Charting the Path Forward: Balancing Conservation and Development in the North Sea
By Belinda Ng, Lotta Baalerud, and Louisa Hoy As alumni of the World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council, we are passionate about raising awareness of the ocean’s most pressing threats and actively working to protect it as young people. The three of us live in countries connected by the North Sea, a vast body of […]
Free Youth Advocacy Training Program for Ocean & Climate Action
The Ocean Project will soon be running its next super collaborative and free 4-week virtual Youth Advocacy Training program for youth around the world. The content is designed for youth ages 16-23, although young people of any age are welcome. Since 2022, these training programs have drawn approximately 1100 youth from dozens of countries around […]
You Can Help Secure a Strong Global Plastics Treaty
We need to turn off the fossil fuel tap that produces plastic and its resultant pollution and other harm to humans and the rest of life on our blue planet. Cleaning up the ocean and the beaches is helpful. However, it will never adequately address this issue if we don’t prevent plastic pollution in the first place. […]
Historic Opportunity to Solve the Plastic Problem
Plastic pollution is everywhere: from the highest mountain to the deepest ocean trench, to Antarctica, in our food, and in our bodies. Most of us are aware that plastic pollution is awash in our ocean, killing marine life, clogging waterways, and littering coastlines and beaches. The images of entangled whales, turtles, seabirds, fish, and other […]
Championing Environmental Justice: A Short Letter from Kevin J. Patel, Climate Justice Activist, Age 23
In today’s world, the fight for environmental justice is more critical than ever. As communities around the globe grapple with the devastating impacts of climate change, it’s essential to recognize that these effects are not distributed equally. From marginalized neighborhoods to Indigenous lands, the burden of environmental degradation falls disproportionately on those who are least […]
World Ocean Day Down Under in Action
– Written by Sophia Skarpis, World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council member from Australia It was sun and fun in Brisbane on 24 January 2024 to launch the inaugural World Ocean Day Down Under, a collaborative effort in a first-ever National Partnership between The Ocean Project | World Ocean Day and Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA). […]
February Resources: Environmental Justice
*You may also be interested in reading our February blog post on environmental justice.* We list some EJ resources below, and please let us know if you suggest additional resources, inspiration, and ways to take action that we can include in future updates. Please also share successes so we can amplify through the blog, social […]
January Focus: Ocean & Climate Literacy
With the World Ocean Day 2024 Action Theme: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate, this year we are providing our partners and friends with ways to help protect our ocean and stabilize our climate in June and throughout the year. All months are focused on learning and doing more to help create a better future, […]
12 Months of Action for Our Ocean
New for 2025! Link here! We are looking forward to collaborating with you throughout 2024! The 8th of June is the annual crescendo of celebration and action and throughout World Ocean Day month there will be thousands of activities and events. New for 2024, we will be providing ways to get more involved all […]
Free Youth Advocacy Training Programs for Ocean & Climate Action
Early in 2024, The Ocean Project will be running two of our annual super collaborative 4-week virtual “Youth Advocacy Training” programs, designed for youth ages 16-23 (although any ages are welcome). The content for both will be similar but we will have different presenters for each iteration, including youth leaders and seasoned professionals. The first […]
You can help create a strong Global Plastics Treaty
Our planet – our home – is overwhelmed with plastic pollution; it’s everywhere: from the highest mountains to the deepest ocean trenches, in our food, and in our bodies. Most of us are aware that plastic pollution is awash in our ocean and killing its life. A lot don’t fully understand how much it’s also […]
Momentum Growing to Protect and Restore our Ocean!
Two major victories in three months with a High Seas Treaty and UN Biodiversity Conference commitments to 30×30 Our ocean finally gets a High Seas Treaty! This past weekend, nations agreed on language to protect the world’s biodiversity in international waters of the ocean, a vast area that covers nearly half the planet’s surface. The […]