Did You Know? Plastic bags and bottles do not biodegrade and are made from petroleum. The petroleum used for making plastic for the 29 million water bottles Americans use each year requires 17 ...
Celebrate United Nations World WATER DAY
March 22nd is World Water Day. It celebrates water - a precious finite resource! The UN has set the sustainable development goal of water and sanitation for all by 2030. Today 1 in 3 people ...
The United Nations Agrees on an Ocean Biodiversity Treaty
On March 4, 2023 United Nations members agreed on a historic treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, the regions outside national boundary waters. Global cooperation has been lacking and is ...
Fisheries & Human Health
Ocean biodiversity is core to earth's natural ecosystems and functioning, and thus key to maintaining the stability of our sphere of operation as humans. We know that we want and need to protect ...
Do You Want to Learn to Live More Sustainably?
If so, join the free 5 day online Tiny Habits for Sustainability program https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/oceansustainability image is used with permission from BJ Fogg, PhD We are looking ...
7 Tiny Habits for Ocean Conservation
Is your new year's resolution to be more environmentally conscious? #TinyHabits to make your year more environmentally sustainable:Switch from single use plastic water bottles to a reusable water ...
3 Ways Awe of the Ocean Can Save our Blue Planet
“Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast and mysterious that transcends your current frame of reference that requires that you seek integration and meaning.” Dacher ...
3 Important Ways Whales Play a Role in the Overall Health of the Marine Environment
Even though commercial whaling has been greatly decreased, whales are still impacted by human-made hazards of entanglement in discarded fish nets, ship strikes, noise pollution, entanglement in ...
3 Reasons Why Jacques Cousteau is an Ocean Hero
1. He was a pioneer in ocean exploration. He and Emile Gagnan invented the aqualung the first underwater breathing apparatus. He also invented many other tools, gadgets, and techniques to safely ...
3 Reasons Why Rachel Carson is an Ocean Hero
1. Rachel Carson was a marine biologist, writer, and pioneering environmentalist and conservationist who wrote over a dozen books on the ocean and ocean creatures. Her ground breaking book, Silent ...