National Parks Ban Single-Use Plastics
The natural world never ceases to surprise me. Years ago, I was on a plastics research expedition for Ocean Conservancy, and we landed on the shores of Katmai National Park in Alaska. Within just a few minutes of setting...
National Parks Ban Single-Use Plastics
This blog was written by Claudia Cecilia Olimón, the Latin America GGGI Project Coordinator Consultant for Ocean Conservancy. She has more than 12 years working in ocean conservation. Holds a MSc. in Ecosystem Management...
Managing Ghost Gear in Mexico
Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI) engages with international leadership as well as grassroots projects around the world to combat ghost gear—abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALD...
Introducing the Global Ghost Gear Initiative Small Grants Recipients of 2022
It’s May on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea, and more than half of the world’s breeding population of Laaqudan, or northern fur seals, are returning to the Pribilof Islands. After a winter foraging in the open ocean, t...
Multi-scale Solutions Critical to Solving St. Paul’s Marine Debris Problem
My family loves spending time at the beach—the sun, the sand, the crash of the ocean waves. But what I treasure most are those moments when we get to witness all the creatures that dwell along the shoreline. My kids love...
Building a Clean Swell
The convenience store is both a staple of modern living and an allegory for the way urban life impacts the environment. By definition, these shops and the items they sell are designed to make our lives easier. Many of us...
Reviewing Plastic Waste in Vietnam
Last month, I had a front row seat to the biggest international effort to tackle the scourge of plastic pollution yet. On March 2, 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) agreed on a resolution under the n...
A Global Instrument to End Plastic Pollution
In October 2021, I had the honor of joining world leaders, activists and other representatives from non-governmental organizations in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26). The ce...
How Tackling Ghost Gear Can Help Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change
Items made from recycled plastics are hot commodities right now. Companies are rushing to make everything from sneakers to computer mouses to car parts out of recycled and “ocean-bound” plastics, and demand for recycled...
Why Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Needs to be the Gold Standard
Hannah De Frond works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to coordinate the International Trash Trap Network with the goal to expand the use of trash-trapping technologies to increase cleanup...