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Good Karma Projects, in Tarragona, Spain Joins BlueCommunities Family

One Mind At a Time. The Slowest Way to Make Change Is Also The Surest.

Albert Font de Rubinat, Co-Founder and CEO of Good Karma Projects, proves that there is something in a name.

“We are here to do something good,” he says, “to do something for the people, and to do something for the planet.”

Thrumming with good energy and positive motivation to make a change, the titular good karma is ever present in Barcelona. Founded in 2007, this year Good Karma Projects is joining nearly 50 other members of Plastic Oceans International’s groundbreaking BlueCommunities initiative.

Zeal Optics: A Brand Walking the Talk Through Innovation and Action

#Shades4Seas Campaign Empowering Plastic Oceans to Clean Millions of Square Feet of Coastline and to Educate Thousands

Mike Lewis, Marketing Director at Zeal Optics, does images.

Centerpoints, juxtapositions, offsets, contrasts; Lewis is a human and professional who has made a career and a life in visuals.

But as with many individuals in the field of optics, he knows that the most significant visual is not an image, but a certain kind of truth.

A fundamental.

So for Lewis and the team at Zeal Optics, manufacturing and selling sunglasses and goggles without core innate values is a missed opportunity. Which is how their partnership with Plastic Oceans International on their #Shades4Seas campaign came to fruition.

Cleveland NPR Interviews Director David J. Ruck

The Erie Situation recently made its world premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival, where it had three great screenings and took home the award for top film at the Global Health Competition.

On Monday, April 18, director David J. Ruck joined The Sound of Ideas show on Cleveland’s NPR station, WKSU. Host Rick Jackson interviewed David about the film and the toxic algal blooms that it examines. Enjoy the full interview here:

Inspiring Ocean Conservation through Art

The Vision Of Three Artists

How does the ocean make you feel? Do you believe in the transformative power of art? How to combine both to inspire conservation?

These are some of the questions explored through the conversations and stories in this article.

Endurance Swimmer Attempting Another Record-Breaking Swim To Help Save Our Oceans

South Africa’s Sarah Ferguson Hopes to Raise Awareness About Plastic Pollution and Inspire Consumer Change

“I have encountered a lot of plastic; too much plastic,” says Sarah Ferguson, as she describes her encounters with the ever-present scourge of modernity on her newest epic, which is dubbed the One Ocean Swim – which will see here swim from Durban to Cape Town, in her native South Africa.

Fostering The Value Of Diverse Voices In Environmental Storytelling

Plastic Oceans International and Ninth Wave Global Continue to Grow Environmental Journalism Mentoring Program.

Environmental storytelling is in some ways both a very old as well as a very young medium. Every story ever told involves the environment in some way, but really the urgency of and challenges related to this kind of communication are also starkly fresh, reaching back perhaps no further than two generations.

THE ERIE SITUATION to Have World Premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival

New Documentary Examines the Global Issue of Toxic Algal Blooms Through the Lens Of One Lake Erie Community

March 25, 2022 – Malibu, CA – Plastic Oceans International and Great Lakes Outreach Media are proud to announce that the world premiere of their new documentary, The Erie Situation, will take place on April 3, 2022, at the Cleveland International Film Festival.

Plastic Oceans International Announces Dates for Trees & Seas Festival 2022

Global Celebration Uniting Ocean and Forest Conservation to Return with Expanded Schedule and Year-round Programming

March 18, 2022 – Malibu, California – Today Plastic Oceans International announces that this year’s Trees & Seas Festival, which is an annual celebration uniting ocean and forest conservation around the globe, will be held September 16 – 25, 2022.

BlueCommunities: Celebrating One Year of Collective Action

A Global Community With a Shared Goal of Creating a Healthier and More Just Planet for All

It’s hard to believe that it’s been one year since Plastic Oceans International launched the BlueCommunities initiative. Time certainly has gone by fast, which is a testament to the steady growth and accomplishments of what is being built.

Science Director, Charlie Rolsky, On the UN Climate Change Report

We Must Act Now to Secure Our Future

As the Director of Science for Plastic Oceans International, it’s my job to stay up to date on the latest science surrounding the health of our oceans and our planet in general. The 2022 UN Climate Change Report was just released depicting observations and recommendations from the world’s top experts on various topics ranging from climate change to human health dynamics.

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