This year’s conference brought together more than 600 global ocean experts and generated over 340 ocean action commitments worth $19 billion.
The Our Ocean conference is a yearly event to draw international attention to the serious threats facing the world’s ocean, commiting to concrete action around the globe to support marine conservation and sustainable development. Read More
In honor of the month of February, I’ve just changed my relationship status with plastics to, “it’s complicated”. It’s the best I’ve felt about plastics in a long time. Here’s why.
We must be willing to accept that not everything is black or white, good or bad, right or wrong. Quite a bit of grey area exists within many of these more complex situations, and you know why? Because it’s extremely complex.
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.
“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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
