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Meet Nature Artist and Surfer Marissa Quinn

Quinn Serves As the Official Artist of the Inaugural Trees & Seas Festival.

Limited Edition Prints Now On Sale to Benefit Efforts.

Marissa Quinn is already a woman of many hats — artist, professor, surfer, environmentalist. Speaking to her, in fact, you get the sense that, much like her uniquely detailed artwork, she has gone through life being meticulous about her choices, honing in on areas of greatest importance – whether professionally, emotionally, or pedagogically – and giving them her soul.

The Underappreciated Importance of Mangroves

Mangroves Capture and Store Carbon At Up to 4x the Rate of Rainforests

Mangroves. That most unique of ecologies, straddling water and land; a literal border between systems, generating its own along the way – semi-aquatic forests that consist mostly of submerged vegetation, generally existing on the boundaries of seas and other wetlands.

Detergent Pods Contributing to Plastic Pollution

New Study Shows That Claims of Being Eco-Friendly or Biodegradable By Some Manufacturers Are False

July 23, 2021 – Malibu, CA – A recent study by Plastic Oceans International and Arizona State University, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, reveals that detergent pods are contributing to the plastic pollution problem, leaking large amounts of untreated PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) into the environment, and possibly into the human food chain.

Planet A Challenge Joins BlueCommunities – Because There Is No Planet B

Making A Difference In the Arizona Desert

The BlueCommunities initiative of Plastic Oceans International is taking its message of community engagement and sustainability to the desert of Arizona.

Groundbreaking Plastic Ban Takes Effect in Europe

Responsibility to recycle or dispose of plastic falls solely on the manufacturer

As of July 3, 2021, new legislation from the European Union promises to usher in a new era for waste reduction, recycling, and environmental economics, targeting one of the biggest culprits of marine and terrestrial pollution: plastic.

Haaziq Kazi, co-founder of the Ervis Foundation.

Tackling the Plastic Crisis: The Remarkable Story of Student Haaziq Kazi

Making a difference with India’s youth via the Ervis Foundation

When a small school in India launched a competition in 2016, asking students to innovate solutions for problems they felt passionate about, little did they know that their winning entry was likely to generate a significant advance in the collection of plastic waste from the oceans.

Cargo Lost At Sea Adding to Plastic Pollution Crisis

International Cargo Lost At Sea Is Adding to Plastic Pollution Crisis

In March of this year, when the cargo ship Ever Given became stuck in the Suez canal, blocking a critical trade route for hundreds of cargo ships, there was scarcely a person in the world who did not hear about the news. The incident shone a light on the sheer scale of the shipping industry, that most-present and yet little-seen form of mass movement of goods.

Montes Wines Becomes Presenting Sponsor of Trees & Seas Festival

Iconic Chilean wine brand to support effort to unite ocean and forest conservation worldwide; joined by FOAMIE and Bambuu

June 18, 2021 – Malibu, California – Plastic Oceans International today announces that Chilean wine brand, Montes Wines, has joined its Trees & Seas festival as the Presenting Sponsor, adding to an impressive list of partners for this first-time event.

Cartagena, Colombia, Added to BlueCommunities Initiative

Fundación Bahía Becomes Newest Member of Global Program

Cartagena, Colombia, has recently been added to Plastic Oceans International’s growing BlueCommunities initiative, making it the 14th location with this global program. Joining the effort there is local partner Fundación Bahía.

World Ocean Day – A Day To Be Happy

“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”

― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

What brings you happiness? A meal with family, drinks with friends, skipping rocks over a lake, Netflix and chill….

Whatever it is that brings you happiness was made possible by the ocean. Today – World Ocean Day – is one for reconnecting with the ocean, as it connects us all. It regulates the Earth’s temperature, feeds the world, provides us much of the air we breathe, allows us to transport products around the world, and provides many people with their livelihoods. Throughout history the ocean’s mystery has also given inspiration to language, folklore, stories and religion.

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