Scott Xavi

Founder, Director and Chair of Trustees

Xavi holds an MA in Classics and an MSc in Marine Environmental Protection. He has lived and worked in 7 countries as a professional rock musician, teacher and scientist (not all at once, though!). This is his first charity.

I'm an extremely passionate environmentalist and scientist with a huge curiosity about and appreciation for everything around me and a love for photographing insects. I'm a life-long activist with a hippie-upbringing, an anti-speciesist and averse to unfounded hierarchies, inaction and thinking inside the box.

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Setting up this charity has been an incredibly rewarding experience - I am amazed at the enthusiasm and positive energy which the volunteers are bringing in and I can't thank all of them enough for being part of this project! I'm looking forward to working with everyone and to the whole learning process associated with being in a team with so many different amazing people!

Sabu

Trustee

Sabu runs his own anti-elitist online Latin language school and is passionate about helping people achieve their goals.

I'm a Latin language teacher and anti-speciesist, passionate about all life on earth. I believe that education / science communication is key to nature protection. I am an writer and musician myself and I'm excited about the Plover Rovers' creative approach because I believe that creativity can reshape thinking and play a huge part as an agent for transformative behavioural change. 

Ruth

Trustee

Ruth is an internationally acclaimed authority on polychaetes and passionate about science communication.

My scientific background is taxonomic research (with a focus on classification and identification of marine invertebrates), but I have always been passionate about engaging with people and sharing my excitement for the marine world.

I volunteered in a natural history museum as a teenager and years later got to work as a research scientist in one of the leading European natural history museums, where I also designed and managed my own exhibition.

The "Talking the coast" project is the perfect platform for sharing scientific research with a wider public. I especially like the idea that the talks can be given outside during a walk and that there is plenty of room for creativity and also an artistic component to it.