Ashley Sampi is a highly regarded Bardi man, Indigenous advocate, and retired celebrated national competition Australian rules footballer, who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. He attended Trinity College in Perth, Australia and following his football entered heavy industry and mining. Maintaining his interest in mentoring others and seeking solutions in societal and intergenerational prosperity, Ashley became a fellow of the Earth Sustaining Sciences Institute in 2015. He is co-creator and co-designer of the Kimberley, Dampierland, Djarindjin/Ngamakoon, North-western Australia, Earth Sustaining Sciences-Sampi Bardi/Jawi plan and project for ecosocietal advancement focused on a multi-plane model that includes community driven terrestrial agriculture, marine and freshwater aquaculture & aquaponics and associated tourism and allied business.