Plastics
Netflix spotlights Conservación ConCiencia’s efforts to remove derelict fishing gear from Puerto Rico
Conservación ConCiencia’s efforts to remove derelict fishing gear from Puerto Rico’s coasts and ocean were featured in a July 2020 episode of Netflix’s new show Down to Earth with Zac Efron.
Unifimoney Announces Its Use of Recovered Ocean Bound Plastic for Credit and Debit Cards
Unifimoney Inc. in celebration of World Oceans Day today announced their Visa contactless credit and debit cards will feature a core made with recovered ocean-bound plastic.
Cleaner Air, Cleaner Ocean
The benefits to the ocean of pollution prevention are incalculable—just like our benefits from the ocean.
REV Ocean and The Ocean Foundation Partner to Scale Ocean Solutions
REV Ocean will provide a unique opportunity for researchers on board the 2021 maiden voyage with the support of The Ocean Foundation’s regional grant making efforts to connect donors with local science and conservation projects.
The Disruption of the Ocean by Climate Change
The ocean hums with life in an interconnected web, from the tiniest sea butterflies to the great blue whales. Each whale plays a role in the delicate ecological balance of …
TOF calls for National Academies to Explore Redesigning Plastics
As part of The Ocean Foundation’s Redesigning Plastics Initiative, on 15 July 2019, we requested a scoping meeting from the key boards of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and …
Our Ocean and the Future of Plastic
In July, I spent four days at The Klosters Forum, an intimate small-town setting in the Swiss Alps that fosters more innovative collaborations by bringing together disruptive and inspirational minds …
A Plastic Ocean
On January 21, TOF Board members Joshua Ginsberg, Angel Braestrup, and I participated in a Salisbury Forum event focused on plastic waste in the ocean. The event began with the …
Plastics Are Defining Our Future Ocean
49 years ago today the movie, “The Graduate,” first appeared in USA movie theaters and thus enshrined that famous line of Mr. McGuire’s about future opportunities—It is just one word, …
20 Things You Can Do to #SEAStheDay
Start a new good habit, get rid of an old bad one, do something you’ve been putting off, or even change the direction of your entire life! Here are some …
Puny Plastic, Planetary Problem
Our 2016 Ocean Resolution #1: Let’s Stop Adding to the Problem The year 2015 brought some victories for the future of our relationship with the ocean. Now we look to 2016 …
Sorry, That’s NOT a Special Holiday Cocktail
By Mark J. Spalding, President Earlier in December 2014, I was fortunate to be able to attend two very special events in Annapolis, Maryland. The first was the awards dinner …
