Edges of Earth Expedition

Edges of Earth is a global expedition and consulting initiative exploring how people are responding to a changing planet.

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The Expedition

Edges of Earth is a global expedition and consulting team exploring how people are responding to a changing planet. Led by strategist and diver Andi Cross and photographer Adam Moore, the team travels to the literal and metaphorical edges of the world, embedding with communities already confronting climate challenges firsthand.

Across 50+ countries, the expedition has documented hundreds of stories from scientists, Indigenous leaders, conservationists, and local innovators who are building real solutions in the places most vulnerable to environmental change. These field insights are translated into media, strategy, and partnerships designed to amplify what's working.

Rather than focusing solely on what's broken, Edges of Earth seeks out what the team calls 'positive deviants' — the outliers proving that a more resilient future is possible.

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53+ Countries &
Territories
2,500+ People
Interviewed
375+ Published Local
Case Studies
3 Years in
the Field

Where We Have Been

We seek out the positive deviants, or outliers succeeding against the odds in the face of the climate crisis. These are blueprints for a more resilient future as nature-based solutions that have the power to scale.

Billion Oyster Project, New York, USA
New York, USA

Billion Oyster Project

Restoring oyster reefs to New York Harbor through community science and education, creating a living filtration system for one of the world's most urbanized coastlines.

Jaguar Rivers Initiative, Brazil
Brazil

Jaguar Rivers Initiative

Working with Indigenous communities and conservation organizations to protect jaguar corridors along Brazil's river systems, blending traditional ecological knowledge with modern conservation science.

Ocean Guardians of Aotearoa, New Zealand
New Zealand

Ocean Guardians of Aotearoa

Documenting Māori-led marine conservation that is redefining what indigenous stewardship looks like in the 21st century — and proving that community-led models outperform top-down approaches.

Por el Mar, Argentina
Argentina

Por el Mar

A grassroots coalition protecting Patagonian coastlines through marine research, youth education, and advocacy — demonstrating how passionate locals can move government policy.

Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico
Mexico

Cabo Pulmo National Park

One of the greatest marine conservation success stories in the world — a fishing community that chose to stop fishing and created a protected area that now teems with life and sustains their economy.

Land & Life Foundation, East Africa
East Africa

Land & Life Foundation

Building bridges between local communities and conservation efforts across East Africa's critical wildlife corridors, proving that when communities benefit, conservation succeeds.

Living in Western Australia taught us what it truly means to exist on the edges. Perth, one of the most remote cities in the world, is surrounded by extremes. Drive north, south, or east and you are in untouched wild country. Head west, and you meet the Indian Ocean -- bluer than you can imagine, fast with current, alive with motion.

— Andi Cross

How It Started

In 2019, I made a catalytic move from New York to Western Australia's most geographically isolated cities on the planet called Perth. For the next two years, we dove headfirst into the ocean and into wilderness environments that completely reshaped how I saw the natural world. Perth sits on the edge of everything: desert to the east, the Indian Ocean to the west. Living there changed the way I thought about both business and conservation.

By 2021, I started assembling what would become a long-format expedition team. And by 2023, my co-founder Adam Moore and I, launched the full-scale expedition that has been entirely self-funded through our consulting business, which has meant no grants needed.

The mission has been to go to the frontlines of environmental change, spend time with the people actually doing the work, and share the success stories or case studies. We were not chasing the usual doom-and-gloom headlines. Instead we are focused on solutions. The teams and innovators are using nature to solve some of our biggest challenges today. The stories and teams that rarely make it into mainstream media.

Three years and 45+ countries later, we've published more than 375 case studies across 15 regular media columns, worked alongside 250+ local partners, and conducted 2,500+ interviews with people living on the frontlines of change.

Our Story

The Timeline

Moved from New York to Perth, Australia

Conceptualized the idea of a long-format expedition to the edges of earth

Became a SSI Divemaster & launched the expedition in June. Officially launched the Edges of Earth consulting platform. Secured 7 sponsors to support our expedition in the field.

Appointed the first-ever sponsored athletes under the SSI banner. Recipient of an Explorers Club Flag. 15 media publishers sharing our case studies from the edges.

Became part of the Protect our Winters Water Athlete Alliance. UN Ocean Decade Action lead.

53 countries, 250+ field experts. COP29 film premiere, short-film accepted into the International Ocean Film Festival.

Exploration Meets Strategy

Every expedition sharpens the way I think about growth

Leading a team of 13 through uncharted territory across 53 countries is not that different from navigating a brand through an uncertain market. Both demand clarity under pressure, a willingness to adapt, and the discipline to keep moving when the plan falls apart. The strategic frameworks I bring to my consulting work are forged in environments where the margin for error is measured in oxygen, not quarterly reports.

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