Stories
Fundación Tropicalia and Sustainable Development
Fundación Tropicalia Leading The Way In Sustainable Resort Developments Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation For the past two years, we have partnered with the Fundación Tropicalia, which …
Churning Seas: Blue Vision Summit 5
By Ben Scheelk, Program Associate There is an old bit of weather lore that states: Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning. Fortunately, for …
Our Rockefeller Ocean Strategy Featured in Barron’s
We at The Ocean Foundation envisioned an unprecedented ocean-centric investment fund. Thus, over 5 years we reviewed over 3,000 companies looking for products and services that are “actively good for …
Heroes of the Caribbean: Jamaica
by Mark J. Spalding, President of the Ocean Foundation On many of my trips I seem to spend more time with interesting people in windowless conference rooms than by the …
Blue Mind Summit
by Jessie Neumann, TOF Marketing Intern I had the distinct pleasure of attending the 5th annual Blue Mind Summit this past Monday, coordinated by Wallace J. Nichols, our TOF project manager …
200 Years of Cuban Coral Arrives in Santa Cruz
Daria Siciliano, of TOF project Cuba Marine Research and Conservation, is featured in KQED Science talking about the recent shipment of 200 years of coral cores from Cuba to California for research. Read the full …
Silent Seashores
The Ocean Foundation author and visiting scholar at M.I.T., Deborah Cramer, contributes an opinion piece for The New York Times about the red knot, a resilient bird who migrates thousands of miles each …
Blue Mind Cover Story in Surf Magazine
Wallace J. Nichols, TOF project coordinator, is the featured cover story this June for Surfer Magazine. He talks about his recently published book, Blue Mind, which made a run on The New York …
3 Keys to Saving Tobacco Caye
by Michael Bourie, TOF Intern After spending last Christmas bundled up inside avoiding the snow, I decided to spend this past winter season in the Caribbean taking a tropical marine ecology …
The Imperiled Arctic
To help the general public better understand and engage current issues in the Arctic, a one-hour presentation has been developed by TOF Advisor Richard Steiner for the general public, using …
Ocean Sustainability and Global Resource Management
Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation Last month I went to the port city of Kiel, which is the capital of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. I was …
Ocean Acidification: The Crisis Upon Us
TOF President, Mark Spalding, writes of the widespread and universal dangers we face today from ocean acidification and the steps that need to be taken to prevent and prepare. “Carbon dioxide pollution …
