Join the next livestream of the Social Change Career Podcast featuring Ilco van der Linde, a movement builder, storyteller, and changemaker whose work spans continents and causes. From founding some of the largest peace and youth initiatives in the world to launching OceanLove to protect the planet’s waters, Ilco has spent decades creating social movements rooted in emotion, connection, and collective action.

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Date: Weds April 9, 2025
Time: 9 am EST
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Bio

Applications are now open for the Ocean Love Innovation Award 2025!

Under the powerful motto “Because you protect what you love,” this global initiative endorsed by the OceanDecade calls on creative minds everywhere to submit innovative ideas that measurably contribute to ocean conservation.

Submissions can include products, tools, campaigns, or initiatives with real impact

Winners receive up to €10,000 in seed funding Open globally

Deadline: Sept 30, 2025
Winners announced Nov 4, 2025

Apply now

Ilco van der Linde is a Dutch social entrepreneur, storyteller, and movement builder. He is the founder of the Bevrijdingsfestivals (Liberation Day Festivals), which attract over 1 million annual visitors in the Netherlands. He co-founded dance4life, active in 30 countries, and MasterPeace, a global peacebuilding initiative in 50 countries

He also founded the Mandela House in Amsterdam, a hub for community and social impact; authored Be a Nelson (Lemniscaat); and writes for The Optimist magazine and National Geographic Travel. His latest initiative, OceanLove, along with the OceanLove Innovation Award, is a global platform mobilizing emotional connection and action to protect the ocean. The work is rooted in one core belief: people protect what they love—and lasting change starts from the heart.

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