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Henequén, The Rope That Changed a Continent

Before Plastics, The Yucatan Peninsula Was Home To Globally Exported Natural Fibers

Stand on the pier in the historic port of Sisal, surrounded by the impossible blue of the ocean, and there is nothing to remind the passing visitor of the vast industry that ruled what was once a major commercial hub. Today, Sisal is a sleepy little town which has forgotten its historic purpose, its citizens harboring a vague memory of their ancestors and the historic wealth of the town, in excess of a century ago.

Environmental Journalism: A Genre of Writing Lost In Its Own Crisis

Today’s most urgent writing becomes marginalized by failing to honestly question its purpose

“Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months.”

BBC headline, 24th July 2019.

“Only 11 Years Left to Prevent Irreversible Damage from Climate Change.”

United Nations Press Release, 28th March 2019

“Only Ten Years Left to Fix Climate Emergency.”

World Economic Forum Press Release, 20th February 2020

This last headline doubles down still further in the body of the piece, where WEF president Børge Brende goes on to explain that we only have “a very small window and if we don’t use that window in the next ten years we will be moving around deckchairs on the Titanic.”

@BambuuBrush: Using Plastics As a Gateway to Sustainability

Trees & Seas Partner Uses Production and Sale of Sustainable Toothbrushes to Fund Impact Projects

847 is a number that Tommie Eaton – co-founder of @BambuuBrush toothbrushes – is unlikely to forget: “It’s what we started the business with. We weren’t wealthy, and everything was done from raw passion.”

£847, the equivalent of about USD$1000. Or, in other words, a spit, a lick of shoeshine, and a whole lot of gumption and drive. Which, given the current success of @BambuuBrush, the product and its values, goes to show that starting numbers are just that, a place at the start line, and nothing more.

Diverse Voices in Environmental Storytelling: Wilfredo Benjamin

Afro-Dominican Leads Social and Environmental Activism in Samaná, Dominican Republic

Wilfredo Benjamin is an environmentalist, activist, teacher, explorer, and promoter of Afro-Dominican culture and history. As part of our efforts at Plastic Oceans International to tell the stories of underrepresented socio environmental voices, we are proud to present this interview with Benjamin, conducted by Managing Editor, Jon Bonfiglio.

Natracare’s Values-Driven Approach to Plastic-Free Menstruation Products Is Creating Change Worldwide

Solutions-based Company Empowering People Who Menstruate by Supporting Them in Making Sustainable Decisions About Their Bodies

Susie Hewson – founder of Natracare – and creator of the world’s first commercial organic cotton tampon, knows there is a problem.

ÜÑÜ Organizing Trees & Seas Lead-In Event On Chiloé Island

Longtime BlueCommunities Partner Making a Difference at Multiple Levels

Chiloé, Chile.

Chile, Chiloé.

As Javier Garcia speaks, he mixes up the two places, but refuses to correct himself, as though the mistake is in fact an accidental fortifier of the links – of the intractability – between Chiloé the island, and Chile the nation.

SeyNoPlastic Drives Change and Awareness Across Seychelles

Using a Fun Approach and a Positive Message to Create Change

Welcome to the Seychelles.

Iconic, stunning picturesque locations where azure seas meet pristine white sands in the middle of the Indian ocean.

Nothing short of paradise.

All are words and thoughts that perfectly sum up this island chain, one of most sought after on earth for once-in-a-lifetime holidays.

Plastic Oceans International to Play Key Role at UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal

Global NGO to Partner With UNEP, OECD, The World Bank, World Economic Forum and Others

June 23, 2022 – Malibu, California – Plastic Oceans International (POI) is proud to announce its lead role and slate of activities at the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, June 27 to July 2, 2022.

As an officially accredited delegation, and as one of the leading global NGOs dedicated to ending plastic pollution, POI is organizing a variety of events that include such partners as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The Word Bank, World Economic Forum, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Government of the United Kingdom, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and a variety of local organizations.

Montes Wines At the Vanguard of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility

Trees & Seas Presenting Partner Leads the Way on Environment

‘Montes Wines, at the heart of environmental protection and sustainability since its inception in 1987.’

It’s a sentence which feels like it belongs in a press release or a marketing campaign, except that it’s not a gimmick or a slogan. It’s the way it is … the way things have been at Montes Wines for over thirty-five years.

The Chilean company was established in 1987, and since then has become one of the most respected wine producers in the world, winning numerous awards, high ratings and a distribution map that now includes over 100 countries.

A sleeping sea lion is put on a respirator while experts remove the fishing line from its neck.

Rescate de Lobos Marinos Saving and Studying the Sea Lions of The Gulf of California

Mexican NGO Now Part of Global BlueCommunities Program that Fosters Local, Values-based, Ocean Advocacy and Action As a Means to Inform and Inspire On a Global Scale

La Paz, Baja California Sur; a stunning coastal city sat in the lower Gulf Of California, also widely regarded as the NGO capital of Mexico.

An assumption which is no accident but rather a direct result of the amazing, unique landscape of this most remote, and least populated of Mexico’s states, a peninsula which points down like a finger between the Pacific Ocean and the uniquely biodiverse Sea of Cortez.

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