Oceans

Chapter 1 - Population Wins & Conservation Successes

  • When planning a vacation, try to find one where you can either volunteer your time to support ocean conservation efforts, or help support coastal communities. Think twice before booking a cruise, which can disrupt wildlife and pollute the ocean.

  • Check out The Billion Oyster Project at billionoysterproject.org to learn more about the importance of oyster reefs. Become a member, volunteer your time, or make a donation to help make New York Harbor thrive with biodiversity again.

  • Follow Shark Activist @pauldegelder on Instagram, a man who lost two limbs in a shark attack in 2009, who now advocates for protecting sharks. He’ll give you helpful tips on what you can do to help protect our oceans’ shark population too.

    Chapter 2 - Bottom Trawling Prevention

  • If you are able to, shifting towards a plant-based diet is an incredible way to reduce our ecological impact and help our oceans recover. If you still want to eat fish, consider buying from local fishermen instead who aren’t using bottom trawling to capture fish.

  • Discover more about bottom trawling in documentaries like Seaspiracy to become more aware of what’s happening out at sea, and what we can do as individuals to help prevent it.

  • Push for a Global Ocean Treaty. Push our local governments to enforce no-catch marine reserves to allow threatened species and sensitive ecosystems to be protected, with the goal of protecting 30% of our ocean by 2030

    Chapter 3 - Ocean Clean Up Innovations

  • Eliminate items out of your life that contribute to marine litter. Taking a reusable water bottle out with you so you don’t need to buy a plastic bottle when you’re out and about can have a massive impact on preventing plastic bottles entering our marine environment.

  • Donate to the Seabin Foundation, an Australian charity set up by the Seabin Project that you can find out more about on seabin.io

  • Follow @theoceancleanup and learn more about how they’re helping to rid the oceans of plastic.

  • Roughly 80 percent of marine pollution originates on land, so get involved locally with addressing land-based pollution. Explore marinelittersolutions.com to equip yourself with the knowledge of how you can help address marine litter, or unep.org/get-involved to become a part of the generation to help heal our planet.

  • Support the Kenyan artists at Ocean Sole by visiting oceansoleonline.com and buying one of their awesome flip flop sculptures!

  • Attend a local clean-up. Beach clean ups are becoming increasingly popular, but obviously, if you don’t live near a beach you probably won’t be able to do one of these! But as mentioned, 80% of plastic in the ocean comes from the land, so preventing plastic getting into local rivers could be just as valuable, so see if there’s any opportunities locally to get involved in a clean up!