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How Good Can It Be?
Happy Ocean Month! Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation The Ocean Foundation community is far flung. Its members include advisors and advocates, field managers and philanthropists, students, teachers, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
TOF Advisor, Chris Palmer Releases New Book
TOF Advisor, Chris Palmer had just released his new book, Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker: The Challenges of Staying Honest in an Industry Where Ratings Are King. Buy it here, …
SeaWeb Sustainable Seafood Conference
SeaWeb Sustainable Seafood Conference – New Orleans 2015 by Mark J. Spalding, President As you may have noticed from other posts, last week I was in New Orleans attending the …
Preorder Deborah Cramer’s book, The Narrow Edge
After logging in thousands of miles traveling from one end of the earth to the other following a plucky little bird on its near miraculous migration, and then spending more …
Behavioral Change for the Ocean
By Mark J. Spalding, President We know that we want to improve people’s relationship with the ocean. We want to steer a course towards a world in which we value …
We’ve come a long way from the “Silent Seas”
This blog originally appeared on Ocean Noise a blog from Ocean Conservation Research It is amazing how many people in the field of ocean science and conservation credit Jacques Cousteau …
Thank you for making 2014 a great year for the ocean!
By Mark J. Spalding, President “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro One of the founding principles of The Ocean Foundation is that working …














