon a year, and this figure is growing. Once established with our farms, we want to offer companies and individuals the opportunity to rebalance their carbon impact, by offering a carbon-negative product. Join us & help to lead the carbon-capturing revolution.