When Robert Vasiluth was a child, his Uncle Gill would always encourage him to make a difference in the world while they played checkers, swam, or hiked.“He was always interested in the
When Robert Vasiluth was a child, his Uncle Gill would always encourage him to make a difference in the world while they played checkers, swam, or hiked.
“He was always interested in the stuff I was building in first grade, always believed in me and wanted me to become an innovator. Not just any innovator but one that does something good for the world that nobody has ever done before,” said Vasiluth, a life-long resident of Long Island, New York.
After years of Vasiluth slacking in school, a disappointed and dying Uncle Gill asked him at a family gathering, “Well?” Vasiluth swore to him that when something comes his way he will be all in.
“He had cancer and could barely walk and breathe,” said Vasiluth, who would not see his uncle again. “This strong man I had admired my whole life saw something in me and planted the seeds of inspiration.”
Quite literally this is what happened. In 2015, Vasiluth created an innovative and unique method for planting eelgrass seeds (Zostera marina) in Long Island, New York’s waters that’s helping to revitalize the dying eelgrass population, improve the marine ecosystem, and mitigate climate change.
Long Island is a peninsula that
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