How We’re Fighting Ocean Plastic Beyond the International Coastal Cleanup
Following the D.C. government’s weather advisories ahead of Hurricane Florence earlier this month, Ocean Conservancy postponed our flagship International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) event to October. It’s hard to describe how...
How We’re Fighting Ocean Plastic Beyond the International Coastal Cleanup
This blog was put together by Louie Porta and Susan Ruffo. Louie Porta is vice-president of operations for Oceans North. Susan Ruffo is Managing Director for International Initiatives for Ocean Conservancy. Canada’s G7 P...
Report Urges G7 Countries to Take Action on Reducing Plastic Debris in Oceans
Last week, Ocean Conservancy’s CEO Janis Searles Jones shared her take on our new #SuitUptoCleanUp campaign, inviting everyone to throw on their “ocean best” and head out to their local International Coastal Cleanup (ICC...
Suit Up: The Science Behind the International Coastal Cleanup
What does the phrase suit up mean to you? Doctors suit up to go into surgery, firefighters suit up to fight fires, ballet dancers suit up to go on stage. People suit up to get things done, to fight problems of epic scale...
#SuitUpToCleanUp with Ocean Conservancy on Saturday, September 15th!
Today’s guest blog comes from Tara Leonard, MPH. Tara is a Health Educator in the Santa Cruz County Tobacco Education and Prevention Program. All display materials were removed from Cowell Beach for use at future events....
Tobacco Butts Pack a Poisonous Punch for People and the Ocean
You probably already know, or have even seen first-hand, the enormous plastic problem that’s threatening our ocean. A whopping eight million metric tons of plastic flows into our ocean every single year…that’s the...
Suit Up to Clean Up on September 15th
The ocean remains one of the few places on Earth that has yet to be fully explored. More people have been into space than have been to the bottom of the Mariana trench, and scientists are discovering new aquatic species...
A Partnership to Watch
This blog was written by Chelsea Rochman, a professor at the University of Toronto that researches the sources, fate and effects of plastic pollution in our ocean. They say 80% of all plastic in our ocean and lakes comes...
Toronto’s Don River : A Source of Plastic Pollution into our Great Lakes
It’s no doubt that sharks seem to have proven themselves one of the most iconic ocean species over the years. Perhaps it’s the mysterious fin that breaks the surface briefly that draws in our swift and immediate attentio...
The Plastic Predator
We’re excited to hear the good news from Starbucks this week. Starbucks announced that it would phase out all single-use plastic straws from its 28,000+ stores worldwide by 2020, replacing them with specially designed, r...