Malcolm is an adventure athlete and well known entrepreneur, who is accustomed to organising logistics for some of the most intrepid expeditions. Over the last ten years, Malcolm’s experience as an explorer and athlete has led him to some amazing adventures. A passionate environmental film maker and social entrepreneur, Malcolm has been involved in a number of successful film projects such as A Plastic Ocean, which was one of the most awarded environmental documentaries of 2017, and was described by Sir David Attenborough as “the most important film of our time”.
Malcolm and his team have recently set out to use paragliders and speed wings to get previously unseen camera angles to deliver evidence of the climate crisis, whilst raising awareness of the changes taking place and inspiring change to prevent further climate deterioration. His latest film is titled The Last Glaciers, which looks at the drastic changes taking place in the mountains due to a warming climate. Most people do not realize that almost a third of the world’s population relies on glacier and ice melt for their freshwater. With glaciers set to disappear in some of the highest mountain ranges, more than two billion people will be affected worldwide. His film aims to highlight these issues and features interviews with UNEP Directors.
He is the first paraglider, speedflyer and film maker to join UNEP`s “Mountain Advocates” including famous athletes such as the Nepalese mountaineering start Nirmal “Nims” Purja, Canadian ice climber Will Gadd, and Kenyan skier Sabrina Simader, helping to draw attention to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and waste and pollution in mountain areas. He is also a Brand Ambassador for Arc’teryx. Malcolm will continue his environmental drive for awareness on global issues through further expeditions and film projects, including an 8000m ascent that looks at air pollution, drawing parallels between the difficulty to breathe at such extreme altitudes with the difficulties so many populations are faced with when breathing polluted air, and the health risks associated with this. It also looks at the devastating effect of air pollutants on mountain environments and the contribution of this to global warming.
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