Saturday, September 8, more than a quarter of a million demonstrators representing over ninety countries around the world, gathered for a global action day and marched to the beat of “Rise for Climate Action.” Over 900 events on seven continents marked the day, which...
The Ocean Cleanup has launched! System 001, the 600-meter long prototype, was towed under the Golden Gate Bridge, leaving San Francisco Harbor for the Pacific Ocean. Its target is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a huge mass of floating debris located between...
Live Coral reduced by 40% because of warm ocean temperatures Science Daily — In a 13-year study in the Cayman Islands, warm ocean temperatures led to bleaching and infectious disease that reduced live coral cover by more than 40 percent between 1999 and 2004....
Happy Birthday JYC! Today is the 108th birthday of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Born June 11, 1910, Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all...
“Plastic is this incredibly useful material, and I feel that when we design things with intended obsolescence in mind—single use, disposable ideas in mind—we are treating a valuable material in an irresponsible way” ~ Dianna Cohen What started out as a career in art...
“Our ambassador’s program, whether it’s teaching coral reef ecology or kelp forests off of Catalina Island, is really this sustainable message. How can we look at our own society, our humanity, and better improve our simple lessons of sustainability so we live within...
“I really think it has to be part of the business model. Marine conservation is not a luxury. It’s not something that you do because you’re a good person. You have to do it because you’re a good businessman.” ~ Truda Palazzos Based in “the backwaters...
“It’s just one ocean – and it belongs to all of us.” ~ Dr. Martina Milanese It’s astounding that the European Union would look to the SCUBA diving industry to fund a special Horizon 2020 Blue Economy initiative. With this decision, the EU recognized that scuba...
“Saint Peter said something to the effect of, “We’re getting an awful lot of sharks up here what’s going on down there?” And he said, “Well they’re killing all the sharks on planet Earth.” So Saint Peter sent him back down to earth and said, “You’re not ready to die...
“No Water. No Life. No Blue. No Green.” ~ Dr. Sylvia Earle We were honored to have Sylvia Earle kick off our Blue Ocean Summit 2015 on World Oceans Day: In the Summit opening interview, “A Sweet Spot in Time,” Sylvia pulls no punches as she outlines the many ocean...
