Driven by the ocean
Paul4Sharks turned a Porsche Taycan into a rolling ambassador for the ocean: wrapped in the two faces of the reef, alive and destroyed, built to reach people marine conservation has never touched before. The roadshow is rolling, and the ocean-Taycan goes on tour across Europe!
HAI-PERFORMANCE is an independent initiative and not affiliated with Porsche AG.
100% of donations raised through HAI-PERFORMANCE: Scan & Protect directly support Coral Gardeners' coral reef restoration work. Coral Gardeners is a nonprofit organization registered in French Polynesia (Registration No. C73224, Paopao, Moorea) and recognized as d'intérêt général under French law. Coral Gardeners USA is a California nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (EIN 33-2816761), duly incorporated in 2025.
Why coral reefs?
Coral reefs shelter a quarter of all marine life, protect coastlines, and feed hundreds of millions of people – yet half of the world's corals have died since the 1950s.
And reefs cannot survive without sharks: as the ocean's keystone species they keep reefs healthy and resilient, but more than 100 million sharks are killed every year – protecting sharks and rebuilding reefs is therefore one mission!
The good news: reefs can recover. Coral Gardeners grows heat-resilient corals and outplants them onto degraded reefs – giving damaged ecosystems a second chance.
How your donation comes to life
100% of your donation directly supports our restoration efforts to save the world's coral reefs.
Coral Gardeners is a nonprofit organization registered in French Polynesia (Registration No. C73224, Paopao, Moorea) and recognized as d'intérêt général under French law.
Coral Gardeners USA is a California nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (EIN 33-2816761), duly incorporated in 2025.
$50
Grows and nurtures a heat-resilient coral fragment in our nursery
$250
Outplants a coral colony back onto a degraded reef
$500
Funds a full reef monitoring cycle to track survival and health
$1000
Supports a Coral Gardener in the field for a month
About Coral Gardeners
Coral Gardeners is a reef restoration movement founded in 2017 in Mo'orea, French Polynesia - now growing and outplanting heat-resilient corals across French Polynesia, Fiji, and Thailand.
Join 1M+ ocean lovers following our mission and help bring dying reefs back to life.
About HAI-PERFORMANCE: Scan & Protect
People protect what they love – and they love what they have truly experienced. HAI-PERFORMANCE: Scan & Protect by Paul4Sharks (a play on the German "Hai" for shark) turns that idea into motion: the Taycan shows the ocean's tipping point, one side alive, one side destroyed – it turns heads, opens conversations, and the QR code on the hood leads straight from wonder to action on the campaign website!
Join us: the roadshow is rolling across Europe – and every donation helps rebuild the reef. Scan – Learn – Protect. FOR THE OCEAN!
Philanthropy & foundations
Looking tomake a largerdonation?Where your money goes
Your donations fuel leading research, innovation, vital fieldwork, and the scaling of our restoration efforts.
Further science to better understand coral resiliency and propagate these colonies.
Support our global crew of Gardeners who work every day to bring life back to our ocean.
Create long-term solutions and cutting-edge technology to scale up our efforts around the world.
Join a global movement of advocates to raise awareness and turn the tide on the climate crisis.
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