I didn’t come to conservation through a straight line.

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I’m Travis Turgeon. I’m an environmental scientist by training, but most of what has shaped how I work didn’t happen in classrooms or conference rooms. It happened living for long stretches of time in places where conservation is not theoretical. Where it’s tied to food, tourism, weather, livelihoods, and whether something works in practice or quietly falls apart.

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Over the past decade, I’ve lived and worked across Asia and Latin America. I spent more than four years in Thailand, two years in Mexico, and extended time in Vietnam and other parts of the Global South.

 

These weren’t short visits. They were places I called home.

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During that time, I earned my SSI Divemaster certification and logged more than 800 hours underwater. I’ve spent long days on boats, in dive shops, and at field sites where conservation work intersects with daily life. I’ve helped with coral restoration in Thailand, supported community-led coastal cleanups during COVID, and spent time face to face with tiger sharks in the Maldives.

 

Those experiences weren’t about spectacle. They were about understanding how people actually coexist with the ocean.

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Being in the water consistently changes how you see conservation. It becomes less about abstract goals and more about tradeoffs, constraints, and timing. You see how weather shifts plans, how tourism pressures ecosystems, how funding gaps show up on the ground, and how much local context matters.

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Outside of diving, I spend a lot of time documenting the places I’m in through photography and video.

 

I’ve hiked active volcanoes in Indonesia and Guatemala, worked in remote coastal communities, and learned quickly that plans rarely survive contact with the field.

 

I speak Spanish and conversational Thai, which has allowed me to work more directly with local teams and navigate spaces that don’t always operate in English or on Western timelines.

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Boundless Blue came out of that lived experience. Not as a brand exercise, and not as a traditional consultancy. It grew out of seeing good work happen quietly, imperfectly, and often without the structure or visibility it deserved.

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This page isn’t here to sell you anything. It’s here so you know who you’re working with.

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Someone who has spent real time in the places conservation happens. Someone comfortable in the water and on land. Someone who understands that impact is rarely clean, linear, or easy to package.

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That perspective shapes everything Boundless Blue does.